Initial Setup with light in front washing over the flowers and lighting the white wall at the same time. I held a Macro Flower and Still Life workshop in early March. I have been playing with the flowers on and off since that workshop. Today I decided to write a blog post showing how with… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Photography Software Training
Lighting Modifiers
Studio Lighting provides the opportunity to shoot excellent quality images indoors without having to resort to high ISO and the image degradation associated with it. You don’t have to make a significant investment to get started with studio lighting. Most starter kits include 1-2 lights and some type of basic modifier. Over time you can… Continue Reading
Why should you expose for the Highlights and develop for the shadows
I started in photography in the late 70’s. I was taught early on to expose for the highlights and then develop (print) for the shadows. The same principles hold true today in the digital era. If you over expose your highlights you will irrevocably lose detail in the brightest areas of your image. I pay… Continue Reading
Shoot for the Highlights – Process for the Shadows
One of the most important fundamentals that you need to learn and apply is to shoot to properly capture the highlights, and then later develop to bring out the shadow detail. If you overexpose the highlight detail it can not be recovered. So learn to read your histogram in the field and confirm that you… Continue Reading