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Shutter Speed can make or break an action shot. Check out this cool tip on shooting running water. Don't forget your tri-pod! Q : How do I make my photos of waterfalls look like the ones in the nature magazines? I always bring my nice cameras, but they still end up looking rather plain, and not as good as they did while I was there.  A :To obtain a fluid, elegant photo of running water, you need to take your  exposures with a much longer shutter speed. The downside here, is that there is almost no way you can do so while holding the camera. Make sure you bring a tripod to your next trip to a location with running water and set up your shot! Before Camera: Nikon D60 F-Stop: f/16 Shutter: 1/20 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 18.0 mm Tripod: Yes After Camera: Nikon D60 F-Stop: f/18 Shutter: 1/5 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 18.0 mm Tripod: Yes

Check out this great tip on how a simple Reflector Panel can transform a whole session! Q : I’ve always loved the natural, elegant look of early evening sunset portraits. However, the low angle of the sun set behind my subject requires me to use flash, which tends to create an artificial, harsh look that takes away the authetic, golden light cast by the sun. How to keep the subject lit naturally? A : Great lighting is, of course, the path to great portraits! The secret to capturing the same light cast by the sun (which, as you say, is now behind the subject) is to use a reflector panel to cast it back around to the subject! Typically, one should use the same colored reflector as the color of the natural light source. Have this set up correctly, and your portraits will shine! Before Camera: Nikon D60 F-Stop: f/7.1 Shutter: 1/160 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 55 mm Reflector: No After Camera: Nikon D60 F-Stop: f/7.1 Shutter: 1/5 I...

Traveled to The Smoky Mountains, had a great time. Spent alot of time photgraphing landscapes. Check out this awesome HDR shot of The Smokys. 

The Aurora Public Library Presented Virginia based Theater IV's Martin Luther King, Jr. play "I Have a Dream." Small audience, small state, but big heart. A captivating hour unfolded the life and times of one of our nation's greatest civil right activists with passion, humor, tears, and joy. 5 cast members played an colorful array of characters including MLK, Rosa Parks, Bull Connor, and more. The Birmingham children's crusade climax hit the heart, as local sherrif Bull Connor screamed at the top of his lungs as high pressure water hoses soaked advancing protesters, with a very wrenching turn of events to end the scene.