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If you think its perfect..... Then its perfect.  And more important - if your client thinks its perfect, well there you go -  Its perfect ! 


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Ribbon Cuttings and Basic Workshops

This past week was a busy one. Oozle Media had their ribbon cutting attended by Sandy Chamber of Commerce. Utah's #1 SEO, Web Design, Social Media company, is Oozle Media so when you are ready to get your name to the top of the list remember Oozle Media.

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Last week we had a full class on Tuesdays Basic Camera Workshop. I hope those of you who attended learned some valuable lessons about your cameras. We got lucky last weekend with the weather, so I held two classes, in the morning group there were a couple Canon owners and a Pentax shooter. The afternoon class was a mother/daughter workshop. As usual we worked with aperture, shutter speeds, ISO and threw in a few posing and flash tips. All participants went home thrilled to start photographing the kids, grandkids and landscapes.

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When your ready to learn more about your camera and start the photography journey, come out to one of my workshops and reserve now

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In between all this madness a engineering firm from the mid-west commissioned my photography company to image some transportation freeways. Some of the locals may remember the last few years when Utah Department of Transportation was building freeway overpasses. During this time UDOT was being consulted by a firm out of the mid-west; Stanley Consulting. If you would like to have a look at a couple of the overpasses and intersections you can see more here.

New Blog Format

Changed up the Blog format- Thoughts ? Comments ?

Dropped the Ball

Ok, so i have'nt updated the blog in the last month or so - Been pretty busy..... Think'n I will try and up date a bit more regularly ~! Is regularly a word ?? Stop by and have a look, got the opportunity to shoot some freeways, bridges and intersections ! Way fun stuff -

Valentines Assignment

Assignment for February.

Shoot something Red. Real simple ? No....Not quite. Try different angles of what ever you find red- It could be red roses from the perspective of the vase, how about a heart box filled with candy from an unusual perspective ? How about what valentines mean to kids....red candy hearts all piled up and shot up close in macro ?....You figure it out and send them into me....If i get enough, we can vote and maybe you will win something spectacular !

How to HDR-

To create an HDR photo- You must bracket shots with minimum or zero movement between them. This means using a tripod and either a IR or cable release.
1.Set your ISO to the lowest possible (if you take my workshop you know that)
2.Set for a series of shots, three or more per second
3.Turn on Image stabilization
4.Set your camera to bracket exposures by 1 stop
5.With the camera stable and ZERO movement, take anywhere between 3 to 7 shots
6.Open the images in what ever software you use, PS, GIMP (File>automate>Merge to HDR) and blend the images

For superior results, shoot at lower sensitivities, shoot in raw, make 7 or more bracketing exposures.

Above all use a tripod, use either cable release or IR release.

Light

Being Selective - What makes a great photograph is not a great subject, its great lighting. No matter how interesting or spectacular the subject might be, you wont get a good picture with out decent lighting.

Light is the biggest difference between a typical tourist picture and a photo that make you say WOW ! The tourist usually shoots the scene in whatever light is available at the time. Where a Pro has the patience and perseverance to wait for the light to be right, sometimes returning to the location repeatedly in search of the best light -