Remember Cheech and Chong? “Shoot the moon! Shoot the moon!”

Okay, seriously now: the picture above is how I captured the moon with my camera, the picture below is the same pic but post-editing. All very simple.

Here’s the scoop: full moons are bright. A full moon is a big, bright, white object in space that directly reflects the light of the sun. With that in mind, in order to capture this pic I used settings that are typically associated with daylight/brighter photography.

Here’s the settings I used:

An f-stop/aperture of 5.6
A shutter speed of 1/640
An ISO (film speed) of 200
A B&W setting (just to reduce the size of the jpg file)
A high contrast setting (to bring out the detail on the surface of the moon)
Lens-wise: 300mm telephoto lens in full zoom on the moon, no tripod necessary

In editing the first thing I did was to zoom in and crop the image (so we could see the detail) and then make slight adjustments to the brightness and contrast.

…and that’s really all there is to it. Purty simple!

I’m excited to announce a complete update of all the images on my website.  As a photographer I have taken tens of thousands of pictures over the past few years and this update showcases some of my all-time favorites.

…to help celebrate: I’ve put together sales for two of my most frequently requested (and favorite) types of photography: portraits and special events.

I’m also in the process of putting together sales on wedding and 35mm/B&W photography so if you’re interested in either of these, be sure to check here soon or you can follow me on Facebook or Twitter.

Thank you to all the beautiful people whose beautiful, kissable faces contributed to this round of updates! : )