The Power of Black and White Photography

Wanna know how to harness the power of black and white photography to tell better stories with your portraits? Looking for ways to better connect with the people you’re shooting? Watch the video below for a very special portrait session that Jason conducted with an old man named Wiley from Turkey Creek, Florida.

This video is about the power of black and white photography with portraits and how it has the ability to remove distractions and help you see right into the subject that you are capturing. Jason also discusses the power that photography has to help bring people together and how that is a critical trait for any successful photographer to develop.

Below are images taken at the shoot with the Sony 100mm STF G Master lens

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Below are images that Jason took using the Sigma 20mm Art Lens

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All images were taken using the Sony A9 with a 600 watt second monolight using a 48 inch octabox.

**Links to Gear:

*Sony A9- https://bhpho.to/31qNTlv

*Sony 100mm STF- https://bhpho.to/2HTv9oT

*Sigma 20mm Art Lens- https://bhpho.to/2EUkyrY

**Links to Social Media:

*Website- www.jasonlanier.com

*Instagram- www.instagram.com/jasonlanierphotography

*Youtube- www.youtube.com/jasonlanierpros

A big thanks to Wiley with Gillespie Auto Parts for doing the shoot. Also so appreciative of Anthony Schick and Artemus Burton for their help in making this shoot happen. You can find links to their Instagram accounts below:

https://www.instagram.com/anthonyschickphotography

https://www.instagram.com/artemus_burton_photos/

Thank you for taking the time to watch this video. We truly hope you found it to be useful and hope you stick around to watch a few more!

Thanks,

Jason Lanier Photography

Giving Way to Nature...

This image was taken in Scotland on a small lake that I found off of a country road.  I love how the dock isn't completely submerged in the water, and that it's tilting.  Almost as if the lake is taking the dock back into it's grasp one step at a time. Scotland truly is amazing...if you haven't gone, add it to the bucket list...:)

Next Workshop: Las Vegas immediately after WPPI

Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/100 sec at f/4.0, 16mm at ISO 125, flash did not fire.  Taken at 3:02pm on January 5, 2013 by Jason Lanier.

Martin Luther King Memorial Inauguration Morning

This image was taken inauguration morning in Washington DC at the Martin Luther King Memorial.  Due to the time of the morning the sun was coming in and lighting the face of the memorial which gave it some great contrast between the face and the sides of the memorial.  It was a VERY cold morning, but I'm glad we made the trip because it was awesome to be there for history.  

Next Workshops:

http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1864370877

Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/1000 sec at f/4.0, 35mm at ISO 100, no flash.  Taken by Jason Lanier at 11:14am on January 21, 2013.