I love shooting my kids because it makes me have fun and break all the rules. Now for some rules and techniques. Always make sure it’s a fun idea and it gets the kids moving around Kids shots aren’t formal portraits (that’s what school photos are for) so capturing them when they are being themselves …
It’s easy really! Just shoot lots of images and correct your mistakes. Series Name: Hiking Canon G10 6.1 mm Lens (28 mm equivalent) Shutter at 1/1600 F4 ISO 80 Sunny day Processing in Lightroom 5 The trick is to keep shooting. I often chat with people who have taken up photography and almost all of them …
How to get from this: To this: When I go out on an assignment (self or paid) I shoot a lot of images. I average 300 to 400 images per shoot and have the ability to edit down to the best within 2 hours once I am back in the studio. This is one skill …
Getting great shots isn’t all about expensive equipment. It’s about using these simple rules again and again till they become second nature. 1: That Rule of thirds: This is by far the best and easiest to remember because with most camera you can have the grid on your viewing screen. The rule is that …
If you go out into the woods or even to a beach you can get shots like this almost every time. This was shot on a cloudy day deep inside a forest. If you aren’t ready for an opportunity then you will never get the shot. The secret for this type of shot is very …
Getting a beautiful black and white shot is not as hard as it used to be. It used to be that you developed your own B&W film using different chemicals and agitation to get a certain grain and tonal range. Then you dodged and burned while exposing the paper using your negative. All this to …
You don’t have to have a fancy camera to take great shots. I was taking “street shots” on Commercial Drive (Vancouver) the other day and popped into my favorite Indian restaurant for some Bob fuel. This place is a well kept secret and I do recommend that you grab your camera and head on down …
If you want to get great shots you have to have your camera with you at all times. This is the most important attitude for any photographer. We all carry cameras in our phones so you should know how to use your phone camera too. On this day I was having lunch at the Granville …
This is the beginning of a new visual and content project. It will consist of photographs I have taken with some teachings for each shot. Shot with Canon G10 camera 28mm Lens (macro mode) Shutter at 1/160 F3.5 ISO 80 Overcast with sunny patches Processing in Lightroom 5 This was taken on a 30km hike (10 …