oh the cuteness, pictures of your little people
Seriously, this is why we have to make sure we’re capturing this stuff. Photos are priceless. This is a little boy of a friend of mine, just one day walking on the pier. Not a photo shoot, just real life. He’s adorable. My manual settings: ISO – 200 aperture – 2.8 shutter – 1/3200 second…
Read Morehow to photograph families with little kids
Little kids are amazing. Little kids (like 5 and under) are also very temperamental and opinionated when it comes to taking pictures. They can and often are tricky to photograph. So, how do you photograph a large group when little ones are a part of the group? Hmmm….well I will give you my best attempt…
Read Morereal genuine smiles…
Precious, real laughing smiles. Love it. And my manual settings for each of these shots: ISO – 400 (shade in the early evening) aperture – 3.2 shutter speed – 1/800 second laughter – a result of the little guy attempting to eat the dirt, he just thought it was so hilarious. :) And my manual…
Read Morephotography challenges to help us learn & grow
We have photography challenges going on our facebook page. Have you done any yet? Or are you missing out? What are these photography challenges you might ask? Well, they are specific tasks or goals to try to accomplish with your camera on manual. We have a new challenge every Friday. The idea is that you…
Read Morehow to shoot pictures with the sun behind your subjects
As the sun is getting lower in the evening it’s time for a beautiful shot in the golden fields. I don’t want the full light from the sun to come fully and directly into my camera. So, I use part of the subject’s body to block a portion of the sun, until I like how…
Read Moreour last photography workshop for the year
Well, today was the last photography workshop that I’m offering in 2010. And …. it was a good one. It was a slightly smaller group (only 6 of us) and I think that’s a good thing. I’ve had some suggestions to try doing this with a slightly smaller group and I think it was a…
Read Morethe LCD screen on my camera
Ok, so I’m careful and a bit particular. I’ll admit it. Especially with my pricey professional equipment. So I have a cover on the LCD screen of both of my camera bodies. The cover protects the screens from scratches and whatever could happen so that they don’t get damaged. Well, I’m glad that I have…
Read Moremanual settings for shooting a photo at sunset
My manual settings: ISO – 320 (evening light, starting to get a bit dark, needed ISO up just a bit, but didn’t want picture to be too bright) aperture – 4.0 (wanted to capture all four of them in focus when they weren’t on the same plane, referring to depth of field) shutter speed –…
Read Morelike this website? then “like” us on facebook
I’ve started up a facebook page for bruises and bandaids where I will be posting challenges from time to time. These challenges will be specific tasks that you should try to accomplish with your DSLR camera on manual settings. You can easily post your picture to the facebook page and from there we can encourage…
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