So, this is my first blog! I'm finally getting around to actually doing it! For so long, I've thought of tips I'd like to share with people, Tips about taking better photos with your camera, and even your cell phone. Tips about how to get a better photograph of you! I hope in the following weeks, I'll share something that will be helpful to you! Please feel free to ask questions. If I don't know the answer, I'll try to get one for you. I'm a second generation professional photographer, having grown up in my father's studio in the black-and-white days. I owned my own studio in Taylorville, IL, for 15 years and have owned Sexson Photography in Milford, CT, for over three years now. I'm a Certified Professional Photographer, not a wannabe. I'm on the Executive Board of the CT Professional Photographers Association. I don't claim to know it all or be the best but, as I mentioned, if I don't know the answer, I probably know someone who does!
Tip 1
So, my first tip for photographers, whether brand new, using a cell phone or professional camera, is...watch for the light! Did you know the word "photography" comes from two Greek words that mean painting or drawing with light? Watch where your light is coming from and how it is affecting your subject, whether a person or a landscape. For instance, if photographing a building that faces west, its better photographed towards noon when shadows are very short, or later in the afternoon when the sun is hitting the front of the building and giving it a pretty lighting. In the morning, the west-facing building will be in shade, rather than lit by the sun.
More tomorrow on lighting!
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