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Quick Portrait Breakdown

October 17, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Final Portrait

One of the goals of my wife is to have great portraits of each of our children at age 3.  We’ve been pushing our luck with our current 3-year-old, who turns 4 in a couple months.  While we’ve shot tons of images of her this year; however, we’ve not taken that right shot with just the right dress, bow and smile . . . until last weekend. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: available light, children, how to, natural light, photography, portrait, reflector, Technique

 

4 Principles of Photography Marksmanship

December 7, 2009 By Eric Reagan

Marksmen use a handful of fundamental principles to take aim, fire and hit their target.  Many of these same principles can also be applied by other kinds of shooters – photographers.

When marksmen fail to abide by those principles, they may miss the bulls-eye.  When photographers fail to follow them, they may end up with a blurry photo. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Technique Tagged With: camera grip, camera hold, camera shake, digital cameras, image stabilization, photography, Technique

Hold On to Your Camera

March 20, 2008 By Eric Reagan

Joe McNally gives some solid advice (as usual) on how to hold your DSLR.

Filed Under: Learn, Technique Tagged With: camera holding, Technique

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