Category: How To
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How to Photograph the Super Moon in New Orleans – November 14, 2016
Photographing the Full Moon is hard. It’s bright, it’s moving, and it’s far far away… There are some very simple tactics I can show you to photograph your best Full Moon ever. Back in 2014 I taught very fun workshop called “Shoot the Supermoon” and it was an amazing night. Together with about 10 New…
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How To Tuesday #40 : Lightroom Video Tutorial “Two Exposure Photo Merge”
It’s often impossible to capture every detail we see with our eyes in one exposure in the camera. Lightroom’s “photo merge” and compositing is a game changer when you want that accurate exposure value representation. We have all been there before: you find yourself in front of a beautiful blazing sunrise with a cool complimenting…
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“Between the Shutterclick” Great Photography is Listening, Learning, and being Present.
As I grow older in life I am blessed to have the hindsight to remember what was so important to me at different phases of my photographic career. I can clearly remember my Bright White Light phase. In the fall of 1997 I realized that the camera could tell the stories I saw with my eyes…
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How to Tuesday #38: Creativity abounds at the Louisiana Photography Society in Baton Rouge. Watch my talk on “Using the Free Light First” to get your best portraits yet..
There is a vibrant, engaging, and creative photographic community in the Baton Rouge area. I was honored to be the guest speaker for the Louisiana Photographic Society’s monthly meeting in Baton Rouge last week and I was blown away at the amount of folks that showed up and filled the Goodwood Library theatre on a Thursday…
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Zack Smith Interview: Coffee with Kevin of Coast Roast in New Orleans, LA
I had the pleasure recently of sitting down with Kevin Pedeaux of Coast Roast Coffee to talk shop. I enjoy talking about my photographic journey with those that are following similar paths. Kevin was an avid photographer in New Orleans years ago, even so much as doing the weekend art markets around town and doing…
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How To Tuesday #36 : #collaboratelouisiana There’s ripe talent in Louisiana to help you do what you do
We are truly blessed to have great artists in our midst Louisiana. A few great folks have helped me in the last few years get my businesses vision, brand, and voice heard on multiple levels. Tom Williams for getting the party started w/ logo design and especially Scott Campbell for my new How To Tuesday logo…
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Hey You! Yes You. Want to be a great photographer? Get a philosophy.
Do you like to look at photographs? Do you have a photographer whose work you look up to? Take a minute and think of your favorite photographer. It doesn’t matter who this person is or what style of photography they do, their work only has to inspire you. I guarantee that when you find articles,…
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How To Tuesday #35 – Portrait Photography Lighting 101: When to choose…what to use?
How do we know when to use lighting for a portrait, and then what light do we use? I think when we are learning how to first shoot portraits, lighting is probably the last thing on our minds. I remember when I first started shooting portraits, the most important thing buzzing around my head was…
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How to Tuesday #34 – Learning Portrait photography sometimes starts with learning where and how to focus.
As beginning photographers there’s alot on our minds. Aside from going through our mental checklist of various Must Do’s like: How to Turn Camera On / How to Hold Camera Correct / Set Correct ISO / Where is my Shutter Speed Wheel? / and the list goes on… Sometimes it’s the easiest factors of photography…
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HOW TO TUESDAY #32 Finding the WHY as a Visual Artist and Letting it Drive your WHERE
As visual storytellers we are driven by the WHY. Over the years we have mastering the tools of our trade and we are allowed the freedom to use them in ways we never dreamed, and are only limited by our imagination.