Lessons in Film Photography – Ugly photos

I received the Canon EOS3 in the mail on Monday, twisted on my Sigma 30mm 1.4 and loaded a roll of Lomography 400 film and started shooting inside on manual and manual focus since I hadn’t calibrated the autofocus with my eyes yet. The results were poop! haha! $10 worth of poop!!!! Continue Reading →

Collin Beck – Professional Headshots | Charlotte Photographer

I shot Collin on Saturday for a few minutes in NODA. It was fun to use some of the artsy walls as backdrops. He said he needed some portraits for business, casual and a nice shot for his mom (I thought that was cute). Continue Reading →

A Picture from Two Sides of the Tree

The first two images are of Noah on the left side of the tree where the sun was peaking through a tree in front of him. I underexposed it 1 stop and edited in VSCO and added a couple actions in photoshop. Continue Reading →

“Give them Candy and Let Them Run” – Urban Barn Photoshoot | Charlotte Family Photographer

I was given the location for the “Urban Barn” from a local photographer in here in Charlotte. The historic barn is right off of the road, so it’s not as secluded as it appears and sadly, while we were there, city workers were putting the posts in for a fence which will completely surround the structure. Continue Reading →

What is VSCO film?

I guess having a blog where I am trying to document using film in photography and using the term “VSCO film” may be confusing to those who aren’t familiar. So this will answer all of your questions and show you the before an afters of using VSCO. Continue Reading →

Sunshine

So I had a breakthrough today!!!! Whoo hoo for learning things on my own in photography. I figured out that on a sunny day, when the sun is pretty high in the sky, early afternoon, or even noon; the best way to shoot a subject is for the subject to be backlit by the sun and the subject’s shadow is coming towards me. Continue Reading →