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It’s the moment, not the camera
December 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’d traveled to North Carolina for the wedding of my niece, the only child of my sister. Despite a committment to advance my photo technique by shooting photos every day, I told myself to be nothing more than an eager family member with a camera while at the wedding and reception. I was going to be a guy with a camera.
I also didn’t want to interfere with the workings of the wedding photographer hired to do the job.
Making a living as a wedding photographer is bad enough. Try shooting with guys with cameras hovering over your shoulder shooting everything you do including the required, posed, grinning family shots.
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.
