Scroll down for text and some candid shots from the workshop. I held a lighting workshop at our North Raleigh Studio today just off of Six Forks Road. The workshop was 3 1/2 hours long and went very fast. I covered various modifiers like soft boxes, strip boxes, brolly boxes and umbrellas. I even broke
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” Mother Teresa I am one of the two photographers that I am alluding to in the title of the post. The other photographer is now a friend that started out as a Linkedin connection. Several months ago a photographer hundreds of miles away in another
Setting the aperture on your camera lens to control your depth of field can get far more in depth than this blog post. My goal is to give you a basic understanding of aperture. The next step beyond this post is to break out your digital camera provided that you have one (typically a DSLR
The #1 thing about the digital photography age that bothers me is that someone can buy a nice consumer photography kit, get a business card printed and they are magically a turn key photographer. A nice consumer camera does not magically give someone the skills to be a good photographer. Notice, I didn’t say great
It’s safe to say that the “M” for manual mode is one of the scariest options on the camera dial for someone with a new digital camera that has manual as an option. Although I no longer do weddings and have NEVER shot a wedding in digital, I shot weddings in the 80’s (on film
There are pros and cons to having a battery grip on your camera: Pros: 1) Gives the camera a more professional look 2) The biggest pro is that it makes shooting vertically easier 3) Gives the camera a wider base Cons: 1) It adds bulk and weight to the camera. 2) It takes two batteries
A UV filter is a great way to protect the front of your lens from being damaged. A cheap UV filter will probably be around $10 and an expensive one will likely be $50+ with both price points being based on the size needed and likely the filter quality. Had you rather replace a UV
If you are shooting anything that is a ONE TIME event that cannot be rescheduled, you should have two camera bodies. Not having a backup camera body for a wedding, a family reunion, a large corporate event and anything else that you cannot reschedule is setting yourself up for a stressful time not counting the
So you bought a nice camera kit from the local retail giant. Wow! it came with two lenses and one of them was a ZOOM lens. Sell both of them on Ebay as soon as you can and get yourself a real lens. OK, that may not be realistic for your budget or you may
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