Originally shot on Fujichrome 100, this is one of the few photo illustrations I shot while at the newspaper which I liked.
Maybe it’s also because it won a 1st place award. Details of which elude me now.
I remember just eating a whole lot of bananas. Must have downed at least 20 or 30 by the [...]
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Canon 40D with 50 mm lens on a tripod. Since our faces were in the same plane, f8 was more than enough to keep us all in focus. Thanks Eric for taking our picture.
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I dragged out my portable studio for the Thanksgiving get-together.
Since I’ve made it a point to ask my [...]
As a photography instructor, if you were to ask, “What’s toughest to teach in photography?”, I’d have to answer, “How and where to find Inspiration or Motivation.”
The concepts, the technical wizardry, the f-stops and so on, my students will get. Some faster than others. Eventually that stuff sinks in.
After all, there are only that many [...]
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Face it, those Canon radio commercials touting how easy it is to get shots like the professionals, are effective. You’ve gone out and bought a digital single lens reflex camera. Prices are crazy low.
You can get a very nice Canon 40D, although that’s just for the body by itself, for under a grand.
Now that it’s [...]
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