Yes, in my last post I ripped a bit on gear worship. But sometimes it is valid.

If anyone wants to give me this lens for Christmas, I won’t complain at all, ever, forever…

Nikon 13mm f5.6.

Nikon Lens Lust

Here’s a great cheat sheet for image sizing for most of the primary social media. I’ve added a link in my Links section for the source post at Constant Contact.

Click here or the image to see the full post:

Image Size Cheat Sheet

These are fun.

Triptychs_Adesokan

The artist’s name is Adde Adesokan

I’m continually working on my posing. My primary focus is the moment, so posing sometimes suffers because I’m focused on expressions, interactions and moments. But it is still important. This class is a good one.  It was taught at B&H by Jerry Ghionis, a pretty good wedding photographer from Down Under. It’s long, but good. And the accent is pleasant.

Posing Everyone

I’ve added this to the training library.

I’ve always known and understood the Inverse Square of Light (in its simple form: when you change the distance between the light and the subject the intensity of light changes more then the ratio of the distance between the light and the subject. If you double the distance, the light falls off 2 stops-4 times.) but I’ve only thought of it in the sense of intensity of light on the object to get the exposure I wanted. In this video, Karl Taylor shows how to manage the distribution of light on multiple subjects using the Inverse Square rule.

In short – the closer the light is to the subjects, the faster the fall off. The further the light is from the subjects, the less the fall off (its more even over a wider area). So if you are lighting a group with a single light from the side, moving the light away from the group will equalize the distribution of light overall.

I like that.

It will also lessen the intensity of the light on the subjects, requiring an increase in power, or increase in exposure. Win one thing, give up another in exchange.

Inverse Square

I’ve added this to the Training library.

I won’t waste words on this image. It doesn’t need any from me. Click on the image to go to the article I found it in.

Self Portrait-Katrina Kiefer