Sony Nex 7

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Photo Fix of the Day

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​Here's a photo I took at a local farm this past week. The skies were dramatic all day and at one point I spun around to see these intense rays of sunlight pouring through the clouds. When I first processed the photo the juvenile apple trees in the foreground were very dark so I brought up their exposure quite a bit. I added some clarity to the clouds but other than that I didn't do much. 

How would you improve this photo? I thought maybe some cropping would have been in order but I opted not to. What do you think?​

I shot this with a Sony NEX-7 using the kit lens at 21mm, f/8, ISO 100.​

Photo of the Day

It was a surprisingly hot first day of Fall when we decided to go apple picking.  I shot this photo as we were making our way into a massive New Jersey farm. ​They had a hay bail climbing area that didn't seem all that safe to me but the kids seemed to love it.

I like this photo because there's a 1950's-style farm land feeling for me. Something about the threatening sky, the dusty need for rain, and the kids that would joyfully stand out there in a lightning storm just so they could keep playing.

I shot this with a Sony NEX-7 using the kit lens with ISO 100 and f/22.​ What do you think? How would you improve it?

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Fixing a Photo Session

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Last week I posted of the NYC skyline and I asked you to help me fix it further. I mean I already ran it through Lightroom but I knew it needed more help. You gave me some great suggestions. Here are just a few from both this blog and Google+:

These are great suggestions. I tried to put them to the test in this screen cast.​

This week we spent our photography begins photo fix session working on a sunrise photo of the New York City building scene. We did both a black-and-white version and a beautiful color version. Thanks for all of your great tips.

And finally here are the two final photos. What do you think?​

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Constructive Criticism Photo of the Day and Happy Birthday to My Wife

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It's that time of year again! Time to celebrate my wife's birthday. I thought I'd snap some pictures of her blowing out some candles with my Sony Nex 7. I would really love some criticism of this photo because I know how incredibly hard these types of photos can be. I shot this at ISO 1600 at 18mm and f /3.5. What would you have done?

​My wife Natali on her birthday. 

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Basics of Photography with Trey Ratcliff part 2

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ere's the second part of my photography basics segment with the great Trey Ratcliff. We shot for a few a hours in Central Park. I hope you learn as much as I did.

Join Trey Ratcliff as he shows Clayton Morris the basics of getting started with photography. In this 2nd part, Trey talks about the fundamentals of composition with a walk through Central Park.