Nature photography is what I like to call “wall art.” The photos should be compositionally interesting as well as beautiful to look at. They can be tricky to get just right and also universal in appeal. The below shots were taken during a 20 minute walk about at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Canada. Try…
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Today, I did a site visit/mini engagement session over at the Tournament Player’s Club (TPC) in Valencia. Kellie and Lorenzo will be married there on October 4th. It is a beautiful location and the two were so excited to see their photos that I had to post a few right away.
What is Landscape Photography? The person that may come to mind might be Ansel Adams. Landscape photography can be one of the hardest types of photography to master, mainly because it takes great skill in lighting and composition as well as a ton of patience. You cannot just go out and take a photo of…
On Friday evening, September 19th I met with Hayley and Todd (soon to be married on November 1st) to do their engagement session. They brought along one of Todd’s daughters who was a good assistant. (You can see what she looks like at the end — big, big blue eyes! — a knock out.) We…
I photographed a beautiful wedding at the Leo Baeck Temple last Saturday. Melissa and Ronnie were referred to me by Rachel and Ari who I shot a few years back. Ronnie was perfectly on time and Melissa was just a tad late. By the time she got there and put her dress on (the fastest…
ISO 100 ISO 1600 ISO (International Organization or Standardization) can be a tricky thing. The ISO of film and digital sensors relates to the sensor or film’s sensitivity to light. ISO 100 is less sensitive and ISO 1600 is more sensitive. Most people know that the higher the number, the less light is needed to…
There are three things that affect Depth of Field (how in focus something is from foreground to background.) Your aperture setting (F-stop,) the focal length of your lens, and the distance you are away from your subject. 1. Aperture: the larger the hole (ie: f/2, f/4) the shallower the depth of field (less in focus…