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The fountains of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC are encircled by large granite pillars engraved with the names of the states. I’ve been so busy with portraits and weddings this summer, then I’ve only just gotten around to processing the photos I shot at my DC Memorials at Night [...] Just wanted to give you all a heads up that there’s only one spot left in my August 15th intermediate/advanced-level workshop on Light and Motion: Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. Click on the link to view the detailed lesson plan and registration details! There’s also still space in my August 14th beginning-level workshop [...] A few Fridays ago, I ran an intermediate/advanced workshop on “Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night.” Here is some student work from John and Barry, two of my four students. Didn’t they do a great job, doing a teacher proud???!!! (Students: You’ve all received an invitation to view a private lightbox with [...] An of ISO 100 and aperture of f/13 were just the right combination to give a shutter speed of 6.0 sec, allowing the camera to capture this Freak Out carnival ride at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair several times along its entire length, resulting in the blur of color shown here. I’m going [...] Blueberries grow on the vine at Butler Orchards in Germantown, MD. Aperture: f/2.8, shutter speed: 1/2000 sec, ISO 800.
In my recent blog post, “Secret #1 of the Exposure Triangle,” I talked about using shutter speed to creatively express movement in your photographs. Today, I’ll take you [...] The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland. I’ve been contemplating the image-creation process this week, as I work on a series of images of Great Falls. I thought I’d share some of my musings about the three essential steps to great image-making: Step 1: Defining your vision [...] Over the past year, I’ve noticed that at least half of the new photography students who come to me bring along with them a misconception about the relationship between shutter speed and exposure. I’ll ask them how they decide to use a slow vs. fast shutter speed, and they’ll say something like, “When it’s [...] I’ve just completed pre-registration (for students who had pre-expressed interest) for my new 1/2-day workshop on Monday, July 5th, Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. I still have 1 to 2 spots open for anyone else who is interested. View more details, including the full agenda/lesson plan, and register for Photographing the [...] A group of visitors to the Lincoln Memorial spontaneously hold up a sign saying, "I Still Have a Dream." I’m super excited about a new 1/2-day photography workshop that I’m putting together for Monday, July 5th on Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. One of the things that students at my [...] One of my students recently mentioned to me how he was kicking himself after a shoot for not adequately cleaning his camera lens. I asked him if he was sure that it was a dirty lens rather than a dirty sensor. If you’re getting annoying little spots or blobs on your photos, then this [...] |
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