Ask a Lightroom Expert – Wedding Photography Help
Q: As you may know I did my first wedding for charity last weekend in Memphis. There are some changes that I need to make, however for the most part I am pretty satisfied with the way it came out–especially considering the venue was a hampton inn. Afterwards I prepared my first composed wedding image. As […]
4 Techniques To Make Children’s Photos Stand Out
Recently I have been experimenting with techniques for enhancing images of kids. With a little one in the house I have had lots of practice with baby and kid photos. I have noticed a few techniques tend to improve the quality of these pictures. 1. Get Low – See Eye to Eye The first […]
Off-Camera Lighting With Cell Phone LED Flash
It is said often that photography is just about recording light. So what can you do when the daylight is gone and you don’t want to use your on-camera flash? How about using one or more cell phone LED flashlights as lighting. Unless you are MacGyver you probably don’t have a flashlight with you at […]
Off-Camera Flash Vs. Available Light – Underexposing The Sky
In this post there are two images captured about 7 minutes apart. In that time the available light outside did not noticeably change. The difference in the look of the two pictures is the first utilized only ambient light while the second added off-camera flash. Notice, in the ambient exposure that the subjects and the […]
Advanced Beginner’s Guide To Headshot Portraiture
This article builds on the ideas discussed in last week’s blog post: 3 Essential Tips for Headshot Portraiture in Natural Light. Go back and refresh your memory before reading on. It’s ok, I’ll wait. In this post we will cover additional technical aspects to consider when creating a headshot portrait. At this point you have experimented […]
3 Essential Tips for Headshot Portraiture in Natural Light
Portraits. Pictures of people. Portraits have been around long before photography was invented. Lining museum halls and private walls are paintings of people. It has been a long time since portraits were the sole domain of the royals. As technology has advanced, the accessibility of portraiture has progressed to the point where anyone with only a […]
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