What’s in Focus?
Most of today’s digital cameras focus automatically for you. And depending upon the type of photograph you take, most of it might be in focus…and some of it may not be in focus. Why is this. We “old” photographers call it “the depth of field,” or the part of the photograph that is in focus. Today’s photographs call it “a slice” of the photograph that is in focus. If you have an automatically focusing camera and the camera determines your exposure and shutter speed, everything is done for you and all you have to do is to aim and shoot. The rule of thumb is that the...
Read MoreA Photograph Should Tell A Story
Every photograph you take should tell a story. Whether it is a story of the family, or a place you have been, or a photograph of friends having a good time. I try to do this with every photograph and explain it in the galleries, but I have not kept up with this project. The photograph in this blog was taken in the Mexican Market in San Antonio, TX in January of 2011. I liked the pattern of all the hats on the rack. I knew it would be striking in black and white. What I did not know was there was another story here, too. The salesman in the shop came up to me explained that all the hats may...
Read MoreThe Peacemaker
In earlier blogs I discussed “taking a walk” or taking several views of the subject you want to photograph. I will expand on those blogs with this one showing the subject from several views including the final one. A sailboat, The Peacemaker, was in Pensacola Harbor for several days. Late in the afternoon, to get the sun on the right side, I went down to the pier and took the following photographs. My goal was to show as much of the ship as possible without showing too much of the pier. It was very cold and windy, yes even in Pensacola in January it can gets cold and windy. This limited...
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Capture That Closeup
These days with the modern zoom lens on basically all cameras, inexpensive to very expensive, it is very easy to take exciting closeups of subjects. There is no need to get down on your hands and knees to get right up close to capture your subject. You can get a few feet away and zoom in on the subject for the closeup. I find the best way to capture a closeup is take the zoom lens out to its maximum magnification and have the camera focus on the center of the subject. That way your depth of field (more about that later in another blog) will be at its shortest view and everything outside...
Read MoreTake Interesting Photographs
Take photographs that are interesting to you. That’s the fun of photography. Shoot it when you see it. People often ask me “What do you specialize in?” and I reply, ” Anything that is of interest to me at the time I see it.” Everyone has special interests, but you must like the photograph first…for whatever reason. And if you see something you like, do not pass it up….like I have on special occasions and most recently the other afternoon. I plan on going back at the same time ago and see if the same scene of the sail boats at harbor is still there…but I...
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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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