"Central Park Beauty"
"Central Park Beauty" ©David A. Ziser This is another image I captured at last weeks B&H Shootout in Central Park. Part of my lesson to the attendees was how and why to shoot with wide angle lenses. I love shooting with wide...
Composition – Simplicity
Although simplicity in photographic composition tends to be discussed as a broad category that includes the complete image, I’m going to divide the subject into two categories – simplicity in subject and simplicity in background. Today I’m going to focus on simplicity in subject. When someone looks at one of your photographs you want the...
My Shootout At Central Park – Great Time and Great Images!
Good Morning Everybody, What a day! We arrived at Central Park's Belvedere Castle, the location selected for my B&H shootout, around 10:45a.m. Everyone was starting to gather for the big event. Peter, from Quantum, and I scouted the su...
"Times Square Straight Up"
"Times Square Straight Up" ©David A. Ziser This is one of the last images I captured at Times Square last night. We were near 46th Street looking back down Broadway. Before me were all the buildings, lights, and "glit...
Composition – Leading Lines
Have you ever observed a scene you thought was beautiful so you photographed it only to have the photo turn out to be very mundane? I know I have and I suspect that if honesty were to prevail we would all say we’ve had a similar experience. Remember that the camera doesn’t see as much...
"A Private Moment”
"A Private Moment”©David A. Ziser I decided to dig back into the archives for today’s image. This one is from a wedding I photographed shortly after switching to the Canon 20D – yep, we’re going back a few years. I should also say that...
Composition – Rule of Thirds
It’s important to be very knowledgeable about the technical aspects of your camera. Otherwise you won’t know the best way to maximize your camera’s capabilities to capture the best images you can. This is true regardless of the make or model of your camera. Unfortunately, being an expert in all of the camera’s features and...
"Hot To Trot"
"Hot To Trot" ©David A. Ziser Here is an image I captured during yesterday’s class shoot. Now you see why Texas School is such a great place to teach. Not only do we get this really nice opportunity to meet some incredible pho...
Wednesday Recap: Shootout At Texas School
Good Morning Everybody, After beginning class early yesterday at 8:30 a.m. we wrapped yesterday’s activities with the Boxers and Boots party complete with parade at about 11:00 p.m. last evening. Lots of students and instructors stayed much later bu...
"Just Breezin’ By The Bridge"
"Just Breezin' By The Bridge" ©David A. Ziser This is an image I made a few years ago during a association sponsored wedding shootout. We got a lot of great photographs of our model but this one with the wide-angle image is one of my ...
"Colors Of The City”
"Colors Of The City”©David A. Ziser It was a perfect time to give it a try – in-camera HDR with my new Canon 5D Mark III. The class was busy, photographing the models against the Cincy skyline and I was wondering from group to group answeri...
"City Dancer”
"City Dancer”©David A. Ziser This is probably my favorite image from yesterday’s shoot. I love the lighting on this image, the expression on our model’s face, and the background of the city skyline. All three combined to make a very compe...
