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Advice

Finding the light, place and subjects for creativity

West facing stairwell bathed in superwarm light appears even warmer.
West facing stairwell bathed in superwarm light appears even warmer.
When I popped my head into one of the studios at the Life Arts Building during Art Walk, I came across this wonderful sight. There was little time to pull out the off-camera Speedlite. ISO 100 1/2000 sec f1.4 50mm lens, Canon 5DMark2.
When I popped my head into one of the studios at the Life Arts Building during Art Walk, I came across this wonderful sight. There was little time to pull out the off-camera Speedlite. ISO 100 1/2000 sec f1.4 50mm lens, Canon 5DMark2.

As our summer days start to grow shorter, I have to remind myself to get outside earlier with my camera.

Riverside’s Art Walk typically starts at 6 pm.

For the month of August, that’s when the light is golden, very directional but often difficult to manage due to the extreme contrast.

Sometimes it’s best not to fight it and just expose for the highlight especially when you want to work fast and not pull out a speedlite for off-camera use.

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Advice

Seeing in grayscale to distinguish between quality of light versus quantity

If you set your camera to the camera raw setting and use either Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw, then you might want to try this trick. Setting your camera to display the image as BW or Monochrome in your camera's LCD/preview monitor will help you become a better photographer.
If you set your camera to the camera raw setting and use either Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw, then you might want to try this trick. Setting your camera to display the image as BW or Monochrome in your camera’s LCD/preview monitor will help you become a better photographer.  Canon Powershot G11 shot on camera raw. I intended to make enlargements of this image, so I switched from JPEG to camera raw when I shot this. I also planned on this becoming a Grayscale or Black and White image so I wanted the most information my camera could capture. ISO 200 1/400 sec @ f4.5

There is a generation of wonderful photographers now who have never set foot inside a wet darkroom.

So we can safely conclude that shooting film is no longer a necessity in becoming a skillful photographer.

Some folks have the knack of recognizing lighting that works and know how to best utilize it to suit their muse. Continue reading Seeing in grayscale to distinguish between quality of light versus quantity →

Photography

2nd Annual Tlahualilies & Tallwowlillies Festival in Riverside

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Without a speedlite to control the extremely contrasty situation, I had to ask this boy to move his face so I could capture his eyes. Shooting raw helped a lot of course.

Using one lens was how generations of film photographers learned.

Back then it was a known as the standard 50mm lens.

That was the focal length which approximates what the human eye sees in its angle of view.

That was the kit lens.

Not to sound like a fuddy duddy, if you wanted a wide angle zoom the likes of a 18mm-55mm or 18mm-135mm back then, you had to pay extra.
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That forced camera users to walk either closer or to step back all the time keeping an eye in the viewfinder to see how their composition changed. Continue reading 2nd Annual Tlahualilies & Tallwowlillies Festival in Riverside →