April 26, 2013

Free Wedding Photography- Wedding Essay Contest.

Yes, you did read that right. Tell the world your journey of love.
 I am holding a Wedding Essay Contest.  One lucky couple will get 4 hours of continuous wedding photography coverage in the Birmingham, Alabama area for the year 2014!! this includes a disc of all images!

The Runner Ups will get a free Studio or On Location Engagement Session.


What do you need to do in order to enter?
 Like us on facebook, join the blog for updates.


 Write an essay of your love story, date of your wedding, location or idea of venue and why you want me to be your photographer.


 Due: November 30, 2013 before midnight.


 Top 3 will get an engagement session in the studio and their pick of 5 photos on a disc


 Winner will be announced December 31st 2013, so get writing! You have the rest of this year to tell me and the world about your journey!


 


****All submissions are to be sent to laymanphotography@windstream.net.***


 


Please do not post your essay on facebook or other social media in which you may find me. I will only respond inquiries sent via email.

April 21, 2013

Aperture - Photographing in Bright Sunlight.

Aperture is great if you can control it. Remember, bigger the number, smaller the opening. This Fstop control is great for photographing in bright sunny conditions. See the Aperture Tutorials here.. http://laymanphoto.blogspot.com/2011/07/aperture-ii.html



Here are examples of aperture control in the images below. Settings are listed.

Verbena Flowers

F11
1/125 shutter
125 ISO

 
F18
1/125 Shutter
125 ISO,
I decided to pop the red from the background. In doing this, I needed to change my aperture from F11 to F18.

 
 
Pansies
F14
1/125 Shutter
125 ISO
I love the rich color, so since the flower was backlit, I decided, I needed to control that.
 
Another View , same set up as photo above.
 
 I then decided to brighten the hue of the purple by allowing the sun to continue to back light the flower but I opened up my aperture.
F11
1/125 Shutter
125 ISO
 
 
 Thank you all who following me on the blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter and Pinterest.I appreciate all of you and always look forward to seeing your comments.
 
 
 
 

April 1, 2013

No April Fool's !! Win A Wedding!

Photography for your Wedding  Provided by: Layman Photography, Birmingham, AL







Seasoned and Published Photographer, Stacey Layman will provide the winner of the 'Photo Essay Contest' 4 Hours of Coverage on their Wedding Day.

Rules are Here for more Information. http://laymanphoto.blogspot.com/2013/03/win-wedding-photographer.html

Good Luck to All that participate!

Layman Photography
www.layman-photography.com

laymanphotography@windstream.net