Beth Hart Performs in Nashville, TN

My favorite photos of just Beth! She is a great blues musician and an amazing performer.


Nashville, TN, I met another photographer, my best friend, Karin McDonald from Ohio.
Saturday Night, with some rain we made our way to 3rd & Lindsley to see Beth Hart

 They announced, Ladies and Gentleman, Beth Hart!, She walked on stage, grabbed the microphone,  Shouted.."Hey!" Bang, the band started to play! She brought the house to it's feet.

It was fantastic, I've been a fan of the blues all my life and Beth Hart is my all time Favorite Blues Artist!

I am totally stoked I got the chance to photograph her.

Enjoy!
Comments Welcomed.
Stacey

 

 

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 31^st 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.

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.

 

 

 

 

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

Light Painting

In testing my new camera, and using up my glow sticks, I had no real concept of what I wanted to do in light painting, then I thought about the slinky effect,, anyone remember the slinky?

Thanks for following.. sets up for each shot below.

ISO 100

F7.1

4 Sec Shutter

ISO 100

F8.0

16 Sec Shutter

Lighting of the jar and background was done by opening the shutter, turning on studio light for 3 seconds, covering my lens, turning off all lights and uncovering the lens as I used the glow stick

ISO 100

F8.0

29 Sec Shutter

Lighting of the jar and background was done the same as the photo above. The only difference was that I turned on studio lights for 1 sec instead of 3.

Happy Easter- No Session Fees

Here are two of my favorite lil guys!
No sessions fees for Easter Portraits!

A-la-carte Pricing = Pay for what you want in poses! No hassels.

Several backgrounds and props to play with!

205.873.1803

laymanphotography@windstream.net
www.layman-photography.com

Open Shutter- HWY 280-Alabama

Hello everyone. I hope the weekend is great for you all. I decided to take my new camera out to play.

Hwy 280

What did I do? What is the set up?

Tripod,Remote Shutter, 28-135mm

 

ISO 100

F36

Shutter 11 Seconds

6:59 PM

ISO 100

F36

Shutter 3 Seconds

6:59PM

ISO 100

F36

3 Sec Shutter

7:20PM