Sunny Days Not always necessary,

Sunny days often give photographers a tinge of excitement. The bright light and good contrasts are great on a sunny day. Except. As I pointed out in an earlier blog, that flowers are often best photographed on cloudy or with out direct sunlight. Or as in the picture below.

This was taken in St. Louis Missouri, at an old church. The contrast is smooth not a distinctive as on a sunny day, the tones are solid as well. The day was overcast and just before a rain shower. I was frustrated because I had made the trip (120 miles) and it was overcast. On that trip I got this picture, one of my favorites. It was shot with available light. Thank goodness for image stabilization. So go out into the overcast day. You never know what you may find. Sometimes overcast is a good time to shoot.

Camera's again

Once again I was in a store tonight and saw someone looking at a digital slr and not really needing one. The point is for 99% of what you may want to do photographically (unless you are working at a professional level) can be done with a good point and shoot. Nikon has some new ones that have an 18x zoom image stabilzation and even one with 24 x zoom. Sony Nikon and Canon have some great point and shoot camera's that will do most anything you want. The 8 and 10 megapixel camera's will easily produce a 16 x 20 and even larger. To get a digital SLR camera with the range of lenses that the newer point and shoots have would easily cost in the thousands of dollars. So if you are thinking you need a new digital SLR please take some time and identify what you want to do with it. Then look carefully you may find a 300 point and shoot will do more than you ever imagined. Ask me if you have any questions...

Tempe AZ./ Art in the Park Columbia, MO

I just returned from the Tempe Festival of the Arts, and it was a great show. I found even Southwesterners liked my stuff. I drove out, 21 hours, and set up and completed the 3 day show and drove back. Thousands of people, lots of lookers. A great show.
My next show will be in Art in the Park in Columbia, I am going to have some of my older stuff priced very reasonably and introduce several new peices. Be sure to check it out in June. Of course I have my art available on www.jackartphotography.com.... Thanks to those of you in the Temp/Phoenix area that purchased my work. I hope to hear more from you soon.

Jack