Winter Scene with Great Light

Peaceful winter scene of the Youngstown lighthouse as viewed from across the river from Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Merry Christmas

Wishing all a joyous and safe holiday season.

A Gaggle of Geese

A gaggle of Canadian geese on the Niagara River.

Maryland Covered Bridges

Loy's Station covered bridge. Three bracketed images -1,0,+1. Processed thru Adobe Camera Raw, Aurora 2017 and finished in Photoshop CC.

Palms

Black and White Palm, Florida. Three bracketed images in Aurora 2017, converted to B&W in Photoshop CC. Nikon D3, iso 500, f-8 @ 1/320th sec.

Portrait Lighting with Flash

Portrait lighting with off camera flashes is simple and inexpensive. I used Nikon speedlights triggered with a remote wireless cowboy trigger I purchased on eBay for $32. I could have also used the Nikon CSL system built in to the speedlights. The diagram below details the layout used. The umbreela on the left was about 4ft high, the shoot thru umbrella on the right was ground level pointing up and the back light was bare suspended from the ceiling pointing down to highlight her hair.

Shooting Stock Photography

My most popular image this month. My iStock sales are up 300% for 2016. This year has been promising and I plan to continue in 2017. The micro stock market gets more competitive every year but it's well worth the effort. I opted to be an exclusive contributor with iStock and in return they give me higher royalties on my images. I prefer this instead of submitting my pictures to many micro stock agencies and getting the minimum return on any royalties I may receive.