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 the [...]
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 to [...]
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 was [...]
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.
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 is [...]
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.
Another three days of the Arnold Sports Festival have moved into history. Only this year it was four with an extra day of amateur events at Veterans Memorial Auditorium that required a photographer be present. The main action for events at the Greater Columbus Convention Center was a set of photo studios set up in [...]
Brent needed a quick photo for a newspaper article about a local boy, him, who’d advanced to great things. Now the Director of Communications for the Arnold Sports Festival, Brent’s hometown newspaper’s article about his ascendancy to greatness needed a photo to complete the layout. Choosing the spot for the shoot was easy. The office [...]
I’ve shot Best Buy more times than I’d like to remember. It is a friendly company usually welcoming news photographers with a legitimate need access to their store with little more than a knock at the door. Other consumer electronics companies are prepared to physically remove news photographers from their property without any opportunity to [...]
I’m always looking into Oprah’s eyes. Well, at least one day a month I look into her eyes. I lean in close, pulling her to me so I can see into her eyes without distraction. I focus close examining her pupils, looking for signs that will show me some of her secrets. Looking for any [...]
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