Saturday Light: Pride & Prejudice Promo Shoot
This one is long overdue. Several weeks ago I shared a bit of behind-the-scenes look on what goes into preparing for a photo shoot – in this case, a very large shoot. Writing post-shoot now, I can easily say that it was indeed the biggest production shoot I’ve ever done. And it was outright awesome! [...]
How I almost skunked myself (and technology saved me)
It’s too damn hot, even for photography, and has been for the past week. A real heat wave that’s reduced most of us to hanging around the A/C at work or sweating into little puddles. Even the string of (big!) thunderstorms that moved through this afternoon didn’t do anything to knock the heat down – [...]
Feeder birds, and how a simple idea can become much more complex
I spent a morning last week up at Paul’s place for some morning feeder bird action. Paul’s got three feeders and a bird bath setup in near his outdoor porch on the side yard and has really created a perfect little bird paradise. Not only can they come in and feed & get a drink, [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Studio Work (static)
Although the majority of my personal work takes place outdoors, my professional ventures are split about 70/30, with the smaller portion taking place in an indoor studio setting, be it with models, products, stock, etc. Although I’m really dying to get a model in front of the E-M5, I’m taking this one step at a [...]
Simple Clicks: Food Photos
Been playing with some food photography setups lately, in a very informal, experimental way. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to work with and I greatly admire the folks who do it professionally. There’s a real talent to making something look so appetizing that people can’t resist it, and I think that although it would [...]
Tethered Shooting
Like so many of my photographic explorations, my foray into tethered shooting probably lacks scientific methodology or testing. I pretty much jumped into it just because an opportunity arose and, since it was working, stuck with it long enough to figure out some pros and cons. I referenced this in a post a little while [...]
Orchids in the Studio
Today I’m going to join the ranks of millions on Flickr and bore to you tears with flower shots. Actually, I really hope that I don’t bore you. But I am still going to share them with you. Orchids are amazingly beautiful and I’ve always wanted one, but had heard that they are difficult to [...]
Saturday Light: Paul’s Reflection
This was easily the most unusual portrait shoot I’ve yet done, and one of the most difficult. The idea was Paul’s – my good friend and fellow photographer, who wanted to put his own face alongside a portrait of his grandfather as a young man. But rather than simply pose with the portrait (heck, anyone [...]
Saturday Light: Lauren
Back from my short hiatus while working on my other site [link], here’s another edition of Saturday Light with Lauren, who has become a familiar face here over the course of her three-part senior session. It was really supposed to be a two-part session, but due to some scheduling troubles and a bit of miscommunication, [...]
Saturday Light: Gianna
Now for something completely different: Gianna, my first foray into the world of children’s photography. This was a shoot done for Gianna’s mom, who is a friend of mine, and wanted some photos to include in the annual Christmas card. We kicked around a few ideas and settled on a two-part shoot, starting with some [...]
