Using a line on the basketball court as a path, I zoom towards my students as they prepare to pan with their cameras.
Every basic still photography class studies motion.
As before, I borrowed my son’s razor scooter. This time I added a twist–I used my black backdrop as my cape.
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Maria reaches skywards to catch a frisbee which I tossed amidst gusty winds along the Santa Ana bicycle trail by Carlson Park in Riverside. Mary Stover used a Cokin filter to give this silhouette a nice warm feel. Critical to most pictures is timing. A split second too late, the frisbee would be in Maria’s hands. A second too early, it would have been too far from her hands. This sort of extension adds interest to the strong graphical element of a silhouette.
After I made arrangements for my class to meet at Carlson Park this past Wednesday, I heard we were expecting showers.
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Of course there wasn’t a drop of rain.
Makes me wonder how meteorologists can predict global warming when they can’t get the forecast accurate for one day.
So instead of rain, we actually lucked out.
Instead of typical cloudless skies for sunset, we got some clouds to make our sunset and silhouette more exciting. Continue reading Shooting Silhouettes at Carlson Park, Riverside
Guests at a Laotian wedding give the lucky couple a ribbing.
It being Spring and soon to be wedding season, I thought I could offer some suggestions to brides who are looking for the “dreaded wedding photographer.”
First, let me stress that I’m specifically referring to a still photographer and not a videographer. The videographer is a different animal altogether.
If when you’re interviewing someone and he says he can do it all, “Run!” Many vendors claim they can do both. It is probably true, but one person can’t do it simultaneously. I’m highly skeptical that the same person can put a video camera down and pick up a still camera without missing a beat.
Each is its own discipline. If your wedding is important, I would suggest you get separate vendors.
I shoot video too but given a choice, I will always choose stills. It’s my first love and it will probably be that way. Besides, what was it that Dirty Harry used to say? Continue reading Hiring a Wedding Photographer 1
Ryan and Katie at the end of our 2-hour photo session appears to have forgotten about us lurking in the background.
Katie and Ryan drove an hour and half from San Diego over the weekend to meet with me.
Brave souls they are to trust a complete stranger whom they’ve never met to do an engagement portrait.
I just spoke to Katie over the phone. One of my former students Jayme who’s doing extremely well in her photography business, was the intermediary.
Continue reading An Engagement Portrait with Katie & Ryan in Riverside