I asked permission to take this photo, and the soldier was friendly enough and amenable. I later sent him a digital image of the photo for his use. Overall I like the photo and it was fun to shoot. Good enough for me. Once again this was taken with my Toyo View VX-125 large-format film […]
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I shot this photo at F8 so I could get a bit more depth-of-field than normal and be sure I got most of the horse in focus, while still getting a subject-isolating blurred background. When I am doing these shots, I don’t have much time to set up composition since the camera is tripod-mounted and […]
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I think it is a trap for a photographer to get into the mindset that every photo you take has to be awesome. It doesn’t. If you think that, then you can get paralyzed with inaction waiting on just the right composition, light, or subject. I am a big believer that the more you take […]