Last Saturday, January 29, Riverside hosted its first Lunar New Year festival.
The organizers of this one-day celebration hope to make this an an annual affair celebrating the diversity of the Asians and Asian Americans living in our city and the region.
In order that this becomes an annual event, I hope the vendors who participated found this worthwhile.
Community events such as this relies on financial support especially in its inaugural year.
Why do you think it’s usually the “usual suspects” that win those contests?
First of all, the usual suspects who win contests are great photographers.
Second, some have a formula for success.
They know that the “different” or unique photos are going to win.
Furthermore, some photographers duplicate what has won in past contests and execute it on their assignments.
I knew one photographer who turned in the same type of photo, shot in two consecutive months and he won in both months.
What does that tell you?
First of all, there is a strategy. Second, you have to be well-versed in what a contest-winning photograph is, so you can duplicate it in your own way.
Continue reading Meet an amazing photographer Rodrigo Peña Part 2
Now that DSLRs are in the hands of more and more 1st-time camera owners, I’ve noticed this question come up a lot.
“I’ve tried to photograph my son’s basketball games, but all my pictures are blurry. How do I get better pictures with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel?”
Finally, I get to the part where I tell you what you get when you cough up the extra bucks for the Canon Speedlite or Nikon Speedlight.
Under normal situations your DSLR will only be able to synchronize with a generic flash at a maximum 1/200 sec.
In some cases, you might get away with 1/400 sec but that would mean unpredictable results.
If this concept is new to you, read my earlier post about “Getting Started with off-camera-flash.”
After my 1st attempt with Max where I set his bed on the ground, I quickly realized my camera position was too high.
Sort of like when you photograph young children. Seeing them on their level sometimes makes the images more engaging.
Since I didn’t want to be crawling on my belly on the very soggy ground thanks to our recent rains, I chose my tent trailer as my “stage”. Continue reading Using Canon’s E-TTL part3