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Photographic Patience at Walt Disney World

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I covered this week’s theme on Patience before in a blog post entitled, “Play the Waiting Game at Walt Disney World” back in 2013. In it, I talked about waiting until I got a people free photo opportunity. This week I talk about another kind of patience. The kind we all face being a photographer … Continue reading "Photographic Patience at Walt Disney World"
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Disney Camera Tips to Start Out 2017

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Did you get a new camera for Christmas? Make a New Year’s resolution to learn how to use the fancy camera you got last year or the year before or a few years ago? Let me get you started. This post is for those using a digital SLR, mirrorless or advanced point & shoot cameras. … Continue reading "Disney Camera Tips to Start Out 2017"
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Holiday Wishes from Main Street USA

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Before the Once Upon A Christmastime Parade, I photographed Holiday Wishes from the same location. I used the Bulb Technique described in this post: Photographing Fireworks. This is a test shot to line up Cinderella Castle down Main Street USA. Cinderella Castle at the end of Main Street USA in Ice Lights.Nikon D750/16-35VR, 30s, f/11, … Continue reading "Holiday Wishes from Main Street USA"
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Photographing Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular

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I had a plan in mind when I thought about photographing the new night show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular is a fabulous show mixing projections on the Great Movie Ride and fireworks. The problem lies in the word “mix”. The projections seldom are still long enough to mix them with … Continue reading "Photographing Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular"
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Anatomy of a Magic Kingdom Sunset

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On my trip last week, I was on my own Friday at the Magic Kingdom. Using an app on my phone, I had determined a location to photograph the sunset. It was from the bridge on the Wishing Well side of Cinderella Castle. With the sunset at 7:38PM and Wishes starting at 9PM, I set … Continue reading "Anatomy of a Magic Kingdom Sunset"
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Goodbye to the Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World

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I have seen the Main Street Electrical Parade or MSEP for short numerous times. The brightly colored floats and the extremely catchy tune stays with one for a long, long time. Lisa and I photographed the parade back in 2010. She was hand holding her camera whie I was trying out slow sync flash on … Continue reading "Goodbye to the Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World"
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Purple Wishes over Cinderella Castle

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Purples hues during Wishes over Cinderella Castle.Nikon D750/Tokina 16-28mm, 5.4s, f/16, ISO 100, EV 0, 16mm Focal Length, tripod, remote shutter release. Scott is still on his Stay-cation this week but will be back next week with more on Disney Photography. He hopes you enjoy this purple hued photo of Wishes over Cinderella Castle in … Continue reading "Purple Wishes over Cinderella Castle"
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Fireworks Primer for Walt Disney World

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As the calendar heads towards summer, can Fireworks Season be far behind? Wishes fireworks show over Cinderella Castle.Nikon D700/24-120VR, 15s, f/11, ISO 280, EV 0, 35mm focal length, tripod. At Walt Disney World, every day is in Fireworks Season with shows in three parks almost nightly: Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular, debuting in 2016, at … Continue reading "Fireworks Primer for Walt Disney World"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Panorama

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I have written about how to create a proper panorama photo in the past and how NOT to create them. I did fail to mention the easiest way to create what I call pseudo-panoramics. A pseudo-panoramic is done by cropping an image taken with a wide angle lens in a panoramic aspect ratio like 16×9 … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Panorama"
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Illuminations at 28mm

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On my last trip to Walt Disney World, I went light by only bringing the Nikon AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens. At 28mm this lens is not as wide as I would like to photograph Illuminations, I found this pleasing composition back when photographing at last December’s All Ears event. Illuminations Holiday Tag at 28mm.Nikon … Continue reading "Illuminations at 28mm"
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