One of my favorite things to attend is an airshow.  This year's NAS Oceana Airshow was my first as a Veteran and it certainly brought back a lot of great memories on top of providing an opportunity to capture some great photos.

Preparing for a photo session can be a little stressful and overwhelming, this is especially true if the photo session is for your whole family!  With a little planning and preparation there's no need to get stressed, and you'll be able to better enjoy your session!

To help you out and hopefully reduce your stress, I've put together some tips and resources to get you, and your family, prepared for your photo session.

Freelensing, have you heard this term before?

Over the years, I've heard the term more than a few times. I knew what it was, but I'd never experimented with it before, that is until the other night.

Freelensing is a technique of taking photos where the lens is not firmly mounted to the camera. By not mounting the lens to the camera, focusing is accomplished by moving the lens in or out and tilting the lens until the portion of the image you want is in focus. Also, by not mounting the lens on the camera you lose the ability to control the lens's aperture, but you introduce a very cool effect and have the added benefit of achieving in camera light leaks.

So the other night I was sitting with my son as he took a bath, as I often do. He was content playing in his bubbles by himself, so I took the time to break out the camera with the hopes of catching him doing something totally silly. As I sat there with my 50mm f1.4 lens mounted on the camera, he was being mostly subdued in his bath antics and I was a little bored, so I decided on the spot to try my hand a freelensing.