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Feb, 2016

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The tallest building in Milwaukee towers over the city and into the clouds.

On my walk home from work, I found myself walking toward the light.

My grandma was saying her final goodbyes to my grandpa. She set her hand on his. I think of that moment every time I think about life, love and loss.

Two boxers trade punches to the face at the exact same time.

Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in one of the staircases at the Capital Building in Madison, WI.

Time

This was mid-day. And though the it was shot indoors, the time of day was a big part of how this photo turned out.

Lighting

Anyone who's been in this building knows how huge and beautiful the domed ceiling is. Part of what made this photo so awesome was that the dirty windows softened the daylight shining down through the ceiling windows. The rays lit up the staircases like it was the stairway to heaven.

Equipment

For this shoot, the only equipment I had was my Fuji x100. It was my daily camera that I take with me everywhere. I now have an x100t, which I treat the same way.

Inspiration

My friend in this photo just got this new, beautiful Oliday camera bag. She wanted to take advantage of one of those instagram deals where if you take a photo of it in real life, you can get a discount. So with the equipment I had on me, we set out to try to make something blog-worthy.

Editing

Very little post-processing. The beautiful thing about fuji camera is that their in-camera processor is one of the best in the industry. So much so that the JPEGs are often better than the RAW even with auto-white balance. I made her jeans darker, added a light vignette and straightened the photos so that the horizon line was even. But what you see here is almost exactly what I saw in real life.

In my camera bag

It really depends on the shoot. My daily set-up is very different from my planned shoots. Sometimes I carry up to a mobile studio complete with multiple bodies, lights, and more. Other times it's a single body with multiple primes. But as this is my daily bag, it's just my x100t — the purest form of photography.

Feedback

Keep your eyes out for interesting leading lines, framing, or spotlights —even if it's completely boring to the naked eye. Photography is often the art of what you don't include the frame. So what you see through your camera can be even more interesting that what you see in real life.

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