Month: September 2022

While we are not entirely out of the woods with COVID-19, the numbers are significantly down for hospitalizations and death compared to just a year ago. This is excellent news. Early in the pandemic, businesses…

Within photography, Analog to Digital refers to moving from shooting film to digital capture. In the days of film only, many photographers shot their assignments and then dropped off their films at professional labs. There…

[NIKON Z 9, VR 120-300mm f/2.8G + 1.4X converter, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 25600, 1/1600, ƒ/4, (35mm = 360)] The first thing I noted about shooting at Roswell High School's Ray Manus Stadium is…

Caption: Ron Sherman talks about his work on display at the Roswell Arts Center on Friday, September 23, 2022. [NIKON Z 9, 35mm f/1.4G, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 1000, 1/200, ƒ/1.4, (35mm = 35)]…

I just played around today with photos from November 2011 when my son was doing airborne jumps at Fort Benning in Georgia. Airborne School First Jump of school One of my favorite tools is AI…

I am writing this for those who will find solace in the fact that someone else struggles with life each day, just as you do. Spoiler alert, I don’t have a solution, but just to…

I love how, in the Jewish tradition, memory is not just individual but also communal. For the Jewish people, collective memory flows through ritual and recital.  This past weekend the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb has…

photo by: Dennis Fahringer “Choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”Confucius Two groups in my life have approached this topic of vocation with one thing in…

This photo was taken during the Georgia Tech vs. Brigham Young 28-19 at Grant Field on September 21, 2002. [NIKON D100, 200.0-400.0 mm f/5.6, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 200, 1/1000, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 345)]…

Drone photography allows real estate agents to showcase the entire property and all its exterior selling features in a single shot that receives that coveted 12 seconds of focus. What used to take several photos,…

[NIKON Z 9, VR 120-300mm f/2.8G + 2X Converter, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 22800, 1/2000, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 600)] Getting sharp and in-focus photos of football, one must be sure you are using a…

My shutter speed settings for shooting sports are 1/4000 versus for weddings, 1/125, or 1/250. For sports, my release mode is 20 fps versus for weddings, single frame. Both of those settings affect my ISO.…