I’ve waited for this photo for several weeks. The scene has happened a number of times but usually too cluttered in the background or lacking the touch of a hand on the shoulder. As luck would have it, this was the last father-son duo to leave the fields. They stayed for throwing practice past the [...]
Finding the spot was easy. I knew that when I laid down on the wet sidewalk I’d have a great low angle to frame a bike racer against the skyline as he made a turn into Uptown Westerville. The low view would place the rider in an exaggerated angle with the city’s small town building [...]
I once was chastised, and punished, for including people in some of the photos I shot during a year long project at InnisWood Metro Gardens park. The self-assigned project [ rockatinniswood.com ] was to document the activity within line-of-sight of the rock in toad pond. Toad pond is one corner of a triangle of spaces [...]
Before I left the park Sunday I’d already uploaded to The Best Camera a photo of my grandson enjoying himself for the first time this year at Planet Westerville. In my Nikon D300 was a near duplicate image of the seven-year-old struggling to get high enough to leap into the air at his greatest apogee [...]
“Your pizza will be ready in 25 minutes.” Just enough time to find a feature. My daily hunt for another photo to add to the My Final Photo collection is the most challenging aspect of my daily life.
An annual assignment for me is the Arnold Sports Festival where as many as 17,000 athletes compete in about 40 sports. This will be my 16th year shooting the weekend having made the transition from processing color film in a utility closet to a staff of six photographers all shooting digital and delivering photos in [...]
Somewhere in the stack of mounted black and white prints of my youth stored in a dry cool place in my house is a set of photos that delineate the day I remember becoming a photographer. The photos are certainly not the first ones I printed and mounted. And, they probably aren’t the best from [...]
One of the pleasures of what I do is the discoveries that come from looking at the familiar. One of those places is Hoover Reservoir just a short drive or long walk from my home. When the afternoon sun aligned almost perfect down this hill near my home creating a tunnel effect. All I needed [...]
Today’s lesson is more visual. I’ll write less and let these photos provide the tips. The lesson, simply stated, is don’t let your camera sprout roots. Vary how you see a familiar subject. I often shoot at this spot on Hoover Reservoir. It has a variety of possibilities from nature to people, weather, and for [...]
Yesterday’s Top Ten Tip number 6 will make 2010 the best year you’ve ever had taking pictures. Always having your camera means you can begin Project 365. I left The AP in November 2004. On Nov. 15 of that year I began the My Final Photo – If I died in my sleep this was [...]
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