about 4 months ago - 1 comment
I am indeed blessed to have three terrifically photogenic kids to use as subjects. The aforementioned terrifically photogenic kids are less thrilled by this prospect, but I am able to get some decent shots from them from time to time. I just have to skillfully weave bribery, coercion, and brilliantly constructed lies (“I swear, just More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
My Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS is a serious piece of kit. It is also my de facto “museum lens.” The fast f/2.8 aperture combined with terrific image quality and image stabilization makes it the ideal tool for dealing with the muted lighting found in most museums. To a camera museums are dark places; art galleries More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
There is no better lighting than natural light. If you stay out of direct sunlight you are rewarded with the warmest, softest light that wraps around you subject in the most pleasing way. Here are two quick portraits I shot the other day using nothing but diffuse sunlight coming in through a window:
1/320 second @ More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
1/1600 sec at f/4.0, ISO 200, focal length 200mm
The ideal time to walk the streets of Colonial Williamsburg is from dawn to about 10:00AM. The sun is low, the light is softer, and since the place doesn’t officially open until 10:00 you can walk the streets in relative peace without the usual crush of tourists. More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
1/40 second at f/4.0, ISO 200, focal length 109mm
By all rights this image should not exist. This was a spur-of-the-moment shot. It was taken indoors, with oblique, late-afternoon light streaming through the window, and using shutter speed that was almost a third slower than my non-image-stabilized lens required. I had just walked indoors and hadn’t More >