Let’s photograph a lit candle and not. It’s simple right? Well, maybe … The setup When I start to photograph anything, I ask myself “What is it?” By that I mean describe its properties. Looking at the candle, I see it’s round. No. Make that cylindrical. It’s reflective. It has
(Editor’s Note: We welcome Sean McLean to Photofocus. Sean is a photographer and software engineer residing in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Santa Cruz, CA. Sean studied Art with a Multimedia Design Option at California State University East Bay. Some of Sean’s favorite activities are blogging, landscapes, portraiture and building communities
If you live in California, you know when it’s fire season. It’s hot. It’s dry. And before long, the furnace blast of the Santa Ana winds — the “El Diablo” (Devil) Winds — set upon us, blowing down from the mountain passes, bringing even lower humidity. Everyone knows it. Far
