I shoot a lot with a point and shoot camera I keep in my pocket. It allows me to grab shots quickly an on the spur of the moments. The ol’ “point” and “shoot!” I always have an intention but sometimes things just line up unexpectedly even with random, chaotic photos. Maybe my brain sees …
We seem to live in a perpetual world of not enough time. There is so much we want or feel we need to do. And so much that just don’t get done. How do we decide what to do? Sometimes it is imposed on us by others: bosses, family, obligations. Other times it’s self-imposed, trying …
What is the proper exposure for a photo? The one that looks the best. For the most part we generally go for the middle range, getting that histogram hump in the middle rather than at the ends. If our image is too dark we want to lighten it; too light and we darken it. With …
Find it or create it. Every photo needs some light. Finding it takes awareness, observation and knowledge about how your camera is going to see it. Being a good available light photographer is fun but often you don’t have much control. Creating light is a whole new ball game, especially with flashes. You have to …
It’s always hunting season for photographers. We hunt. We shoot, Nothing dies. Good outcome!
What is white? What’s supposed to be white? Should white be white? In the print photo world, white is the paper base. No color has been laid onto it. For B&W there is no emulsion buildup, just the color of the underlying paper. Zone 10. No texture. In the RGB digital world it’s 255-255-255. Equal …
Cartier-Bresson called it the “decisive moment” when all the elements come together to create the perfect photo. It’s fun waiting until the perfect moment to grab the perfect shot. You are on high alert. Focused. Totally present. Not a bad skill to practice.
Some things are photographed a lot (Christmas trees, daffodils, grandchildren). Some things less so. Have you ever gone out into a wicked thunderstorm or hurricane to get action photos? Much less common. Potentially exciting. Marketable. Oh yeah, a couple of drawbacks. You might not come back. Tell your next of kin your processing workflow, just …
Some photos tell stories. They do more than entertain the viewer’s eye. They engage the brain, sometimes in subtle ways and sometimes in obvious ways. Often they do this with clues. There may be objects in the photo that hint at the time and place or the background might offer some information. This is especially …
Photographers were among the early adopters of the internet. We quickly saw the potential for posting our images online. And we didn’t have to write anything, just learn a little code <img src=”a great photo.jpg”> Very cool. Pretty soon the code wasn’t needed when sites cropped up to allow us to simply load up photos. …