August 2009
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Hi Key Behind Bride
driyapb6z4 Lighting the bride from the front and from behind – blowing out the background behind her so that SHE is the focus. Without it, the background would have been very cluttered. The gown is hand-made by the bride and her sister.
Attorney Chris Shea
Fellow Kenyon College alumnus, Chris Shea, allowed me to take a few new photos for his professional use on his web site and for professional postings.
Links and Blogs
I get asked what blogs I read and which photographers I follow. So, this post is to give links to those sites. It is not all-inclusive, just some of the sites I really enjoy reading.
Lacrosse Portrait
This is a shot of my son, Conor, from the spring. The purpose of it was to create an image of him that the typical mass-sports portrait photographer would not take. Conor wanted a “threatening” photo. He wanted to look tough. He liked the images that he’d seen on David Hobby’s Strobist site and the [...]
Investing In Myself
I’ve been reading a number of blogs for the three years that I’ve been a photographer for hire. One blog is that of Chase Jarvis. He bloggeed specifically about a Ninja shoot that he funded for his own work. While his shoot cost a reported $5,000, I thought I could do something on a [...]