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December 5, 2008 |
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Kristine Bosworth has been making her living in some aspect of photography ever since she left school. Kris received her BFA from CW Post in 1988 and got a job as an industrial photographer, which lasted about six years. She then moved to Tiffen (a company that makes filters among other things) in their technical support office for two years. Several years ago she started working for Nikon as the supervisor in the service department and last year when a job came open in the Technical Training Department, everyone knew that Kris was right for the job.
TIP: TURN YOUR FLASH OFF WHEN SHOOTING THROUGH A WINDOW! Most of the time Kris is working, so she feels it is important to have a room with a view. In San Francisco she asked for an east-facing window so that she could get the sunrise out the hotel window. If you stand at an angle near the window there will be little to no reflection and remember when shooting through a window – turn your flash off or you will get a picture of a flash. She shot this at 1/180th of a sec at f/3.1. Bay Ridge PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: REFLECTIONS MAY BE NICER THAN SHOOTING THE ACTUAL SUNSET. Using the Coolpix “Scene mode” to add a warm tone to the image, Kris photographed the reflections off of the buildings to make it more interesting instead of just the sun going down. The lens was put directly against the window to keep the reflection down and exposed at 1/95th of a sec at f/2.8. World Financial Towers Facing West. PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LONG FLIGHTS: READ YOUR CAMERA MANUALS! Kris had her new camera and manual out when she glanced out the window and noticed the shadow of her plane landing. She says she learned two lessons here: always have your camera with you and read your manuals on those boring long flights. This was shot at 1/95th of a sec. at f/4.5.  Tampa Landing PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: LOOK UP TO GET INTERESTING ANGLES. You never know what you can find when you look all around you. Kris shot this at 1/25th second at f/2.7. Because she was using a slow shutter speed, Kris used the best-shot selector in the camera menu. Holding the shutter down with the Coolpix on best-shot selector tells the camera to keep shooting. When you have shot several frames, the camera can actually choose the sharpest one and delete the rest. Westshore Mall PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: USE YOUR FLASH ON SLOW SYNCH TO LIGHT UP THE FOREGROUND AND THE BACKGROUND. Kris put her camera on self-timer and placed it on top of her camera bag. She wanted to show the New York sign in the background as well as have good light on their faces in the foreground. Slow synch tells the camera to keep the shutter open after the flash goes off to allow the background light in the background to record. This photograph was taken with the shutter at 1/8th of a second at F/2.8.  Vegas PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: LONG EXPOSURES WORK BEST WITH FIREWORKS. Kris put the camera on “scene mode” for the fireworks. This was an 8 sec. exposure at F/5.6.  Fire Works PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: FILL FLASH EVEN IN DAYLIGHT. Kris used her flash to light up the flower even though it was a bright sunny day. The exposure was 1/125th second at f/2.8.
 West Virginia PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: ONE HOUR AFTER SUNSET IS THE MAGIC HOUR. Kris knew that the best time to shoot was one hour after sunset. This is when the light is at it’s best and the sky turns a beautiful blue, no matter what the weather. She walked around polls to look for most interesting spot and waited until the light was right. This was at 1/55th of a second at F/5. T-Pee Polls With The Moon PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO TELL THE CAMERA TO DO IN ORDER TO CONVEY YOU MESSAGE. Kris was far away but noticed this couple watching the falls. She took out a long lens (200mm) and thought about what she wanted to do before clicking the shutter. Kris decided that she would like a slow shutter speed (1/27th of a second) to get the movement of the water. She also wanted to have a lens opening that would have a good depth of field, which F/7.4 could provide. With the slow shutter speed and no tri-pod, Kris opted for a garbage can to help hold the camera steady.  Niagara Falls PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: GET DOWN TO THE CHILDS LEVEL. Kris used a zoom lens so that she could capture this picture without being noticed by the baby. Early morning light means a beautiful glow and she was able to shoot at 1/90th of a second at F/4.  Baby Kilroy PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth TIP: ALWAYS HAVE YOUR CAMERA READY. Kris’ nephew has had a camera in his hands since he was 4 years old. Of course, Kris had her camera out as well and as she noticed Chucky teaching his friend how to use a camera, she was able to quickly take a few images without him noticing.  Chuckie Teaching PHOTO: Kristine Bosworth
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