Lens hoods, lens flare, and shading your lens
The photo above was taken last weekend at Wildcat Park. I’m shooting right into the sun for this shot to demonstrate how to make a “sunburst” effect with the sun for my photography class. Very noticeable in this photograph are the colored shapes on the left side of the photograph. These spots are “lens flare” [...]
In: Improving Your Craft · Tagged with: fall, kansas, lens flare, lens hood, manhattan, Wildcat Park
Stockdale Park, another favorite location
In my last post I wrote about photographing a sunset from a familiar stretch of riverbank below the dam at Tuttle Creek Lake. A few days later I found myself photographing sunrise (of all things!) at another familiar place…Stockdale Park on Tuttle Creek Lake. I have taken a lot of photographs at Stockdale, the trees [...]
In: On Location · Tagged with: kansas, manhattan, photography, stockdale park, sunrise, Tuttle Creek Lake
Wildcat Park
Last weekend I was at Wildcat Park with my photography class. This is a really nice little park. There are several lines of black walnut trees that were planted in a clearing which makes for interesting lines and shadows in the evening. I took this first photo facing down one of the rows of walnut [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: kansas, manhattan, Wildcat Park
