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.
Continue reading Studying Motion
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
A wedding photographer skillfully backpedals as her clients walk down the aisle for the 1st time as a couple at the Edwards Mansion in Redlands, CA
Spend enough time online and I’m sure you’ll notice the number of wedding and portrait photographers has increased exponentially because of the affordability of digital SLRs, the relatively-easy learning curve of photoshop and ease of setting up a website.
What this has done is enable some photography enthusiasts or hobbyists to make a some extra income shooting weddings on their weekends.
In our current economy, this is not a bad thing. Continue reading Wedding Photography–Professionals vs Part-timers
A couple of posts back I mentioned a still life assignment I gave my beginning photography students.
Some might say this is way too tough one for folks who are starting out.
That’s true, but I think in attempting this, they will learn quite a bit.
Personally, I’m learning not to do any type of photography with food on an empty stomach. Sort of like, “Never go grocery shopping on an empty stomach?†Continue reading Photographing Lunch