1600 Pennsylvania Ave
While in D.C. I of course made the journey to get a glimpse of the White House. There’s only so many ways you can photograph the White House through a fence competing with hordes of people around you, police behind you, and snipers on the roof.
Making of the Image Part 1.
Today’s image is the first in a series dedicated to explaining how I go about selecting and making an image.Tomorrow, I’ll walk you through the processing. I’ll show you the original image and the steps I took to get today’s final version.
Stepping back to observe….
Whenever I visit an area with a ton of tourists I try to step back from the crowd and just observe. I think we miss a lot of photographic opportunities when we just follow along and get lost in the herd.
How to create a sunburst
Ever wanted to know how to create a sunburst? It’s pretty easy and only requires you to change a few setting on the camera.
Understand your Photos with Self Critiques
Self critiquing can be a lot more difficult than critiquing a peer, but I’ll tell you how I handle it. I ask myself what my gut says, how’s the composition, contrast, and subject?
It’s all about good optics
I decided to rent a Canon 85mm and the Carl Zeiss 85mm manual focus. For years, I’ve always focused on the camera body, but now I tend to think more in terms of the optics.
Change your viewpoint
Last week I wrote a post about, “the rule of thirds” and it’s rule of photographic composition. There are many rules to basic composition, but one of my favorites has to be, “changing your viewpoint”. Changing your viewpoint can make an ordinary photo interesting. One of the assignments I give to my online students is [...]
John is an award winning landscape and travel photographer who splits his time between Chicago and Montana. His work has been featured in National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole. John loves the outdoors and traveling, and sharing his images with others.