Jan 06
Every year, I like to take a look back at the year of shooting and select my favorite photos of the year. 2017 was definitely a down year for me as far as volume of output is concerned, as I had very little time to shoot this year (and even less time to write). However, …
Oct 17
Every fall I like to go do some landscape shooting around Ohio. We don’t have big mountains, or many sweeping vistas, or an ocean shore. There’s Lake Erie, but the sun doesn’t rise or set over it. However, one thing we do have in Ohio is waterfalls and naturally carved gorges, and these make for …
Jun 02
So, I had a chance to test out the new Sony A9 over the past week, and I’ll have a full review soon. However, I wanted to share my experiences shooting with this new camera in an area where it may find a very strong following: Golf. I took the camera, along with the 70-200mm …
Dec 27
Every year, I like to take a look back at the photos I took throughout the last 12 months and see how things have progressed. 2016 was an incredibly busy year for me outside of photography, as many of you may have noticed. I am sorry that I have been so thin on reviews the …
Oct 26
While I have still been extremely busy at my full-time job, I took a bit of vacation this week to go try to catch some of the fall foliage around Ohio. I went to explore some places up around Cleveland on Monday, before heading to Hocking Hills for a short jaunt this morning. It was …
Oct 12
If you’re relatively new to photography, you often focus on the technical aspects: making sure that you know how all the camera settings affect the output and so on. These things are critically important, but eventually become background knowledge as they become ingrained in your consciousness. Then, you will often move to perfecting composition: finding that …
Sep 15
I live in Ohio, and there are a lot of nice things about Ohio, but few would consider it a prime destination for landscape photography. If you’ve come to this site for a while, you’ve gotten used to seeing shots from around Columbus, where I live, and places nearby. Occasionally I’ll get to make a …
Sep 10
If you’ve been a regular visitor to Admiring Light, you’ve probably noticed (and perhaps even been frustrated by) the lack of new articles over the past few months. I apologize for that. I’ve been absolutely swamped at my full-time job and have had less time than I’ve ever had for shooting and writing. I hope …
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