James Staddon

For the second verse, thank you @sonja-grace, for providing some pictures for Eric to choose from for that verse. You deserve an honorable mention. Here’s Eric’s comment: “#3 is beautiful and will work well with the verse. We’re not excited about the pile of wood in the corner, but I don’t think it’ll distract too much.” If you’d like to try your…[Read more]

Ok everyone, thank you for your patience! The winner for this assignment has been chosen! From Eric:

“Thanks again for shepherding this project of picture-hunting. 🙂 Elizabeth and I decided on #35. It looks very E. European and will work perfectly! And . . . our thanks to everyone who participated. Thanks for doing such a great job!”

So,…[Read more]

Started seeing some submissions coming in on the back end, so, so far so good! Let me know here if you have any questions.

And a winner has now been chosen! From Katie:

“Wow this is so fun! My favorite batch of photos for the style we typically go for is Lydia Bennett’s with the ethnic family – I could see us using those for sure. Two main thoughts that might be helpful for the review (thinking about how CHEC would use these):

1. A mix of close-ups (like most of…[Read more]

Replicate the following three posing ideas if you have chosen to photograph Section 3: Individual.

Replicate the following three posing ideas if you have chosen to photograph Section 2: Family.

Replicate the following three posing ideas if you have chosen to photograph Section 1: Maternity.

SPECIAL NOTE: While photographing the second pose (0988), I forgot to ask her to cradle the baby bump with her right hand. When photographing this pose, include that attribute and you’re photo will be more likely to be chosen. 🙂

I couldn’t find any reviews on it either, actually. 🙁 That’s usually not a good sign.

How exactly do you envision using the bag?

I find myself needing two bags, really. One for transporting the camera gear; getting the equipment safely on-site; big enough to hold just about all the photography equipment I use regularly; pretty durable so it…[Read more]

It was really fun to hear everyone’s replies to this question. 🙂 Glad there are free options out there.

So good to hear @rejoiceevermore!

I’ve actually not used the HDR setting on the 5Diii yet! You’ll have to let me know how it goes with your experiments @kina. 🙂 I imagine fish eye lenses would look odd for the purpose he’s using them for. I have the 16-35 so that’s what I’d use (at 16mm), so just use the widest you have without it looking too warped. The attached photos are at…[Read more]

I’ve actually not used the HDR setting on the 5Diii yet! You’ll have to let me know how it goes with your experiments @kina. 🙂 I imagine fish eye lenses would look odd for the purpose he’s using them for. I have the 16-35 so that’s what I’d use (at 16mm), so just use the widest you have without it looking too warped. The attached photos are at…[Read more]

In the second photo, with less jars (maybe only the ones that have distinctly different colors) I could see a reflection photo. Illuminating from the back might also make the colors of the jams stand out more!

Intriguing detail! Would like to see the detail retained in the highlighted area of the leaf. Love for some reason how the background is indeed perfectly black, yet the outline of the leaf is still visible. John 3:21 comes to mind!

It was really fun to watch everyone’s submissions come in over the last couple of days! I was watching “from afar” over the last week or so as I was doing two Photography Field Days and some travel, but I’m really looking forward to looking at them in more detail tonight during the webinar! If you haven’t already registered for it, the link is:…[Read more]

LOL @frazer-family. 🙂

Wow, @rhodabarrick, those are beautiful! Tell me more about them! Why are the first several more golden colored than the last two? Are there lots of wheat fields growing nearby? I love the deep background blur in the close up shots. Were than any paths leading into the field that could make an interesting leading element…[Read more]

Fantastic!

FYI, here’s the link to the replay: https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar55/ In it, you’ll see which ones CHEC liked best. They haven’t officially decided on which ones to use yet, but I’ll try to keep you informed of that here!

Will be keeping an eye out for wheat fields at golden hour as I travel through some of the mid-western States later this month, but here’s what I’ve got for now!