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Hiking for Details

After being inspired by a YouTube video, I decided to go hiking with a longer lens and focus on shooting details instead of wide vistas. By longer lens I am talking about a 70-200mm telephoto zoom rather than the 16-35mm lens that I would usually walk around with. I also wanted to go hiking with… Read More Hiking for Details

December 12, 2020December 11, 2020 Jason Frels14 Comments

Stone Gazebo at Sunset

There is a stone gazebo at an overlook at Bastrop State Park and I hurried to try to get there at sunset one evening and arrived just as the sun was hitting the horizon. I noticed that I could get the sun to be right through the openings in the gazebo and tried shooting that.… Read More Stone Gazebo at Sunset

November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 Jason Frels12 Comments

The Old Camera

As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently was given my father’s old film camera. It is a 35mm Nikomat that was purchased in 1968 as far as I can tell. I was excited to get this camera as I can remember my dad carrying this camera around at various times as far back… Read More The Old Camera

October 21, 2020October 20, 2020 Jason Frels30 Comments

Nikon Z50 for Hiking

I enjoy hiking as well as photography. I usually carry my camera along on my hikes as I like to take photos of landscapes or other details that I see. But, my DSLR can get quite heavy after hiking for a while. So, I have had my eye on a smaller and lighter, but still… Read More Nikon Z50 for Hiking

May 28, 2020 Jason Frels12 Comments

Photography From Home – Thunderbirds

US Air Force Thunderbirds

I managed to get the US Air Force Thunderbirds to fly over my house on Wednesday afternoon so I could have something to shoot photos of. They were really nice about it waiting until the clouds began to break up. They were actually flying over hospitals in the Austin area to salute hospital workers. Their… Read More Photography From Home – Thunderbirds

May 14, 2020May 13, 2020 Jason Frels15 Comments

Autumn Color in Austin

Austin at Sunset in Autumn

Austin is not known for its Autumn color display, but there are some colors and I set about trying to capture them on Friday evening. My plan was to shoot from the pedestrian walkway along IH-35 across Lady Bird Lake. I had seen this view while driving the kids to Six Flags in San Antonio… Read More Autumn Color in Austin

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 Jason Frels10 Comments

The Beach!

Beach at Galveston Island State Park - 2s Exposure

Earlier this week I went to the beach at Galveston Island State Park on the Gulf of Mexico. I was mainly there for a mini family vacation, so I didn’t spend a lot of time shooting pictures. About halfway through the day, I did drag the camera and tripod down to the water to take… Read More The Beach!

August 9, 2019August 8, 2019 Jason Frels16 Comments

Portrait Class, Part 4

My fourth and final portraiture class was about trying a bunch of seemingly weird techniques to shoot portraits. Mainly using the flash lighting in ways that went against the conventional rules of shooting portraits. First, we shot a model with a white background. The background was lit by its own flash so it wouldn’t be… Read More Portrait Class, Part 4

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Jason Frels11 Comments

Portrait Class 3

In portrait class three we studied full length portraits and lighting. There was also a lot of discussion about hand orientation, leg position, and feet placement. There was a lot to keep in your head at once, while also trying to focus and frame the photo and communicate with the model. The below full length… Read More Portrait Class 3

July 26, 2019July 25, 2019 Jason Frels5 Comments

Portrait Class, Part 2

I had my second installment of a portrait class that I am taking with my daughter. This class was focused on flashes. I don’t own an external flash for my camera so I had to use the equipment provided by the instructor. The first thing to try was direct flash with the flash mounted on… Read More Portrait Class, Part 2

July 16, 2019July 15, 2019 Jason Frels4 Comments

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