I think umbrella lighting gets a bad rap these days. When should you reach back to the basics and use an umbrella for your portraits? Don’t misunderstand me. I love my softboxes. Strip lights, big octa boxes and grids are fun toys to use. It’s an interesting mental exercise to craft your lighting and there…
Eliminate distractions. That was the answer I gave last week when someone asked me what I thought was the most important thing he could do to improve his photography. Maybe he thought I would tell him he needed a new camera body or lens. Maybe some new Photoshop plugins would help. Like many of us,…
I’m Happy Today [pinit] Just a short post, but I’m happy today. I’ve been dealing with a sick old dog and I delivered him to my vet Monday morning for surgery. He’s almost 16 years old, so his age puts him at risk to have surgery. A mass was growing in his mouth and it’s made…
I’ve talked about pre-visualization before. That essentially means having a vision of the image you want to capture before you click the shutter. It’s often quite helpful to have a plan to get the images you want. Otherwise, you may come home and lament that your photos don’t really please you. I’m not even talking…