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John Kanabay
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Contact by jansenphoto (Dutch goes the photo) Making contact… Action photography often means shooting in shutter priority mode which in many cases means a high shutter speed to freeze the action. In 2011, my kids competed in the New Jersey Martial Arts Alliance (NJMAA) Invitational Championships. I showed up at the event with my Nikon D40 and my trusty Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 and Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 VR. With the yellowish subdued lighting in the North Hunterdon High…
John Kanabay is the Founder of Kickside Martial Arts, Co-Founder of NJMAA, International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) World Breaking Champion 2016, and North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA) World Top 10 Black Belt 2015 in Martial Arts. I met John Kanabay over 11 years ago when my kids signed up for Tae Kwon Do classes at his school in Skillman. The kids had seen him and some of his students perform at the Orchard Hill Elementary School cultural night. It…
I’ve had my Nikon D40 for about three years. In that time, I’ve photographed insects, buildings and landscapes, thousands of flowers, people, birthdays and wedding and a few sporting events. All of these have been mostly shot in one of the programmed “auto” modes of my camera. I started in full auto mode, and as my knowledge and experience expanded, I’ve used some of the more “manual” settings such as aperture and shutter priority. Since I don’t like the way,…
