Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 1100, ƒ/3.2, 1/100 Custom White Balance with ExpoDisc Composition/Graphics You can use compositional elements like leading lines in the photo above to help direct your audience through a scene to where…
Fujifilm X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/3.6, 1/250, custom white balance with ExpoDisc A plot "ensures that you get your character from point A to point Z." The shooting of the story is often not in…
Layering is one of the best techniques I know for setting scenes. Layering is when you have a foreground, a middle layer, and a background. For example, in the photo above, I use layering to…
Here is one way to introduce a character running straight at the audience. The show, don't tell. When introducing your character, sharing an experience of the essence with the audience is essential. With the football…
My last post was on the elements of the story. This is just on one of those elements: CONFLICT.Here are some tips on capturing that for the visual storyteller. Conflict—The major problem of the story…
To help with the conflict portion of the plot for my story on coffee growers in Mexico, I had to talk about the immigration issue. Why did coffee farmers risk illegally crossing the border…
James Gregg, Staff Photographer, San Diego Union-Tribune [Fuji X-E2, XF 55-200mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/4.8, 1/10] All photos from the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference At every conference I attend today, I am passionate about “Storytelling” and “Giving…
Fuji X-E2, XF 55-200mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/5, 1/105 How can you go wrong with a fire-eating subject? If you miss the exposure, maybe, but if you get a well-exposed photo of something average and then…
Photo by Clara Kwon These are examples of the student's work from this past week on lighting that I taught in the School of Photography 1, which is part of Youth With A Mission's University…
Dennis Fahringer has been leading a photography program in Kona, Hawaii for more than 25 years. I first heard of the program back in the 1980’s from my friend and mentor Don Rutledge. Don was…
Nikon D4, 14-24mm ƒ/2.8, ISO 200, ƒ/16, 1/200 with 2 Alienbees with CTO 1 for off-camera flash. These are triggered with the Pocketwizard Radio Remotes. I enjoyed shooting these photos of the Island Breeze Impact…
There are many ways you may get to show your work to someone. What you need to know is that you never know who is the actual person who may end up hiring you. For…
