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Posted on January 25, 2010
Shana Rae, an incredible photographer and artist, is guest judge this week. Her Florabella textures and actions are wildly popular in the photography community! They are also my very favorites!
Go take a peek at more inspiring “texture” entries this week at iheartfaces!
Posted on December 6, 2009
I was up late last night trying out something I’ve been reading about.
I really wanted to get a good picture of our Christmas tree all lit up.
Every year I snap a picture that looks something like this:
Look familiar?
Kind of blah. Nothing special. At the least I will remember what our tree looked like in 2009.
But I wanted a fantastic picture of our tree. Something that expresses the beauty of the Christmas season.
So I’ve been reading up on how to get one of these images you might see in a magazine.
I was up late last night, after everyone went to bed, trying out what I learned.
Here are the results:
Better, right?
So, I thought I would share what I learned with you all so you too can take some spectacular pictures of your holiday lights this year.
Take these at night.
You’ll need:
- A tripod (a must. I tried without one and it was a disaster)
- A camera you can shoot in Manual mode. (most point-and-shoots can be shot in manual)
- some Christmas lights
Without going into a long explanation of why and what the settings do, set your camera to these:
manual mode (usually an M on your camera)
aperature: f/16-22 (my camera only goes up to 16 but some will go higher)
ISO: 100-200
shutter speed: 20-30 seconds
You’ll have to play around with the settings until you get just the right amount of light.
Put your camera on a tripod.
Adjust so you get the entire tree in your view finder.
Turn on the tree lights.
turn off all other lights
click and then don’t touch the camera
wait
check viewfinder
adjust settings until you get the desired beautiful, amazing, spectacular, awe-inspiring image of your holiday lights!
Good luck and let me know how it goes.
Posted on November 24, 2009
How exciting to have [B]ecker as the guest judge this week! He is an incredible Los Angeles wedding photographer. I’m a huge fan!
Our challenge this week was to post a photo with some sun flare. This is a photo taken right as I was getting serious about photography. I had done a little research about how to capture sun flare and was in the backyard with my daughter practicing.
To see more fun photos with sun flare, head on over to ihearfaces. While you’re at it, go visit [B]ecker and check out all the cool photography tutorials he has. You’ll quickly become a fan if you aren’t already.
Posted on November 19, 2009
This is the best job in the world!
There’s nothing that even comes close to the sweetness of a newborn. Since I’m not having any more of my own, I still get to have my “fix” when I photograph newborns. I’m SO lucky!!!
Miss Brooklyn is new around here. In fact she was 13 days-old when I met her. She was such a good sleeper for me. In fact, when I was finished shooting her asleep, I wanted to get a few shots of her with her eyes open. Well, she was having none of that. It was her naptime and she was not going to be interrupted. Isn’t she precious?!!
Here’s her big brother who kept asking his mom, “where did that lady [with the camera] go?”
Enjoy your sneak peek!
Posted on November 17, 2009
My new blog site is up and running (or at least strolling along).
Who knew customizing a blog could take so much time? Oh yeah, I did.
I finally have a home for all things photography related.
This is where I’ll post sneak peeks for clients as well as images I have captured through my lens.
You can also scroll through my galleries up top and check out all the amazing people who have been part of my portfolio building these past few months.
I hope you bookmark me, come back often, and let me know what you think.
