Casual Ports

Good light comes in all forms. I wasn't planning on taking a picture at this moment and then I realized the lighting was perfect on Wendy's mother as she was casually talking and laughing with Wendy. An incandescent lamp lit her up from the front right and great back light coming from the left behind her. With a wider f- stop 2.8 to blur the background made this a wonderful casual portrait. 
 

Outside the Box

 This is a mural on the wall outside a bank in Lake Placid. It's probably photographed a million times a year. For a slight twist I leaned across the hood of a black SUV to get this reflection in my image.

No Swimming Allowed

 Alligator named Ben lurking in the canals of Port Charlotte, Fl. The rippled water gives the image a watercolor painting effect.  I am almost sure he's harmless.

Low Key Portraits

One light portrait with home made slotted cardboard hand held in front of light to get the desired effect.

 

Food Photography

 

Wendy baked a loaf of home made bread today. It is an oatmeal, flax seed, chia seed concoction that she made up in her mind and it tasted fantastic. Probably healthy for me too. Anyway it looked so nice I thought I'd photograph it in my studio for a little practice.  I used two LED lights with an added frosted light dome modifier mounted over each lens.  Also and over head fluorescent light from the ceiling provided a small amount of ambient light.  The counter top in the background was added later in Photoshop 2025.

B&W

 

Cheap Alternative to Photo Lights

 

I bought  this light from Walmart for $25 to use for studio photos. I liked it so much I bought another. The last twelve images in this blog have been shot with these lights. They are super powerful, light weight, rechargeable, and it has a mount for light stand. Modified with a shoot through umbrella this light gives an even smooth portrait lighting look. Or you could pay $200-$1500  for the professional kind. 

Group Lighting

 For a group shot of say four or five people I would bounce the two LED lights off the white wall behind the camera to even out the light on my subjects and let the two fluorescent lights from above act as hair and fill lighting. Imagine a group posed sitting or standing around this bench for an evenly lit portrait.

Bounce Lighting

Two lights bounced off a white wall.

 

Low Key Portrait

Two light low key profile portrait.   ( Model, Wendy Roberts )

 

Portrait of Wendy

This portrait is pretty much straight out of the camera. A little background retouch. Four light set up, cropped in Photoshop to 1:1

A&P

 

Make Over Monday

 Due to lack of a human model today I had Susan Roberts stand in for this A.I. experiment. Here we have the before Susan and after Susan with A.I. in Photoshop treatments. New hair style, hat, lipstick, sun glasses, sun dress,  and background. 

Buffalo Bills Fans

Peyton  & Ava...Go Bills!

 

Got Wine?

Simple one light still life, diagram set up below.

 

Wicked

In the Beginning, Wicked the Origins. (Model: Susan Roberts)

 

One Million

                  The gold standard in mens cologne One Million. Two light set up with one reflector.
 

Hot Sauce

 The secret ingredient that makes my chili ...Ohhhhhhhh Soooooooo Good!  Image specs, ISO 100, f 1.7, 24mm, 1/60, 48mp. Two light set up, composited in Photoshop 2025.

Apples in a Bowl

 Testing out a new studio light.  A Tenozek 100000 Lumens Super Bright LED light mounted on light stand with shoot through umbrella. 

Red Room

 

Ice is Nice

 

New Year, New Stuff

                                                            Trying out a new camera. 

Yeah, this is Happening!

                                                                          Good Luck!

Sooooo Long!

 

Be Prepared!

 

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas

 

Frosty

 

Ho Ho Ho !

 

Peyton's Merry Christmas Wishes

 

Season's Greetings

 

Anastasia Dressed for Grinch Day

 

Joy to the World!

 

Seasons Greetings

 

Niagara

 

Apps

 

Season's Greetings

 

HoHoHo

Remember...Only YOU can make it a Merry Christmas!

 

Silent Night

 

Awww Nuts

 

Merry Christmas

 

New construction

Prospect Point is closed off with fencing while the State adds an extended walk down stairs to the base of the Falls. It will have overlook stops to view the American falls close up.

 

Peace on Earth

 

Happy Holidays

 

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