Fuji X-E2, XF 55-200mm, ƒ/8, 1/2000, ISO 5000

What did you photograph the last couple of days? Please don’t say anything. There are opportunities every day, even out your back window.

This photo is out our back window, and while I shared some images before and even wrote about how I captured them here. So does this mean I shot it and just moved on?

I find that sometimes just going back to something over and over helps you get better, and just because it is a different time, you may get a surprise.

Fuji X-E2, XF 55-200mm, ƒ/8, 1/2000, ISO 5000

What I like about these photos is the attitude you sense of the birds and how they interact.

Fuji X-E2, XF 18-55mm, ƒ/3.6, 1/500, ISO 5000

Our family decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day this past weekend by driving to Truett’s Luau in Fayetteville, GA. It is so new the website is not entirely up. Truett’s Luau is one of a kind restaurant that Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, decided to open up at the age of 92. He had a big hand in everything about it.

Fuji X-E2, XF 18-55mm, ƒ/3.2, 1/125, ISO 640 with fill flash set at -1 EV

These are not Pulitzer Prize-worthy photos, but they keep my eye fresh. I am also working on being sure everything I do is second nature. Like in this photo of my daughter playing the Ukulele at the restaurant, I popped in a little fill flash at -1 EV so as not to overpower the natural light but fill in her face that was backlit.

Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 400, ƒ/5.6, 1/100, also three Alienbees B1600 @ 1/32 power to wink enough light to clean up the color of the mixed lighting. One morning is in the ceiling over the counter, and the two others are in the far corners behind the camera, left and right. I am triggering them with the PocketWizard radio remotes.

I shot photos of the new Chick-fil-A restaurant at Charleston Southern University in North Charleston yesterday. I shot them on the Nikon because Fuji 10-24mm is still not out, and I prefer to work with super wide angle lenses more than any other focal length because I want the viewers to feel like they are there.

I had a John Amis as a photo assistant who helped with the lights and getting model releases for every person that came into the restaurant that morning as guests and employees. It would help if you had a team to make these photos happen.

Fuji X-E2, XF 18-55mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/500, ISO 640

After the shoot, I drove by The Citadel in Charleston to get some photos of the new Ring on the parade field this past year.

Fuji X-E2, XF 18-55mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/500, ISO 640

The overcast sky made the colors pop and gave excellent tent lighting to the Ring.

I walked around the Ring and shot a lot of varieties which we will maybe use a few for a book I am working on with my wife on The Citadel. She has a blog that we think many will want some of the content in book form.

What are you going to shoot today?