James Staddon

Ok folks, we have a winner!

Matt didn’t have too many photos to choose from, so I was sorta afraid that maybe he wouldn’t choose any at all. You know, that’s always an option. But, thankfully, he liked two of Lydia’s photos well enough!

He said, “I really like the shadow in 0073 and 0079 is probably my favorite and will be perfect for our…[Read more]

That was a great webinar! If anyone would like to re-watch it, here’s the replay link: https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar53/

And this is the list of things we discussed:

03:26 – Overview of the “Go Forward” photo assignment.
07:00 – Critique of Ezra’s photo submissions, and understanding a phone camera’s limitations so we can use them…[Read more]

I tried to do a focus merge using Photoshop’s “Auto-Blend Layers” feature

Good!

at the end of the video, as he said, there is some manual refining that he does.

Would you mind providing a link to the video that you are referring to here?

My Grandpa gave me a camera very similar to that! I’ve always wanted to do some study on it. I should pull it out and take some pictures of it one of these days. Where did you get yours?

The edit certainly helped draw attention to the front elements of the lens, which I think of as being your subject.

Maybe I’d like to see a little fill-light on…[Read more]

Hi @earnestf-lloyd, sorry, your questions somehow slipped my radar!

Are you trying to do it manually, or are you trying to use an auto-stacking feature in Photoshop? I don’t have experience with it, but I think Photoshop has an “Auto-Blend Layers” feature. Did you try the steps outlined in this article?…[Read more]

Thank you @buddingphotographer! I think I’ll just use an ND filter for now. That was a good idea.

Good thoughts, @loganlamar. It was my favorite lens years ago when I was first starting out too. It’s what I upgraded to after using the kit lens 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 that came with my first camera purchase, and I couldn’t believe how much better it was! I used it all the time.

After using L-series lenses now for many years, I do notice it’s…[Read more]

Hi @creative-click-photography! What a great question! It deserves more than just a quick reply or even a short discussion on a webinar. It’s something you’ll definitely want to work through and have a plan for.

I’ll bring it up on the webinar tonight (https://www.lenspiration.com/webinar/photo-critique-53/), give my thoughts, and then we can go…[Read more]

This year certainly turned out to be different than most years. I only remember seeing lightning once in April, and though I had my camera ready to photograph it, that weren’t any more bolts of lightning that came. I saw lightning once in May, the month that usually has a thunderstorm every week (at least), but I only remembers seeing lightning…[Read more]

A hearty congratulations to all who bravely ventured to photograph this difficult assignment! One thing that surprised me about this assignment specifically was the unpredictability of full sunlight. At this time of year, at least in West Virginia, many days were rainy or overcast. When the sun did come out, how often was it not blocked by clouds…[Read more]

Sorry, @loganlamar, I somehow missed this update . . . unbelievable! Fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

Yay! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!

Not the greatest of quality, but still, the best I was able to do with the circumstances God gave!

Ok folks, here’s the webinar replay link! https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar52/

I was quite amazed at how much we were able to fit in:
00:28 – Overview of the “Sweet as Honey” assignment
05:15 – Critique of William’s photo submissions, and what to do if there’s something in your photo that annoys you!
08:45 – Critique of Sonja’s photo…[Read more]

Wow, guys, it was a great webinar last night and so exciting to announce the winner! There were so many winner pictures submitted, in my opinion. 30, to be exact, that I felt would do well being sold as stock or added to a portfolio, and 13, actually, that I liked so much that I wish they could be in my portfolio! 🙂