James Staddon

@blessingscaptured, I have not! What are the attributes of those specifically that cause you to gravitate toward them?

Yes! I see how that could make such an amazing photo! The moon is so bright, and the surroundings (and even the reflection itself) are so dark in comparison, that the camera is simply not able to capture that ginormous range of light. It’s not nearly as sophisticated as our eyes are. It’s the same problem as photographing a sunset: the sky is very…[Read more]

Thanks @laura-aome. Yes, that stipulation is there to help folks be conscientious about not posting too many photos at a time. Since your photos all relate to each other (different variations on the same thing) then that’s fine that you posted more than 2. 🙂

That camera is not full frame, so shooting with your widest current lens (18mm) you’re getting a true equivalent of around 28mm. That certainly can work for landscape photography. I used an 18mm lens without a full frame camera for many, many years. However, if you want the wide, sweeping view look that comes with a 16mm lens on a full frame…[Read more]

That is good to hear, @blessingscaptured. Who knows how God might use that incident in your life to bring Him glory one of these days!

What a great way to put your photography skills to practical use, @laura-aome!

Got the window light going there, it looks like! Fantastic.

My main thought would be see what you can do to make one element front and center, the main subject. Then the other elements surrounding, and supporting it. Probably the soap bars?

Good choice of colors.…[Read more]

I’m so sorry @blessingscaptured! 😭 I’ve never had one fail by simply unplugging it during use. I’ve heard good things about http://www.300dollardatarecovery.com.

I like the idea of a stretched background for taking care of wrinkles. However, a cheap way to get rid of wrinkles is to spay it with water and wait for 15min or so for it to dry.

The size would be determined by how far away it is from the subjects. Usually I like to keep several feet between the subject and background, meaning I need a bigger…[Read more]

I stopped at that falls one time! I remember it being a difficult spot. Would you happened to have seen any of these angles?

I know I’m not supposed to look at everyone’s submissions until when I’m supposed to choose the winner, but I just have to say, I can’t wait to see them!!

This is really good, @dfrazer! Thank you!

Excellent comments, @cheesestick! Thank you for taking the time to critique that. @blessingscaptured Sarah, it’s great you were able to use the bird feeder as a means of attracting the bird without having to include it in the frame. If shooting here again, I’d suggest shooting under direct sunlight vs in the shade or on a cloudy day. Backlight…[Read more]

I’m back!!!

@lenspirationlydia, thank you for answering everyone’s questions and keeping an eye on the assignment while I was gone!!

Everyone who submitted for this assignment…. THANK YOU! I just now, for the first time, breezed over the submissions. It’s going to be so much fun looking at them all on the webinar tomorrow! This was not an easy…[Read more]

Look at those expressions!!

I would recommend Affinity Photo over Darktable, personally.

I like the first signature with the flower petal!

So yummy! Yes, the texture in the background is so much better!

Like I said in the blog post, you don’t have to do a father and son photoshoot like I did to fulfill this assignment. There are multiple kinds of photos that ITG could use to illustrate this concept. Make sure to look at the assignment details to get ideas for what other kind of photos you could do! Nonetheless, here are some of my favorite shots…[Read more]

Had fun critiquing these photos in Tuesday’s webinar, @blessingscaptured! Here’s the replay link. This topic comes up at time 01:35:37.

Great job, @musicgal! Here’s the link to the replay of Tuesday’s webinar where we took at look at your photos! Start at time 01:25:05 for comments on this topic.