wow . very nice

Cool stuff that includes quite a range in subject matter. Where's the one with the violinist taken at?

very very nice

It's actually at a park in Redlands, CA. There's a couple other shots that came out good, but I like the shadow ones the best.

Thanks for the comments.

whats the name of that park?

The one with the lock would be better in black and white.

You should do my album artwork. You have a gift for narrative picture.

Tell me what you're looking for and I'll do it! : )

Interesting collection.

Some of them seem like the belong in a collection of well done CD art. Some seem like they belong in a nice portfolio. I don't care for all them, but you're never gonna please everyone with every shot.

I am curious though...just how the hell did you take the last one? Do you have it hosted on a site that shows what camera you used, F-stop, ISO and crap like that? I can never ever get pictures like that to turn out.

WOW!..those pics are awesome!

Quick answer: you have to do the light reading from the light source, in this case, you measure the light behind the guy. Also, the flash has to be turned off.

Yes, these things I know. But I can still never manage to achieve anything like that. I don't know if it was his camera settings, or whether the light behind his head was bright enough to pull off a quick exposure to keep everything sharp and in focus. Or if he's using camera tricks that I don't know. I can never get low light pics to turn out for shit. Especially from an artistic standpoint.

Woah

niceeeeee!

Then the more complicated answer is that it depends on your rig. I've found digi cams have a hard time doing this kind of lowlight spot metering, which doesn't make it impossible just trickier. But to try to answer your question better, you'll want a wider, or larger f-stop in this case and a slightly adjusted shutter speed. Plus, it helps if the subject is cooperative and doesn't move in these kinds of situations.

What helps in lowlight, is film speed, 800 or higher is recommended. It is possible to "push" film to higher ISOs (say making a 400 an 800) making it under exposed by one stop. But if you do this, you have to adjust it in post-processing.

I respectfully disagree. I think the color adds to the natural beauty of that field, adding to 'wonders' that the lock is keeping you from.

WHOA

great pics