I am constantly looking at other photographers work and trying to find some inspiration that will lead to a project that every facebook and twitter user will comment on. Bringing my work in front of every photo buyer in the nation and thus propelling my career like a rocket in an instant. This is unlikely to actually occur, but along the way I come across all types of work. Good, bad… everything in between and it shocks me how high the percentage is of good work being shown at the F Stop Magazine. They find all types of photographers and display their work to the world. I am not sure what their readership is like, but any one that isnt watching them should be. Here is a link to the most recent article they have posted. Check it out if you get a chance and don’t forget to bookmark their RSS.

Again, at the beginning of the summer… I was in the buying mood. I needed a camera that I would give to almost anyone (aka an assistant) and get decent photo and video clips for blog posts. With very little research I was able to narrow my selections to three cameras.

• 1. Cannon’s G10
• 2. Nikon’s P6000
• 3. Panasonic’s LX3

Without getting to involved here with comparisons, I went with Nikon’s P6000. I have been using it for the past few months and feel comfortable reviewing it here. (more…)

So, at the beginning of the summer I went shopping for monolights. It took me a month or two to commit to a purchase after reading review after review, but I finally settled on Elinchrom’s BX500Ri. I went with Elinchrom for a lot of reason’s, and so far I am not disappointed. (more…)

    One of my many goals for this summer is to get my website on the first page for anyone searching for a “Boston Photographer”. This isn’t as easy as some people have led me to believe but over the coming months I will be posting about everything that I am doing to improve my ranking. For those of you that don’t know, this is know as Search Engine Optimization or SEO.     For starters, I have changed all of my page titles. This is what appears at the top of the window to tell you which page it is as well as what shows up in the header for the search results. My pages were previously titled “MWynne.com Photography – Page” (Page being Home, About, etc.) This made my ranking jump for people that search for “mwynne” or “mwynne photography” but for all the people out there that don’t already know who I am… it wasn’t doing much good. Now my titles are “MWynne.com Photography | Page | Architectural, Editorial and Lifestyle Boston Photographer”. Basicly I have just thrown in some more keywords for the crawlers to find.



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I spent my weekend back in NY as a guest at a wedding. While I was there I took some photos and during the editing, this image jumped out at me. Not because it is the best image I have ever taken. Not even because its the best image it could have been, but because of the image that came immediately before it.     There are basic elements that I look at while I go through my initial edit on any group of photographs. Color is among them and when I saw this photo I new I hit the color just right. I love the separation of the white on blue.     This photo was taken with on camera flash bounced into the ceiling behind me to camera left, creating a very flattering light across the bride. When I look at the photo however, it’s not my light that draws me to this photo. The ambient bleeding into the background adds everything to this photograph.       It is the difference in ambient level that caused me to take notice of this image. The photo to the right is almost the exact same photograph but without the ambient level. I came across this photograph first and didn’t even hesitate to flip right past it. The photo that followed however, the one with the blue background, stopped me dead in my tracks.     There are obvious compositional flaws in both of these images but I would not hesitate to show the image with the blue background to the bride and groom because of the emotional pull of the ambient light. If you look at the back of your camera and your images aren’t popping off the display while you are using flash, try dragging the shutter a bit(slower shutter speed) or just Jumping up the ISO and see what happens.     So the lesson to be taken from this quick tip is to pay close attention to the ambient levels in your photos. Most times, they can make or break the image.