Jason Hermann Photograpgy – Blog

Here is a slightly different perspective on the Bethel Woods farm.

I went to the old Woodstock with Michele on Sunday. They were having a festival with all sorts of good stuff, but we saw this from the parking lot and I thought it was worth a click This was shot with the 17-40 lens @ 17mm, f/8 @ 1/400sec, Iso 100, Hand held, average metering.

- Jay

I took this on the deck with the evening glow at full power The lighting is amazing at this time on our deck and the warmth it adds to images is priceless. I used the 70-200 again with an aperture of f/5 @ 1/80sec, ISO 800. 105mm, hand held. – Jay

I took this on the way home from work today and the exposure conditions were perfect for this type of shot. This is another image that I’ve been dying to get forever, and the photo just appeared in front of me when I got off the highway I used the 5D Mark II and the wide angle 17-40 f/4 L lens @ 17mm f/16, 1/250sec, ISO 320, hand held. My good friend Jim from James Douglas Gallery in Montgomery, has an awesome vertical Pano hanging up in his Gallery. I just thought that was the coolest idea!! Thanks Jim for the Inspiration.

Here is what went through my head when I approached this shot. First and foremost was DOF. I wanted the image sharp from back to front, but I’m using the 5D which has an extremely shallow DOF and I needed to be close to the subject. So I knew I would want at least f/16 and the wide angle 17-40. I could have went further with the aperture, but diffraction is an unwanted side effect that I try to avoid as much as possible. I then had to raise the ISO to increase the shutter speed to something faster and ISO 320 got me to 1/250sec. I then just focused on the second row of flowers and fired away

Best,

-Jay

I took this about a week ago at my Bro’s house with Michele I used the 70-200 f/2.8 L IS paired with the Canon 5D Mark II.