This is a great photo challenge to try out this weekend! Give it a shot, I’ll bet you’ll be glad you did!
One Brief Moment
"A photograph is a stop in time for just one brief moment." – Charles Dobbs PhotographyArchive
Archive for May, 2010
Have you ever been frustrated that the subject in your photo is either hidden in the shadows or overexposed like snow on a bright sunny day?
You check your camera’s metering and it reads a perfect 0 EV. You re-shoot the scene but again, your subject matter is still incorrectly exposed. One solution to this common problem is Spot Metering.
It is a technique under-utilized by many photographers. This feature gives the photographer control over exactly which portion of the frame the meter should use to determine proper exposure.
If left to the factory default, most DSLR cameras use what’s known as matrix metering, a sophisticated process which reads light intensity from several points within the scene. Then, the metering system determines what “should” give your photograph proper exposure. The challenge with matrix meeting arises if your frame contains a wide range of light intensity or if you are seeking a specific effect in a photograph.
For example, if you want to shoot a silhouette against a sunset, matrix metering will result in an over exposed back ground as it attempts to compensate for the foreground subject.
Great information from Laurie’s Blog today on shooting Star Trails. I have been wanting to give this a try for a long time. I have a spot picked out in Oklahoma out in the middle of nowhere’sville to give it my best shot!
Come see Dagmar from the Czech Republic on the web site today!
I really love this time of year! It’s the time when the butterflies start showing up and the hummingbirds will soon follow (I have seen one hummingbird at my feeder already). I took the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 for a little drive around my work campus today. While shooting Tom the Mascot (wild turkey) was interesting, I really think this was my best shot of the day. The detail is just incredible!
Last year’s hummingbird run was my best year in captures thus far, but I am really ready for them this year with this monster fast lens! Stay tuned and enjoy!
Here are a few tips for getting the most out of Lightroom instead of relying too heavily on PS for those everyday shots.
This is an AWESOME bag! That is…if you’re into camera bags.
Are you looking for insanelydull.com? Well…in the effort to try and maintain a photography site and blog, my insanely dull blog fell by the wayside. 
So, it is now pointing to my photography site permanently. I am not sure how many actual readers I had, but my apologies for the changes. The positive side is you get to see all my AWESOME photography work now!
Enjoy!
Toys represent our imagination, our aspirations and our innocent, childhood fantasies. Everyone is still a child at heart. The camera, along with our creativity, will allow us to capture these moments and share it with everyone. The challenge of Toy Photography is to make the toy “lifelike”; to remove that “plastic-feel” to it and to make it more human. Most Toy Photographers put their subjects into everyday, mundane scenes. You are limited only by your imagination.
Here are a few tips and notes to help you get started:
