Shooting HS Football Look for Competition
Nikon D4, Sigma 120-300mm ƒ/2.8 DG OS HSM | S, Sigma TC-2001 2x, ISO 4000, ƒ/5.6, 1/2000 Here are four photos from the same play. Which one would you choose to use if you…
Year: 2015
Throw Back Thursday tips for copying old photographs
Throwback Thursday If you are on social media, you know that today, people post old photos to remember loved ones. This is a photo of my little sister with our great-grandmother, Mama Benfield, and me.…
Why Photography/Photojournalism is an Awesome Career
Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 160, ƒ/8, 1/100 This simple photo of Claudio Cesar Aguirre, who is helping run a Chicken Coop in San Esteban, Olancho, Honduras, helped to get funds for micro-loans to help…
Window Light shooting with Fujifilm X-E2 & Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G
Fujifilm X-E2, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, Nikon AI Mount Lens to Fujifilm FX Mount Camera Adapter, ISO 2500, ƒ-wide open, 1/500 Window light is not all the same when it comes to shooting portraits. Having…
Sigma 120-300mm ƒ/2.8 DG OS HSM | S shooting Friday Night High School Football
Nikon D4, Sigma 120-300mm ƒ/2.8 DG OS HSM | S, Sigma TC-2001 2x, ISO 10000, ƒ/5.6, 1/2000 My daughter's high school had its first football pre-season game tonight. Roswell High School played cross-town rival…
Photographer’s self-sufficiency is another word for poverty
Nikon D2X, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO OS HSM, ISO 400, ƒ/2.8, 1/1600 Self-sufficiency is another word for poverty. I read that and immediately bristled, but as I listened more to Matt Ridley’s comment,…
The Organic Process Professional Photographer
Nikon D2X, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC, ISO 400, ƒ/2.8, 1/5000 This "Chicken Man" was on the road between Tenkodogo and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa. These are "free range" chickens that tie their…
Is your photography website scalable from Desktop to Mobile?
60 Percent Of Internet Access Is Mostly Mobile This is how the rest of the world is consuming the web, excluding the UK and the USA. Here is a link to that story. I pulled…
Nikon AF 60mm f/2.8 D Micro on Fuji X-E2 and Nikon D750
I have had this Nikon AF 60mm f/2.8 D Micro for a while and use it occasionally. I was curious today about what this would do on my Fuji X-E2. I knew the results I…
Updating My Websites
I am in the process of updating my website and thought I would share some of my thoughts about this process. You can click on the thumbnails of the websites I have posted here to…
The pictures you want tomorrow, you have to take today.
These are my great grandfather/grandmother and my grandfather, whom I am named after. Unfortunately, it is the only photo I have of Henry Leary. When I look at this photo, I see the family resemblance,…
Announcing Multimedia Storytelling Workshop with Coffee Farmers in Mexico
I am putting on a multimedia storytelling workshop in Chiapas, Mexico, with Cafe Justo's coffee growers from January 9th – 16th, 2016. I hope you consider joining me and learning how to tell a story…