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I’m in California & Disneyland!Thursday, April 7th, 2011

I will be in California for a few days. I am going down with my Mom, Dad, my sister Marianne, and my sister Melanie with her whole Bush clan. It’ll be fun with my nephew and nieces. I have my camera gear packed and it is going to be awesome!

I am prepared to – back up cameras, film, digital, computers, everything! So I will be back in a week. Not sure if I will be able to blog while away but I will try.

Disneyland and California Adventure

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Spring Flowers are Showing up – Hooray!Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Spring is here! I have joked that spring was here back in February when temperatures hit 40 degrees – it felt warm at the time. Well, Spring is officially here when the trees start showing green leaf buds, flowers start blooming, and birds arrive. So at lunch I went on a bit of a Spring scavenger hunt in search of some flowers and greenery. I found some! I really like this photograph – the pinks and greens are pure summer.

I have a few non-wedding events going on and I do have a spring wedding in May – this is my favorite time of the year. And I wouldn’t be surprised if summer gets here pretty quickly. And then it will just be too hot. However, I find that we just need to enjoy each day and not look forward to the next season.

Pink Spring flowers against green

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Some Training DVDs on Creative LightingWednesday, April 6th, 2011

I’ll confess – I blog a lot of the things that show up in the mail. I have been on a spending spree with cameras, lenses, rolls of film, swatches, samples and now training DVDs. Although I won a copy of one of these DVDs. Now I just need to find some free time to watch them.

These two DVD series come from two of the most respected photographers in the world of creative lighting. They teach how to use small lights to create powerful images. The photographers themselves work in photojournalism but I find that their techniques and concepts work great with wedding and portrait photography.

Joe McNally The Language of Light

The use of small flashes is really important – especially with wedding photography because weddings move so quickly there is no time for big lights – and I don’t want to be limited to natural or available light. Sometimes I just want to take control and create something that is more fashion inspired and less shooting from the hip.

I won a copy of David Hobby’s Lighting in Layers with Dimension at a recent seminar.

David Hobby's Lighting in Layers with Dimension

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Calibrating my Lenses

Calibrating my LensesSunday, April 3rd, 2011

I have been working on improving my photography for several years now – it is an on going process. Learning techniques, discovering new creative processes, and finding the little ways to improve the technical aspects of my photography.

This afternoon I spent time calibrating my lenses using a lens calibration target. For the most part you want at least subject of your photograph in focus and you want that focus sharp. Lenses, cameras and such aren’t perfect – and they are probably close enough. Some cameras let you fiddle with that focus and make it more accurate.

Most my lenses were right on and required very little adjustment – which is good to know. I am sure this is pretty nerdy and most people will never need to know how this happens. I figured I would just advertise what I am doing behind the scenes to make my photographs better.

Lens Calibration Target

To help this I used my camera on a tripod. I should try and use a tripod more often – because it can really help with sharp photographs.

Len, camera, and the tripod

Micro adjustments

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New Reading Material for Fine Art Wedding PhotographyWednesday, March 30th, 2011

When learning photography there are several ways to improve one’s own craft. There is the first rule – photograph a lot! There is the second rule of study the work of other photographers. There is one photographer that is hugely unique in his craft – that would be Jose Villa. He has been voted as top wedding photographers in the world and he has some mad skills.

He is also a film photographer and in part, due to his work, I have decided to at least dabble in the world of film photography. So I am just excited to read the book while mastering some stairs at the gym.

I bought Jose Villa's Fine Art Wedding Photography book

Since I have yet to read the book – and I have barely scanned through I am hoping that I can learn some insights on how to turn wedding photographing into fine art wedding photography. I want to continue to develop my own style that is unique and distinctly my own. Jose has definitely mastered both fine art and style.

Thanks for following my blog by the way – all to often my blog posts are just a list of what I have bought recently – intermixed with photographs with some weddings and photographs of myself.

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