For three years running now, I have been the family photographer for the Anderson family. I enjoy it every year and love watching their family grow up. Becky is my wife’s sister so we are all very close. This year she wanted to try something a little more old fashioned with all black and white photographs. I was definitely up for that as I originally trained with black and white film. I like looking for the contrasts as opposed to color (though I do love color also!) and bringing on new challenges. Here are a few of the photos from that family photo session. If you are looking for a family photographer, take a look at my rates page and send me a message. You can also email me at: chris [at] chrislanephoto.com Most family photo sessions can be finished in half an hour, but I am definitely willing to go longer if you would like more.
Enjoy the photos from this family session:
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Tags: boy, children, daughter, family, girl, kids, love, parents, photo, photography, session, shoot, son
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I have learned through both college and work experience that one of the best ways to learn anything is through critiques of your work and other’s work. That is why, in the spirit of teaching through this blog, I am happy to critique the work of submissions from readers. If you would like a professional critique from me and learn how to better your artwork, be it photo, design, painting, et al, just read these submission guidelines and submit an image through my critique contact form. You can also email your submission to photocrit [at] chrislanephoto.com.
I got an email from Amy a while back requesting a critique on this photo. More specifically, she was asking my professional opinion on how to crop this to an 11 x 14 format. First off, here is her original photo as she sent it.
My first impression is that I like this photograph quite a bit. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bokeh, Critique, crop, old, photo, Rule of Thirds, wagon, wheel
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I am going to leave it up to you to interpret this photo in whatever way you want. It is pretty obvious WHAT it is a photo of, but look beyond that. In every image there are feelings and thoughts. Sometimes you should look beyond the surface. What makes art? What do you think of when you look at it? What do you think of the photograph itself? Is it good or terrible? How does it make you feel? Sound off in the comments section. I’d love to hear your interpretation.
Tags: abstract, animal, goat, head, photo, processed
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A new photo (actually this was taken back in July 2010) to post and some good news. I intend to be back on a regular weekly schedule for the blog next week with a long form post on Tuesday evenings and a new photo on Fridays. But to tide you over for now, here is this:
This is a walking bridge in Itasca State Park very near the Mississippi Headwaters in Minnesota. This goes over the Mississippi river where it is only a few feet wide and about 1.5 ft deep. The river is quite lovely to walk in at this point, warmed by the sun. I liked the repetition of the posts but a lack of perfection.
Under Bridge
Tags: bridge, itasca, Minnesota, mississippi, park, photo
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Today’s photo comes from one of the creepiest basements I have been in. This is #18 in my 52 week project. This also comes courtesy of the Tokina 11-16mm lens
I recently rented. You can see a review of that in this post. This basement has so many stories to it and I have just begun to photograph it.
I liked this photo so much, I thought I would give it away as a free wallpaper also. It really is best viewed large.So you can download that (1.5MB) here, at 1440×900 pixels.
Metadata is f/2.8, ISO 400, at 4.0 sec shutter speed. Lens was at 11mm. It has a fair amount of retouching, but I wouldn’t say a lot.
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The Basement Hallway
Tags: 52 week project, abandoned, basement, photo, photography, sharpen, urban exploration, urbex, wilson bros
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