Announcing FLASH, The Exhibit, Sponsored by FotoDC: Opening March 18th, 2011
Yesterday, I spent a few hours at VisArts in Rockville, MD at the opening reception of a juried Lensbaby exhibit, featuring one of the works of my photography student, John Jacks. This was John’s very first fine art exhibit, and he did a terrific job with the printing, matting, and framing of his artwork! His [...]
Student Work: Light and Motion – Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair
Last week, I taught a photography workshop on Light and Motion: Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. The students and I had a great time; everyone agreed that the fair is a great subject for a photography workshop! What better place to learn about night photography? And of course, everyone got some great photos, so all of [...]
DC Memorials at Night: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and World War II Memorials
I’ve been so busy with portraits and weddings this summer, then I’ve only just gotten around to processing the photos I shot at my DC Memorials at Nightphotography workshop three weeks ago. We started out at the Lincoln Memorial, then headed to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Memorial, and ended at the World War II Memorial. [...]
For Budding Photographers: Secret #2 of the Exposure Triangle
In my recent blog post, “Secret #1 of the Exposure Triangle,” I talked about using shutter speed to creatively express movement in your photographs. Today, I’ll take you through Secret #2: Using aperture to control depth-of-field. Aperture refers to the size of the lens diaphragm opening; it controls the amount of light entering the camera. A [...]
Great Falls Sunset: Vision Doesn’t End with the Click of the Shutter
I’ve been contemplating the image-creation process this week, as I work on a series of images of Great Falls. I thought I’d share some of my musings about the three essential steps to great image-making: Step 1: Defining your vision for the image and the message you want to convey, be it beauty… drama… majesty… [...]
For Budding Photographers: Secret #1 of the Exposure Triangle
Over the past year, I’ve noticed that at least half of the new photography students who come to me bring along with them a misconception about the relationship between shutter speed and exposure. I’ll ask them how they decide to use a slow vs. fast shutter speed, and they’ll say something like, “When it’s bright [...]
WORKSHOP: Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night
I’m super excited about a new 1/2-day photography workshop that I’m putting together for Monday, July 5th on Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. One of the things that students at my last workshop on Art of Architecture: Photographing the Franciscan Monastery appreciated a lot was the “intimate” nature of the class, and how that lent [...]
Student Work, Art of Architecture Photography Workshop: Franciscan Monastery
I taught a full-day workshop on the Art of Architecture: Photographing the Franciscan Monastery last Saturday in Washington, DC, and my students and I had a GREAT time! The monastery is looking gorgeous as always, and my students – John, Maxine, and Barry – came back with some AWESOME work! I’m posting here a selection of [...]