New Jersey Photographer
As I said previously, the Williamsburg Bridge is uninspiring for much of the walk. However, the middle of the bridge has a lot to photograph. Now only are the walls, the signs and the railings painted with graffiti, but so is the ground. I captured this photo because of the crisp sunlight, and the shadows [...]
My nephew was born on January 13th 2012, just before midnight. When he was five days old I went to my brother and sister-in-law’s house to take Holden’s baby announcement photos. We had a few ideas in mind and knew that there wasn’t much time to get the shots done. Holden likes being warm, [...]
When photographers are blogging about their work, many times the title speaks about the photograph in some way. Because we are photographers and not SEO gurus, we are not always thinking about website traffic and the how the titles will bring in traffic. This traffic may not be wanted, and bring in no business. On [...]
Yesterday I shared my thoughts on being creative when shooting Real Estate Photography. Today I’m sharing a similar statement, but for when you’re shooting family portraits. After you have completed the job that you’re being paid for, see if the family is open to experimenting with different ideas. Do they mind? Do they have the [...]
One of the most enjoyable parts of photographing a vacant house and a job without time constraints, is the ability to be creative without the direction of the home owner or realtor. After shooting this kitchen, I decided to spend a few more minutes shooting brackets of the room. While the HDR came out okay, [...]
Moving right along with my iPhone workflow tips – I thought it would be a fun spin to share a simple tip for anyone with an iPhone attending a photowalk. If you’re visiting my website for the first time, please be sure to check out the iPhone Blogging Workflow Tip and iPhone Shortcuts Workflow Tip articles. [...]
Quick story of the family portrait session… We pulled up to Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was just before sunset and we had about an hour to get in some portraits before the sun went down. This was one of the first shots from the session. I noticed the angle and [...]
As I stated previously, the Williamsburg Bridge is uninspiring as you walk across. However, when you arrive in the middle everything changes. The graffiti art makes the trip worthwhile. Of course, when I got to this point, Brian was already shooting this exact scene. Then when Chris arrived, he shot it as well. I guess [...]
I really like this photo because of the harsh light and cool shadows of the fire escape. What makes it even cooler is that this was shot around noon and the sun was bright darn bright. How do you this? Expose for the overall scene and see what the meter says. Drop the ISO to [...]
Doors with graffiti covering them make fantastic subjects. When walking past this one in particular, I had the vision of gloomy nightmare style processing. For me this has the feeling of coming out of a zombie movie. Thanks for reading and happy shooting, Scott
This portrait of my nephew holden was taken not long after he was born. As a person without much baby experience, it’s been an exciting week and I look forward to spending even more time with him as he grows. It’s nice being an uncle and Melissa is a fantastic aunt. Thanks for reading and happy [...]
