John Sluder Photography Blog

Month: August 2009

  • Underwater Photography the second try

    On a sunny Sunday afternoon I was able to shoot again with Janice. This attempt I tried to learn from all the previous mistakes I had made with the other shoots. I broke out my scuba gear which I felt might be cheating but really help me improve the images and allow me to focus…

  • Underwater Photography Revisited

    Well I took the lessons learned from past attempts to shoot underwater and attain visually pleasing images. A mask with anti-for is your friend. Weight belt is good, even when you over loaded it. Clean & clear pool is wonderful I pitched the idea to Janice and she was game for a quick experimental shoot.…

  • Space Shuttle

    I was doing the very tourist like thing of photographing the space shuttle. It is really hard to describe the amount of light and sound is created on a launch of the shuttles. I was using the 5D mkII my trusty f2.8f L 24-70 @ 24 sitting on a tripod. I was set up @…

  • Surfing Pictures

    Hurricane Bill produced some big waves for Brevard County. I when out to 2nd Light and drug out the f 2.8 L 400 mm lens and added a 2x Tele-converter on a Canon 5d MKII. The first thing I can say is the day was over casted and the angle of the sun light presented…

  • Sunset and Storm…

    On my way home I stopped and caught a sunset and storm coming in the area. I was using my Canon G10, I over all happy with the camera. If I don’t want the weight or bulkiness of a DSLR, it is in my pocket.

  • Underwater Photography

    Getting a good image in a nice calm studio is hard work. Shooting underwater is another whole other level. I drove up to Blue Springs State Park only to find it over crowed and admission to the park was blocked. Lucky Ponce de Leon Springs State Park was open had reasonable number for people. As we drove…

  • You know when the surf is big when…

    Hurricane Bill is stirring up the surf in the Atlantic. I was shooting with the big lens at 2nd Light,local name for a surf spot. I got there early but the surf spray created a haze that killed any attempt to get a shot of the uncommon big surf breaking locally. The sun light behind…