Dale Frazier Photography

Sunday Morning Flower 11-14-10

2010-11-14T05:53:00.001-08:00

Family Portrait Session

2010-11-09T10:17:00.001-08:00

Thank you for taking the time to view some of my recent works. May you have a blessed week.

Sunday Morning Flower 11-07-10

2010-11-07T08:31:00.001-08:00

Sunday Morning Flower 11-07-10

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Sunday Morning Flower, Early Edition

2010-09-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

May you all have a Beautiful Week.

Sunday Morning Flower 091910

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Your Sunday Morning Flower. May you have a blessed week.

Sunday Morning Flower

2010-09-12T10:45:00.000-07:00

Your Sunday Morning Flower.

As many of you know I do a Sunday Morning flower on my Facebook Fan Page every Sunday.
From time to time I will post one on my blog as well.

This Sunday Morning Flower was sponsored by Howard Brothers Florist.
If you are wanting to send your loved one a flower, be sure to check out the great selection of beautiful flowers offered by Howard Brothers Florist, Be sure to tell them I sent you.

Sunday Morning Flower

2010-09-05T05:57:00.001-07:00

Your Sunday Morning Flower, may you all have a Blessed Week.

Your Sunday Morning Flower is Sponsored By Howard Brothers Florist, For all you Flower needs, Be Sure to tell them I sent you.

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Equivalent Exposure

2010-06-29T11:08:00.001-07:00

This Tutorial is building on the last Tutorial. In my last tutorial, I told you I was asked by a member to help her with Equivalent Exposure, she said that she had read numerous articles and that she was not 100 percent sure how it all worked.

I am making this tutorial in hopes that all of you may have a better understanding of "Equivalent Exposure" and how you may want use it by switching your camera mode from "Auto" to "Manual." When you start shooting in manual you will be able to unleash the creative beast inside you. (Your camera's "Program or Auto Mode", has no idea what you shooting style is or how you want to use the actual image you are trying to create, that is why it is important as an artist to create your own work, not just let your camera capture a scene.)

"Equivalent Exposure" in short, is saying that there is more than one way to climb a tree.
I am going to show you how it works with some diagrams, and then I am going to have you get your camera out of the bag;
as well as go outside and play with me for a little while.
I promise if you do this lesson with me, you will walk away with a better understanding of "Equivalent Exposure" and why it is important as an artist to have this creative knowledge.

*In our last tutorial you learned how to make a "Proper Exposure" for a given subject.
**You know how to read the light meter and know what the "Meter Exposure Indicator" is telling you as you are looking through the view finder.

Lets look at a simple exposure on an illustration I made, It shows you the "Marriage" of the proper exposure. In this Diagram you have all three elements of a proper exposure, Shutter Speed, F-Stop, and ISO.
Now the fun part, "Equivalent Exposure". Equivalent Exposure in simple terms, means that you can change the several settings, ie the Shutter Speed, F-Stop, or ISO and still have the "Proper Exposure" for the same scene. I want you to take note that in the diagram I made, the Shutter Speed and the F-Stop are on what appears to be a see-saw.. I did this on purpose.

If the Shutter Speed Goes Up, the F-Stop should go down, by doing this you are still going to have a Proper Exposure.

Now lets add some real life numbers in this illustration so you have a better grasp of how the see-saw works with the numbers inside your camera.

I have done this illustration with a typical Bright Cloudy Day, IE, clouds are up, but not so thick its going to start hailing on us. Just a smooth light from the soft filtered clouds.

This is a typical setting the camera may pick for you in full auto mode.

In the following illustrations I am adding two more options that will give you a "Proper Exposure"

These last two images show you how the see-saw works. If one side goes up, the other side goes down.

**Hands on part of the tutorial.

****1. Go get your camera out of the bag and go out side for a while. Here is where it is going to start clicking for you.. (Notice I said Clicking.. heheh I crack myself up sometimes.. ehehehhe)

2. Go outside and pick out something stationary like a fence row, a side of a building, a row of cars, or anything with some repetition involved.

3. Put your camera in Manual mode and open your F-stop to as wide as your lens will go, Mine is F2.8 so that is where we will start in my example images.

(SIDE NOTE: I also put my camera on a tripod for this illustration to give you a better idea of how this all works. You will see that the first couple of images have a very shallow depth of field and as we move through the scale it will become a larger depth of field.)

4. Focus on something close to your lens, like the start of the fence, and make sure you can still see the other part of the fence in your view finder, (It should be going away from you.) (If I lost you look at the pictures below for a better example of what I am asking you to do and focus on.)

5. You have the front of the fence in focus, F-Stop as wide open as your lens allows, now adjust your shutter speed until the Exposure Level Indicator in your camera says that the images is a "Proper Exposure." Now click the shutter to capture the image.

6. Next, roll your F-Stop wheel three clicks to the right, and the shutter speed three clicks to the left. (Remember the see-saw image, if one goes up the other must go down.)(3 clicks is one full F-Stop)

7. Do this until you get to the smallest F-stop your lens has. (Mine stopped at F22)

I have included examples of the 7 steps below, I have also listed the Shutter Speeds and F-Stops along with the ISO of every image taken for this tutorial. Again, I placed my camera on a tripod so you know I was not moving my camera. I want you to see how the F-stop affects your Depth of Field.

As you look through your images you will see that the "Wide Open" F-Stop or Aperture has a very shallow depth of field. I think I focused on the Second Full Picket of the fence, it is in focus and almost all the other pickets are from soft to out of focus,.

As you look towards the center, there is more of the fence in focus and at F22 A good portion, if not all of the fence is in focus.

These 8 Images have an "Equivalent Exposure", They Are all Properly Exposed and the only real difference from them all is the Depth of Field.

This is a good spot to ask me why it would matter.?

I am glad you asked, Lets Say for example your assigned a photography session with a beautiful young model.
You decide to have the session outside. You want the entire image to concentrate on her beauty and you don't want a dork in the background making rabit ears. behind his buddy who has somehow seen you and wants to be in the picture now. (Trust me this happens.)

Open your F-Stop up to get a shallow depth of field just like our starting point was in this tutorial.
Now focus on your subject and capture the image.

It should look something like this. (Image Captured in front of Bass Pro Shops, in Oklahoma City)

Next Question, I don't like photographing people I am more of a Nature Photographer, how will that make a difference for me?

Ok do the same thing but pic out a flower for your test shot, using the same setting we talked about above for the glamor model.

Notice how the back ground is a nice smooth blur, no distractions in the back ground. The background creates a gentle back drop for the subject, and you cant hlep but to focus your attention to the subject, in this case an Orchid. (Image captured in Okinawa Japan)

Next I wanted to show an image with a kind of middle of the road depth of field and I pulled out one from this past fall.

It is a Sunrise and the ducks flew by right as I was getting the scene in focus, very lucky on my part.

For this next image, I want to take you back to the tutorial I did entitled "Focusing Tips"

I told you that as a general rule for hand held focus, keep your shutter speed at least as high as the number in mm as your lens is, IE a 400mm Lens, you will want your Shutter Speed to be at least 400.

Now, For those of you who actually went outside and did this tutorial, did you notice as you got to F16 or F22, your shutter speed was almost too slow to hand hold..?
I did, that's another reason I put my camera on a tripod, If you notice in the example of my F22 shot, My shutter speed is at 1/20, and my lens in a 70mm. Had my camera been handheld, the image may well be blurry.

I will address the ISO Question right here before we move on. Remember there are three elements to a proper exposure, so far we have looked at 2, Shutter Speed and F-Stop. If the camera shutter speed is too slow to handhold, you could bump the ISO up to gather more light. Since the ISO I was Shooting was 200, if I moved the ISO up to 400, I could now shoot with a shutter speed of 1/40 in stead of 1/20, remember the amount of light doubles for every full stop.

Why would you ever want your shutter speed that slow then you might ask..?
I am glad you asked,
If you are trying to Show Motion in a image and you have a fast shutter speed, you may well have a cool shot with a girl up in the air.

What is you are wanting to show how beautiful the beach really was.?

On this image, I had my Shutter Speed set on 5 Full Seconds. The ocean was rolling in nice and slow, had I used a faster shutter speed, I don't think the beauty would have been captured as serene as this image is. (camera was on a tripod to keep it steady.)

One more quick question, you at the river on a full sunny day, you want to blur the river, but you cannot get your shutter speed down to a full second or even more time to blur the water with out over exposing the image. Look at your camera manual, some of the Canon Cameras have the option to expand the ISO, Search for ISO Expansion in your manual. It will allow you to go to ISO 50, that will give you more time. (I am not going to go into filters in this tutorial, it is off topic, but look for more down the road.)

After reading this, I hope you have actually gone out to try the techniques that have been discussed in this tutorial. If you are new to Manual Mode, I hope that this has been helpful as well as motivating you to go out and shoot some more in manual mode.

I will probley write a short tutorial on the AV and TV modes in a few more days; But for now, I would like for you to go out and shoot some more in manual.

I am also hoping that you now have a better grasp on "Equivalent Exposure," and what that term means.

Enjoy your weekend, Go out and shoot in manual and upload some more fantastic works to our group.

Again a quick reminder, I do not have a staff or secretary who will double check my work, spelling etc, do if you see a mistake, shoot me a note and I will fix it.

As always, Thank you for your comments.
Dale

Manual Mode Made Easy

2010-06-29T10:06:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned in one of my last tutorials, this tutorial was made for the Canon User Group and I thought I would go ahead and share these tutorials with you as well. I hope you find them helpful and comments are appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

Tutorial: Manual Mode Made Easy.

I was asked the question the other day by one of our members. The Member was needing some help with "equivalent exposure." I told the member I would work on putting a tutorial together to help explain equivalent exposure.

(As you read this tutorial "Normal Exposure" and or "Proper Exposure" mean the same thing.)

The more I thought about it, I decided that a tutorial on Manual Exposure would probably be the best place to start. I know that we have a lot of members in our group, some more experienced than others. I decided to make this tutorial so that those of you who are not shooting in Manual Mode, may See the benefits of this creative style of shooting, as well as show you that is not as hard to do as some of you may perceive it to be.

OK now here comes the fun Part, If you are reading this tutorial, I will guess that you may well have a desire to shoot in Manual Mode. Get your camera out of its bag and follow along.

On your Shooting Mode Dial, put your camera in Manual Mode.
Look through your view finder, as you are looking through your viewfinder, push your shutter button half way done to power up the camera, just the same as if you were trying to focus your camera.

Note: This tutorial is based on Canon Cameras, Your camera may have a different layout on the numbers, but the basic idea will be the same.

I want to draw your attention to the numbers going across the bottom of your focusing screen, as you are looking through your view finder.

At the bottom of your view finder you should see some numbers in a sequence, something like this image above. (For right now, don't pay as much attentions to the actual numbers as the numbers themselves.)

The first number you will see is the shutter speed. It tells you what you have your shutter speed set on. (note it is highlighted in red.) The 125 means 1/125th of a sec Shutter Speed. That is the amount of time your shutter will be open allowing light in your camera for your sensor to record the image.

The next set of numbers is your F-Stop. The F-stop is the number highlighted in red. The 16 means the Camera is Set at F 16; I used F 16 since we just did a tutorial on the "Sunny 16 Rule."

The next set of numbers and dashes is your exposure meter.

In under the Exposure Level you will find the "Exposure Level Indicator."
**This is the one tool in your bucket that will help you the most when shooting in manual.
It is a tool to assist you in your creativity.
**I want you to keep and Eye on your Exposure Indicator.
I will come back to this tool in a sec after we go across all the numbers on the bottom of your view finder.

The next set of numbers is the ISO. This means that this illustration the camera is set at ISO 100.
Back when we were shooting Film, this was referred to film speed.
**I have no plans to go into what "ISO" "ASA" is for this tutorial, if you would like you can google the terms, and most of you at this point are at the very least familiar with film speed and the pro's and con's to both. (You may see another tutorial from me on Film Speed I guess.?)

**Side Note: I did not make a slide on any other numbers or symbols you may see on the bottom of your camera.
IE the Flash, Burst Rate, etc. I am writing this tutorial on shooting in manual mode and trying to keep it simple.

Remember the Exposure Level Indicator I was talking about. This image shows the exposure level to be "2 stops Under Exposed" That means if I clicked the shutter button, This image would be dark to too dark.

I want to draw your attention back to the scale for a second on this Illustration.

If the "Exposure Level Indicator" was blinking in stead of remaining solid, it would indicate that the image is more than 2 stops below Proper Exposure.
IE if it is blinking, your camera is trying to tell you, HOLD UP, SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG HERE, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, THIS IMAGE IS GOING TO BE SO DARK YOU WONT BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT IT WAS..!!! BLINKING MEANS, FIX ME..

This Illustration shows the "Exposure Level Indicator" as "1 Stop Under Exposed".

This Illustration shows the "Exposure Level Indicator" to be set at "Normal or Proper Exposure."

This Illustration shows the "Exposure Level Indicator" as "1 Stop Over Exposed." This means the image will be bright.

This Illustration shows the "Exposure Level Indicator" to be "2 Stops Over Exposed" The image will be very bright.

*** The same is true on this side of the scale as well, "if the Exposure Level Indicator is blinking," your camera is yelling at you to make some adjustments, or you will have an image so over exposed you will not be able to tell what it was.

Now that you have a good grasp of how the "Exposure Level Indicator" inside your camera works, and what you are looking at with the exposure scale, you have 3 options for making adjustments to get your "Exposure Level Indicator" to the spot in the scale that will make a Properly Exposed image.

We are going to concentrate on 2 of the 3 for right now.

The first one I am going to go over with you is adjusting your shutter speed.

If you were looking through your view finder and your see your Exposure Level Indicator to the left, like it is on this illustration.
You will roll the shutter speed dial, (the one right behind your shutter button) to the left 3 clicks.
Why three clicks you might ask?
Your camera came from the factory set on 1/3 stop adjustments.
This tutorial will be talking about adjustments in 1/3 stops as well.
(Side note: You will also notice there are 2 dots between the numbers on the scale, because it is set on 1/3 adjustments.)

In this Illustration, your Exposure Level Indicator shows the image will be "Properly Exposed" you will not need to make any more adjustments for a Proper Exposure.

In this illustration your Exposure Level Indicator shows the image to be one stop Over Exposed so you will roll your Shutter Button to the right 3 clicks.

In this Illustration your Exposure Level Indicator shows the image will be 2 stops Over Exposed so you will roll your Shutter Button to the right 6 clicks.

Now the Second way to make adjustments to your camera for proper exposure is to adjust your F-Stop.

Same Illustration as previously used is this one with the Exposure Level Indicator showing the image is 1 stop Under exposed. To change your F-Stop you will roll the dial on the back of your camera, to the left 3 clicks.

Same Illustration as previously used with the Exposure Level Indicator showing the image is 1 stop Over Exposed, roll the F-Stop adjustment wheel to the right 3 clicks to bring it back to Proper Exposure.

***In this tutorial, I am simply trying to get you to understand How your meter in your camera works and how to make adjustments in manual mode. The Following tutorial on Equivalent Exposure will explain in more detail why you may want to change either the Shutter Speed or the F-Stop Depending on the image you are going to artistically create.

***HUGE NOTE: When I was making this tutorial I started to show the image in the view finder as under exposed, properly exposed, over exposed as it would look if you took the shot as the meter was indicating. But the simply fact is, when you are looking through your view finder, your camera is not going to show you by the image you can see if it is properly exposed or not, it just lets you see the image as it is, and the Exposure Level Indicator shows you if it is under exposed, properly exposed, or over exposed, just like the illustrations I have added. Maybe sometime before I am long gone the camera makers will have some sort of fancy preview button that will show you what the image will look like, as you are looking through the view finder, but for now they don't.

ANOTHER NOTE: I a fully aware, that the numbers listed on the bottom of the illustrations are all the same. I am not trying to confuse anyone about the numbers at this point. I am simply drawing your attention to the Exposure Level Indicator and what to look for when shooting in manual mode. At this point we are just breaking ground in shooting in Manual Mode and Not trying to muddy the waters with the pro's and Con's of the actual numbers and what they mean.

I debated this last illustration for a while, as to add it to the tutorial or not. After a long debate I decided to add it so you will have the information if you want it.

Have you ever heard a photographer say "shoot to the right" or I am going to "Shoot this to the Right"
Here is what they are talking about.

Additional Tip: Shooting to the Right.

Notice the Exposure Level Indicator is One dot to the right of "Properly Exposed." You might ask your self why you would want to shoot to the right. Well it comes from a combination of Canon equipment and Photoshop editing. If you have done very much editing in photoshop, you know that if you have a dark image and you want to make it brighter you are going to "add" a lot of noise to the image. If you are trying to make it a lot Brighter because it was too under exposed, then you will be "adding" a ton of noise to the image.

Why shoot to the right.? When you are in Photoshop, you can bring the brightness down with out adding noise to your image. So in short, you can take a slightly bright image, bring it back to normal and not be adding any noise to your image.

Again, this tutorial is for Shooting in manual, I will not go into all the pro's and con's of "shooting to the right" but you at least have some more knowledge and you can decide if you want to try it or not.

Lastly The 3rd Adjustment you can make to your "Marriage" of the "Proper Exposure" is the ISO or Film Speed. I am going to just give you some really basic information on the Film Speed and How and Why you may want to use it for this tutorial on Shooting in Manual Mode.

As a general rule, your Film Speed (ISO) has been given a number that tells how fast it can record light. The less light your scene has the Higher the Number your Film Speed will need to be. Here is some basic ISO guidelines.

OUTSIDE Bright Sun ISO 100
OUTSIDE Shade ISO 200
INDOOR Bright Lights ISO 400
INDOOR Med Lights ISO 640-800
INDOOR Low Light ISO 800+

Again, to keep from muddying the waters, these are some general guidelines for a starting point on setting your ISO. We may well need a tutorial on ISO and I may do that in the future, but for now, this is a close point to start and why you may need to change the ISO on your camera when shooting in Manual Mode.

I hope that this tutorial has been helpful as well as easy to understand. I also do not have a secretary who is reviewing my work so if I have made a typo or something you can send me a note and I will correct it. Thanks for any feedback you may have and I hope this tutorial will be of some use for some of you out there.

Dale
Dale Frazier Photography.

Sunny 16 Rules

2010-06-29T10:03:00.000-07:00

Photography Tutorial: Sunny 16 Rule

I don't know how many of you have ever heard of the SUNNY 16 Rule, but in short this was the guide for film photographers for years and it was a guide in the field a photographer could use with out a light meter. It is based on incident light in stead of reflective light. Most meters in your camera read reflective light, not the incident light. I would even go as far to say it may well be about 98% accurate.

The Rule is Simple and applies to Bright Sunny Days, IE the days you need your sunglasses, not just wear them to add to your stylish looks.

Shooting in Manual Mode in Direct Sunlight.

Put your F-Stop on F16, Keep in mind the focusing tips given a couple of weeks ago (the general shutter speed need to be the same as your lens or faster.) You will make your shutter speed 1/100 for a 100 mm lens. Then set your ISO to match, IE ISO 100. Your image will be properly exposed.

You will match your shutter speed and ISO with the F-Stop always on F16.

On a sunny day and with ISO 100 set to 100, set the aperture to f/16 and the shutter speed to 1/100 or 1/125 second (on most cameras 1/125 second is the available setting nearest to 1/100 second).

On a sunny day with ISO set to 200, set the aperture at f/16, set shutter speed to 1/200 or 1/250.

On a sunny day with ISO set to 400, set the aperture at f/16, set shutter speed to 1/400 or 1/500.

If you get time try it and see how well it works for your.

I hope you enjoyed this tip.
Dale

Revision to the Blog, I was asked by a couple to show some examples of the Rule being used., Here they are.

OK, it started out with an overcast today, But it cleared off and I was able to take three examples today.

These are all three using a 400mm Lens, so I set the camera to Manual Mode,

ISO 400
Shutter Speed 400
F16 (Remember it is the Sunny 16 Rule)

Focusing Tips

2010-06-29T09:55:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't Know I am a co-founder for a group on deviant art called Canon Users.
This group was founded as a 2 part process. One being a place to share photos with other Canon Users and the other a place to share tips etc.

I have been asked by numerous questions by members. I thought I would go ahead and start sharing my tutorials I have made for the group on my personal blog as well. If you are a Canon Shooter and would like to be a part of the Canon User Group, here is a link to that Group found on Deviant Art. Canon User Group

Tutorial: Focusing Tips

We have recently experienced an abundance of submissions that are out of focus. Knowing that we allow almost every level of photographers in our group, I thought it might be a good Idea to make a short and sweet tip sheet about focusing.

I am going to skip over manual focus for this set of tips, I figure if you are actually taking advantage of your manual focus, you more than likely know what you are doing.

Starting with holding your camera. If you watch T.V. at all you have seen many people hold the camera in many different ways, and many different styles. My goal here is to give you some general Ideas.

Take your neck strap off your neck. Put your feet shoulder width apart for a good stance. Holding your camera with both hands, (firm, but not squeezing the life out of it,) (your right hand on the camera body so you can work the controls, the other at the base of your camera and or the the left side of the camera body and or the barrel of your lens pending on your lens length. Bending your arms at your elbows, bring the camera up to your face so you can see through the view finder.

As you look through the view finder, you can squeeze your elbows next to your body for even more stability. If you are in a sitting position, you can put your elbows on your knees, and or lay flat and use your elbows on the ground for even more stability.

Control your breathing, you will want to hold your breath as you shoot for that one hundredth of a second or so. You will also want to "follow through." Think of it as shooting at a target, you do not want to move your bow until the arrow has hit the apple, same with your camera, you do not want to move your camera until the image has been captured.

Focal points are found on most DSLR's. From the Rebel to present, you will have several focal points inside your focusing screen. (read your manual to find how to change the point from the center to the point you need) If you cannot find your camera manual canon offers downloads on most camera manuals at this link [link]

It is pretty easy, put the focusing point on your subject and hold your camera shutter button half way down and then after you have the conformation that the subject is in focus, squeeze the button, not jerk the button.

One of the most common mistakes happens when you want to recompose the shot. To avoid this mistake, look at the top of your camera and make sure you are on "ONE SHOT" not "AI FOCUS" or "AI SERVO" these are for moving subjects, this tip sheet is for stationary subjects.

Once you have the main subject in focus and still holding the shutter button half way down, and focus has been made, you can recompose your shot, the camera will stay focused on what you "locked" focus on, (as long as you don't let the shutter button back up.) When I say recompose, I am talking about moving your camera slightly for composition, ie rule of thirds or what ever rule you are wanting to use or not use. DON'T WALK AROUND, THE FOCUS WILL NOT BE RIGHT.

With the focal point discussion, a general rule of thumb for anything with eyes, focus on the eyes, your camera will pick up the eyes because the live eye has a natural amount of reflectiveness. If you are shooting really close to the subject, focus on the eye closest to the camera, it will help the image look like it is in focus.

Tip: As a good general rule of thumb when you are shooting hand held you will want your shutter speed to be at least as fast as your lens focal length. I.E. if you are shooting with a canon 200mm zoom, you will want your shutter speed to be at least as fast as 1/200 for hand holding. Obviously if your shutter speed is faster, it will be better with in reason.

Next Tip: If you cannot get the shutter speed up high enough, then you will want to mount your camera on a tripod or mono pod. If you plan to take your photography to the next level, you at some point will want to invest in a tripod and or a mono pod pending your shooting style. I good tripod will help ensure that your camera will not move as much as if you were hand holding your camera under low lighting conditions. No money, I understand, use whatever you can to help hold your camera steady, use a tree, put your camera on a large rock, picnic table, or what ever else you can use to help steady your camera. If you are using the IS lens, don't rely on it solely. It was designed to help, not fix all.

I am not going to go into the long exposure times, and other things to consider when shooting in bulb or lengthy shutter times for artistic creativity, I figure if you are doing that you are already familiar with those things to consider. These tips are basic and I will keep this tip sheet basic.

I hope that these tips will help some of you.

Now get up off the couch and go and do some shooting, don't wait for your family pet to walk up to you, go out and shoot and have fun with your camera, after all that is why you have it. Shooting regularly will do two things for you. It will help you know your camera to the point you do not have to look down to make changes, and it will make you a better photographer. The more you shoot the better you will be.

Have fun.
Dale

She Loves Me Not

2010-05-29T07:35:00.001-07:00

"She Loves Me Not"

As he leaves for work, she too is getting ready.

As he leaves for work, she is in her finest spirits.

Fridays are always on her mind.

(Unknown Author)

Sunday Morning Flower 051610

2010-05-16T07:08:00.000-07:00

Walking around at night is a good time to pic up the isolated beauty of life with out all the other distractions one might normally see.
I hope you all have a beautiful week. Thanks for stopping by to check out some of my work.
Dale

Happy Mothers Day

2010-05-09T03:59:00.001-07:00

I hope you all have a wonderful mothers day. May you all be blessed with the beauty you deserve. Thank you for all your dedication, devotion, caring, loving, kindness, honesty, integrity, and grit that you all put in to being the best mothers.

Senior Photography Session

2010-04-21T05:37:00.001-07:00

A few from a recent photography session with Kyle. Kyle is graduating with honors this year from high school. He has been a very active senior and an asset to his schools athletic department. Kyle played Football, Basketball, and Gold to name a few.
Thank you Kyle for allowing us to help you with your senior photography.

Senior Photography Session

2010-04-17T06:39:00.000-07:00

Jerika, Senior from the University of Oklahoma

Sunday Morning FLowers

2010-04-11T03:44:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T11:10:00.001-07:00

2010 has already been good to us this year. We have been able to shoot a Wedding already this year and have done many seniors for 2010. I will be posting some of the images from the wedding last weekend pretty soon as well.

Thank you all and thanks for all the birthday wishes I got from last weekend on my birthday.

Dale

The last week of March

2010-03-29T04:17:00.001-07:00

I hope you all have an awesome week, Here is your Sunday Morning flower for 032810. May your week be filled with the beauty you deserve.

Happy Sunday Everyone

2010-03-21T15:23:00.001-07:00

I have been busy all weekend re-vamping my website. If you have time go by and check it out. I have added alot more images to all the galleries. I hope you enjoy them.

Have a wonderful week.
Dale

Sunday Morning FLower 031410

2010-03-14T03:52:00.000-07:00

Oklahoma Showgirls

2010-02-09T07:31:00.000-08:00

Lynn with Teaze Dance and Fitness hired us for commercial studio images.

This is just a sample of some of the images from our session with the Oklahoma Showgirls, which is a the performing dance group for Teaze Dance and Fitness Studios.

If you are interested in some ideas for Bachelorette parties, or would like more information about how you can stay in shape while having fun contact Lynn at Teaze Dance and Fitness and tell her Dale sent you.

Teaze Dance & Fitness Website.

Teaze Dance & Fitness LLC
405-232-POLE
1112 N. Broadway Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK. 73103

Sunday Morning Flower 020710

2010-02-07T05:39:00.000-08:00

Love is built on two pillars that best define what it is. Those pillars are patience and kindness. All other characteristics of love are extensions of these two attributes.

Pin Up Photography

2010-02-04T14:33:00.001-08:00

Happy Sunday Everyone

2010-01-31T04:07:00.001-08:00

Love will inspire you to become a patient person. When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation.

I hope you all have a beautiful week.
Dale

Happy Sunday Everyone.

2010-01-17T04:20:00.000-08:00

2010-01-12T11:57:00.000-08:00

As many of you know by now, Ali is hosting a Vintage Style Black Garter Party this Month. For more information about attending contact Ali

Sunday Evening Flower 010310

2010-01-03T16:32:00.001-08:00

May you all have a blessed week.
Dale

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T18:35:00.000-08:00

One of the geat opportunities in life is the chance to make things right, starting off a new year with a new mindset, trying to be a better person.

I was thinking about this the other day when I made this Photo - manipulation. I am please with how it turned out and how we can see new beginnings if we will just let the old stuff go.

I want to wish you all a very happy new year.

Dale

Jeannie in a Bottle

2009-12-28T17:30:00.001-08:00

This may be my last post for 2009, I hope you all have an awesome new year.
Dale

Senior Photography

2009-12-27T17:40:00.001-08:00

Thank you for taking the time to look at some of my recent work. Happy New year to you all.
Dale

Sunday Morning Flower 12-13-09

2009-12-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

I hope you all have an awesome week.
DFP

December 6th, 2009

2009-12-06T06:20:00.001-08:00

May you and your family have a happy Sunday.
DFP

The Rose I Promissed You..!

2009-11-15T07:00:00.001-08:00

It is Sunday morning. I try to post a flower on FB every Sunday as a little thank you for the people who follow me on FB.. Link

I am getting all my stuff together this morning for a Fantasy Session at Nothing But Class.
This will be our Third invite to do photography for the clients at Nothing but Class, It should be a fun day.

Happy Sunday to you all and thank you for taking the time to look at my work.
Dale

Come Join The Fun

2009-11-14T19:05:00.001-08:00

A start to my series of Fantasy Image Collection. Thank you for taking the time to look at my work.
Dale

Settle In

2009-11-08T15:47:00.000-08:00

I was in my office working on a Family Session that I had just completed. Ali said I need to come outside and see how the red the sky is. Thank you Ali.
DFP

Left Behind

2009-11-04T15:12:00.001-08:00

While looking for Fall Colors, I came across this Nest that had been "Left Behind." It is fall now and the only hope I could see for this was to capture it and preserve it forever. So here it is. I added the texture and did color adjustments in Photoshop. I hope you all have a blessed week.
DFP

Print Available

Fall Colors

2009-11-04T07:36:00.000-08:00

A series of images with the theme "Fall Colors." These are a few of the images that I have as out-takes for the DP Challenge Fall Colors. Thank you for looking and may you have a blessed week.
DFP

Memorial

2009-11-04T07:31:00.000-08:00

This DP Challenge was "Triptych" Triptych is a series of three images combined to make a single image. This was taken at the Oklahoma City Memorial. Thanks for looking.
DFP

Fire

2009-11-04T07:30:00.001-08:00

Another DP Challenge entry for "Fire."
Thanks for looking.
DFP

Panning For Gold

2009-11-04T07:24:00.001-08:00

Some of you may have heard of DP Challenge. I have been taking an interest in this forum for a little over a month now. I have really enjoyed seeing some different work and challenges.

This challenge entry was entitled "Panning for Gold" the object of the challenge was to photography and object while moving the camera. I was in the top 20 of the challenge entries and had a fun time with this challenge.

Thanks for looking.
Dale

Happy Sunday to you and your Family

2009-11-01T05:07:00.001-08:00

Happy Sunday from DFP

Thunder Rolls

2009-10-20T16:29:00.001-07:00

Bost Harley Davidson, Nashville TN..

2009-10-20T16:25:00.001-07:00

A couple from a Commercial Session for Bost Harley Davidson in Nashville Tenn.

Photographer

2009-10-20T15:50:00.000-07:00

Rachael and I went out yesterday to work on a photography challenge. This was not part of the challenge but Rachael captured this image of me while I was shooting a small subject.

Have a great day and Thank you Rachael.
DFP

Oklahoma Wildlife Photography

2009-10-20T14:38:00.001-07:00

Image from Lake Stanly Draper Area.

Recently I had been out at Lake Stanley Draper, I went out try to get some images of the Lake and Low lying fog. After leaving the Lake I saw this bobcat.

Thanks for looking..

PS, Always have your camera Ready, you never know when you will need it..

DFP

Glamour Photography

2009-10-20T14:03:00.001-07:00

This was a fantastic session. Rachael and I had no real direction when we started this session. I had an idea in my head, but those are not always easy to convey. Rachael being the awesome model that she is was willing to stick it out until we got the right pose and set up.

Thanks for looking.

DFP

Print Available

The Circle of Hope

2009-10-18T18:53:00.001-07:00

Fine Art Black and White Photography

2009-10-18T18:47:00.001-07:00

Fine Art Nude Photography

Has been around since the advent of the first camera. Beauty, Light and Shadows are what make the subject so interesting.

This image is taken in studio. With the help of a standard Red Bell Pepper as my subject I believe I have made an interesting study of light and shadows of a Bell Pepper.

Thank you for looking and may your week be blessed with beauty.

DFP

Gold From Above

2009-10-18T06:16:00.000-07:00

Thank you for stopping by to view my images. Have an awesome week.
DFP

Oklahoma CIty National Memorial

2009-10-18T06:15:00.000-07:00

I hope you all have an awesome week.

2009-10-18T05:18:00.001-07:00

Happy Sunday morning to you and your family, May you all have a blessed week.
DFP

Lake Stanley Draper

2009-10-10T17:03:00.000-07:00

Thank you for looking.
DFP

Brakhage Wedding

2009-09-21T12:33:00.000-07:00

A few from a recent wedding. Thanks for looking and sharing our images..
Dale

Senior Photography

2009-09-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

A few samples of images taken this past weekend. Macy was a blast to work with. I look forward to working with her more..
Dale

Wedding Flowers

2009-09-09T08:38:00.000-07:00

Sunday Flower

2009-09-06T04:47:00.001-07:00

Butter Fly

2009-09-05T12:41:00.001-07:00

E Session

2009-08-27T03:40:00.001-07:00

A few from a recent E Session.,
DFP

Senior Photography

2009-08-26T13:34:00.001-07:00

We are currently looking for Senior Reps,
Find out how you can get your Senior Pics for FREE..!
For information on becoming a Senior Rep
contact Alicia Frazier at 405-503-2707
or email Ali@dalefrazierphotography.com

Project Graduation, Seniors 2010

2009-08-26T06:52:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Seniors,

Graduating from high school is going to be one of the most memorable experiences in your life.
We offer Senior's the mobility they need in a photographer. We do environmental senior sessions as a specialty.

I also understand that your parents schedule is as busy as yours. I do not have set hours of operation. I can work with you and your parents schedule to make your Senior photography session a success.

"Project Graduation," Seniors 2010.. A series of 8 photography sessions througout your entire Senior Year..

"Project Graduation" Includes the following

(8) photo shoots, One per month for your senior school year.
(1) 8x10 (from each photography session)
(2) 5x7 (from each photography session)
(120) wallets (40 of three poses) can be chosen from any of the 8 sessions.
(2) 8x10 Hard cover 20 page year books. (1 for the student, and one for the parent.)

Final product to be completed in May of 2010, It will be 1 Large 20 page (40 images) 8x10 Hard Photo Cover Book Complied with your images throughout the school year.
***Note: this is a great item for your friends to sign at the end of the school year.

Photography Sessions will be planned throughout the school year at numerous locations and will incorporate several themes throughout the school year.

Books will be ordered at the first of the month so if you want some with you cap and gown to be included with your final magazine be sure to schedule your may shoot early. Orders will go out on the 5th of may 2009 for the magazines.

Because "Project Graduation" is so extensive with multiple photography sessions it is limited to a small number of Seniors. Be one of the few your senior year to have your own Senior Yearbook.

For more information contact Ali at 405-503-2707.

Additional Services included:
Selective Color
Black and White Images
Enhanced Borders
Soft Focus Adjustments
Sepia Toning
Minor Touch ups

For a complete pricing informational sheet showing all of our packages and additional products we offer, email us and we will send you one, or visit our website at http://www.dalefrazierphotography.com and click on the senior information link.

Thanks for viewing and we look forward to working with you and your family.
Dale

Site Update

2009-08-26T06:33:00.000-07:00

I have been working on my website for the last couple of days, I would like to invite you to take a look at it when you get a chance.

Have an awesome day..
DFP

My Website

Model Photography

2009-08-24T07:41:00.001-07:00

Glamor Photography By Dale Frazier Photography
Images from a previous Portfolio Session.
Thanks for Stopping by to see our work.
DFP

Sunday Morning Flower

2009-08-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday to everyone..
DFP

Dale Frazier Photography 2009

2009-08-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

I want to thank you for visiting my blog.

We will be posting images and updates about our business on this blog.

If you have not signed up for our news letter I would encourage you to do so. Ali will have upcoming events and discounts on the monthly news letters.

Thanks again for stopping by to check out our new blog.
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