Different Perspectives
What a difference a couple of minutes make….or taking a few steps for a change of view of the same scene. I always advocate not to take too many photos of the same scene, but certainly take more than one if you can. A different view may put a different prospective on the scene. With this blog I have included two different views of three different scene. These scenes taken recently in Nova Scotia. The first set of scenes was taken on a foggy morning along the coast and were actually taken about three minutes apart from two different viewpoints. Look at how quickly the fog is...
Read MoreSunsets
Sunsets are the most magical time of the day..I call it the twilight zone between daylight and darkness when everything takes on a magical, glowing appearance. My first award winning photograph was in 1956 while attending college, and it was a sunset scene. Ever since that time I try to have a camera with me at sunset time…but over the years I have missed many more wonderful shots that what I have taken. When you take a photograph of a sunset,..If you have a camera that sets itself automatically…aim it a the bright part of the scene. That way your sensor will read the...
Read MorePickin’ & Jammin’ At the Corn Bread Festival
If there was ever any time for a pickin’ & jammin’ session in music, it is at the National Cornbread Festival in Tennessee. It was fun to just sit down and watch the musicians…and take a few photos at the same time. Now that I think about it, I probably should have put these in a gallery and I might down the road. But right now here are some scenes right out of the middle of the cornbread festival….and yes…the cornbread was great. Share this:...
Read MoreShooting Into The Sun
Taking a photo into the sun may not be the easiest thing in the world to do, but the results you get will be more than satisfying…most of the time. First, it is a great way to get silhouettes. But secondly, it will give a dramatic contrast to your photos. If you have a camera with an automatic exposure, it may over expose your photos. A way to help compensate for that is to have the sun directly out of the scene. Or hide the sun behind something, like a tree or a cloud. In The Sunlight on Leaves, the sun is just up to the left of the photo and there was just a bit of glare. But the...
Read MoreA Mother’s Love
Always be prepared for a great photography when you least expect it. This happened to this past week while I was getting ready to take a family photograph at Pensacola Beach. Normally I do not shoot family pix or anything like that…but since it was my daughter’s family, how could I refuse? I was just testing the camera to be sure that the flash would go off in bright sunlight and not be “overshadowed” by the bright light. I was shooting the tests when suddenly my daughter rested her face in her daughter’s hair and I caught it…just one shot and it was over….no...
Read MoreWhy I Like Black & White
Many people ask me why I like black & white photos better than color. Maybe it is because I had my first exposure (pardon the pun) to black and white photography in my cousin’s darkroom at a young age. There is magic in watching an image coming to life in the chemicals in the darkroom. But secondly, there is much greater detail visible to the naked eye in black & white than color. You can’t see the contrasts and detail in color as you do in black & white. It is more than “just pretty.” In black and white images, the absence of light can be as important as the highlights....
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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