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Stormy Skies!
On a recent Sunday morning the weather was looking pretty bleak – dark skies, torrential rain, and driving winds. My plans for shooting were looking pretty shot! However, as the day progressed the rain stopped and the wind died down. The sky was still gray and ominous, but that is when things can get interesting.
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Project52 – What am I talking about???
Several people have asked me recently “Mike, what exactly is Project52?”. Simply put, it is a 52 week project packed full of fun and challenging photography assignments that are designed to prepare an emerging photographer to go pro. This project is the brain child of Arizona photographer and lighting workshop teacher Don Giannatti. I originally…
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Exposure Explained
Recently a friend asked me why anyone would want to use a camera in Manual mode, when the camera takes great pictures in Automatic mode? While I could not disagree that the camera can take a great picture in Automatic mode, I answered that in manual mode the camera was taking the picture that I…
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What type of photography do I enjoy creating?
Someone recently asked me “What type of photography do you like to do?”. In all honesty, I had never really though of myself as a photographer that had a “type”. I simply use my camera to try and get what I feel to come across in my photos. There are so many different types of…