Showcase Photography School SHOTS 2010 Exhibit

Just learned I will have an image in the Showcase Photography School, student exhibition, SHOTS 2010! This is a juried exhibition where about 70 out of 400 entries were accepted! The exhibit runs 10/11 - 12/3 at the school in Atlanta. The exhibit is part of the month long celebration of photography in the city, called Atlanta Celebrates Photography. There will be over 150 events and exhibitions at over 125 venues.

Here's my entry entitled, Reading in the Park. I found this setting in the Carouge district of Geneva, Switzerland about a year ago. We are in a small city park at sunset with a beautiful warm glow resting on this gentleman immersed in his reading.

Check out www.acpinfo.org for details!

Painting With Light @ Oakland Cemetery

I took a break from senior portraits and learned a real cool technique called "Painting With Light" which uses HDR editing to merge multiple images into one. You leave the shutter open for several minutes (on a tripod) and then use a flashlight to light up the scene in front of the camera. Since you don't know exactly what your light covers, you end up with a few images to compress so that the entire structure is lit up. Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery is awesome anytime, but especially on a night workshop with Judith Pishnery. Here's a couple of images from the session. You'll see my shadow in one! See more images of Oakland Cemetery in the Standing Still gallery.

NEW STUDIO BACKDROPS!

I have discovered the wonderful array of fabrics to create dazzling backgrounds for portraits. These coupled with some photoshop editing can yield some great effects. I still have black and white solid backgrounds also. I will continue to add to these...

SENIORS...Take a look at these possibilities for outdoor shots. They are oh, so inviting!

SPRING IS HERE! YEA!! Welcome to my outdoor studio! We have lovingly tended garden (okay not always loving it), but do LOVE the new Spring arrivals. I have numerous wonderful spots for lighting au naturale and that's the "bestest" soft light there is! Take a look...

Gearing up for Class of 2011 Senior Portraits! We all had fun shooting in the studio...trying lots of casual poses, new equipment and techniques. Can't wait to bring the excitement to this summer's portraits!