A view of the crowd from Main Stage looking south on Magnolia Ave.A pug appears as if asleep as it is carried and rocked like a baby during the Arlington Business Partnership Annual Chili Cook-Off & Car/Cycle show. Very tough to isolate them from the clutter in the background because of the time of the day,
Overcast skies are sometimes preferable over sunny skies when I have to photograph events when the sun is overhead.
A textbook example is when photographing anyone during those hours under a canopy.
A broken baluster might have caught my eye but the very directional warm late evening light actually emphasized it for me.50mm lens @ 7:15 pm May 15, 2013. Why so precise time? Daylight savings time in the spring means longer days. So the time of the year is significant if you are a light stalker.
As photographers we need to embrace what literally catches our eyes’ attention.
Whether it’s a hot-looking girl or guy, a pretty sunset or just a beautiful garden, we all stop and take a good look and stare.
We may hide the staring behind dark glasses when our significant other is around, but we all do it, we can’t help it.
It explains how we interact with everything around us now that we all have cameras in our phones: we reach for it and take a picture.
So why is it some folks take better pictures than others?
Stephanie inside an abandoned building. There is a large open window/opening on the left behind her.Behind-the-scenes shows the placement of my reflector and Photoflex Octodome
I still get anxious when I get a call for a job despite my so-called years of experience.
I don’t think that ever goes away, nor do I want it to.
When I was at the Riverside newspaper, the Press-Enterprise, I made pictures daily.
I soon realized I didn’t need my boss to tell me how well I did with my pictures.
There was no hiding behind a pseudonym or a fake byline if the picture was badly done.