Finally, I’m going to get my photo blog going. I’m not sure how many people are actually going to read/view this, but I think it’s going to be a fun project. Sparks Photography and the Oostdyk family are about to transition to a new location so I’m not sure how often I’ll get to post, but I’ll try to as often as I can.

A little late but here they are! You can download them off here and use them in class. Just click the thumbnail and it’ll take you to the larger photo. I added captions to explain why I picked them. I only used Lightroom on these photos. No major retouches or effects done.

Strong side lighting for a dramatic effect.

Back lit and exposed for the background to capture a silhouette.

Natural lighting gives a nice three dimensional look. This photo also has pretty shallow dof.

Fill flash used to balance the shadows out. Sun flair doesn’t have to ruin a photo.

Dragging the shutter and tracking the subject gave this photo a bit of motion. It also brings out more of the ambient light.

Nice example of natural light near sunset. Flash would have ‘flattened’ this image.

Very shallow dof.

Zooming out from the ladies made this photo a bit more interesting.

Strong vignette added with muted, darkened colors makes this photos a bit Gothic.