I'm booking out shoots through the end of the year now, so it isn't too late to get on my schedule. Time is running out for exteriors, though, as the leaves will fall off the trees before you know it!
You’re invited! I have two photos in the Newton Camera Club exhibit at West Newton Cinema! One is a detail of the Yin Yu Tang house at the Peabody Essex Museum (see below) and the other is a beautiful portrait of a father and baby. Not my usual architectural work! Please join me and about 25 other photographers with over 60 images at the Opening Reception Nov. 4 from 3-5pm at West Newton Cinema. The show will be up at the cinema from Nov. 4 to Dec. 31.
Yacht racing, Car Show, Recent Shoots
What does a photographer do on her day off? Take more photos!
My brother-in-law was visiting in May and he loves the Volvo Ocean Race. The Volvo Ocean Race is a round-the-world yacht race held every three years. This year it stopped in Newport, RI, so we went to see it!
Thank goodness it was a rainy day – so the crowd was just large instead of enormous. There was a spot set up where you could see the racers heading to the boats. My brother-in-law is a photographer too, but he didn’t travel with his best camera, so I brought my longest lens and we pretended he had hired me to take photos for him that day – it was fun. I morphed into a sports photographer and got this shot below of the winning MAPFRE team, captained by Xabi Fernández.
To see some really stunning yacht racing photos, check out Newport photographer Onne van der Wal.
Summer for me is the time for classic car shows. I’m not into the engines so much as the beautiful designs cars used to have. Now we put a premium on aerodynamics for fuel economy, which is so much better, but I do love to see how crazy or crazy-beautiful the old designs were. Below is a Nash Ambassador Custom I saw recently at the Waltham Lions Car Show. I love the way the light shows the smooth curves of the car.
I also kept busy with lots of work over the summer and into the fall! Here are some recent shots - Vivo Apartments in the Kendall Square area of Cambridge, and a residential back yard designed by landscape architect Terry Kinsler.
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PHOTO TIP OF THE MONTH: TAKING PHOTOS HAND-HELD
How do you take sharp pictures when you don't have a tripod handy, or are shooting moving subjects or in a dark environment?
Keep your shutter speed high enough - a good guideline is to use a shutter speed that is at least 1/ the focal length you are using. For example, if you are using a 24mm lens, you should be able to shoot handheld as slow as 1/24th of a second. Shooting at 300mm, you'd better keep your shutter speed faster than 1/300th of a second.
Crank up your ISO. Don't be afraid to use ISOs up to 800 or even 1600, depending on the age of your camera. Most images from newer cameras are not too noisy with higher ISOs. A higher ISO can allow you to get the faster shutter speeds you need for handheld.
Open up your aperture or zoom in with your feet so your focal length isn't as long. You will lose depth of field with a wider aperture, but it will allow you to get at least your subject sharp enough.
Steady yourself by keeping your elbows in, having a wider stance, leaning against something, and controlling your breathing. Even if you are just using your phone for photos, you can make yourself more steady to get sharper pictures in low light.