Gallery opening

Thought it appropriate to post a hipstamatic pic from the hipstamatic show which opened at Phillips Gallery in Salt Lake City last Friday. The gallery was full of people checking out the photos and it was fun to see all the different ways people had used the Hipstamatic application for their photography.

Here's my daughter Grace checking out the wall of photos on display. 

The photos are on display at the gallery until January 14, 2011, so if you have a chance, stop by.

Again, here's the link http://www.phillips-gallery.com/gallery/g.html

Background check

One of the most common mistakes in portraits is not checking your background.
I know, when photographing people, there are so many things going on, often we get so occupied with the person(s) we're trying to photograph, we forget to check the background.
Once you are about to press that shutter, take a second to check the background. Is there a tree sticking out of the head of one of the people in the photo? A fence "decapitating" the subject? Something distracting in the background that takes away from your portrait? If so, rearrange. Go lower, higher, to the side.
Avoid tunnel vision. It's a rookie mistake, easy to do... but even easier to correct. You get so excited about everyone looking good that you don't see until you pull the pics up on your computer that there's a giant branch that seems to be poking your subject in the head. Not the effect you were hoping for.
So take a moment and make sure that the area around the subjects head is clean, you'll be happy you did.

Quote of the day

"There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment". -Robert Frank