Getting Started in Portraiture
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Getting Started in Portraiture
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Year: 2013
CAPTURE NC Rescheduled
CAPTURE NC Rescheduled
Just a quick update to let everyone know that CAPTURE North Carolina has officially be rescheduled! You can now mark August 7-10, 2013 on your calendar as the new dates for the workshop. Though several attendees and I were looking forward to having the workshop...
2014 Calendar: What Pictures Should I Use?
2014 Calendar: What Pictures Should I Use?
Would you like to have a voice in the creation of the 2014 Lenspiration calendar? I’ve selected around 60 of my best recent images, but now I need help narrowing them down to the top 12 that are suitable for a calendar. For the next week or so, you can cast your...
Capturing True Beauty in Weddings
Capturing True Beauty in Weddings
Thoughts on the deeper aspects of shooting a wedding.
Do You Use Counterpoint?
Do You Use Counterpoint?
I ran across a great article this morning by a pro landscape photographer who explains a key aspect of good composition: Counterpoint. Do you know what it means? Do you know how to use it? I learned a lot from this article and hope you find it helpful too! (You...
The Heart of CAPTURE
The Heart of CAPTURE
Christ “gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (Titus 2:14). Are you a Christian? Are you a photographer? Are you a Christian photographer zealous of good works? In today’s...
Another Canvas Sale!
Another Canvas Sale!
Hey! Just wanted to let everyone know that I’m running another canvas sale for all images on Lenspiration.com for the next two weeks. The more I use canvases these days, the more I like them! Normally, a fine art canvas print from the Lenspiration portfolio is...
Taking Group Shots on Vacation
Taking Group Shots on Vacation
It’s always important to get family pictures on family vacations! So many times I’ve missed great opportunities for encapsulating the greatest of memories simply because I’ve forgotten to get a group shot. I’m still working on not forgetting, but here’s a few tips...
Flower in the Forest
Flower in the Forest
Here’s one of many gorgeous flower pictures taken on the family vacation to Grandfather Mountain last week. Flowers were everywhere! Flower in the Forest I don’t like to post a picture without giving a quick tip behind it. Usually, I will take super-close-ups of...
A Walk in the Park
A Walk in the Park
Grandfather Mountain State Park isn’t your typical walk in the park! Even the parks main attractions are extreme. The “singing bridge” boasts of being 1 mile above sea level and the short hike from the bridge to McCrae peak (the closest peak to the bridge) is the...
Crabtree Falls
Crabtree Falls
One of my favorite things about the Blue Ridge mountains is the abundance of waterfalls! Crabtree Falls is a gorgeous, perfectly shaped, 70ft waterfall on milepost 339 along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Reaching the falls required a one mile hike downhill, and a rocky...
Lens Flare at Sunrise
Lens Flare at Sunrise
Imagine having this view out your living window! It was just so handy to throw on a jacket and step outside this morning at this quaint, little house that my Uncle is letting us stay at for the week! Sunrise over Grandfather Mountain I thought about quite a few...
Off to North Carolina!
Off to North Carolina!
Today I drove down to Grandfather Mountain for a vacation with my family and to begin preparing for the CAPTURE North Carolina workshop! It’s gorgeous around here! However, instead of sunset finding us on a beautiful overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway, it found...
Introducing: CAPTURE Photography Workshops!
Introducing: CAPTURE Photography Workshops!
Everywhere I go, I’m always meeting new photographers! It’s so much fun to pass around tips, share stories, and simply learn from each other’s experiences. And the more photographers I meet, the more I realize how many of them are following the exact same path of...
Designing for a Big Event
Designing for a Big Event
Been wrapping up these last big design projects! Here’s what I put together for MissionTalk as they prepare for a big conference the week after next. What’s the key for designing for big events? Repetition with variation! We stuck with one design that we liked and...
New Pictures!
New Pictures!
Just added more than 50 new pictures to my portfolio; click on the picture below to get a fresh wave of inspiration from creation! And for the effect, when you’re viewing the collection, click “Dim the Lights” under the “Menu” button that appears when you hover...
Development of a Logo
Development of a Logo
So, here’s another design project I finished up recently! And you might be asking, “Why so many design projects of late?” Well, as a photographer and designer, I try to do as many design related projects over the winter and early spring as possible because that’s...
Victory Banner
Victory Banner
Just finished working on a quick banner design for the ATI Regional Homeschool Conferences today. Colors, textures, and positioning changed over various versions throughout the process of approval, but here’s the version I liked best: I never work on a project...
Waterfall Wallpaper
Waterfall Wallpaper
Hadn’t posted a new wallpaper in a while so, here’s a shot I thought was pretty nice from the beautiful state of Oregon. Latourell Falls is one of those off-the-beaten-path gems that I happened to see a sign for along the road I was traveling en route to another...
Pic of the Month: March ‘13
Pic of the Month: March ‘13
What a grand time spring is! Pea plot planting, bee box building and peach tree pruning are the every-day-type activities around the Staddon’s place. Though it was kinda cold this year for the month of March, one couldn’t help but observe Michael’s honey bees...
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