William Cowper – “I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.”
I once had a photo of two hockey players in the middle of a fight with this quote below the image.  I’ve since lost the clipping but this quote comes to mind often when I am working on documentary [...]

http://www.popphoto.com/Features/How-I-Shot-This-Pool-Boy
I wanted to post a link to this article because I liked many of Leasha’s comments including:
“Starting about two summers ago, I said to myself: If I shoot someone’s portrait, I must also shoot a scene or an object or something else that captures the person without showing their face. Having those other kinds of [...]

NON-scientific.  All shot with AV with basic auto tone in Lightroom.
Birdhouse at f/1.4.  Focus was on the top left window of the birdhouse.

Wagon scene at f/4.  Focus on “John Deere”.

Wagon scene at f/1.4.  Focus on “John Deere”.

Outdoor scene.  Focus on tire.  f/4.

Outdoor scene.  Focus on tire.  f/1.4.

For comparison. You’re welcome to use the image just let me know where and provide a credit. Thanks!

Contax Zeiss 24-85 N
Converted by Conurus for Canon EOS mount this was my first Contax Zeiss N series lens for the EOS system.  My first impression was that I loved the Zeiss colors and felt this was, perhaps, a bit sharper than the Canon 24-70 L lens it replaced.  The reason I sold it is [...]

Recently, I’ve been doing a bit of what I’ll call “local colleague research” and here’s a few playful observations I made:
The average portfolio isn’t complete without a shot of the wedding party jumping in the air for no good reason. Sure, I’ve done a few of these, but apparently so has everybody else!
Unless the couple [...]

Non-scientific test shot using AV at f/2.8.

Non-scientific test shot using AV at f/5.6.

Focalware by Spiral Development, Inc.
A few years ago I attended a workshop where one of the presenters spent some time telling us about how he had a computer program and piece of equipment that helped him to figure out where the sun would be on a given day at certain times.
This allowed him to scout [...]