Simple Clicks – Autumn Sunrise
Saturday morning at Bullhead Bay, Lackawanna State Park, at sunrise. Not the most spectacular sunrise, given the mostly bald sky, but still great to be out in the field for it, especially with the fog swirling across the water. The foliage is at peak, maybe just a little before. And of course the dock is [...]
Simple Clicks – The Road Through Autumn
We’re at about peak autumn right now in Northeastern PA. The excess rain of the past month isn’t going to help the foliage at all, and we’re already seeing a lot of brown, including trees that have skipped the whole colored stage altogether. The good news is that the past few days have been great: [...]
Church Xmas Shoot – Reality
So now for the reality… Actually, this was one of the easier shoots all around, in terms of the theory meeting the reality. When shooting static scenes there’s something to be said for having the place all to yourself – we were able to get in and shoot everything on our list within a few [...]
Happy New Year!
Here’s wishing you all a wonderful, prosperous, and photogenic new year! There’s going to be some great stuff to come in 2011!
Church Xmas Shoot – Theory
It’s Wednesday evening, and I’m preparing for a shoot with my friend Paul. Back around the start of November I posted about shooting the kickoff service for his church’s Centennial year – this time we’ve gotten the keys to the place and are headed in to shoot the interior in it’s Christmas best. Having never [...]
Happy Halloween!
(Okay, so this photo could have been better. A few Speedlites, an actual background…you know, those things I’m always talking about. But frankly I’m so hyped up from eating the candy that I’m supposed to be handing out to trick-or-treaters that I could barely hold the camera steady.)
Autumn in B&W
It sounds contradictory, but I firmly believe that some of the best autumn photographs are done in black & white. Despite the array of colors that is present at no other time of year, there’s a special quality that B&W brings out. Of course, part of the challenge is finding the right conversion into B&W, [...]
Simple Clicks – Autumn Stream
Finally made it out to Little Rocky Glen, after several weekends of trying. It’s a bit cliche, the whole long-exposure-stream-in-fall image, but it’s one of those iconic images that I find myself wanting to make year after year. The trick is trying to find new ways to make the image; in this case, a little-shot [...]
Simple Clicks – Sunrise in the Valley
I’ve been wanting to make this image for some time now and finally got enough cooperation out of the weather to give it a try. Turns out this isn’t exactly the image I wanted – I’d have preferred a bald sky, believe it or not. But it’s going to have to be good enough for [...]
Simple Clicks – Autumn at the Pond
There are scenes I keep returning to; sometimes they’ve changed so little it’s almost startling. Last time the boat wasn’t alone, and the light was different, but even knowing that I’d shot nearly this same image once before didn’t deter me. Sometimes all it takes is subtle differences between frames to make them both worth [...]
