Join us for a fun and informative Camera Fundamentals photo workshop at our photo studio in Ventura. Steve Munch, Stephanie Hogue and Will Edwards will guide you through all the important settings in your camera so that you can get off automatic and start taking control of your images. See Flyer below for more information. To sign up…just email info@hoguephoto.com or call 805.279.1221
Thank you to everyone who joined us this past weekend for our Basic Camera Fundamentals Workshop! It was a great success and we had so much fun brushing up on the fundamentals of photography that give the photographer complete control of their camera. It is the fundamentals that give the photographer the confidence to be the artist and create images that are unique and outstanding. We spent the morning going over F-stops, shutter speeds and ISOs and how they all are important pieces of the photography puzzle. Then we went out to photograph all afternoon using the skills learned in the morning to create images with a purpose and a vision. Everyone left the workshop excited to apply these new techniques to their photo shoots.
Our next workshop is set for April 21, 2012. It will be from 9am-3pm at our studio in Ventura and then we will have hands on shooting at our gallery in the Ventura Harbor. Call us now to reserve your spot! We limit the class to 15 students so everyone gets plenty of attention. Reserve your place by calling 805-701-0779.
Dolphin Photography can be very rewarding if you prepare yourself and your camera WAY BEFORE you see any Dolphins.
First set your ISO to at least 400 – you will need a fast shutter at least 1/1000 sec set your camera on TV and let the camera determine the Aperture (the higher ISO will allow for a smaller aperture increasing your chances for catching a dolphin in focus).
Next is spend sometime with the pod, you will start to see repetitive behavior that will have you anticipating and ready for the next move 🙂
Steve
Before shooting dolphins at the Channel Islands, I like to reacquaint myself with the beast (400mm 2.8) and spend a day at my local race track where speeds frequently reach 165+ mph. This practice has me well prepared when a dolphin pod explodes after a food source at what now seems to be happening in a bit of slow motion. My Images have certainly benefited from this exercise and yours will to!
I was rearranging my Gallery walls today and was taken back with how many different Images I have of the Ventura Pier, and how different and unique they seemed to be. Here’s a few (and I mean
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This is my first season Photographing Gray Whales as they migrate southward through the Channel Islands. What seemed like an easy task (after shooting motorcycle racers flying by me at 165 mph) has proven to be a test of patience, anticipation and most of all luck!
If there was a single word to describe these mammoth size creatures it would be UNPREDICTABLE! The obvious approach to a good Whale image would be locate, identify the direction of travel then set yourself up in a spot where the whale will rise for it’s next breath……WRONG!
What I have found after spending many hours on the water, trailing, leading and every other tactic I have used to (successfully) photograph Dolphins and Seals in the wild is Whales will have you feeling so stupid so fast and that GRAY WHALES DO NOT GIVE A SHIT about the behavior of Dolphins, Seals or your successes.
I find myself blaming everything from a lack of sleep, to consuming too much coffee on the way out to the migration area. What I have come to realize in a very short time is I am not stupid after all, WHALES ARE JUST WAY SMARTER!
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