How to take great pictures the Dan Thompson way...: I just want to show you what I have been doing, an...

How to take great pictures the Dan Thompson way...: I just want to show you what I have been doing, an...: I just want to show you what I have been doing, and let you have a chance to have a great print of the pics I have taken over the last 1...

I just want to show you what I have been doing, and let you have a chance to have a great print of the pics I have taken over the last 10 months and my freelance carreer.

<><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><> Please take a moment to stop by and to see my gallery at Fine Art America by just clicking on their link. Enjoy. **************************************************************************************************** ++++++++++========++++++++========++++++++=======++++++++=======+++++++======+++++++=======+++++++++======= Let me know what you think. Dan Thompson

New camera...



Fog On Trenton Canal
Gibralter MI

 

Sorry about the delay in the new posting of a blog.  I have been researching and working on getting a new camera.  I did.  I bought a new Sony A58.  I love it.

Ode To Steve S.

A building on Woodward Ave.

Detroit, MI

Floweer Closw Up

PW/4star Display Garden

Carleton, MI

1500 Woodward

Detroit, MI

 

 

I chose the camera I wanted, and needed.  It does what I want, as you can see in the pictures I am posting in this blog.  It doesn't need to be your camera, but it did have everything I wanted and needed in a camera, at this time.  Most of the functions are easily accessible with a top dial and a easily worked screen mode settings too.  I can also pivot the screen to add more shooting angles to my work. 

Sunrise over dock remains

Grosse Ile, MI

Only LP falls in MI

Elbow Lake Park & Beach

Prescott, MI

Slow Crossing at Tanglewood

Hole # 2

History In Motion

Greenfield Village

Dearborn, MI

Detroit, MI

Look Up

Woodhaven, MI

Bridge at PW/4star Display Garden

Carleton, MI

Abandonded in the fields

Alger, MI

Old Man and the Sweet Water Sea ( Lake Hyron)

Shore line at 40 <i;e Lighthouse

Roger City, MI

Life is good.

Please remember to buy the best you can afford & feel comfortable with in your hands, for what and how you want to shoot your life.

The Giant Wheel

Cedar Point

Sanduskie, OH

 

Iargo Springs

Huron National Forest

Between Hale * Tawas, Michigan

Crown Of Light

Cedar Point

Sanduskie, OH

 

If you want to see more of my work, and to purchase a custom printed version for yourself please feel free to visit my artist web page...

 

www.2-daniel-thompson.artistwebsites.com



 

Just Off the Green

Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club

Grosse Ile, MI

Gone to market....

This is not a lesson post.  It is a For your information posting.

After a long search, and much consideration, I have decided on a market place for my photography.  Please check out my new web page.  It is through www.fineartamerica.com and gave me the the best and most complete options for people to take advantage of in choosing my art to fill their needs.  Please enjoy.

http://2-daniel-thompson.artistwebsites.com


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Its an animals...and Kids world...enjoy the expirience.

Fox pups at Tawas State Park

Tawas MI

 

The challenge of taking pictures of wildlife, and kids, isn't that there isn't anything, or anywhere to shoot.  The biggest issue is the same with almost all non-studio photography...timing.  Timing is something that sometimes seems uncontrollable, and to a certain point is.  The trick to timing is the old Boy Scouts motto..."Be Prepared."  When your prepared, your chances of getting that great shot go up dramatically, if your ready for it to happen.  Basically, if you go to a zoo, have the camera in hand...and have a big (zoom) lens...I like having a 55/70 to300mm in hand...really can't go wrong with it...so if your going out to get that first DSLR buy it now...and don't just settle for the 200mm, buy the 300, or at least 250mm...its worth every penny, and your best pricing usually comes with initial purchase.  Sorry, a bit distracted there, but a good time to point it out to those that don't know.

 

My little Gizmo hunting through the sheets.

Home

Big Bear at the Detroit Zoo

Royal Oak, MI

www.detroitzoo.org

Peacock strutting his stuff.

Detroit Zoo

Royal Oak, MI

 

 Kids aren't much different than animals, in that they are spontaneous, active, and the best shots somehow just happen.  The great thing for pictures of kids is that they tend to be more predictable in where they will be to shoot.  You still need to be prepared for their personalities to take over, that's when the magic takes over.  Planned shots are great, but I find that the pics I like the best are the "extra" shots that get one or more of the kids trying to mess up the shot...that's their personality.   Then there are times when its just them being themselves and their experiencing the world.  That is the special glow that just makes those pictures extra special.

 

Planned shot of the young nieces & nephews

The extra shot...control was slipping quickly...

 

Neices fooling around with brothers football

 

Alex in his first car...ok it was his brother's then too...

Now driving a real car...you've been warned.

 

My nephew Jeremy chill'n in the hammock

 

My niece Erica...too cute

 

Ericka, my niece, and her cousin playing a video game...

 

Te   wonders of kids and animals are what make life worth living, and the reason for having a camera for most of us.  When you pan to be out in the world living life be prepared to get that great shot.  it might come while walking in a park, at a family function, or just while your living life.  Great pictures are there for the taking...so take them...plz.

 

Jake, Alex and a turtle

The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

www.virginiaaquarium.com

Virginia Beach, VA

 

 

So enjoy the process and remember your camera. It may just be a walk in woods, on the beach, or through a zoo when a great shot is available, so be prepared.  I have missed more great shots of kids and animals than I have taken, just because I couldn't get the camera set for the shot quick enough.  Be prepared.

 

Alex. Madison, and Brooke

at Christmas party 2011

Niece Ericka, & dad (Rick...Brother-in-law)

waiting...

One of the pups at Tawas St park

Tawas, MI

Gizmo being Gizmo...an in your face cat.

Brooke, Madison, Nate & Poppie enjoying a chance to play on a public bench.

Frankenmuth, MI

Butterfly at the Detroit Zoo

Royal Oak, MI

 

The late, great Snowball playing in a basket

Brooke, the dancer admiring one of her Christmas presents.

A squirrel checking me out in Elizabeth Park

Trenton, MI

Jeremy accepting his championship jacket for the Ernie Open 2011

A frog in the Rifle River

Aranac Co. MI