Category Archives: Cameras and Gear

General posts about cameras and gear I have used or intend to use

Wedding at Marriott Resort and Spa, Myrtle Beach

By Ryan Smith | Published: June 23, 2010
Here are a few of the pictures from my wedding this past Sunday at the Marriott Resort and Spa at The Grande Dunes near the ocean in Myrtle Beach, that’s a long name for a location. The weather actually turned out to be perfect for the wedding. This couple was very easy to work with, [...]
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Love the 70-200

By Ryan Smith | Published: April 15, 2010
I’ve included some images below from last weekend’s wedding up in North Myrtle Beach that feature use of the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 lens.  The Nikon 24-70 f2.8 that I probably do 90% of my photography with is one of the best lenses ever made, however there is just something special about the 70-200 f2.8, when [...]
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Making a professional portrait using shallow depth of field

By Ryan Smith | Published: February 28, 2010
This picture might look a bit crazy, but I just wanted to point out how using a shallow depth of field can make a much more dramatic image.  The reason I decided to blog this, I had a client the other day asking me why in my pictures the background is really blurry and some [...]
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Backup strategies for the wedding photographer

By Ryan Smith | Published: February 28, 2010
I just thought I would post some thoughts on things I’ve learned over the past couple of years about backup strategies. This is what seems to work very well for me. When I first heard the saying, “A file doesn’t exist unless it is in 3 places” I thought that was overkill. But that is [...]
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