Dante’s View
5,500 Feet up and hard to catch my breath! Matt doesn't seem to have any issues perched on the edge - so maybe I should learn to relax! Canon 5d mkIII | Canon 135mm f/2 | 1/320s f/11
Birthday
It's your birthday! Just a spontaneous portrait of the birthday girl. Taken with my new Canon 135mm f/2 lens. Actually this was a mistake that turned out. I did not do a good job balancing my ambient with my flash and the shutter speed dropped too low. This was taken at 1/20 sec and I am amazed that it turned out. Typically I would not even think about a shutter speed below 1/100 sec for this lens and preferably 1/200. All's well that ends well I guess. Technical - the flash was flagged to avoid any direct light and bounced…
Luna
Staring at the supermoon
Lighting, composition, compression, exposure - all part of the tool kit for any photographer. The moon is one of the hardest things to photograph properly. Never had a camera that could expose the moon properly - the contrast between the bright moon and the dark sky always causes an over exposure. The moon is really bright and you have to adjust the exposure downward much more than you would expect! Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 70-200 f/2.8 + 2x teleconverter | 400mm | 1/200s at f/5.6
Sisters
Three beautiful sisters at a wedding. It has been a busy busy Summer - and looks like the Fall will be no different. Seemed like we had a long spell of no weddings and now everyone is getting married. I just love this photo as I think it captured the joy of being together to celebrate a wonderful day. This was taken with my Panasonic Lumix LX7. It is a nice lice little camera but hardly state of the art. But you don't need the top camera to have a nice picture! We are so lucky to have great cameras…
Hanging Out
Just a casual portrait in the park. Nothing fancy, nothing planned - just look at the camera and and the shutter snaps. This is both the easiest and the hardest portrait to capture. Sometimes it just happens and it is effortless, but just try and get this look on purpose. We are so self conscious today and we all "pose" for the camera. Fake smiles, fake poses, fake Facebook lives. Why is it so hard to be natural? Canon 5d Mk III | Canon 24-105 f/4 L | 105mm | 1/240s at f/4.0
Sunday Morning in the Park
Sunday Morning in Riverside Park. Not Much more to be said! Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 70-200 f/2.8L II | 180mm | 1/160s at f/5.6
Labor Day Sunday Worship
St. Mark's joined with Gloria Dei, St. Paul and Our Savior's for a public worship service in Riverside Park, Neenah. Wonderful time together and such a beautiful morning. See all of the pictures at: St. Mark's Neenah Website Canon 5d MkIII | Canon 70-200 f/2.8 II | 200mm | 1/250s at f/4.0
Focal Length Impact – Photo Class
This series shows the impacts of focal length on a portrait. It cycles from wide to telephoto and then shows 24mm versus 200mm to stress the point. At wide focal lengths features and her body get exaggerated and distorted - especially nearer the edges of the frame. You can clearly see DeAnna's arms distorted at the wide end and the body shape becomes much more natural as we get above 80mm. She looks especially nice at 200mm! Why does this happen? Remember that as we increase the focal length we increase magnification so to keep her the same size in…
Another Sunset
Another sunset picture. The light was so beautiful and made everything so special. When you look around the world it is so easy to worry about the future - the news is all bad news! But, if you step away you see that there is so much beauty in the world. Yes, the news is bad, but it has always been bad! Always some crisis or flood or war or law and order issue. We live in this world and and we care so we want thing to be better. That is a good thing and we should never stop…