Pratice Makkes Perfect

Well my favorite model must be my daughter.I have taken lots of photographs of here over the years and have talked about in this blog many times.I love her smile.It is infectious.When Jasmine smiles you cant help but feel better about the day.
I am struggling with two things with lighting.One the space that I have to work in and the ability to blow out the background with out back lighting.Here is my latest try at digital backgrounds.

A Warm Winters Day

Well its the last day of February and the weather here should be in the -30 c somethings,but when I awoke this morning It was only -11c.I know,I know that that sounds cold,but put into focus when you spend months of being in a deep freeze when the temperature start to rise so dose spirits.This has been a great week for me.Watching Canada put on one of the best Olympics games ever and the success that they are enjoying,doing a photo shoot that was very successful and selling my first photos.I also have become more aware of other photographic opportunities in my area for photography hopefully I can convert some of them into sales.

A Big Day

Well finally I did it.I got paid for a photo that I created.On last Saturday I did a photo shoot with a local family.Using digital backgrounds that I purchased back in last summer.I didn't make much but it is at least a start.I guess I can call my self a professional photographer now.

Shoot for the Day

Well after a revelation of street photography I decided to talk an indoor photo walk.I shoot a lot of black and white images of items and kids around the house.My daughter ,who is a natural at posing ,helped by being my main subject.I also did some work for the TFTTF photo challenge this week which is scape.My entry will be snow scape.

Revaluation

Today I had a revaluation.I was reading an article about street style photography from National Geographic magazine and they talked about being close to your subject.One of my favorite black and white photo's that I have taking was a street photo of a fiddle player in a market in Winnipeg Canada.I took it from a balcony and the subject wasn't aware of the shot.I have always loved candid shots.A quick glimpse into the life of someone else life.Today I realize that if I approach a person and they pose for me or act silly that is as much as a part of there story as the candid shot I seek.That is a key to street photography.I am shy in general but I could find a great home in street photography and cant wait till I can get out for my morning walks.

Love is in the Air

Today is Valentines day and with that you cant help but think of love.I think of many pictures that help convey that sense.The wedding photo,even in this modern day ,is a way of conveying the the love and joy of one special day.It still an occupation when stated has a sense of awe about it.The Wedding Photographer.You are such things that dreams are made of.It is very much more technical than what it seems.To capture cutting edge images and still capture the love isn't easy.It is a true craft.

Eight days A Week

I have mentioned before of my love for the Beatles.Their music has been an inspiration for me for many years.I love the cycadelic imagery that their songs form.The title of this post comes from their early work.It is very true.When you Tully love something it with you eight days a week.All the time 24-7.That is true with my photography.If I am not doing it I am editing photos.I spend a lot time watching YouTube and trying to learn technique.I love experimentation.Many great photos have been happy mistakes.Today I hope to do some happy photography.

Photo Shop,You Tube and Learning

I am a huge Internet fan.I love the availability of information,especially on how to use photo shop.As a photographer it is an invaluable tool.With the ability giving to the editor to remove item,touch ups and other tricks a photograph is more than a representation of the actual vision.
I wonder what some of the great photographers of the last century would be able to do with these tools.What images would flow from the silicon darkroom.I have a new challenge.To try to use the philosophy of great photographers of the last century and add a digital touch.

Olympic Fever

Well its less than 24 hours away from the opening ceremonies of the 2010 games in Vancouver.All of Canada will be watching.I would love to be one of the accredit photographers.They will be up close to the action .Getting in the right position is critical for good sports photography.You need a good knowledge of the sport that you are photographing as well as the ability to quickly pre-vision what you would like the final image to be.Here is my Vancouver 2010 avatar for face book.

Super Sunday

Today two teams will become the most photograph people on the planet today.Every year at the kick off of the super bowl the is a sea of flash that go off.I always wonder what the thousands of images produce.What memories are created.Most of the time when those flashes go off it is a complete waste of time.The throw distance of the flash isn't enough to illuminate the players or freeze the action.I hope that this years super bowl will only be the a sports story and not lead news story.

A Lesson Never too Late to Learn

This morning I herd a quote" It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” ~Harry Truman~ and its had me thinking all day long about the way we learn.I learn best by thorough explanation followed by hands on trial.I also found a photography web site that is a study of portraiture from the early 70's and although the style is a bit dated the information is very relevant.I cant wait till I put what I read to use.

100 and countining

Wow 100 posts.This years Shooting from the Hip has reached many milestones and this is yet another.Now That I am trying to post every day it is a quick run to 100 posts.
Yesterday I shot for an hour or two and today I am editing them and moving the images into digital backgrounds.The more I use the digital backgrounds the better I get with them.I did two that I am really proud of.

Bacground Information

It amazes me that you pretty much can download any information,image or media clip that you can ever want.Tonight I downloaded a number of digital backgrounds for free.I also watched a movie on how to remove a solid background color out of a picture and have a digital background come through.I can even read an e-book on photoshop all for free.I use use a free software program called gimp to do my photo manipulations.What a great way to run a business.

In the Background

Today I down loaded some new digital backgrounds for my photography business.I am trying hard to get the business started and so far it has been up hill all the way.Problems with my computer,my wife's computer has no CD ROM drive.I have started to be able to shoot the high key images that you use to do the cut in gimp or photoshop.Then using layers you add what ever background you want.
here is one example.