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!
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
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
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
Happy Father’s Day (in the USA). The day started off cloudy and rainy which ruined my planned morning photography outing. But in the afternoon the sun came out, and being of bored mind I wandered around my backyard and decided that I would take close-up photos of some lantana flowers. I went and grabbed my… Read More Lantana Flower Close-Up
I have been waiting for a decent day to go back out to Inks Lake and try shooting the little waterfall. There is a stream that travels over a lot of rocks getting down to the lake. When it hasn’t rained for a while, it can get down to a trickle, but we have had… Read More Sunday Afternoon at Inks Lake
It was Sunday afternoon and I was itching to get back out and shoot some photos. I knew that there wouldn’t be a remarkable sunset as the sky was perfectly clear. I did think that I might be able to do something interesting with the little stream and waterfall at Balcones Canyonland National Wildlife Refuge,… Read More Blue Sky Landscape Photography
I recently received and email from 500px that stated “Your photos were selected by Getty Images”. I really didn’t know what this meant, so I looked into it. But first, a little background. At one time, I posted many of my images to 500px.com. I was hoping that this would be a good forum to… Read More 500px and Getty Images
I have been in a state lately such that I don’t have a lot to photograph nor do I have a lot of time to do it. The weather alternates from clear blue skies to solid gray overcast. I have also been re-evaluating my photos in terms of composition and thinking about how and if… Read More Rules of Composition
I have been mostly sick all week and have started to feel better as the weekend approached. I was eager to get out and hike and shoot some photos. Saturday morning looked to be cool and clear, so I wouldn’t get a cloud show at sunrise, but I would probably have a nice hike anyway.… Read More Small Waterfall
Jason Frels 