Children. A broad grin. A tiny tear. A shy glance. A thoughtful gaze. A belly laugh. Flying through the air on a swing. Gliding down the slide. Racing for the water fountain. The pure joy of an ice cream cone. The gentle touch of a mother’s hand. Children. In the life of a child, every...
The rock star news anchors have moved on to new assignments. Here in the states, the round-the- clock news coverage has been replaced by domestic political news and riveting coverage of White House party crashers. Across America, a new season breeds a new crop of judges and would-be American Idols, as they line up by...
Sarah Palin has inspired me… Do I have your attention now? The truth is that the recent media attention focused on her, as she promotes her book tour and the cable news poodles fill air time pondering her political future, has inspired to me to post some images of her very photogenic home state. At...
Depth of field in a photographic image refers to that part of the image that is rendered with acceptable sharpness from the nearest to the farthest point in the photograph. Depth of field is primarily controlled through aperture settings. A photographer friend of mine simplifies this by telling new photographers that f/2 gets 2 people...
In my Photography of Children workshops and in private tutoring sessions the question of how to improve location portraits is a regular topic. Comments like ‘ My portraits are OK, but in the end all the images just look like good snapshots’ are common. The difference between a good snapshot and a well crafted portrait...
