Light, Fight, or Flight

Taking pictures at nighttime is one of my favorite settings. I love to take on the challenge of finding the right aperture and shutter speed to get exactly what you want out of the photos. Set your aperture for your subject distance, but keep in mind that at night if you use F22 or above your shutter speed will most likely have to be on "B" and you will have to close the shutter yourself. Another hint when shooting at night is that if you shutter speed is 1/60th of a second or slower then you should have a tripod, and if you have a tripod you should also have a cable release. This will eliminate any chance of blur or fuzziness in you pictures, making them very crisp and clean.

 If anyone ever has any question on technique on how to take a particular shot in a particular setting just send me a question! I will do my best to answer it! Thank you all for reading!

Contra!

Sorry that it has been so long since my last post but there has been a lot going on. Graduation from Western Carolina University and job hunting can take up a grand deal of time!  So as part of the post graduation celebration we went to a Contra dance in Asheville, NC. If you have never been to one you must go and try it out at least once. There is such a wide array of colorful and vibrant people that it can make you appreciate many different things about where you are from. I wanted to capture Contra in these photos and I believe I did that successfully, there is constant moving and spinning in Contra dances, vibrant colors, and happy people. I hope you enjoy these photos!