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?
Very directional light–Arriving at 5pm to start taking pictures is a bit hairy under normal circumstances but this year, I was tired and wanted to pace myself. Hopefully you agree with my choice of timeOne of the younger performers showing no signs of stage fright. ISO 400 1/1000 @f5.6 70-300 zoom. Canon 5DM2
Often it’s the time of the day that matters more than anything else.
At this year’s Riverside Lunar Festival 2015, I had a lot less time to spare.
Alexandra with Bailador, a Peruvian Paso horse was photographed using one White Lightning XL800. Canon 5D Mark 2 ISO 50 1/250 f5.6 165mm focal length. 1/2 CTO gel on flash head for warmer skin tones.A look from behind camera position showing location of my main light. A 72″ silvered umbrella with a color temperature orange gel. XL 800 White Lightning powered by Vagabond Minibattery
One of the biggest obstacles for any photographer is gathering the various elements of their muse in one place to photograph.
So when I reached out to my Facebook friend and horse owner Kat Grossman, I had to have some idea of what I wanted.
