Get The Right Perspective
When you have discovered a scene..or a thing..or a person you want to photograph, take your time, if you can, getting the right angle…or perspective. Do you want a low or a high angle? Take your time if you can… to decide which angle you want. The beauty of the digital camera is that you can shoot as many different angles you want, see what you have, and delete them if you wish. We with film cameras have to take more time to decide which angle we want…and them maybe take one or two photos of each angle. Low angles give you a great perspective. Even lie on the ground, if need...
Read MoreMississippi River Clam Digger
Muscatine, Iowa was the pearl button capitol of the world. A German immigrant started the fresh water clam button business back in the 1880s. Within ten years the Pearl City (Muscatine) became the largest manufacturer of fresh-water pearl buttons in the world. In 1898 Iowa turned out 138,615,696 buttons! This statue along the shores of the Mississippi River honor the pearl button industry. You can see the main channel of the river in the background. Share this:...
Read MorePainting with sunlight
Painting with sunlight…with direct sun hitting a major portion of your photograph, will add a dynamic look to your scene. Contrary to most thinking that says the best photographs are taken at mid morning or mid afternoon, I disagree. A bright sun shining on an object with a great amount of detail will give you great results… Especially in black and white photography. Even a high noon sunlight captured correctly will give you a dynamic scene Shooting a picture into the sun anytime of the day, will give you a silhouette as long as the sun is hidden by the subject. This will give you...
Read MoreFrank Brueske
Award winning photographer, Franklin (Frank) Brueske, is originally from Southeastern Minnesota. He became interested in photography while in elementary school and purchased his first camera from a rural community drug store when he was is the sixth grade. It took 127 film, was fixed focus, but had sun and cloud adjustments. He still has that camera today. More about Frank
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