Professional website and some other photos

Last week I took the leap and created a professional website using SmugMug.com. They make it really easy to create a site that looks good and will allow me to showcase and sell some of my photography. I am starting slowly but feel I have come a long way even in the 7 months that I have been doing this blog.

My website can be found at http://amyrmillerphotography.smugmug.com

I plan on placing my best work on that site and using my blog to feature and talk about things that I am learning and trying . Thanks as always for viewing my photos and sharing my journey with me.

Last weekend I was privileged to attend and photograph a Wudang Tai Chi Sword tournament with some of my fellow martial artists. I took lots and lots of photos because I have had much practice with motion photography. I used the shutter priority setting on my camera. Using that let me have control of the shutter speed (so I could make it faster) while the camera compensated for all the other settings. The lighting in the school was ok but I didn't have the time to really meter it or adjust for all the movement of the competitors. It was a great learning experience for me. Here are some of my favorite shots from the tournament

There was some pretty intense competition and all of them were skilled and very athletic. I am happy that I was able to get these shots that show the motion while still letting you see the wooden swords and the concentration on the faces

Angel and Ryan 

Francis and Evan

Jason and Jay

Eric and Matt 

Mike and Ceri

Francis and Angel

Ceri and Eric 

Jason and Francis 

Francis and Ceri

Jason and Ceri

Angel and Francis 

Ryan and Evan 

Angel and Francis

Mike and Ryan 

Evan and Ceri

Jay and Francis 

Angel and Eric 

There were lots of exciting matches and it was a privilege to be part of it. Learning and growing all the time and who knows maybe I will try my hand at sports photography in the future :)