Erika's Photo J blog

            Part 2   20 year old Marco Herbert in Bogota Colombia  is lying down dead in the passenger seat of his vehicle with 2 gun shots in his forehead. His family is shocked by the scene April,11-1997 Famous actor Vin Diesel is in Hollywood  on the set of his new movie Riding with my Horse. He is reenacting the part where he has to go in a burning barn to save his love from burning to death.                                                     December, 18- 2013 President  Obama is having a conversation with Governor Lindsy in Dulles   international airport in Washington D.C about the economic problems in the U.S. Apparently Oba...

Tips: 1.  A good practice to get into when you're taking self-portraits is to use a mix of auto and manual focus. First, focus on your stand-in object using auto focus. Then, with the object still in focus, switch your lens to manual focus. This will give you the freedom to tweak settings, re-meter for changing light and anything else you need to all without screwing up your established point of focus. Just make sure you stand perfectly on your mark each time you take a photo. 2. a single flash can do wonders for your portraits. I won’t go into any lighting details, but photography is about capturing light. You don’t need to buy a flash, I first started learning lighting using work lights. You can pick up a small but powerful work light from home depot for around ~$15. 3. The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, th...

Rule of thirds Balancing Element Leading lines Symmetry/Patterns (repetition) Viewpoint                                      Background Create depth Framing Cropping Avoiding mergers