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Capturing the Serene Beauty: Mastering Beach Silhouette Photography
Imagine standing on the soft, warm sands of a beach as the sun dips below the horizon or rises at ...
The Milky Way in Rhyolite Ghost Town – How We Shot It
Even though my full-time job is wedding photography, my photographic hobby is the polar opposite! I enjoy photographing nightscapes in the desert, the more remote the better! Here is a relatively easy-access location, Rhyolite Ghost Town, which is just outside of Death Valley National Park. I have been photographing this bank's cement skeleton now since 2005, and it never disappoints!
Nikon’s 50mm f/1.2 Lens Used For Wedding Details! – How We Shot It
Here is a rare and elusive lens for you Nikon fans today! The Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS is a manual focus lens, and despite it being so uncommon it is actually still in production today!
Lightning Panorama – How We Shot It
If you have ever tried to photograph lightning during the day, let me tell you it is not easy! What makes lightning so easy to photograph at night is 1.) The fact that you can very easily achieve long shutter speeds, and 2.) Lightning is usually the brightest thing in the sky at night.
US Navy Blue Angels – How We Shot It
Shooting air shows is the best situation (actually, the only) I shoot in for demonstrating the use of shutter priority mode. People often think that shutter priority is what you use to shoot fast action because you want to dictate a very fast shutter speed, when in fact most action sports photographers get the same result by simply shooting in aperture priority with their aperture wide open.
Vancouver Moonrise at Sunset – How We Shot It
Today I have a great example of "seeing the forest for the trees"... Sometimes, when something truly breathtaking happens right before your lens, you get caught up in the moment and don't see the big picture. This was one of those moments, and I almost missed it completely...
Panoramic Sunset Portrait – How We Shot It
Every sunset is different. However each year, there are a few of them that you remember forever! This was certainly one of those sunsets! As Galen Rowell once said, "You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn't waste either."
