Clearing the Vision - Photography by David Moore

01/24/2014

You can't beat a good bit of window light.

12/31/2013

A development this year as I shot a wedding for a friend (tough on your feet, but a lot of fun).

12/04/2013

I don’t normally do engagement or wedding photography, but when my friends Johnny and Sarah asked me if I’d make an exception for them, I happily said yes.

Normally engagement sessions are a way of a photographer and the couple getting to know each other, so that on the wedding day everyone is more comfortable and familiar with each other. Obviously, with friends, that wasn’t going to be an issue, but it was still useful for me to see how Johnny and Sarah were together, and so they could see how I worked and reassure them that amidst everything that goes on during a wedding day, at least they didn’t have to worry about the photographer.

We met in a park off Upper Canyon Road on a lovely Santa Fe summer evening. I worked in a similar way with them as I do with more traditional family sessions – even when I’m posing people and they’re looking straight at the camera, I’m trying to keep them relaxed and comfortable, so the photographs show them as themselves rather than stiff and uncomfortable. Which is much easier when you have an adorable assistant – Johnny’s son D, who loves Sarah at least as much as Johnny does.

As well as capturing Johnny and Sarah as a couple, photographing the inter-relationships between the grown-ups and young D was just as much of a highlight.

11/21/2013

I’m a little behind in my updates (including a wedding – a first for me), so preparing these takes me back to early summer.

A classic family session with a great family – take a mum, a dad, two boys and a little sister, put them in a park, and tell the boys not to run around too much until they get their photos taken by the nice man.

The boys were patient for the the group shots – which I tend to do first when kids’ concentration and enthusiasm is still up – and then they enjoyed themselves on the swings and in the park as I stayed to get more images as they got to relax a little.

10/29/2013

Make sure your camera is always to hand. Or you'll miss a moment like this.

08/19/2013

Drawing with Flowers
- really enjoying putting the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 through its paces. I'm genuinely impressed with it. Some shots from a engagement session I did over the weekend (that I'll share with you soon) made me all but gasp. Very happy with it.

06/13/2013

This is the second time I've shot these siblings, and it's always great to catch up with kids you know from way back.

01/22/2013

I've been luck enough to have a few images published in newspapers and magazines recently - here's an update from my site for the editorial work I do:

Santa Fe, New Mexico Web Design, Multimedia, Photographer David Moore - Clearing the Vision.

01/15/2013

I review the Olympus OM-D E-M5, the micro 4/3rds camera that's getting lots of attention. It's much easier to live with than the Fuji X-Pro1 I used to have:

Olympus OM-D EM-5 Review - Small and Mighty. How

01/11/2013

Imperial beauty, from my Santa Fe wanderings… » http://ow.ly/gIzTu

01/07/2013

Just launched - my new video interview series where I talk to a working photographer about two of their own images, and two they admire from other photographers. First up, environmental and documentary photographer Dave Walsh. We discuss, amongst other things, the difference between what a photograph is of and what it's about. Take a watch and let me now what you think.

Video interview with environmental and documentary photographer Dave Walsh, discussing his work and work by Stephan Vanfleteren and Joel Sternfeld.

12/31/2012

Happy New Year, everyone. I'm off to my last shoot of the year - 7 grown-ups, four kids and three dogs. Wish me luck.