The other night, when Jamie and I were walking home from the Jenny Lewis show, we witnessed some of the most amazing sunset light EVER. It’s so weird how, since I’ve really delved into photography, I’ve begun to pay so much more attention to light. I can’t believe how important it is to creating a perfect image. And there are so many different qualities of light- harsh light, soft light, warm light, low light, and on and on. One of the keys to being successful, it seems to me, is learning how to use and manipulate the light you have to bring out the best in your subject, and knowing your camera settings inside and out to be able to do so quickly…. because many times the light can change before you blink. You gotta chase it and capture it while you can. At this stage in my development, I am nowhere near mastering the art of artificial lighting, whether on or off camera. In fact, it intimidates me quite a bit. I’m hoping to one day be able to afford a Give Me Moore session with Kelly Moore, who I consider to be one of the absolute best off-camera-lighting photographers PERIOD. But ’til then, I’ll keep chasing the light God gives me, and using it to the best of my ability. Which is pretty dang hard to beat, I gotta tell you.
Ah, what dreamy light… I love how it’s playing off all the buildings, reflecting from window to window to window. Yummm.
On another note, I’m really, really working on a pricing guide (with a LOT of help from Stacy Reeves’s Pricing Guide and Nolo’s Small Business Start-Up Kit) and some gallery pages to get this site a little more professionalized. So people might actually HIRE me! What a novel idea. :)
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