Recently had the chance to do a portrait session with a guitar player based out of New Hampshire — a genuinely talented one. We shot for most of a day and had a great time: some indoors, some outside, some with the guitar, some without, natural light and a full lighting setup both. Indoors, my
I am just super excited and honored that my Sunflower Sunset photograph was selected as Photo of the Day for July 26, 2011 at Light & Composition Magazine! This is a sunset photo that I took last summer at the annual Sunflower Festival at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold, Connecticut! I hope you like it!
When people think about creativity in photography, shutter speed usually isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe it should be. To me, photography is about grabbing a moment and a feeling and holding onto it. A lot of what we want to record isn’t static — the world is full of motion, and
Last time we covered the three settings — aperture, shutter speed, ISO — that combine to create one ideal exposure for a scene. Today, a closer look at aperture specifically. Different f-stops let in different amounts of light — f/2.8 lets in a lot more than f/22. The smaller the number, the bigger the opening,
A friend once asked me why anyone would shoot in Manual mode when a camera takes great pictures on Automatic. Fair question. My answer: in Manual, the camera is taking the picture I actually intended. This post is meant to introduce the basics of exposure in a way that’s easy to follow, not intimidating —
