James Staddon

So, @creative-click-photography, in addition to what we talked about last night on the webinar (here’s the replay link if needed, https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar071619/), here are some more comments from JessiLise Studios!

This is a topic which should be navigated carefully, but new life is definitely something to celebrate. I…

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And here’s a bit more information from Esther, how she narrowed it down to the 7 finalists, all of which wasn’t shared on last night’s webinar! I love what she says about this being “so luxurious.” 🙂

Tell the photographers I was extremely pleased with the submissions. I’m leaving out the Noah’s ark option because it makes you think Noah’s ark…

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Ok everyone! The Biblical Character Illustrated Curriculum team has narrowed down the 32 submissions to 14 finalists! These 7 sets are currently being reviewed and a winner will be chosen and announced soon! For more details on which photos are being reviewed, members can re-watch yesterday’s webinar here: https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar071619/

It really has to do with location! Trees and hills block golden light, so I’d say start the photoshoot an hour before the sun disappears behind whatever blocks it, if you want direct sunlight. I don’t like to shoot too terribly close to the time of sunrise/sunset because the light is often so very red on the faces, unless you’re doing more wide…[Read more]

I love shooting lighthouses! Which one is this one?

Yeah, shifting around a bit to get the grass/rocks/foreground to frame the lighthouse a little better would be awesome! If it was at all possible to shoot later too, when the sky turned more blue, that would make the blue color more naturally saturated.

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How’d it go, @creative-click-photography? I don’t have much experience in this area so I’m glad others had some pointers! I did just now send an email out to some other photographers I know asking for their advice, so maybe I’ll have some ideas to share tomorrow on the webinar! We’ll see.

This is really great, guys! I’m going to ask Esther to review these photos today so I can try to have a winner by tomorrow night for the webinar! https://www.lenspiration.com/photo-critique-with-lenspiration-jul-16/

Love your photos @elmullet! I am able to view all 4 of your submissions, so thank you for your persistence in getting them submitted! Currently, I am not seeing anything here on my end that may have caused the difficulty in uploading, so I’m glad you’re figuring it out on your end. It’s all part of the process of shooting real-life assignments,…[Read more]

Hey guys, you won’t believe this! I thought Kirk would choose one, maybe two photos. Well, today he called to let me know that he had chosen three photos! He’d like to use two for this post, and then liked a third one so much that he thought he could buy it for a future blog post if it was available.

So, drum roll please….

First winner is @benn…[Read more]

Awesome! Thank you @sarahb! Isn’t it just so much fun to make a big mess on purpose? 🙂

I’ve so enjoyed catching up on this thread!

I was so tempted to switch it to Sports, and maybe I should have, but I was stubborn and wanted to bear through with Manual.

Good for you Kina!

Just a couple things to add:

2. Don’t be afraid of raising your ISO

Of course the rule is “as low as possible, as high as necessary”, but the main reason w…[Read more]

3 – Think of “extraordinary” ways to capture “ordinary” things. Say you’ve selected something you want to photograph that you think is ordinary… see if you can’t look at it in a new way. Appreciate something about it that you haven’t really thought about or appreciated before. Then photograph it with that aspect in mind… from a different angle o…

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Love the shape that that tree creates! Yeah, keep going back to that tree. See what separation you can find between it and the background hills. I love how it looks like there’s nothing beyond the edge of the field out there between the hills!

Nice, soft light! And neat idea to bounce off the golden side! I’d say in post, bring up the Whites slider a lot, so it feels contrasty instead of dingy!

That totally happens to me too!

Hey @blessingscaptured, sorry for not getting back with you for such a long time! It feels so awesome to actually be sitting in an office and not wondering where I’m going to be spending the night. 🙂 Traveling was epic–everything was fitting in very well each day–until about 3/4 of the way into the trip. That was about as far as I had been able…[Read more]

Is there any way to get an estimate?

I too had/have problems with my 24-105 L. It wasn’t AF though. It was the zoom ring. After having it the rain many, many years ago (actually rather intentionally to test it’s weather-sealing….not that great of an idea), it would get stuck at about 40mm, and wouldn’t zoom out any more. After pointing the…[Read more]

Here are the photos I took!

I’m sure we’ll revisit this topic, but for now, here are my thoughts from last night’s webinar! https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar061819/