Challenges with Fire and Motion Sparklers are one of those things that are incredibly difficult to photograph well. The problem is finding the right balance of shutter speed. Too fast and the sparkler looks like just a pinpoint of light. Too slow and everything becomes too blurry to be recognizable. On top of that,[more…]
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I love May when the ice on Lake Dillon near my home starts to melt. But before the ice can completely melt, it usually breaks up first. When this happens the ice get’s pushed around the surface of the water and can end up in big piles on the edges of the lake. In[more…]
Perspective Perspective is a bit relative when it comes to photography. Our brains have evolved to use our two eyes to render three dimensional images. We are pretty good at interpreting two dimensional images like photographs most of the time without having to think about them much, but when unusual compositions are used, especially[more…]
Light and Composition When setting up a portrait type image like this, the two things I am thinking about most are composition and lighting. From the standpoint of composition, I am usually thinking about how the subject will look relative to the background. I look for ways to use the background for framing and[more…]
Given that October is not one of my busier months, I decided to share some of my personal work. Mono Lake is a small salt water lake near the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park. It is often overlooked by people traveling to Yosemite, but it is definitely worth a stop. The Eastern Sierra’s are[more…]
When shooting a wedding with multiple cameras, inevitably the internal clocks in the cameras become out of sync. It is always best to sync the cameras at the start of each day, but every one in a while I forget, and the result is that the images from multiple cameras end up out of[more…]
Refelections I am always on the lookout for interesting or unusual compositions. This image was shot on a hotel patio where the wedding was held earlier that afternoon. When I saw the glass partition around the patio during the day, I thought there might be a a chance of using it to capture some[more…]
Are you photographing for you or your client? If you ask most wedding photographers who they are shooting for, they will undoubtedly respond, “The client, of course.” If that is your mindset, I hope you take the next few minutes to read this post and allow me to change the way you think about wedding[more…]
What does it mean when we talk about timeless wedding photography? A lot of people might have the idea that for a photo to be considered timeless it must also be boring. I disagree. I think timeless is just the opposite of trendy. What do I mean by trendy? Trendy photography incorporates the current fads. That[more…]
Father and Daughter Outside of the Church I mentally build my images in terms of layers. I often start my images from the stand point of light. If I have good light, then I look for a good background, something that frames and brings out the subject. Then I place the subject into the light,[more…]