First, the client bought me dinner so we could talk about our relationship and discuss his needs for the photo shoot to follow. It was my second free meal of the day with the first being fried catfish and green beans with sweet tea. The evening meal was chicken parmigiana with cheese ravioli and...
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The toughest time of the day for me is during the school year when I’m the one taking kids to school in the morning. There’s nothing more frustrating than sitting in morning traffic as the sun creeps over the tree line to my left throwing shadows across the road in front of me. I...
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The second photo I shot for the editorial assignment mentioned two days ago was of an engineer demonstrating how a portion of the temperature sensor systems were manufactured. It was a perfect complementary image to the closeup of tweezers grasping on of the minuscule temperature sensors. The lighting is similar. One light, an SB800,...
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Today’s post is number 100. Hopefully they’ve been enjoyable for you. It’s been an experience for me as I return to a part of what began my career many years ago. It’s been quite some time since I wrote a weekly newspaper column about photography. One day I’ll have to go into the fading...
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Back in the day, almost two years ago, when newspapers and wire services assigned freelance photographers to shoot photos to accompany business stories, I often searched out photogenic subjects to best illustrate manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, and business-to-business and retail sales. The reality of most manufacturing facilities is that they don’t look anything like what...
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Betty sat quietly in her living room on a chair pulled close to the door where I’d positioned her in the light. An artist, Betty understood my requirements of her for a good portrait. She slowly moved through varied arrangements of her face and hands, turning slightly into and out of the light listening...
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I broke my Good Friday fast with dinner at my daughter’s house with her husband and four kids. I know that’s not really important for you to know but it does point out a small dilemma in the afternoon. I carried very little camera gear. My iPhone and a Canon G9. After all, it...
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Aperture priority auto exposure is my preferred get out of the car, walk into the assignment setting.
It is the starting point to set my exposure, depending upon the subject and the way it's lit.
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The third photo studio at the Arnold Sports Festival was built on the Small Strobe – Big Results philosophy of our primary speaker at the weekend, David Tejada. David’s built a business around using small, inexpensive strobes instead of AC-powered monolights or studio strobes to light his commercial, editorial and portrait clients. His expertise...
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The second studio we set up at the Arnold Sports Photo Workshop space was for a set of high key portraits. The first studio was more for full length photos and a few tighter shots. This studio was designed differently.
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