There Is Always Next Time For the past several posts, I have been talking about this creek/river that I’ve been exploring that doesn’t have a trail or type of path. This place is nothing but waterfall after waterfall surrounded by steep hills on both sides. The only real way to get up this creek is Read More …
Heading out to Melton Park, you may pass this old house that literally on the side of the road. You may not be able to see it from this angle, but the front porch looks as though the corner of it has been hit by a few vehicle or two. The image to the right Read More …
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to shoot a client during several performances at the East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival. I rented a Nikon D800 from Lensrentals.com and was able to get some amazing photos from all of the different performances. I will be sharing more photos from the festival, along with other Read More …
Over the past several weeks we have experienced a ton of rain. During all the rain we were getting, I noticed our neighbors yard had retained a lot of that water. With the grounds so saturated, the water has had no place to go, so a shallow lake was created. During a recent walk down Read More …
This is the final post in my series on the basics of The Exposure Triangle. So far in this series, I have discussed the basics of what The Exposure Triangle is, and two of the three points of the triangle, ISO and Aperture. All that leaves is the final point to the triangle, the Shutter Read More …
This is a small fall from part of the larger known Conasauga Falls. It’s always a given that in the list of shots to take while at a water fall, is the whole waterfall, but often overlooked are the different sections of the waterfall. Each section has it’s own personality. They flow and react differently Read More …
Dragging the Shutter This is by no means to be a technical article on how this all works, but I just wanted to spend a few minutes talking about a photography technique, sometimes called “Dragging the Shutter”, but also know as “Rear Curtain Sync”. This is a technique that can help with in some circumstances Read More …
As with anything you do, you have to learn new styles or techniques as environments change and technology changes. With these changes, new challenges arise. A photographer is always looking for that never been captured shot and it’s a rare occurrence that that happens, especially when this is all still so new. This is the Read More …