Anthony used my critique request form to ask for a critique not exactly of his work but of the way he shows his work, namely, his APhungFoto website.
The first thing I notice is the nice clean design. I like how big the images are, though one problem with this is that part of the photo is obscured “below the fold.” What this means is that I need to scroll down to see the entire photo. One way this could be improved is to decrease the size of the header. I like the header, especially if it is actually a personalized signature. I am guessing it is not, though? Regardless, it looks personal. Though “Foto” in papyrus does look tacked on. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: biography, contact, photography, web design
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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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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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In short, ISO is the sensitivity of the film or digital sensor.
To give you the best example of what changes in ISO does to a photo, I made a chart below. Using a ribbon origami rose that I made, these photos are taken with a Canon 40D, so different cameras will have different results. The large picture at the top is taken at the lowest ISO of 100 to show what the entire picture is. Below that I have images of each ISO setting at 1/3rd increments. These are 100% of the pixel size right out of the camera. For each ISO change I had to also change the shutter speed. The aperture was the same in each at f/5.6.
At the beginning I have the two extremes of the highest and the lowest next to each other to show the dramatic difference. Then at the very bottom that full photo is taken with 1600 ISO. The reason I did this is to show, depending on the use (here being the web), a high ISO will still be a suitable option. At this small size on a website, the noise is barely noticeable. But blow it up to a 16×20 print and the difference between them will be quite intense. I very rarely would use 3200 ISO, and isn’t really native to this camera (thus the H). But it is nice to have available in a pinch.
So what is it all about then?
ISO is a standardization that was Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: aperture, camera, digital, DSLR, exposure, ISO, light, photo, photography, settings, SLR
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Just a quick post here. This is from an abandoned series I am working on. This from the Carl’s house sub-series.
This photo is available as a print, just head over to my order page here.
Carl’s Pole
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Tags: abandoned, Carl's, fine art, light, photo, photography, pole, print
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