"The best camera is the one in your hand"

So I've been thinking a lot of that phrase recently, "The best camera is the one that is in your hand." I really like the idea a lot and love the truth behind it. But then the question inside me is, "Can I really perform that truth in me?" So recently I've been trying that from time to time by pulling out my 5D Mark II and my 50mm f/1.4 and taking some images then pulling out my iphone and taking some images too to see if I can still get something that I think is pretty cool.

It's been a fun little challenge and I am really enjoying it. I'm a huge fan of coming up with things to do to just grab my camera and push myself a little. If there was one thing I could say to photographers, it is to practice practice practice. It's not just about having an eye for photography, it's about doing it so it's second nature. And in this case this is an exercise in doing something amazing no matter what the tools are that are in my hand.

These top three images are from my DSLR. And the last one if from my iphone and the editing was all done on my phone with the exception of my name on the image.

Quick update on my upcoming workshop Oct. 5 2010. It looks like I'm about full of students. There are a couple on the fence still so if you are still interested I could put your name on the list. But I'm amazed at how fast people jumped on it. Thanks everyone for spreading the word by posting the links, the re-tweets on twitter and conversations you have had with photographers you think could learn from this.

You can see a few more images here on my fan page.
If you would like a copy of these images you can get them here.

Signing off for today. God bless your socks off,

Capture. Create. Discover.

Something Amazing!

Britton Felber

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Challenge

One of my personal projects I like to do as a photographer is to make sure that I notice things. I try and find beauty in the most familiar places I can...this is one of the images I found I could get right there in my room. 

Signing off for today. God bless your socks off,

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Something Amazing!

Britton Felber

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Model shoot

A couple weekends ago now (crazy how time flies -- is anybody else a little shocked that it's June already?) I had the opportunity to do a mock bridal session with a friend of mine. With the help of her sister and a super good photographer friend who was in town to work on some photo projects, we had a total BLAST of a session.

This whole thing came about when Caryn and I were talking about her senior portrait session a couple years back and she mentioned that she would totally be up for modeling for me. I was pretty excited about this because I'd been dreaming of doing more photography practice to push the limits on what I can do...and long story short(er) we all figured out a good day and met up in downtown Chicago for a fun time doing our mock bridal session.

I can't tell you how much fun it was to take an hour or two and just try different things that you would never have time for at your typical wedding. I find that at weddings you can plan and plan to have lots of time to take really nice photos of the bride and groom, but often things don't play out that way and you have to know how to milk 5 minutes of shooting time to get something amazing done. And that's cool! I like it when we have lots of time, but I believe that the photography still comes second to the couple having a good time, and it's just my job to make sure that I'm capturing every amazing moment of it. I'm not a fan of photographers who control the day in a way that makes the bride just want to get away from them. It breaks my heart to see photographers annoying their clients! Anyways! Listen to me preaching my heart out. lol. Sorry. So back to what this post is really about. :) We all met up and just tried a ton of crazy things. Some things I liked, some things I loved, some things I was like, "what was I thinking" and so forth and so on. :) But hey, it was a practice session. It's okay to try crazy things. That was very much the point of this session. Not to mention log some nice portfolio images along the way.

Well, look who it is, ME. lol. well, okay, it's ME and a couple extras. :) 

Caryn was so easy to photograph.

I've been throwing the idea around of doing another workshop this fall where we actually work with models and teach other photographers how to treat people, how to interact and pose their clients. And this was a fun way to experiment for that. 

If you would be interested in something like this let me know! I would really like the feedback. There's a million ways to contact me. Pick one or two. :) 

More photos to come of this session later. I'm pretty swamped right now. But it was a ton of fun! 

Caryn needed a quick shot with her phone, can you blame her? I'm sure all her friends were made very jealous shortly after. :) At least as a photographer I like to think that. 

Signing off for today. God bless your socks off,

Capture. Create. Discover.

Something Amazing!

Britton Felber

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