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8 months ago

You've Got Lens Choices...

Here’s my philosophy about buying lenses: For workaday use, I prefer to those made by my camera’s manufacturer. I don’t mind used purchasing lenses because I’m going to use them anyway but everybody likes a bargain and some of the best deals on cheap wide-angle lenses are provided by Russian optics. Even when used with real wide-angle lenses, the focal-length [...]

8 months ago

Perspective Correction in Travel Photography

 Wide angle lenses are great for architectural photography but often create the “falling over” building look that doesn’t always create the classic look that can be produced with a view camera or a Tilt-Shift lens or as Nikon calls’em Perspective Control lenses. The upside of these lenses is that they can eliminate the “falling over” building look and [...]

9 months ago

Using Landscape Mode

The trademarks of a traditional landscape image are wide angles of view and extreme sharp focus, which is why many SLR’s landscape mode is designed for short focal lengths and increased depth of field. It’s the exact opposite of portrait mode that’s been designed for longer focal lengths and limited depth of field. For most camera’s the built-in flash and AF-assist [...]

9 months ago

Right in Your Own Backyard

When making an image, other than “I’d like to make a nice photo,” I don't always have any specific goals and objectives in mind but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. My friend Matt Staver is a talented, young photographer who always asks me “what was your objective in making that photograph?” but I seldom have a good answer for him. At the FOTOfusion [...]

9 months ago

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment

Puerto Rico is the best of two worlds! As a Caribbean island it is the smallest of the Greater Antilles yet it’s part of the United States so you don’t need a passport to visit. Located in the northeastern Caribbean, Puerto Rico is just a two-hour flight from Miami. The Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport is in Isla Verde nine miles from San Juan and the short cab or [...]

9 months ago

Runway Photography

Leggy supermodels may be attractive, but they are also fast and like a wedding shooter capturing a bride’s walk down the aisle with her father, you only get one chance. You’re also working under tricky lighting conditions and more often than not, no flash is allowed. My comments are aimed specifically at NYC’s Fashion Week but the challenges are the same at many,, including [...]

9 months ago

Proper Exposure at Car Shows

As in all photography there are no one right way, although many seminar speakers may disagree arguing that only their way is the one, true perfect road to correct exposure. I disagree. There is no “my way or the highway,” you get to choose the method that works for you. Even a road less traveled is OK if it produces the results you want. If it doesn’t its time to look at [...]

1 year ago

Having Fun with Glamour Photography

Glamour is a genre that has its roots in the pin-up and “cheesecake” photography of the 1940’s but over time evolved, I’m sure because of the influence of magazines such as Playboy, so that it now focuses on the depiction of a model with a strong emphasis on sensuality. In pursuit of that ultimate glamour image photographers use a combination of make-up, camera and lighting [...]

1 year ago

The Non-Naked Nude

Everybody has his or her take on nudity. Some models want an image that makes them look nude, but don’t want to be nude in front of the camera. Thea doesn’t mind being nude, but doesn’t want images that are explicitly nude. If you read some of my other posts, you will recognize my contatsnt refarin about taking the time to talk to the model. Nudity is not just in the mind and eye [...]

1 year ago

Glamour Photography Wardrobe

One question I often get about my glamour photography relates to wardrobe and who supplies the swimsuits, lingerie, and other clothing items that the model wears during a shoot. Most of the time I ask the model to bring a selection of her own clothes based on the type of shoot that’s planned. When discussing the shoot with the model beforehand try to be specific, otherwise the model will [...]

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