The Pixels in Pete's World

Getty Museum grounds–At public places it can sometimes be difficult to work. Crowds of people can be a distraction especially if they’re dressed with bright gaudy colors. I had to wait a while as the throngs of people passed continuously on the path. Whenever we hold that camera up to our eye, it really helps [...]

Artist Pat Corbin Chao–works on her landscape of the fishing pier at Lake Evans. I used just a reflector to direct the light down towards the palette and her canvas. See this picture from my student Erika Garcia taken from the  reverse angle. Our 2nd artist Pat Corbin Chao set up to work closer to [...]

Artist Sharon Suhovy painting on location–The time of the day, 6:37 pm, made very directional light possible. I made sure Sharon’s face was lit by the setting sun bouncing off Lake Evans. This helps draw even more attention to her since her face is now the lightest part of the picture. Composition The Rule of [...]

Shooting into the sun–With my 50 mm lens 1/8000 @ f1.4 ISO 100 and backlighting the flower bloom, you lose a sense of what kind of light was used or even the time of the day. This was early morning around 7:45 am. The sun came out of hiding finally. I went by one of [...]