Archives for the 'available light' Category
More on the rocks
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
After wandering through the old canal lock and stopping to smell the flowers Brooke and I came upon this lovely cliff face and stopped for a few more photos. Again, I had always known there were photos here to be taken, but the combination of this location with all its memories for me and my […]
Spring Flowers
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
The wild flowers were starting to bloom when Brooke and I were out taking photos near my childhood home. This patch of “Blue Bells” was particularly nice, so we decided to try to make some photos there. Wild flowers with nudes seldom work, but I think these came out ok. What I’m finding interesting is the […]
It’s A Lock…
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
…An old canal lock, that is. A canal used to run through this old area near my childhood home. The remains of one of the locks is still there. Natural rocks can make a great background for figure photos, but man-made rocks can work as well. I spent most of the day yesterday editing just […]
Home on the Rocks
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Brooke is here visiting. That makes me happy. I work with quite a few wonderful models. They are all special, but Brooke is more special than any other model I’ve ever worked with. She’s my favorite. I guess I shouldn’t say that and I hope that none of my other models feel bad because I’ve said that, […]
Another Answer
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
After all that stuff about techniques to fix photos taken in “challenging” light, there is really a very different approach that is the one I most often use and that is much more likely to succeed, if I can manage it. It’s much better to simply find the place where the light I’m struggling with […]
Software Alternatives
Monday, April 18th, 2011
I’ve been working on finding better ways to post-process photos done in bright sunlight. I think I’m beginning to improve the results. I talked with my old friend, Tim Black, about my problems and he suggested I try the Nikon software to process the RAW files. I’ve had bad experiences with Nikon’s software in the […]
Spring Has Sprung
Friday, April 15th, 2011
I know it’s spring here in Ohio because I’ve already shot the first frozen model of the year here. Thanks to Angie we slipped out to our favorite local waterfall for a shoot earlier this week. We got a later start than we had hoped for, and, of course, the sun was out full force, […]
Softness
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
As I’ve said before here, I’m tired of winter and bored with working in the studio. One of the things I do when I get bored in the studio is bring out my old soft-focus lens and shoot with it. I’ve had this lens, a single-element lens in Nikon mount, for more than 30 years. […]
Variations
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
It seems that many of my favorite models are also talented photographers. I think that has more to do with my liking to work with models who understand what I’m trying to do than with anything else. Charlise is one of those “modelographers” and is very good on both sides of the camera. One of the […]
Down on the Plantation
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The nature preserve where I shot with Charlise used to be a plantation…actually two plantations. The main buildings are long gone with just a few foundation stones remaining to show where they used to be. But a couple small buildings remain. And they gave us some protection from the bright sun for a few photos. Above […]
