what lenses to use
I’ve been asked quite a bit what lenses I would recommend and what lenses are best for the different situations. Here’s my input… All of the equipment that I currently use is listed in much more detail on my equipment page here on my blog. But I will share a quick list here as well.…
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Love time with my family and love capturing it in the moment, you know, those not posed but rather real moments. They make me smile… my manual camera settings for this shot below: ISO – 125 (bright sunny day) aperture – F 2.2 shutter speed – 1/500 second camera – canon’s 5D mark II lens…
Read Moreworkshops
There are a just a couple of spots left in each of my summer workshops. If you’re interested you might want to check them out now before they’re full. These will be the last workshops until January 2012. Come learn how to use that fabulous camera of yours on MANUAL!! You’ll have so much more…
Read Moretball pictures
Tball time… I just love the little kid sport pictures. They’re so fun. I’ll share more later too….cause of course there are many more. :) My manual settings for the picture below: ISO – 100 (sunny day but in the shade) shutter – 1/160 second aperture – F 4 camera body – canon’s 5D mark…
Read Moreshooting pics inside at home
Here are some recent pictures that I shot inside my home during the middle of the day. The windows were open but no lights were on. We were having marshmallow wars (super fun by the way). I was using my canon 5D mark II camera body and my 35mm 1.4L lens. I was standing up…
Read Morefocus on the eyes
My manual settings & equipment used: ISO – 400 (late in the evening as sun is getting lower) aperture – F 4.5 shutter speed – 1/200 lens – canon’s 85mm 1.2L (loving this lens) camera body – canon’s 5d mark II When taking a shot like this with a little one he is sitting down…
Read Morechildren and poses
Many of you who filled out my short survey asked about posing your children so that they look good in a picture. You had said you get “stuck” and always do the same things, the same poses over and over. Well here are a few ideas of the way I work with kids. You have…
Read Morestraight out of camera vs. editing
I had some questions about how much editing I do and what programs I use. So I am going to share some of my images straight out of the camera and the same images edited. You will probably notice that some images need a bit more and some don’t really need much at all. It…
Read Moreblogging for you…
I asked some of you peeps to help me out by filling out my super short online survey and tell me what you want to learn. Thanks so much to so many of you for filling it out. It WILL benefit YOU…I promise. Here’s the first evidence of that. I am aiming to blog more…
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