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Great Minds Think Alike

By Jeff Kontur on Monday, May 16th, 2011 | 4 Comments

The other day I was smacked in the face with the old adage “Great Minds Think Alike”. A friend and I were out taking photos together and I noticed that we’d both independently come up with the same answer to a common photographic problem. The problem is how to handle low light shooting. I’m not [...]

Low Light Shooting

By Jeff Kontur on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 | 11 Comments

Guest photographer RC asked for help with low light shooting recently. She submitted the sample photo below to show the type of subject and environment she wants to try to capture. Unhappy with the result, RC asked for feedback on how such subjects could be approached differently. Let’s start off with the brief advice I [...]

Supermoon

By Jeff Kontur on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 | 19 Comments

This coming Saturday, March 19th, will be a full moon. Not just any full moon; the moon will be at perigee (its point of closest orbit with the Earth). That means that Saturday’s moon will be larger than any other full moon all year. Actually, it will appear larger than any other moon for the [...]

Underground Vacation

By Jeff Kontur on Friday, February 25th, 2011 | 1 Comment

More from my recent extended weekend getaway with Beth. While in Virginia, we drove through Shenandoah National Park and toured Luray Caverns. If you’ve never gone into a large cavern system before, it’s very cool. There was a small group of us who all went together on a sort of guided tour. There were plenty of opportunities [...]