I still consider myself a novice photographer at best but I have been told I am to hard on myself. I don't claim to know everything or even a quarter of everything. I enjoy learning new techniques and new tricks for creating images. It inspires me to move further.
Lat week I went to a lighting workshop at Hunt's Photography shop in Holyoke Massachusetts. The presenter was Rick Friedman from Boston. What an awesome time. Rick is a well known Photojournalist who has been published in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, The Guardian, Discovery and many other publications and has produced over 75 book and magazine cover. He was graceful enough to lets us blind him with light all day as our test subject.
He went through basic on camera flash all the way to studio lighting with multiple light sources. Rick is a very good speaker and has enough energy to go all day. He brought enough gear for us to use that would have filled the store I came away from the workshop feeling confident and ready to try some of the techniques out.
Continually learning is essential in photography as well as many other things in life. Whatever you enjoy, try to learn something new and than put it into use.
I went home after the workshop and immediately took out my camera and flash and began to try different techniques and tricks at home. It makes me smile when I get a different type of shot that I really like.
Photography is all about light. Creating light, using light, manipulating light and understanding light. Once you understand light you can start to create some pretty cool images.
I am thankful I am in a position where I can continue to learn about photography and better my skills as a photographer.
If you ever get a chance to listen to Rick Friedman, do it...he is worth your time and is very inspiring!
Thanks for reading,
See ya next week,
E
Kappy's Keepers
Lat week I went to a lighting workshop at Hunt's Photography shop in Holyoke Massachusetts. The presenter was Rick Friedman from Boston. What an awesome time. Rick is a well known Photojournalist who has been published in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, The Guardian, Discovery and many other publications and has produced over 75 book and magazine cover. He was graceful enough to lets us blind him with light all day as our test subject.
He went through basic on camera flash all the way to studio lighting with multiple light sources. Rick is a very good speaker and has enough energy to go all day. He brought enough gear for us to use that would have filled the store I came away from the workshop feeling confident and ready to try some of the techniques out.
I went home after the workshop and immediately took out my camera and flash and began to try different techniques and tricks at home. It makes me smile when I get a different type of shot that I really like.
This shot was taken in a completely dark room. I wanted the glow from the iPad on my Father's face but also some detail from him as well.
Photography is all about light. Creating light, using light, manipulating light and understanding light. Once you understand light you can start to create some pretty cool images.
This shot was in a hotel lobby which was had plenty of ambient light which I did not want. I had to eliminate the ambient light then produce just enough soft light to light up only Rylee.
This is what they call a hair light. There is a flash behind the subject shooting directly at me to produce the "glow" and another light source which is the black box you can see on the left.
I am thankful I am in a position where I can continue to learn about photography and better my skills as a photographer.
If you ever get a chance to listen to Rick Friedman, do it...he is worth your time and is very inspiring!
Thanks for reading,
See ya next week,
E
Kappy's Keepers
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