Tesar Photography: Florida

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Two Reasons Why I Always Bring My Camera With Me

Why do I always have a camera with me, or atleast in my car? Simple, you never know when an image might present itself. Take the photos below for example, my 2 reasons, I captured the sunrise this morning on my way to drop my boys off at school. I had the camera right next to me and could see the colors starting to become more vivid as the sun was rising. I always go the same route, passing a grass farm field, and every morning (well school morning) I get to watch the sunrise. Sometimes its dark and eerie, or foggy, or rainy, but not today. Today was absolutely gorgeous and I couldn't resist to pull over on the side of the road and take, literally 2 minutes: 1 min to get the settings right, and another to capture a couple images.

It's that easy and simple, so remember don't leave home without your Camera, and make sure your batteries are charged, your card is formatted, and lens clean: I will be talking about that in an upcoming post, possibly a video, so check back for that in about a week.

f/9.0 1/15th sec 800 ISO, focal length 35mm, Av Mode

f/9.0, 1/20th sec, 800 ISO, focal length 37mm, Av Mode

‘Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.’ - Sally Mann

Monday, January 18, 2016

Youth Soccer Slideshow

I absolutely love making memories with my children, so I put together this slideshow of their first 2 soccer games. At the end of the season I am going to pick the best of the best of the best pictures of each child and create a stunning sports video of each of their seasons. So stay tuned and keep checking back for that video and more!!!

"Capture the moment, and it will capture your heart"
- Michael Tesar

Youth Soccer Slideshow

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Capturing Marina Jacks, Sarasota, Fl

The other day was so gorgeous down here, I couldn't resist going down to the local marina and create some stunning images. I was there for about an hour before the sun became too harsh. I took over 200 images, ended up with about 50 that I imported to edit, and out of those I ended up with 18 that are worthy of sharing. The following are the best out of the 18. If you would like to purchase a full resolution professional grade photo, you may do so by clicking the following link: http://pixels.com/profiles/michael-tesar.html

All photos were taken with a Cannon EOS RebelT3 with a cannon lens 18-55mm IS, always shot in RAW mode and imported to Photoshop Lightroom4 on a MacBook Pro via internal card slot. Location was Marina Jacks - Sarasota, Fl (Home of the #1 Beach in the US rated by Trip Advisor - Top 25 Beaches in the U.S.)

"You don't take the photograph, you make it"
- Ansel Adams

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Marina Jack, Sarasota, Fl - 01/12/2016

Paradise in Sarasota, Fl

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Ringling Bridge, Sarasota, Fl

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Sunrise at Ringling Bridge

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Sailor's Dream

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Paradise

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Boater's Paradise

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Sunrise at the Bay

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Photographing My Boys First Soccer Games.

My boys had their first soccer games yesterday morning, so naturally, as both a Dad and an Amateur photographer I was really excited! We woke up early and got everything prepared and in the truck. Game time was 9:00, and we had to be there by 8:15. I was a little concerned when the sun started to rise, cause now I could see that there was a dense layer of fog everywhere. The sun was barely lighting up the sky, like a very dim soft light.

This photo gives you an example of how foggy it was

f5.0 1/500th sec 400 ISO

I started off in Manual Mode, and set my ISO at 400, Aperture was set low and shutter speed between 1/250 and 1/500th sec. This was my first time shooting any kind of sports and both my boys were playing at different times, so I had time to adjust. As the sun rose, the light kept changing, and towards the end of the 2nd game it finally came out a little and I ended up with some pretty good images.

The following are the best ones (in my opinion). I took over 200 photos, and ended up with about 60 decent ones per child, to import and adjust in Lightroom. Out of that I ended up with about 30 per child. I did have to do some pretty dramatic changes on some of them in Lightroom, so I won't be enlarging these more than a 10 x 14 or so due to grain issues.
I hope you enjoy, please don't forget to leave a comment, share, like, and keep coming back for more.

These images are from the first game 9:00 - 10:00