November 27, 2007
Announcement
You have been invited to a Holiday 2007 On-line Digital Art Show. My show features 50 Digital Art pieces, which I created from original photographs. They are available in several different color schemes and in 3 different sizes/finishes. These images are available for immediate purchase and I am offering them at a 20% discount through December.
Here are 3 of the images that are available in our new Holiday 2007 Print Specials Gallery.
To see these images, please visit our new Holiday 2007 Print Specials Gallery at http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/sherri_meyer/gallery-show/G0000LL4Vw9Nuxic/P0000zT0iXx48_C0.
For more information on ordering, please visit our “Order Prints” page at http://www.sherrimeyer.com/order_prints.htm. Note: Prints ordered from this gallery will be shipped on the next business day.
Please feel free to pass this information along to your friends and family. If you have any questions, please email me.
Happy Holidays!
Sherri
PS – Please take note that I have moved my Photo Blog to http://www.sherrimeyer.com/Blog.
March 11, 2007
Come visit us at our new blog www.sherrimeyer.com/Blog. We are still posting “hot photo tips” and we have also added a photography book store and many useful photo resource links.
March 3, 2007
Starting today, (Saturday March 3rd) I will be posting my free photo tips on my new blog at www.sherrimeyer.com/Blog. I will keep the tips that are on this blog here for a few weeks before moving them.
Sherri Meyer
March 2, 2007
Has this ever happened to you? You daydream about all the places you would like to travel to. You think you haven’t been to very many places, that is until you look at your photos. That happened to me recently. I was showing some of my photos to a couple of friends, when suddenly I had an “ah ha” moment. I realized that in order to have captured those images, that meant I must have been there!
www.sherrimeyer.com
March 1, 2007
When you have a great subject in front of you, shoot it as many ways as possible. If you are traveling and it is a subject you may never be able to shoot again, this is especially important! If the subject is local, then you can return again and again if you make the effort. Here are some things to incorporate into your shooting.
- Try shooting your subject during sunrise and sunset on sunny days.
- Shoot during midday on an overcast day.
- Shoot it in different weather conditions such as the rain, snow or fog.
- Shoot it at night.
- Shoot it in both horizontal and vertical formats.
- Shoot it with and without people.
- Use different lenses such as a wide-angle and a zoom lens.
- Use backlighting (light coming from behind the subject) and sidelighting (light coming from either side of the subject) for added impact.
- Try shooting from different perspectives. Lay on the ground and shoot upward and get on something high and shoot downward.
- Use a fast shutter speed to stop action, then use a slow shutter speed to show motion.
This is a partial list of the things you can incorporate into your shooting and not all of them apply to each subject.
Happy shooting!
www.sherrimeyer.com
February 28, 2007
If there is anything you have always wanted to photograph, do it before it’s too late! Some of the oldest buildings in Old Town Auburn, California (USA), caught fire before I ever got them photographed. I guess I just assumed they would always be there and I could photograph them anytime. The Shanghai Bar also located in Old Town Auburn didn’t burn down, but it closed before I could get a good shot of it. The neighbor sold her beautiful Paint horse before I got a good shot of her. Now, I make a list of the important things in our area that I want to photograph and photograph them sooner rather than later. You can’t assume they will always be around. This morning, I couldn’t log on to my computer first thing as I usually do, because a storm blew in yesterday and dumped 3-4 inches of snow, covering our Sattelite Dish. I took the opportunity to go out and photograph our neighborhood, since it’s rare for us to have snow, or at least enough to stick. And who knows when it will happen again? It also gave me something to write about. Next time you think of something you really want to photograph, do it sooner rather than later, because later may never happen!
www.sherrimeyer.com
February 27, 2007
Another great way to add impact to your photographs is by using contrasts. Contrast can make your subject really stand out from the rest of the image. For instance, a bright subject photographed against a dark background, or a dark silhouette against a bright background really adds impact to a photograph. There are many ways you can implement the use of contrasts in your photographs. Here are a few other suggestions for you to try. I would love to hear of other ideas you come up with. To see examples of some of the following suggestions, visit our portfolio.
Happy/Sad
Male/Female
Large/Small
Hard/Soft
Tall/Short
Young/Old
Static/Motion
Close/Far
Hot/Cold
Rough/Smooth
sherri@sherrimeyer.com
February 26, 2007
Instead of going out and shooting anything and everything (photos that is!), why not develop strong collections of the subjects you are passionate about. This is a really good thing to do if you plan on marketing your images, as well as putting together a slide/digital show of your images for your friends and family. If you don’t currently have any favorite things you like to shoot, or you are not quite sure what “themes” are, here is a very partial list of ideas you can choose from, or you can come up with your own.
- Abstract
- Automobiles
- Boats
- California
- City life
- Emotions
- Humorous
- Pets
- Rural life
- Sports and recreation
Happy shooting, Sherri Meyer
http://www.sherrimeyer.com
