Seems appropriate that I get off my duff and continue where I left off at the end of last summer when I was trying out some new lighting gear. A blurry few months have shot by and it is a new year now, with dance season bearing down upon us. For the next five monthsContinue reading “Dance Season is Upon Us”
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Shout out to Dance Olympus/Dance America for keeping it real.
We have been traveling to dance competitions for the past ten years now, and I continually hear the same thing when it comes to capturing photographs of my girls – “no photos allowed to protect the dancers and the choreography of the dances”. While I have yet to understand how you can figure out choreographyContinue reading “Shout out to Dance Olympus/Dance America for keeping it real.”
The Final Season Begins
The final year for this era of competitive dance is now firmly upon my family as we head towards our first big event of the year. The team is smaller this time around, the daughter is a senior now, and she will be jamming out on stage with her four teammates about six more timesContinue reading “The Final Season Begins”
Jumping clear and sharp at 1/160th of a second
Photographers always want something more, something different. I am no exception. My desires lie with obtaining a system that will afford me high-speed sync capabilities – to shoot with a shutter speed surpassing my current flash sync speed of 1/200. Simply put, if this number is breached, you will get a lovely black strip onContinue reading “Jumping clear and sharp at 1/160th of a second”
The Beauty of the Face and its Subtleties
My favorite thing about portrait photography is capturing the subtleties of the face. How micro expressions develop out of the smallest of movements and adjustments. A little twitch, a minor change in posture, the smallest rise of the eyebrow can bring an image from ok to wow in a fraction of a heartbeat. This isContinue reading “The Beauty of the Face and its Subtleties”
Twilight and Dusk 