August 17th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
republic-plaza-at-night, originally uploaded by Dizzle @ 2*3 Photos.
Night shot of the Rebuplic Plaza on Denver’s 16th Street Mall at night.
Got hassled by security for “being on private property and photographing the building” by Top Flight Security. Odd since I had been out there for a good 30 minutes shooting away with a tripod and not one other security type said a word to me.
Boy do I love playing in the dark! When I look out at the horizon when the sun goes down I see a completely different world. Maybe it was that crazy trip to Vegas where my friend got lost on the Strip or maybe it was that other crazy trip to Hollywood where we lost the car…but the lights and the neon just bring out a different animal in me.
Many people laugh, but for me night photography is “easy” for me. I can look at a scene and know what settings I need to start with and know that within a shot or three I will have “the shot”.
Just because the sun goes down doesn’t mean that the shooting time is over.
Originally posted on 2*3 Photos
August 13th, 2008 at 6:14 am
As a photographer I am always being told to read this book or check out that book. Usually I will try to pick up whatever is recommended and at least glance at it to see if it’s really THE book that I need to read to become a better photographer.
Since I got back in to serious shooting two books have been mentioned repeatedly, Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera
and most recently The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world’s top shooters
by legendary photographer Joe McNally.
The Moment It Clicks is not just a recommended read by me, but a true MUST HAVE!! Every photographer, from the new adopters with a simple point and shoot to the most seasoned pro, should OWN this book. This is not a book you read, this is a book you experience.
I will admit to you, I am writing this review without having actually read the book. Simply, I can’t just sit down and read this…it’s not that kind of book.
Each page contains a tip from Joe, be it something he picked up shooting for National Geographic or something he picked up as a photographer at the New York Daily News or just some simple idea that seems obvious once you read it, but just never really entered your mind. Along with each tip is a quick story and photo with how the photo was taken at the end. But these aren’t your usual stories, many of these are inside industry info that one would get if they were out in the field shooting in, oh let’s say Antartica for a Time magazine feature, and got a request from a photo editor.
In the past two weeks since I bought this book I have found myself just picking it up and opening to a page and starting from there. I have a Post-It pad next to the book so I can sticky those tips that I want to remember…my book is now FULL of sticky notes.
Seriously, this is not a book that I received for review, this is a book that I went out and purchased with my hard-earned money and it was worth every penny. I give this book 4 out of 4 stars…10 out of 10…whatever rating system you want to use, The Moment It Clicks rates tops!
Originally posted on 2*3 Photos
August 10th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Flowers–2, originally uploaded by Dizzle @ 2*3 Photos.
Came across this out front of the REI building in Downtown Denver near the Platte River.
Some folks are great at taking photos of people, some are great at taking photos of things. I am working on my “things”.
So today I went out and purposely did not shoot any images that included people. Instead I focused on flowers and water and whatever else I could find that wasn’t people.
This is my favorite shot of the day, simply because it was my first shot of the day and I think it came out fairly well.
Practice makes perfect…and no one is perfect so I am always practicing.
Enjoy!
Originally posted on 2*3 Photos
July 29th, 2008 at 2:30 am
originally uploaded by Sheba Wheeler.
I took this photo last month during an Illuminate Photography Workshop “night shoot” in downtown Denver. It was so fun to learn how to take a long 30 second exposure, capturing the cloud movement above the well lit Glass House in Riverfront park. But what I appreciate more than anything else from that experience is overcoming my fear of my tripod. When the evening began, I barely knew how to make my tripod stand on its legs, and I didn’t trust in its ability to secure my Canon 5D. But as the night bleed into early morning, I was confidently hoisting my camera attached to my Bogen over my shoulder just like all the other photographers. And the tripod is now permanently kept in my car, at the ready, instead of being unused and hidden in the deep recesses of my closet.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Ynestra-soft-focus-1, originally uploaded by ~ Dizzle ~.
I picked up some new photo gear last week and did an improptu photo shoot with my friend Ynestra at a few locations around Denver. After posting up a few photos online I decided to start playing with some post processing techniques to practice for some upcoming senior portrait session.
Trying a soft focus action I created to see how well it works…it works, but probably needs a bit of tweaking to get it spot on.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
i25lights, originally uploaded by ~Tiffany Nicole Photography~.
Spending time out at night has really helped in my understanding of exposure, aperture and shutter speeds.
This photo taken of I-25 in Downtown Denver was just a fun experiement to see what I could do with different settings.
Experiment with your camera and all its settings and see what crazy photos you can come up with. I now LOVE shooting at night and try to find a different spot to shoot from each week.
