Cartoon Network TV Spot

I got a real treat this Halloween my photo of my son wearing bunny ears was used on Cartoon Network for a spot that listed the 10 laziest costumes for Halloween. He made #4 on the list. I bought the bunny ears at the dollar store and figured the photo would be used for Easter but it’s amazing to see your work show up in unexpected places.

     

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Cool Collages

Photoshop collages are what’s current right now, just like parachute pants are what the cool kids wore when I was in school.  I wasn’t cool, thank God; I don’t need a photo of me in parachute pants floating around on the web. To be a great photographer now a days you gatta be good with a camera and with Photoshop. Even though senior portrait season is coming to an end I still have to keep my Photoshop skills sharp and try new things for next season. I don't think I will ever be cool to the high school seniors but as long as I can create cool images, that's whats important.

Senior Portaits

Bracketing 101

Went to Mackinaw City this weekend and as usual I have to photograph something while I am up there. We went to McGulpin Point Lighthouse and there was a beautiful blue sky, but capturing that sky can be tricky. One solution is to “bracket” your exposure. I set my camera to auto bracketing and took 3 photos one over exposed one under exposed and as goldilocks says one just right (according to the camera). I then layered the photos in Photoshop masked out the sky and the foreground to achieve the desired look that I wanted. There are other options to doing this such as HDR or using a graduated neutral density filter but the main point in this post is that your camera does not see the range of light and color that your eye does so you need to help it out to get a great looking photo.

McGulpin Point Light

Michigan Images Galleries

Priceless To Me

This shot may not be one of my best sports photos but it’s special to me because it’s my daughter scoring a goal at yesterday’s game at the Saginaw Township Soccer Complex. I shoot a lot of games but I usually don’t know any of the players and after a game I go thru my photos and delete the photos that are not “good enough” like photos of the player’s backs. It’s different when it is a photo of your child playing and you were there. So, to the average person this is a rather boring photo but to me it’s priceless because it will always remind me of her kicking that ball into the goal and seeing her turn around with a big smile on her face.

Youth Soccer Galleries

Background Check

Besides the subject the background is an important element in any photograph. You need to pay attention to the background to make sure it enhances the photo and is not a distraction to the subject. I took this photo last week at the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland MI. I lowered the camera and moved it into a position to place an out of focus tree in the position I wanted. It also helps when we have a beautiful sunny autumn day.

Clash Of The Titans

Throughout the course of human events there have been many epic battles fought on the face of this planet. Well, this is not one of them. On October 2^nd at the Bay City State Park in Michigan at the Halloween Festival there was a great rivalry in the pumpkin seed spitting contest. Kevin, Half-a-duck(yes that is his name) and Ray were all battling for bragging rights for the following year. Once again Kevin dug down deep with the winning spit of over 26 feet and he is the raining champion for the 2^nd year in a row. I know this is not some big sanctioned event in a gigantic stadium full of people, but you can still have a great time with a bunch of friends and a bag of pumpkin seeds