candids & portraits
Reducing Red Eye – Without Annoying Flashes
Learn the cause and how to eliminate the demonic look of read eye in your candid portraiture.
Tips for Photographing Live Performers
Shooting a live performance can be a lot of fun. But don’t go at it blind. Here are a few tips that will help you the next time you are shooting a live performance.
Iconic Music Photography (via Abduzeedo)
Photography and music go hand-in-hand. Some of our most well-known musical icons are forever preserved in iconic photography. This Abduzeedo inspired post brings you my true path to photography, and discusses how photography helped to raise the musical icon.
The Work of Mlss Lujansky
See the work of Mlss Lujansky, a contributor to the SP@Flickr Group, who has brought us this wonderful example of silhouette photography. Read on to see the photograph and to see what you can learn from it.
The Kids (Alert and Passive)
It’s been a while since I posted current photos of the kids. So I figured it would be a great opportunity to post some of my latest portraits.
Alert – Natalie is now about 8 months old. She’s alert, loves to look around and just be aware of everything around her. She especially loves it when [...]
Snow Falling on Solitude
Some more experiments with self portraits. This one taken during a snow storm.
Self Evaluation (New Self Portrait)
I like to play with self portraits. Not only is it a great way to practice and/or learn about your equipment (check out my article Self Portraits – Have Fun and Gain Experience), but it’s fun to do. This particular portrait is the first portrait I’ve done with my new 50mm lens. And here’s a [...]
My Best Photos: 2008
Year end is always a great time to look back on your works and pick out what you feel are your best works. I am going to share with you what I feel my best works are, and why. I wish I could claim the idea as my own, but I have to credit Jim [...]
12 Strobe Flash Ring
I love to see do-it-yourself projects in action. Wired Magazine’s Blog is chock full of excellent DIY projects, and occasionally we see some photography related posts: Like Syl Arena’s 12-strobe rig (Shown here with Ben Willmore, photo by Syl Arena). Arena created this massive rig out of twelve Canon 580 EX II (bhphoto.com) strobes and [...]
The Psychology of Portrait Photography
Jim Talkington of Pro Photo LIfe has proven, yet again, why his blog is an incredible resources on the web today. While most photo blogs (my own included) spend a great deal of time discussing technique and technical aspects of photography, Mr. Talkington always manages to interject some of his wisdom and experience into the [...]
Depth of Field for Portraits
Our friends at Pro Photo Life have provided us with a great, and simple, article about the widely discussed (but often still misunderstood) topic of Depth of Field. The article assumes you have a basic understanding of the concept, but it applies it specifically to portrait photography. An excerpt from the article:
In this day and [...]
Outdoor Portraits (Tutorial and Video)
The team at Pro Photo Life created an awesome video tutorial having to do with outdoor portrait photography. Portrait photography is a challenging discipline as it is, and outdoor sessions can be even more complicated. But the end results are stunning. The tutorial and video linked below is a really simple and easy to understand [...]
So This Is Christmas
Yes, so I’m a little behind on my workflow. This was from Christmas, 2007. Technically, it was my son’s second christmas, but he was only 11 month old for his first…so this was the first time that he really seemed to understand the holiday. This isn’t one of my bet portraits, but it means a [...]
Baby Update
As promised, I took my camera to the Hospital today and snapped a few photos. Lighting was bad, but I did my best. First picture is myself with both of my children. The second is our latest addition with my wife looking on.
Go Fish
My brother-in-law fishing with his daughter.
