Simplicity

Farmers Hands Market egg

This farmer’s hand photo is one of three that I’ve donated to a silent auction for the Westerville Fire Fighters Memorial. The memorial is dedicated to fallen fire fighter David Theisen. Included in the memorial will be a piece of the steel from the World Trade Center. The silent auction is presented during a dinner [...]

How did you spend your snow day?

Snow Day walk in the park at Inniswood

I had a different plan for today’s posting. But, after being snowed in most of the day and having little actual photo work to do, I thought I’d share my walk in the snow. Inniswood Metro Gardens is near my house. Near enough that even on a day when most people travel no further than [...]

Group portrait just for the fun of it

Group portrait Nikon SB800 CLS

It was Grandparent’s Day at school and I was under instructions to shoot my 12-year-old granddaughter with some of her friends. There were really only two choices. The third, a near-full studio setup wasn’t going to happen. At best I would have just a couple of minutes to gather the kids after lunch and between [...]

Creative Lighting System at High Speed

Navy veteran Nikon CLS Creative Lighting System SB800

William Rosen is a retired disabled Navy veteran who I first knew through his car parked at the library. Its rear panel shouted at me as I walked to my car books and cds in hand. I waited for its owner to return until I couldn’t wait any longer because of a previously arranged appointment [...]

Moving at a fast pace

Blurred action, blurred background

There was limited time to shoot this blurred image of a local city worker completing his afternoon task mowing the unused portion of the cemetery and city lots near my home. He appeared to be nearing the end of  his shift and had the mower in overdrive quickly moving closer tome with each pass. I’d [...]

Photo with nine lives

nine image composite photo

The request was simple. The execution slightly complex. The results certainly worth the effort. The client, a furniture store, wanted several strong images to showcase how its furniture looked in a home instead of  being shot on the cyclorama white wall in a studio. The chosen home’s original furnishings were replaced with a selection of [...]

Merry Christmas

Have a Happy Penguin Christmas

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Anticipation and expectations

There is usually only one chance for a good photo of a runner in a hurdles race at a track meet.

The assigning editor only wants the winner or has chosen a specific runner whose performance no matter what place she finishes is worthy of a story.

That means find your runner, find her lane, check your focus on two hurdles and hope your timing is right.

Active Athlete Portraits

active athlete portraits sb800 cls nikon creative lighting system swimmer swimming

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.

When sunlight becomes the secondary light source

portable flash nikon sb800 cls d300 secondary light source

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.