photography of little children

This little miss did not want to sit still, gaze silently into my camera, and smile. She didn’t quite get it. I don’t blame her either. How is she supposed to understand my goals and what I’m trying to create as an end result. Really? No. That’s not how it works with kids. Especially one…

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how to take a family portrait on a bright sunny day…

It’s a bright sunny morning, 10:00am with the lovely bright summer sun. So, how do you take a photograph of a family outdoors without having everything blown out super bright and leaving way too many dark circles under everyone’s eyes? Well, here’s one shot that’s in the sun, not shade and here are my settings.…

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silhouettes in photography

Silhouettes at dusk. Ahhh. Love them. Here are my manual settings for this shot: ISO –500 (evening, dusk very little light left in the day) shutter speed – 1/1600 aperture – 3.2 lens – 50mm 1.2L

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manual camera settings in evening light

Lovely evening lighting… especially summer light… how how i love you. :) Here are my manual settings for this shot: ISO –160 (evening, yes, but the sun is pretty bright still) shutter speed – 1/320 aperture – 4.0 (two little people spaced a bit apart and I’m wanting to get them both pretty sharp in…

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