by successfulbob | landscape photography, Lumix GH3, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography education, photography gear
Maybe it was because I hadn’t had my morning shower yet…
The Sandhill Cranes came right up to check me out as I was photographing them…
Shows the importance of having multiple cameras with different lenses on hand even if you think you know what you will be photographing. I thought all my imaging would be of birds in the middle of the pond called Palmer Lake or flying away from said water. Had I not had the second body/lens combo I would have missed a cool opportunity.
Sandhill Crane in pond Sarasota, Florida.
Sandhill Cranes in flight and in silhouette.
Sandhill Cranes in the Morning mist.
On the Lumix GH3 I had the F3.5-5.6 100-300mm (200-600 35mm equiv) lens and on the Lumix GX7 had the f 2.8 35-100mm (70-200 35mm equiv).
by successfulbob | photography, photography - art quote, photography education, success education
Many photographers, especially those in the infancy of their careers, often wonder what they should photograph.
There are many, many, many ways to make money creating images with your camera. Before you make a decision to choose a specialty, or to change the type of photography you are already doing I invite you to consider the words of this wonderful photographer…
What makes you heart beat faster?? – Beverly Walden
If you can take these words and weave them in with your decision of how you make your living in photography you will be on your way to a successful career.
Spend some time poking around the Walden’s web-site where you can see the love, depth of lighting and product line available. You will see what makes Beverly and Tim’s heart race. Check Beverly’s Blog. Beverly & Tim also have a photographer education web-site.
So, where are you headed with your photography?
by successfulbob | Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography
She started her life as a character in a Disney movie and now the huge face presides benovolently over the sales counter at the Sea Hagg, Inc. in Cortez, Florida. According to the information shared by the clerk behind the counter she apparently likes her new place of residence as she gets a lot more attention in her new post.
If you happen to be in the Sarasota area you might want to take a little wander by the Sea Hagg, Inc. as it’s a target rich environment for the creative photographer. All things nautical, and some not so much, inhabit the shop just off Cortex Road West. There’s a fun playful atmosphere with mermaids, witches, floatsam and jetsam scattered throughout. Ask to have the container of eyeballs jostled on the front counter and you’ll get the idea…
She hangs in the corner presiding over her new domain after being retired from the movies. The Diva lives on.
Floats of glass and foam are everywhere waiting for the right composition.
Mermaids abound throughout the shop in metal, wood, bronze and brass. Illustrative Art setting on Lumix GX7. You can shoot in jpeg to get this rendition or as I do also shoot RAW at the same time for post processing options.
I just get the feeling that this typewriter has some serious history… I wonder what was written with it? A novel? News stories for a paper? Sales invoices?
by successfulbob | fine art photography, Lumix GH3, Lumix GX7, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography gear
Suddenly the wings of the Scarlett Macaw spread… which was rather bizarre because in my mind I had just said to myself, “I sure wish the bird would do something different.” (parking spaces seem to appear out of nowhere for me too) I took the RAW capture into Adobe Photoshop to see what I could see. Here are a couple versions with a twist on each.
Scarlett Macaw over fan palm. Version Three.
Version Ten.
Version Five
Images and textures captured with the Lumix GX7 and GH3. Macaw photographed using 35-100 f2.8 Vario lens. RAW 1/1250 sec; f/2.8; ISO 400 @42.0 mm (in 35mm: 84.0 mm)
Worked with Adobe Photoshop blend modes and other photographic texture images for effect.
by successfulbob | black & white, Lumix Lounge, photography, photography education
…Grits ain’t Groceries… Eggs ain’t Poultry… Mona Lisa was a Maid… Gotta’ love some of the blues lyrics!!
Couldn’t totally get away from the blues so I turned them black and white to ease my way into different colors for this post. Here’s Sidney Wingfield and RJ Howson from their night at the Blue Rooster in Sarasota…
RJ and Sidney live at the Blue Rooster in black and white. I like the gritty feel of this…
Found this splash of color through window shopping. A dress in a display on Main Street.
I like the contrast of colors and how the degradation of the palm frond
picks up the colors of the burnt orange wall in the background.
Yellow!
