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After they warmed up to the studio and myself, we were off and running. A little statue-type posing by Stephanie, frog tossing and catching with Michael and a never ending flow of spit-up from Mia, it was certainly entertaining. I had a GREAT time with these kids, and I totally mean that. People often tell me that I must be super patient to deal with kids all the time. But I really love it! The Fundingland kids are super sweet and always make me laugh out loud! Thanks for the great time! .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg)      no comments This photo turned out pretty cool. It was taken at night, and the moon almost looks like the sun. Even got a lens flare from it. This wasn’t hard at all, it’s just a long exposure with the camera on a tripod. At first glance, you’d think it’s just a underexposed scene of sand and the sun, but in actuality it’s a bright photo of the sand and the moon. The stars make you do a double take, for sure. If you’re going to try this with your camera, make sure you have your camera in manual mode. Start playing around with various apertures and shutter speeds. The best way to learn is to just try. In my experience, trial and error have given me more progress than having someone tell me what to do. If you don’t have a tripod, just steady your camera on something and use the timer to start the exposure. And I always recommend using your maximum resolution your camera has. You never know when you’ll capture a spectacular shot and it would really stink if it was low-res instead of hi-res.
no comments After a shy start with Aleece, a few blocks dumped on the floor did the trick, and we were off and running. It used to be Jennings that was the shy one, now he’s all smiles. I love it!! .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) no comments Check out this photo. I took it while on vacation. I love to play around with my camera, even more than taking actual portrait sessions (sorry clients). Take a look at the photo, and below I will explain how I did it.
Here’s how I did it. I had my camera on a tripod, and my camera set to bulb. Bulb is a setting on a camera that allows the shutter to be open as long as you hold the shutter button. I actually have a remote shutter release that I can lock in place. Once the shutter was open and “recording” the scene, I ran around with my external flash and triggered the flash in various areas. You can plainly see my flash on the sand, and another flash popping off behind the grass. When I was done, I ran back to my camera and stopped the exposure. I honestly can’t remember the exposure time, I believe it was about 90 seconds, possibly less. You can see that the stars aren’t quite sharp. That’s because my camera was stationary, but the earth is moving. If I did a really long exposure, say 2 or more minutes, you’d see streaks instead of stars. It’s really fun to mess around with this type of photography, not to mention the exercise benefits. I must have attempted this shot four times, then I was all in. The sand didn’t help that’s for sure, not great for running efficiently and for those of us out of shape. This is the type of photography that can consume me once I get started. I seem to always want to do another one a little better than the one before, or my mind will start thinking of ways I can add something cool to the shot. This particular photo might end up in one of my composites. I’d like to “fix” the stars so they are not blurred, and perhaps add someone or something in the foreground. Hmmm, I’ll have to see what this mind can come up with. Enjoy! no comments I just got thinking, I’ve been photographing these little ones for quite a few years. It’s fun to see how they’ve changed the next time they come in. When photog’ing are three kids, it’s definitely not a sleepy session, but they were fun as usual. Thanks Kayleigh, Ben & Blake!!!  no comments |
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