"Showing A Little Attitude"
© David A. Ziser

I love this image of this young lady - how she's dressed, that look in her eyes as she peers directly back into the camera, and the subtle lines trailing off in the background combine to create a quite strong connection with the viewer. This image was made outside where the ambient light was quite bright. I used my "Cheatin' Flash" technique to darken the surrounds an appropriate amount so that the subject would "pop" from the scene. Illumination was provided by my off-camera flash positioned to the subject's right to give that beautiful loop lighting to her face. Camera specs; Canon 30 fitted with 70-200mm IS lens at 170mm, F7.1 @ 1/320 second, ISO 200. Enjoy! -David

"Man Of Confidence"
© David A. Ziser

This image was made a few weeks ago just after we were leaving the beautiful church you see in the background. I thought it would be cool to shoot into the shaded side of the church, darkening the sky as much as I could with my ISO/F-stop/shutter speed combination. The soaring building, darkened sky, and strong pose all combined to show the confidence of the young man standing there. Since I was exposing for the sky, I had to add much more light to my subject. This was accomplished with my off-camera flash. Here is the really cool part though. See how I've positioned the subject in the bottom left quadrant of the stain glass window. He has that same position with respect to the entire image area as well. We call the shape of the stain glass window and "interior frame". It really strengthens the image if you can place your subject coincidentally in the same quadrants of the interior and exterior frames within the scene. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with 10-22mm lens at 15mm, F11 @1/250 second, ISO 200. Enjoy! -David