Portraits from Nikon D100 in 2002
Nikon D100, Nikon 24-120mm ƒ/3.5-5.6, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/180 – 4 Alienbees B1600s I've been looking through some old photos. I started pulling all our pictures of our daughter for a project we are working…
Month: March 2017
How to handle client negotiations
The Slam Dunk A Slam Dunk in business is when you exceed the client's expectations. I have made a mistake many times throughout my career of not doing a great job of managing those expectations.…
Changing the background with a simple gel for portraits
1:3 lighting ratio – Nikon D5, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ/5.6, 1/200 When I teach lighting, I always teach the 1:3 lighting ratio. After I show how you set up the leading light and…
Preserving Family History, One Memory at a Time
My sister is on the couch with my grandfather and grandmother during one of our many times of watching the slide show my grandfather had created from his recording of our family that year, and…
Storytelling Photo vs Point Photo
Fujifilm X-E2, Fuji XF 55-200mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/4.5, 1/100 "When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!" sings Curly in musical Oklahoma! This photo above is the only time on…
What high school theatre can teach us about Volunteers
Roswell High School had their last show of musical Oklahoma! Yesterday. What a production it was for everyone involved. Opening Night for Oklahoma! [X-E2, XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS, Mode = Manual, ISO 6400, 1/180, ƒ/4.8,…
Which are you apart of? Group ƒ/64 or Group ƒ/1.4
Group ƒ/64 In 1930, Willard Van Dyke, Ansel Adams, and Edward Weston formed the Group ƒ/64. Group f/64 was founded by seven 20th-century San Francisco photographers who shared a standard photographic style characterized by sharply…
How to Video Capture more than 29 minutes with a Nikon D5
Fuji X-E2, Fuji XF 55-200mm, ISO 1250, ƒ/5, 1/100 Last night I photographed, and video captured the show Oklahoma! Just a last-minute push to encourage you, if you are in Roswell, GA, to come and…
How Clothes, Color of Outfits, Backgrounds & Lighting Impact the Portrait
When picking clothes for a photo shoot, I have a few tips. For these photos of recording artist Sydney Rhame, we had a few outfits. So here, I will show you how many variables can…
SWPJC 25 years
Left to Right: Jim Veneman, Bob Carey, Morris Abernathy, Louis Deluca, Ron London, & [Me] Stanley LearyI apologize for the rambling below. It is a stream of consciousness of some of what I experienced this…
Making Photos POP!
Nikon D5, Sigma 35mm ƒ/1.4 DG Art, ISO 100, ƒ/1.4, 1/2500 Selective focus makes people pop out of photos or makes the backgrounds recede into a blur. And you choose what pops, what blurs, and…
Simple Hotshoe Headshot Setup Using MagMod
Nikon D5, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, ISO 50, ƒ/1.8, 1/200–Neewer TT850, Neewer Wireless 16 Channel Remote, MagMod Magsphere, MagMod Magbounce, While I have shown you this type of photo many times this time I shot it…