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Wide-angle foreground
December 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Back in my youth, a few weeks ago, I read in one of the popular photo magazines that the first accessory lens bought by new photographers is a telephoto. That placed me in the select group of people whose first lens purchase was a wide-angle. I purchased a telephoto a few weeks later when I [...]
Active Athlete Portraits
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Creating portraits of active young athletes is a set of mixed blessings.
Finding the natural moments that express the joy of competition and its associated training goes beyond standing near the finish line of an event. It also requires a good understanding of phot technique to create an image that explains the moment and the athlete.
Seeing professional photographer’s photos from major sporting events makes it look simple. Stand in the right spot with the right camera and lens combination might be all that is necessary to duplicate their result.
Sunrise before sunrise
December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The wakeup call was well before sunrise. The arrival time was not long after wakeup.
The assignment was a series of photos of a fitness athlete doing warmups at sunrise, then follow her for the day for training and meals.
For anyone show shoots at sunrise you know the planning is precise. The sun is in the right position for a very short period of time before it loses its warmth or the angle is too high.
To capitalize on the early arrival we began the shoot before sunrise. In our case sunrise was a little later than normal because the sun had to break across a line of trees across the lake where we were shooting.
When sunlight becomes the secondary light source
December 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As the city planned its advertising campaign for a levy to increase the income tax, one of the projects the increased revenue would be used for included renovating and repairing the city’s brick-covered streets.
My assignment for an editorial client was to show the streets and I had to do it the day I received the assignment. Typical news job. Here it is. Do it now. Make it look great.
The sky was cloudy which meant not light to created shadows and detail.
