July 15th, 2010
Tajuana and Jerome had planned on an outdoor engagement portrait session, but the weather had other plans for us that day. Rather than reschedule, we decided to try something new and move our portraits indoors to the Central Library! This was my first time having a session in a library, and I was surprised how fun it was and how many great pictures we were able to create there. After I got home and looked at the beautiful images from the day, I found myself hoping for more rainy days. Tajuana and Jerome make an awesome couple, and I can’t wait to be their wedding photographer in October!
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July 10th, 2010
Meet Alyssa. She is two years old and 100% amazing. She and her mother met me at Holiday Park to take some fun and creative portraits. I had lots of great ideas for artistic portrait poses to try, but this little girl only had one thing on her mind: play! Well, I didn’t get into children’s portrait photography to force kids into uncomfortable poses and bribe them to make fake smiles for the camera, so I suggested we take a play break and visit the playground. We ended up having a blast together, she played, I chased her around with my camera, and her mom watched us and enjoyed! The fun candid portraits we made together on the playground ended up being some of our favorites from the day.
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July 5th, 2010
Some of my first professional photography opportunities were senior portraits. These days, I don’t do nearly enough of them, which is a shame since seniors are some of my favorite subjects! Of course I love all the work I do, but I was very excited to go out and shoot some senior portraits with James this year. James suggested one of his favorite downtown locations for his session, the Indiana World War Memorial. I instantly loved the idea, and the monument provided us with a great variety of portrait locations.
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June 23rd, 2010
After spending the day with Mallory and Ray, and experiencing their amazing wedding with them, all I could say was “wow”. This couple had me laughing, crying, and obsessively clicking my shutter button on all the incredible moments of their wedding day. Their schedule was tightly packed, so our wedding portraits were done quickly to leave plenty of time to capture all the rich candid moments of love, joy, and family. I hope I’m lucky enough to photograph 1,000 more weddings as cool as this one, but I know I’ll never witness anything quite like it again!
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Tags: Candid Wedding Photography, Indianapolis, Mallory and Ray, Photojournalism, Wedding Photography
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April 29th, 2010
15 seconds at f/11 created this fanciful image where regular party-goers are transformed into smokey ghosts.
Any camera equipped with automatic or program mode is capable of making a proper exposure on its own, but choosing an exposure is about more than letting in the right amount of light. If you let your camera decide how the correct exposure balance is achieved, you miss out on a lot of creative opportunities. In Elements of Exposure – Part 1: Aperture, we discussed how changing the size of the aperture controls depth of field in our images. In this article, we will discuss how adjusting the shutter speed can be used to show or stop motion.
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April 15th, 2010
Scott and Liz chose a weekend date in early March for their engagement session, which was a brave choice considering the rapidly changing weather that often greets Indiana in springtime. The forecast threatened storms, so we came armed with umbrellas, prepared to make the rain into lemonade. Fortunately though, we were rewarded with beautiful filtered sunlight and mild temperatures, not to mention great fun!
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