Monthly Archives: May 2010

View 127: My Memorial Day Weekend

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

We are enjoying a three day holiday weekend in the United States to celebrate Memorial Day. I have taken the opportunity to get out and do some photography. For various reasons, I have not been able to get out the … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, People, Travel, Weekly View | Tagged 18-200mm vr, baldwinsville, beaver lake nature center, boy, flags, harbor, lake, Lake Ontario, landscape, lighthouse, memorial day, new york, nikon D70, oswego, parade, Photography, sunset, water | 17 Comments

Sidelighting a Ladybug

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

Sidelighting – light coming from the left or right of a subject. Because the light is scraping across from side to side, it catches every surface blip and imperfection, leaving a trail of large and small shadows and exaggerating surface … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Photography | Tagged 18-200mm, baldwinsville, beaver lake nature center, bokeh, direction, green, insect, ladybug, leaf, new york, nikon D70, red, sidelighting, veins, vr | 18 Comments

Track Exposure

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

If you have followed my blog at all, you know I like to show motion whenever I feel it adds to the story of what I am photographing. At the ESTA Safety Park Dragstrip speed is the name of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignments, Sports | Tagged 70-200mm, cicero, creative, dragstrip, esta safety park, exposure, junior dragster, new york, nikon D70, panning, Photography, racing, starburst, vr | 30 Comments

View 126: Blue Eyes

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

This little boy was at a family picnic I attended last week. When photographing children, putting them on a chair can help to keep them in one place for a few minutes. Long enough to get a portrait…sometimes. 🙂

Posted in People, Weekly View | Tagged 18-200mm, blue, blue eyed, boy, child, children, eyes, new york, nikon D70, Photography, portrait, vr | 7 Comments

10 Tips on Using a Wide Angle Lens

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

Guest Blog article by Justin Miller. Ultra-wide angle lenses, referred to as UWA, can offer a unique, sometimes challenging, often rewarding view of the world for photographers. Many of us have faced that limitation where we can’t quite fit a … Continue reading →