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An Interview with Rural Life Photography: Music

20 Monday Feb 2017

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In January we had the theme music and we received such great images on the theme.  This month Katherine of Cobert Photography chose Mike Wade’s image to be the guest feature. You can find Mike at Rural Life Photography.  We loved his image and it reminded us of a great jam session among friends.   I took some time to connect with Mike to learn a little bit  more about him.

Tell us a bit about yourself?  and  Are you a hobbyist or a pro?

I’m Mike Wade from Rural Life Photography and an avid hobbyist. I have been doing photography for about 5 years. I started my photography journey about a year after separating from the United States Navy and just before my son Bennett was born. Early on I didn’t know what type of photography I wanted to focus on, but once Bennett was born, I became drawn to documenting his life.

 

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I took this shot of my youngest son standing on our backyard fence with the 135F2.  I instantly was attracted to the tack sharp focus and the narrow depth of field.  In addition, I loved how the fence line leads you in to the subject.

 

Tell us a bit about your photography gear.  What is the lens do you not have but you  desire to have the most?

I’m a Canon shooter and currently shoot with the 6D. However, I hope to upgrade to the 5D Mk4 in the next year. I own several lenses but prefer to use either the Sigma ART 50 or the Canon 135F2.  On occasion, I do use speedlights in a Wescott Octabox.  The lens I do not have, but really wish I did is the 85mm 1.2.

 

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This was my first successful attempt at capturing a self portrait.  I was in Syracuse airport and saw the gorgeous light coming in from the window and decided to prop up the camera and get in the shot.

 

How did your journey to be a photographer happen?

I mentioned my beginnings earlier but lately I have been really drawn to Street Photography. Those beginnings began about 9 months ago, I travel a significant amount of time for “my day job” and started to miss photographing my boys every day. With that, I started exploring the cities that I travel to and photographing interesting things that I came across.

 

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I took this photo on a recent trip to Dallas, TX.  As I walked around downtown, I noticed a group of sharply dressed men waiting for a cab  I stealthly approached and began to snap a few photographs.  This is the exact moment that one of the gentlemen busted me.

 

Who inspires you?

I could make a list a mile long but I’ll try and keep it short.

Sandi Harkness from Sandi Harkness Photography inspires me with her exceptional warm and high contrast images.

Krystal Weir from Krystal Weir Photography  has moved me to use Off Camera Flash more.

Finally, Kristina from Hello Olivia Photography  has pushed me in every way to become a better photographer.

 

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I love photographing my boys together but because they are 2 and 4 years old it can be difficult.  I have found that bath time is the best time to ensure that they don’t run away from the camera.

 

What advice would you share to the aspirants in this field?

Learn to use the camera that you have and create compelling photographs before shelling out thousands of dollars on equipment and editing tutorials. I wish I would have gotten this advice 5 years ago because I wasted a ton of money I things that I didn’t need or wasn’t ready for just yet.

 

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This shot was taken on the way home from the grocery store.  I saw this awesome field next to the lake and decided to pull over for a few shots.  Once we were done, while I was putting my youngest in his car seat, I noticed the sun setting behind my 4 year old.

 

One thing that you have learnt as a photographer over the years?

Photography has really opened my eyes to observation. Like most people, I used to stroll through an area and rarely pay attention to the artistic details. However, in the last few years I have found interesting photograph opportunities in some of the most mundane of places. Photography has taught me to SEE.

 

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I took this photograph in December 2016 while staying at the Hotel Syracuse.  The hotel is amazing and on Friday and Saturday they have a pianist in the evening.  I decided to photograph the pianist as he played for the guests.  Turns out this gentleman was really well known in the area and even had his own morning show during the 1970’s.  I was lucky enough to have a local photographer print and frame this photograph prior to leaving Syracuse.  A few days before Christmas I delivered prints to him.

 

If you are interested in seeing lifestyle, travel and street photography, I would encourage you to check out Mike’s facebook page.  You will love it.

Share Six has the theme Shadows for the month of February.  Join us on our Facebook page or our Instagram  (#sharesix_shadows) page and share your images for the theme Shadows.

Look out for the change in themes on March 6th.  We have some exciting news to share with the launch of that blog theme.

Guest Highlight: January 2017: Music

13 Monday Feb 2017

Posted by sharingsix in Music

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Cobert Photography, KG Ledbetter Photography, Kim Sidwell Photography, Music, Roots and Twigs Photography, sharesix, sharesix_music

We loved the music theme and we got some amazing images on Facebook and Instagram. The selection is so great and it is really hard to chose only 5 images.  We had some awesome senior shots, jam sessions, guitar and piano sessions, some amazing street photography, macros, and some great dance sessions.  Thank you for continually posting and helping us to make this such an amazing group.

Katherine of Cobert Photography chose the image  to be the guest highlight this month. Congratulations Mike Wade of Rural Life Photography for your street jam session.  We loved it.  What Katherine had to say about your image was that she felt like she could hear the music by looking at your image.  Well done!!

Click on the image to go to Mike’s facebook page.  Don’t forget to like it and leave him some love.

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Rural Life Photography

 

The blog team each chose an image and they are here below in no particular order. Click on the images to link to the photographers Facebook page.  Go and like them, show them some love, you will enjoy seeing their images in your feed. Congratulations to you all.

 

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Shannon Kathleen Photography

 

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Jamie Cramble Photography

 

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Earth Angels Photography

 

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Megan Dwyer Photography

 

 

Instagram has been so active as well that we wanted to take time to share some images from there as well.  Moving forward we will be highlighting 4 images a month from Instagram.  We hope you love them as much as we do.  Click on the image to get to the Instagram Share Six page

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Top Left:  @staceymarkelphoto

Top Right:  @amanda_reed_photography

Bottom Left:  @briandphoto

Bottom Right:  @mel_valiante

 

Lastly, we have the blog contributors share for the theme Music  for the month of January.  If you have not visited their Facebook page and liked them we encourage you to do so.

 

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Sharleen Stuart Photography

 

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Cobert Photography

 

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KG Ledbetter Photograpy

 

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Roots and Twigs Photography

 

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Kim Sidwell Photography

 

For the rest of the month of  February and up until March 5th the theme is “Shadows”

We look forward to seeing your images on the topic shadows on our Facebook page and our Instagram page.  Don’t forget to tag the Instagram posts with #sharesix_shadows. Each month we feature one artist on our Facebook and Webpage banner.  We will also do an interview with the featured artist and invited them to blog with us in the following period, so share your images to be a part of this opportunity.

 

Look out for the new theme on March 6.

January 2017: Music

06 Friday Jan 2017

Posted by sharingsix in Blog Group Contribution, Music

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Cobert Photography, KG Ledbetter Photography, Kim Sidwell Photography, Music, Roots and Twigs Photography, sharesix, sharesix_music

Happy New Year to you all.  We hope that 2017 will be filled with special moments, and lots of opportunities to take photographs.  Please remember to come back and share with us on the monthly theme.

January is starting off on a lively note, and Katherine of Cobert Photography chose this months theme MUSIC.  

Here are her reasons why she chose this theme:

Music has been near and dear to my heart since I was little. It has been woven into the tapestry of my memories….from sitting in the pew as a little girl listening to my aunt sing harmony, to the weekly piano lessons my grandma gifted me with, to the evenings spent listening to classical cds with my dad, to my very first job as an organist at my church at 15 years old. Music courses through my veins. It was my first love.

To view the Share Six photographers blogs you can click on each image or you can click on the first image and move from the first blog to the second by clicking on the link on the page that you are reading.

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Cobert Photography

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Sharleen N Stuart Photography

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Kim Sidwell Photography

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KG Ledbetter Photography

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Roots and Twigs Photography

 

For the rest of the month of January and up until February 5th the theme is Music.

We look forward to seeing your images on the topic music on our Facebook page and our Instagram Page.  Don’t forget to tag the Instagram posts with #sharesix_music. Each month we feature one artist on our Facebook and Webpage banner.  We will also do an interview with the featured artist and invited them to blog with us in the following period, so share your images to be a part of this opportunity.

Look out for the new theme on February 6.

 

 

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