I’m writing this post as I watch the snow falling here on Daisy Hill for the first big snowstorm of the Spring!

The post for this Sunday’s Available Light Portraiture theme takes a different turn today. It was made during a group model shoot and contrasts the same image as captured in color vs. a monochrome converted version and your opinion on which one you like best is invited.

National Train Day is observed every year on the Saturday that’s closest to May 10, and this year it falls on May 9. National Train Day marks the completion of the transcontinental railroad across the United States.

It doesn’t matter what person, place, or thing you’re photographing, the ultimate subject of any photograph is light and it’s the quality of the light that ultimately determines the effectiveness of your portrait. Here are a few aspects that I like about shooting portraits with available light:

It’s been my experience that photographers get inspiration for the body of their work from many places. One of my friends finds it in old master’s paintings; I get a lot of the inspiration for many of my images from the movies.