Passion for Photos

I photographed this hinge with the three nails at the Mission San Juan Bautista, CA. Enjoy and keep on photographing!

Repetition is a valuable tool for creating images and so is the number “3”.  People say, they come in “three,” three corners form the triangle, in the church people talk about the “Trinity” etc. This weeks exercise is about “three”

This is part of a door at the mission San Juan Bautista. Enjoy and happy photographing!

Of course I had to shoot an image using soft light. Any additional shadow I eliminated in post production. It is important to notice how the image changes by using different light settings. This image is rather boring in comparison to the high drama images having shadows and light reflections.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

PS: I will take a beak for a week and be back on August 8, 2011.

When you shoot a “portrait” you need a “prop” to enhance your subject. I decided to use a “worm” for that purpose.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

In this images I grouped the Gummy Bears closer together and I changed the direction of the light.

Enjoy and happy clicking!

This weeks exercise is about photographing Gummy Bears. Using a slash you have the capability to create shadows and light reflections of the subject. As always, have fun with this exercise!

I put the Gummy Bears on a matte 8X10 inkjet paper and used tin foil to create some sort of a snoot light. Then I experimented and took several shots. This one I liked!

When you photograph people the format of your image has a huge impact. The perception of the subject, composition, and dynamic change. This is a good example how important the format of your image matters.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

I just finished a large portrait assignment. They family looked at my proofs which I printed in a 4X6 format. They ordered a lot of 8X10, which is a 4X5 format. I struggled in a few images to get the subject in the new format. In the above sample I cut the had of completely in the square format. The subject changed with the format!

Enjoy and happy cropping! 

I photographed the church in Bodie, CA. Bodie is a ghost-town and offers millions of opportunities for photography.

Again, study the impact of using a different format for my subject. In this series I also changed the size of the church. In the third image I enlarged the church slightly.

Enjoy and happy photographing.

Pick any image and crop it into a 4X4, 4X5 and 4X6 format. My DSLR naturally has a 4X6 format while many Point and Shoot cameras use a 4X5 format. Study the impact the image format has on the subject of your composition.

I started out with a simple flower shot. The feeling of the subject is totally different in each format I used.

Enjoy and happy photographing!