We got a lot of spring rain and the river is temporarily full of water. I went down there hiking with my daughter and her dog and she wanted me to shoot some photos of her with the dog. As she sat on the river bank with her dog, I liked the way the sun… Read More The River is Full
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
I recently signed up for portrait classes with my oldest daughter. I have no experience shooting portraits and I generally prefer landscapes (no people), but my daughter is quite in to portraiture and had taken photos for many of the girls that she went to high school with. So, I signed up for this class… Read More Portrait Class, Part 1
