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High Cliff Bride

A High Cliff Bride So many beautiful brides - and so many beautiful images! I find the hardest part of photography is editing. Specifically - culling images the find the best. Sure, the occasional out of focus shot, or someone is blinking, is easy to cut out. But then I get 10 pictures in a row of the same scene but with wonderful little variations. A shy smile in one picture, a serious look in another. One picture is playful while another is deep and serious; and this one has a mystery! They all reflect the complex personalities of my…

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January 20, 2020

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How to Photograph a Sunset – Part IV

I love sunsets! There is just something so stirring about the end of the day. It is almost magical for me. Of course I also love sunrises. I just don't love getting up in time for the sunrise. So, how do you capture a sunset? First find a good place where you can see the sunset. Then find out when the sunset is going to happen (https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/) and get there early enough . I usually try and arrive 30-60 minutes early as sometimes you need time to find the best spot - also some nice pictures can be had before…

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May 23, 2017

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Max and Saurab at High Cliff

Site seeing with some friends from Grenoble, France. We watched a beautiful sunset at High Cliff State Park and really enjoyed the colors. This is a technically difficult picture to pull off for several reasons. The first is the backlight from the sunset will fool your camera into making their faces really dark. However, if you expose for their faces the sunset will be too bright and all the color will be lost. The second is the high depth of field requires a small aperture which will drive the shutter speed down and the ISO up. Low shutter speed -…

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August 29, 2016