Hi and hello to everyone, my name is Eric Morales with EMfoto and I wanted to share this video of DIY reflector and how you can use what you probably already own. One of the biggest prerogatives in photography is about lighting, so I found a way to do it yourself on a budget or you can use what you already own to do so. This video will show you how I did it. please like subscribe or drop me a line if you enjoy it or if you learned something new. have a blessed day

Hello group, I was outside trying to fulfill a self assessment using just natural light. My camera is a canon 60D and I used a 50mm F1.4 prime. I know most of us are self-taught and we read tons of articles hoping to learn something to improve our craft so we can be define as better photographers. Today was overcast but bright outside so I grabbed my camera and tripod and decided to go outside and shoot. I used a stuff animal as my subject and hanged it up on the fence. The Light was coming from behind slight right of the subject (my left). Now after all the reading online, I learned to be more objective when shooting so I put it to practice today and I had descent results. All this time I’ve been shooting, I learned that the best way to learn is thru hands on training or practice objectively, “keyword objectively”, meaning to concentrate into what you already know. Visualize what you want before shooting, that’s the first step to master your practice to then Practice to master. My first step to master my practice was to apply what I already has learned from all the material online.
1. I wanted the light in back of the subject
2. I wanted a blur background
3. I wanted and open shade
These 3 things I knew I wanted to make my image. Then I needed to set my exposure. Now, to choose my exposure I know I need a wide aperture for my blur background so my starting point was at F2.8 and because of the overcast I decided to pump my iso to 400. Once I had that set, I’m ready to start shooting. Here are the results of my practice. Now keep this in mind, sometimes the best exposure it’s not completely at +0. I have learned that sometimes the overall exposure of your shot isn’t the best exposure for your subject when shooting outside. Sometimes a 2/3 of a stop more or 2/3 of a stop less can really impact the exposure on your subject. Well I hope you learn something from this cause I know I did from my practice today and I wanted to share it with you guys so we can all learn and grow. TIA

Hi my name is Eric Morales and today I want to speak to you not as a photographer but as an individual the knows and recognizes the struggles of becoming or wanting to be a photographer. I am not going to use the word professional for the simple fact that is why I'm writing this. Being a Professional is nothing but a mindset; a set of rules to follow. This rules once established will be more like guidelines that can make you better, more consistent photographer. Think it as if discipline rules. For example: you want to lose weight, what do you do? You simply create or follow a routine that will help you maintain a path into your goal which is losing weight.

Now in photography its almost the same. Adapting good strong principles are the key but just like anything else, you have to apply yourself and practice, then practice some more. Masters became masters through hard work accomplished over time. They also had the urge and the drive to become and overcome their situation. Do you really think anyone can pick up a camera and shoot like a pro? The answer is NO! or at least I haven’t heard that yet. I have heard of proteges in music and some other types of art but I really haven’t heard that of a photographer. Now understand this guide lines is not the same as workflow. People often think is the same but its not.

                

The science that lays behind photography it already have been discovered and had been evolving thanks to technology now a days. You may find yourself in a situation in where you been trying to master one technique and once you do there will be 5 or 6 more, or you will read so many great articles on lighting techniques, camera, gear and on and so forth. What I'm trying to say you’ll never stop learning but when do you find the time to apply what you've learned is what’s important. I have spoken to many great photographers and they all think different, they all shoot different but at the end they have great, out of this world images. Now, because they are professional the first thing we think or say is: “They make great images cause they have high end stuff and or better camera than us”. That is partially true but not entirely. Great Images are not made by the equipment they shoot with but by the Knowledge and understanding they have about creating an image. Before every shot, every photographer has a vision or visualizes what he wants in his shot and then using his knowledge and creative thinking process to make it possible and that’s for me what creating an image is.

               

  Having a good base knowledge and understanding and visualizing or projecting what we want in an image is what is going to give us great results.

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Hi and Welcome to my blog,

My name is Eric Morales from Melbourne, Florida and original from Coamo, Puerto Rico. In this blog I'll talk about many things but mostly about photography. Hopefully I'll be able to serve you or lead you in the right Direction. I'll have more to come. Thank you and god bless.