While weddings get all of the attention, baptisms are wonderful opportunities to capture family photos. In its own way, baptism can be seen as an extension of the marriage celebration. Families come together to celebrate their newest addition and support the new parents. Personally, I think shooting a baptism is much more fun than shooting a wedding. There’s plenty of excitement and pride with much less pressure to get the ultimate shot. Churches are usually not lit very

The holiday season is the perfect time to take family portraits. Be certain to take advantage of family gatherings and capture some group shots. While not everyone likes posing for a large family photo, these portraits are an important means of recording your family history. Family portraits are like savings accounts, it doesn't take a lot of effort and years from now you'll be glad you did it. Here are some helpful hints - listed as do's and dont's. Do's - Find the right set

Taking a decent portrait is extremely difficult with a point and shoot camera due to the limitations of the camera's aperture. Not only do DSLR cameras have a better aperture range than the typical point-and-shoot cameras, DSLRs support the use of multiple types of lenses (e.g., zoom, wide angle, low aperture). For an indoor portrait I like using a lens with a large aperture. In the most basic terms aperture is the size of the hole in the lens that allows light to hit the len

Many clients tell me that one of the main reasons they buy a DSLR camera is capturing children's sporting events. The distance from the subject, the speed of play, and the improbable actions of players makes a DSLR a far superior tool compared to a point and shoot camera or a pocket phone. This blog post will focus on indoor sporting activities. Indoor sports allow photographers to be much closer to the action compared to the sideline up a football or soccer field. However, t

I was invited by a friend to watch the Washington Capital practice at the Kettler Iceplex in Arlington, VA. I took my camera figuring this would be a good opportunity to get some shots of the players up close. I quickly realized that shooting a hockey practice was going to be a challenge. Getting a good shot of a hockey player in action is not very likely in Auto Mode. Here are some tips that I found worked for me. A couple of notes before we get to settings. The challenges