Rocking the Light
If you read the previous thread about the Strobist workshop, then you’ll recognize some of what follows. This all came out of the last hour or two of the workshop, when a group of us decided that by staying inside, we were missing out on the best stuff. In the end, we have to thank [...]
Family Xmas Portraits, Take 2 – Reality
A couple of these gig-overview posts back, I switched to using the terms “theory” and “reality” for the pre and post gig discussions. In the past I’d used terms like “pregame,” “review,” and “preview,” but I never felt that any of those were really the right description – they are all open to too many [...]
Shooting in a Winter Wonderland
The afternoon sky is gray and there is a definite chill to the air. Winter is fast approaching in NEPA – and not just the sporadic snow showers we had a few weeks back, but full-on winter, with three inches of snow across the frozen ground. So with the season – and it’s [...]
Make any setting a portrait setting
Portraiture requires a number of specialized tools – and that number increases depending on who you ask, and how serious a portrait photog you are. At the most basic level, a lens well suited to portraiture work and some form of lighting are needed; at the other end of the spectrum are photos with [...]
Senior Studio Portraits – Review
Part two of my senior portrait shoot is now complete, which wraps up that project. It has been an interesting experience, trying some new techniques and returning to old ones, and I’m certain that the client will be thrilled with her images.
The main portion of the shoot was studio-based and went pretty much as [...]
Cooperstown, NY
Last Wednesday we decided to go to Cooperstown. So we booked a room and on Friday evening, we left. If you’ve never been, Cooperstown is one of those charming tourist towns that somehow manages to handle hoards of visitors with grace and charm. Laid out over a few blocks at the southern [...]
A Very Cool Wedding
Earlier in the week I shared my thoughts on the wedding blog Style Me Pretty. Since I’m checking them out on a regular basis, you can expect some of their posts to filter over here with my thoughts. I’m not going to shift gears and become a wedding critic, but I feel that [...]
Salt Springs State Park
I’ve mentioned Salt Springs in a number of previous posts, but I feel that to really do it justice, it deserves a post all its own. Salt Springs is a modest little park, tucked into the hills just south of the PA/NY border. It doesn’t seem to receive a lot of notice, and [...]
Why We Do This
Sometimes, amid all the bustle and invoices and editing and working, we forget whey we went to photography in he first place. We forget what it is that makes us stick with it, year after year, struggling to learn, to improve, and to succeed. But then a moment comes along that reminds us, [...]