Wow, a wedding reception in a barn?! That sounds super picturesque!

If your experience in the barn was in winter after sun had set, and the wedding will be in summer while the sun is still out…that sounds like it could make quite a difference in the lighting situation you face. 🙂 That’s presuming there’s adequate ways for the light to…Read more

So the solution (for printing) is to export your…Read more

One thing I personally…Read more

HDR in-camera vs. post processing

Editing HDRs

On the Editing HDRs thread, James Staddon mentioned:

For starters, I would learn what you can…

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Are those Daeus’ photos?

I hadn’t thought of trying silhouettes in front of the window! Were you thinking for silhouette pictures if it was dark outside, or light?

If it’s light. 🙂 I was picturing if you exposed for the bright outdoors and it was (relatively) dark inside, then you’d end up with your subjects being underexposed/in silhouette.

That’s u…Read more

It if turned out to be a cloudy day, then I don’t mind shooting toward a window without any fancy lighting and completely blowing out the outdoor texture. Of course, this often results in fuzzy edges around the subjects, but it can be used as an artistic…Read more

I will probably try to do the formal portraits on the stage then because there is no other nice place in the foyer for the pictures. I’m not counting on the weather being nice i…

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@kina, your gospel-centric perspective is super refreshing! I love how every subject that catches your eye is an object lesson that somehow, some way, points back to Calvary. You can never have too many reminders.

@jamesstaddon I remember Foundations of Photography lesson 1, with its four principles: they…Read more

When delivering photos to a client (whether it’s on a CD, thumbdrive or an online portfolio), I include the attached document (or something similar to it). Then, when the client wants to go get their pictures printed, they can show it to the…Read more

Congratulations on being promoted to aunty, Caitlin! What an exciting time. As a matter of fact, I am going to be a first-time aunt any day now too! 🙂 I didn’t actually have an opportunity to do a true maternity photo shoot with my sister and her husband, but it’s a topic that’s been on my mind in general over the p…Read more

The only thing that bothers me is that I’ve seen photos taken with even worse quality cameras than I have in similar light conditions that turned out crisp and non-grainy even when unedited. So I know that it’s possible, and that I should be able to get better pictu…

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Yes, true. She told me she spent $3,000 total on all of her gear, and I spent $450 for all of mine. 😀 😀 Perhaps I shouldn’t be too worried. 😀

I think I may have found your problem. If you didn’t change your settings between switching lenses, your settings may have been correct for a lens with a faster (wider) ape…Read more

First, what specific lens do YOU have? (i.e. I think it’s a Canon EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS STM).

I think it’s a EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6. Not sure which model though… 🙂

So, third, what mode were you shooting in (Av, Tv, M, P, etc.)

I think it was Manual mode. 🙂

What metering mode were you using?

I’m going to say it was “pattern / m…Read more

Here are some random thoughts… things I did that helped me move quickly through recent photo mini-sessions I did:

1. Plan ahead
– I read and…Read more

9 tips off the top of my head:

1. Have everyone close their eyes. You count to three, say “open!”, and take the shot. That way everyone’s looking at you and nobody’s blinking.

2. Idea: have the parents sit on two chairs in the middle, and have all the kids go around them. If they…Read more

@creative-click-photography
Thank you very much for taking time to answer my question, Caitlin!
That’s a great idea to be able to utilize multiple stock sites. I was liking the exclusive option (as you said, more money per image), but then I was thinking, “what if I want to sell on other sites?” and you gave a perfe…Read more

It’s kind of a whole new field, isn’t it? 😀

Totally! I’ve like never done food photography before. Now I have a new appreciation for them. 😉

Also, before I begin, is th…

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@ryanben2, great question, it’s not harsh at all! I think the answer is, “Yes!” Light, nature, fall, foliage, trees, all of the above. I was simply trying to capture a bit of the beauty that surrounded me!
And as far as having success shooting in Manual Mode, I guess all I can say is practice, learn and practice more. I only…Read more

@ryanben2, thank you for your perspective! The photos taken at the beginning of a show are always more clear than the ones at the end because of the smoke, so I like to try to take advantage of both extremes. I like the description of “honest”! 🙂 I know…Read more

Glowy effect,” huh? Haha! 😀 I guess I’ll combine the two then. The “glowy flooded effect.”

Haha, @kina, I like that 😀

You know, you can do the Bible Bee and qualify for Nationals even if you live in another country – one guy comes from Greece every year! Bible Bee has been such a blessing to me (not to mention the motivation I needed to memorize God’s Word! When I’m not doing the Bible Bee, I hardly memorize anything at all!)

Interesting! I can’t see m…Read more

Yes! That effect does look cool in family portraits. For some reason I was imagining ‘the flooded light effect’ (is that the technical n…Read more

I don’t have very much experience in this area, but I would highly recommend getting together a list of poses and groupings that you want to get done, so that you don’t come away from the shoot wishing you’d done this or that. Trying out the poses with willing family members before hand is helpful, too. When I did a photo-shoot…Read more

Very lovely! I like the simplicity in the photo – how well the flowers stand out in contrast to the dirt around them. And it does look better with that light brown spot edited out. There is another light brown spot at the top of the photo above the leftmost flower in the back – if you really want to get…Read more

You usually just have to find the little icons on the screen and figure some way to get to them! Sometimes next to the navigation buttons they might say ISO or…Read more