Equal parts wisdom and rambling.
I was in Ouray, CO for the 4th of July this year. They have an awesome fireworks display at the end of the day in this beautiful town nestled in the valley of the San Juan Mountains. If you’re trying to photograph fireworks, here are a few tips. Tripod use is a must! To get [...]
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I had the opportunity to shoot promo pics for a new Austin startup called Patronism (www.patronism.com). Their business model is a very interesting one, and if it takes off, could change the music industry. From their web site: “Patronism is a tool for musicians to augment or replace dwindling CD sales with sustaining subscriptions. Our [...]
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This past weekend I had the opportunity to shoot for the wonderful charity Any Baby Can. Any Baby Can strives to improve the lives of families with sick children and this night was a night for the mothers. This was their night, Mother’s Night Out. They had the whole set-up at the Embassy Suites in [...]
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Picked up this little gem from David Ziser’s blog “Digital ProTalk.” The idea is that you can get a real focused light right where you want it by cranking down the exposure and brightness and then painting it back in with the adjustment brush. A great way to isolate your subject and direct the viewers attention [...]
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Kayla came to me with a challenge. Her mother-in-law had a framed image of her daughter in her house and wanted a similar one of Kayla from her wedding. Kayla snapped a photo of this framed image and sent it to me as a reference for what she wanted. Luckily, Kayla’s photographer for her wedding [...]
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This is a neat effect I learned in a still life photo class at UT. The effect mimics an original film technique devloped by Michael Orton where you overlay two overexposed images of an identical scene. One is sharply focused and the other blurry. The end result is a very saturated, soft focus effect which [...]
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