6. January 2010 by Friedhelm.

Yesterday I did one of the best exercises you can do as a photographer. I took my DSLR and one lens only! I picked an 85mm portrait lens. I opened the lens to f2.8 and set the ISO to 400 since it was very early in the morning and there was a lot of high fog around which is typical in Central California this time of the year. The trick is to limit yourself. It is an old photographic wisdom that photographic skills are developed trough limitations. (Okay I cheated a little bit. It was still too dark for a few shots that I either opened up the lens more or changed the ISO setting). Then I started my exercise walk and photographed all kinds of things that I normally would not photograph. I simply wanted to see what would show up.  Usually I am happy if I like one image from my walk. This one I liked. Camera setting: f2.8, 1/2000sec., ISO 400, hand held.

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14. September 2009 by Friedhelm.

I admire every sport photographer. In order to get good at it you have to develop a sense of where the action is going. Speed is the name of the game. You have to be ready at any time. In this image I pre-focused on the goal and I was waiting for the player to make his move. I got lucky. I froze the action just a 1/10th of a second before the ball got into the net. My camera setting was zoom lens @160mm, f5, 1/3200s, ISO 400.

Enjoy!

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