Denise Saenz Photography

08/16/2020

We went to Amarillo last weekend to see what was there. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

08/03/2020

Here are some pictures I took today in Flower Mound. Please let me know if you are interested in setting up a photo shoot with me via PM. Thank you for looking!

07/31/2020

COVID is got me going crazy trying to think of projects to do. To get myself out of the house and do more photography, I started a project called little towns. There are a lot of cities up here that got sucked into the vortex of Dallas. Something I enjoy doing is going to all of the old downtown areas of our cities. Of course, this morning I will start with McKinney. These are pictures inspired by the song "Paint it Black" by the rolling stones. Any red doors in the set are included.

**Disclosure for my McKinney folk: I took the picture of Throckmorton not to show my agreement or disagreement with the sign argument. It is something that is going on. Look to the description for more info.

07/26/2020

Last night we had an adventure and went out to Cranfill's Gap Rocky Church to take pictures of Neowise. As usual, my wondering eye caught things other than the church or neowise. A spooky Norweigan Descendants of Cranfill's Gap St. Olaf Kierk *or something like the last word* Cemetery. Also, a creepy and spooky chair!

BTW, did you notice, St. Olaf is REAL!

This is an example of night photography. This is one of my favorite types of photography. Its not that hard, you just set your camera up on a tripod, go to manual settings, set to like 30 second shutter open. The shutter speed is the rate at which the shutter lets light in to the sensor on your camera processor. *used to be the film*

So when you do this, you're keeping the shutter open to absorb light at whatever rate you set your other settings. If you have seen those pictures with the streaks in them?

The cool thing I love about night photography, is if you keep your shutter open long enough, night turns into day. Its the coolest. There are many other cool things you can do, like get pictures of the Milky Way.

Now, when I said earlier that its easy, if you have the right equipment and you know how to use those settings. I was a bit handicapped last night due to my not knowing my new-ish camera very well. Then, I didn't trust my gut. These new cameras.. they work like a reverse JPEG. It's not taking information out of the file, it's filling in where it thinks you need it. So some of the pictures start looking light paintings. Which, I don't terribly mind.. ok, I hate it. The reason I should have trusted my gut is I knew better than to turn up my ISO really high. Because the length of time the light hits the sensor, it has to do with *what* you're taking a picture, too. Stars are no good for this. because the earth is moving. So I didn't always need such a high ISO, or "Film Speed".

Digital makes night photography a little harder because of that, too. I would think film will be a better medium. That's hard to find now a days! I had these pics downloaded onto my phone with my camera's WIFI in no time after we got home... but then I sat here on my old desktop this morning. LOL

Anyway, these are ok, but I can't wait to go out somewhere cool again soon.

07/26/2020

These are examples of my product photography. If there is anything you need to sell on eBay or just take pictures of that is a product or "still life", just dm me and we'll talk.

07/10/2020

https://denisesaenzphotography.pixieset.com/graffitipictures/

The Graffiti Pictures from Thursday! If you're interested in a session, there is a $25 sitting fee and we can discuss price for a CD or per picture. It's a fun time!

Photo collection by Denise Saenz Photography

06/29/2020

Here is an example of basic retouching. Contact me today for a quote!

06/29/2020

Need a photo retouched? Have any old pictures you would like restored? Not only am I a photographer, I'm the Queen of Photoshop! PM me and I will give you a quote.

06/27/2020

Sunflower Field, Allen, TX

Assortment of Landscape Photography

06/26/2020

If you would like to purchase a landscape photo, please let me know. I can order a print for you, frame it or mount it, too. I can also print it in black and white. Message me for more info.