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Tag Archives: speedlight
Photographing a Car Show
Last weekend I photographed the 12th annual Syracuse Nationals car show. This year the show had over 7,000 entries from antique automobiles to totally custom creations. Photographing a show of this size is very challenging and overwhelming. Being a mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Photography
Tagged cars, fairgrounds, flash, ford, live show, nationals, new york, nikon, plymouth, sb-600, speedlight, starsky and hutch, superbird, syracuse
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A Monumental Portrait
To accomplish this photo I set up my camera on a tripod and used a remote shutter release. I set the Nikon 28-300VR lens to 28mm knowing I would crop it later to suit the subjects. I used manual mode … Continue reading
Posted in Assignments, Travel
Tagged daughter, family, flash, mount rushmore, national memorial, nikon D700, nikon SB-600, portrait, rear-sync, south dakota, speedlight, tripod
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Flash is Our Friend
Last week when I mentioned using flash for outdoor portraits, I know a few of you cringed at the thought. As a wedding photographer in the early nineties, I had to use flash and use it well. The film ISO … Continue reading
Posted in People, Photography
Tagged bounce, daughters, family, flash, indoor, nikon SB-600, speedlight, tips
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Outdoor Portraiture
Been seeing this topic come up on a few photography boards this week as the weather gets warm and sunny. People start to get outdoors with family and friends. The photographers bring their cameras ready to capture special moments and … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 18-200mm vr, catchlights, character, divine, flash, florida, green, lens, nikon D70, orlando, outdoor, portrait, sb-600, speedlight, walt disney world
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View 104: Captain Jack Sparrow
Captain Jack Sparrow attempts to distract his foe by exclaiming, Look! It’s the Governor’s Daughter!, before running off stage at the end of the Magic Kingdom’s popular Jack Sparrow’s Pirates Tutorial outside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I used … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Weekly View
Tagged 18-200mm vr, face character, fill flash, florida, jack sparrow, live show, magic kingdom, movie, nikon D70, orlando, Photography, pirates of the caribbean, sb-600, speedlight, walt disney world
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