cotton fields

cotton fields
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

Showed an example of elevation last week ..... This is another example. I’ve always loved seeing the cotton fields while driving to Charlotte, but never seemed to have a shot present itself. Having the lift on way back from Talamore, I had cottonfields on both sides of the road and sun setting. Getting higher was the key to showing the rows and the depth. Adding a suttle flash to foreground to keep from going black and positioning rows to lead to one of the center of interests, gave me the shot I’d seen in my minds eye for years. http://www.mikesphotostop.com

Talamore

Talamore
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

The Talamore shoot was blessed with perfect weather, comfortable temps and fast moving clouds for changing compositions and depth and overcast for the interiors to reduce contrast. These 2 images are of not a particularly great golf hole but illustrate the value of a little elevation. Its easy to see the difference. And interestingly one of the very first things our founder Cecil showed me in Fall of 1979. Geez!, 31 years ago.!!

Sandy Nudes

Sandy Nudes
Originally uploaded by Michael Slear

When looking for interesting subjects for your photography, textures and rhythm are two of the best compositional elements available to you. I call this example 'Sandy Nudes' and it presents both texture and rhythm. When photographing sand its very easy to get the reflection of the sky which will give a cyan hue to the image. A warming filter will correct this or depending on location a well placed towel or even hotel will help, because as you may remember from science class the angle of reflection (light from the subject) is equal to the angle of incidence, (light approaching the surface).