Michael Bromley Photography 615-671-9003
Ashland City Tennessee
Hibiscus In The Wind
Jul 24th
Today’s post is a photo I did awhile back in our front yard, this hibiscus was just asking to be photographed and I obliged. The day I shot this photo it was pretty windy and took quite a few tries to the photo I wanted. Using a shallow depth of field I was able to get the stamen in focus and the pedals to fall off into soft focus. I wanted to pull out the color of this flower so there are some color edits, as well as some sharpening to give that razor edge focus. I really like how the stamen leads your eye into the middle of the flower.
Thanks so much for reading today,
MB
Breaking Rules With Help From My Friends
Jul 23rd
Today’s Post is all about breaking some rules. I tend to stay within the normal bounds of photography, but as I was working on a product shot today I stumbled across something. I was trying to find the right angle for the shot to make me happy and BOOM! there it was lens flare in my camera. This is something quite normal when taking images outdoors dealing with sunlight but I rarely get lens flare in a studio setting. At first it was on the left side of my frame because of the background light which was pretty cool. I got a shot that made me content, not as happy as I like but it was cool. My friend Ben Braden who I often shoot with said to me ” Hey man you’ve got a good shot, but why not try to make it better? What will it hurt?”
After thinking about it a few minutes my decision was made, it had to be what I had pictured in my head. So I brought two more lights out, one for the background to recreate the lens flare that I had on the left side. Another to add some more fill light to the product itself, as I doubled the gelled lights I had to increase the amount of normal light to balance the scene out.
I know what your thinking, ”What’s the big deal? It’s just lens flare Mike” In order to get the flare to be in the right place in the lens, the lights have to be at the perfect angle for this to work. A half inch one way or the other and the effect is gone. The other neat thing is that on the label of the product itself the same bokeh/flare effect is part of the packaging, which you can see below.
Today was a great day and I had a lot of support from my friends who deserve to be recognized, if you have a minute to view some of their work please take a moment because they are fantastic photographers!
Ben Braden - a great photographer with many talents from fashion, commercial, and landscape this guy does it all. Just a great understanding of light in general!
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Laci Wilson – a fabulous photographer who has an amazing eye for emotion, from portraits, fashion, weddings, and babies this girl does it all. Her images will bring a smile to your face I promise!
Thanks for reading today!
MB
The images posted today were created as a student project.
Reflection over the water
Jul 21st
In late April I was enjoying dinner with my family at Riverview Restaurant in Ashland City, Tennessee. As we finished eating, I looked out the window and noticed the moon reflecting on the Cumberland River.
Naturally, I had to run to the car and grab my tripod and camera! It was closing time and the great folks there were nice enough to allow me to go down to their dock to grab the shot.
Unfortunately, a week later this very spot was flooded by the river during the devastating Nashville flood. The restaurant was lost after being open for over 60 years. The owners are in the process of rebuilding and hope to be open by early next year. I plan to present this photo to them when they reopen.
Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!
MB
Fall Memories in Ashland City Tn
Jul 19th
Walking Bridge in Ashland City Tn
I recently stumbled across this photo from an old backup harddrive, and decided to process it with the software we have today. This is a photo of the walking bridge in Ashland City Tennessee part of the Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail during the fall of 2008. The beauty of fall is there are so many great colors to work with for photographs, add the walking bridge at sunset and boy does this photo pop! The color palette is just so cool from oranges, to blues, to green, to even some purples mixed in. I took this shot with a Nikon D300 on a tripod, 18mm-55mm Lens, used the new Lightroom 3 to process the image where I adjusted the luminance, contrast, sharpening and did some final dodging & burning to really bring in the details.
After finding this photo it has inspired me so much that I cannot wait for fall to be here. I really want to bring a bride in her wedding dress at sunset and use the fall colors to enhance her surroundings. Can you imagine the end result? A flowing dress in the wind, with vibrant color surrounding her all around. I will be making this happen this year, If your interested in a Free Bridal shoot in this location you can contact me here at Michael@michaelbromleyimaging.com
Thanks for reading along today, I hope you enjoyed it
MB
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