Page 10 - Boca ViewPointe - September '19

Page 10, Viewpointe September 2019

The Photo Corner: On Assignment

– Just Some Fun Pictures

By George Steinman cherry blossoms were slightly
in focus and surrounded the
At the end of each month’s leaves. This was the scene I
article, I leave the viewer saw.
with a dynamic and really Umbrellas
truism – ‘And most important, Yes - umbrellas. They
always make photography are certainly within the
fun.’ Otherwise it’s not worth realm of ‘follow the light
doing. As a corollary. I’d like and photograph everything
to quote a comparable thought that light makes beautiful.’
from the noted documentary I saw this display at a booth
photographer Sarah Rice, at a Renaissance Festival
‘Photograph things you care about, not what others want to near Hillsboro recently. The
see. There is no substitute for passion.’ How true! With this in umbrellas were displayed
mind, I’ll be showing you and discussing three photographs for sales purposes but not
that I took. I really love these three shots and spent some time for photographic purposes. I
in making them look really neat. Each was unique and I felt that selected these three because
each photograph had something a little special about it to make of their grouping together,
it stand out. I felt that the one element that each photograph their colors together for a good Umbrellas
had was the correct or probably best three dimension look or looking scene, and their unique
orientation, All three are hanging in our home and I love looking construction and design. As you can see, the white lattice and no brown spots. I really want to spend most of my time
them as they are part of my passion. network of the white umbrella is certainly unique and displays photographing and not at home editing out imperfections.
Spring Leaves beautifully. And with the other two, one has an interesting floral The only issue I faced was keeping the entire flower in focus
What you see here are the leaves on a cherry blossom tree arrangement while the other has a somewhat different design. and finding the best camera orientation to achieve a three
at our former home in Roslyn, New York. Yes – there’s some Also I did spend some time in finding the best positioning dimensional effect and keep the golden center sharp. It took a
sentimental value here and I loved the scene. The issue here for my camera to enhance the three dimensional effect of the little time but thank goodness for tripods.
was figuring out how to photograph it as it was on our front umbrellas. This was a fun shot. That’s it for this month. Always remember to have your
lawn on the top of the tree. So Susan held the step ladder Pink camera with you all the time as you may see something that
steady as I concentrated on photographing the leaves with a Here we have a photograph of a really pretty pink flower that you have never seen before and might never see again. Also
narrow field of view. The leaves were sharp in focus and the I hadn’t seen before. The photograph was taken at the Society don’t forget the Peter Lik philosophy “It’s not what you see. It’s
of the Four Arts in Palm Beach how you see it.” Follow the light and photograph everything
in the early morning hours. that light makes beautiful. May the light be with you always.
And the lighting was perfect. And most important, always make photography fun.
This flower looked really good
and I spent some time making George Steinman is a resident of The Palms and can be
sure there were no dead leaves contacted at sgphotollc@gmail.com. 

Pink
Spring Leaves

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