Banakas | Photography

It’s Been A Busy Week For the past several days I have been consumed with children out of school for Spring Break and at the same time working on some behind the scenes activities for this website and my wife’s MASSAGE by Terrah Banakas web site. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a   Read More …

For a few months now, I have been shooting primary in manual mode and prior to that, I was using Aperture Priority mode. But there are many different modes that today’s powerful DSLR are able to shoot in. One that may be used by people getting used to their new cameras, before moving out of   Read More …

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I’ve touched on this before, but I’m going to say it again. When visiting waterfalls, you should always get an image of two of the falls namesake, the bigger picture so to speak. But it’s the parts of the waterfall and the surrounding areas that really make for beautiful, unique images. Carefully exploring your locations,   Read More …

In the fall of last year my wife approached me and informed me that one of her clients had seen the landscape photographs hanging on her office wall and asked if I would be interested in photographing her during an upcoming performance. My initial response was no. Up to this point I have never photographed   Read More …

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Earlier this evening I was taking shots of my wife, and while she was away working on her hair, I needed someone to help pose while I was setting up the lighting. My boy stepped in and this is one of the shots that I was able to get off. This shot was taken using   Read More …

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On Saturday April 13, 2013 Jerry Denham and I will be hosting our first photo walk. Even though it’s our first, doesn’t mean it’s not going to be any good. What can go wrong with waterfalls and spring blooms in the Cherokee National Forest? Ok, maybe alot, but come check it out, it will be   Read More …

I’m looking to start a new feature here. I would like to share your images with the rest of my visitors. All you have to do is head over to the Banakas Photography Flickr Group and upload a few images. I will then choose one and share on my site. Depending on the amount of   Read More …

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http://youtu.be/mcvBTJjhBwo Have you ever wanted to create a time lapse video and thought to yourself that you don’t have the time or energy to put forth the effort to create such a daunting project? I did, and then I found a simple plug-in that makes creating a time lapse video as easy as 1, 2,   Read More …

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