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…
Year: 2017
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…
Success depends on your investment of time
While Broadway plays rehearse for four to six weeks, most high schools practice for ten weeks. 40 percent of couples wait 13 to 18 months between “Yes!” and “I do.” How about you? How long…
Covering a candidates for City Council meeting
L/R Marie Willsey, Lori Henry, and Shelley Sears are all running for open spots on the City Council and will speak at the Roswell City Council Candidate forum held at the Roswell Community Masjid. [Nikon…
Why Execution (Not Ideas) Will Bring You Success
photo by: Dorie Griggs You know that God has called you to do photography. You even have a great idea of using photography in a way that others have not thought about doing. It is a…
Cheap and powerful off camera flashes
Nikon D5, Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art, Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel, Neewer T850, I had a lot of fun capturing the brand new Chick-fil-A food truck tested in Athens, Georgia. It was parked…