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Project52 – Still Life
For assignment number 3 of Project 52, a great photography learning project run by Photographer Don Gianatti over at Lighting Essentials we had to create a still life photograph. It sounds simple and straight forward doesn’t it? This should be a piece of cake! And like the commercials always say, “But wait! There’s more!” Isn’t…
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A Mallard Duck Stretches His Wings
One of my favorite things to do is to load up the car with all my gear and go for a ride around Rhode Island with my wife. Our only known destination is Dunkin Donuts for an Iced Coffee, and after that we just kind of roam the state to see what we can find.…
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How You Can Make Paint Dance?
One of my favorite photos is this image, a capture of a few drops of paint. While a few drops of paint may not sound like they would be an interesting subject, but when you apply a little bit of noise to the mix things can start to get pretty interesting rather quickly. This started…
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ISO and Creativity
OK, well maybe ISO does not have nearly the impact on your creativity as the other exposure settings, Aperture and Shutter Speed. But it does have an impact, however limited, so it should be discussed.
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Shutter Speed and Creativity
Often times when we think of creativity and photography, the cameras shutter speed is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe it should. To me, photography is all about capturing a moment in time, about grabbing onto a feeling and recording it forever. Many of the moments that we wish to record…