February 27, 2009 With February now in the archives, I figured this may be as good a time as any to get a head start on some Spring Cleaning with the blog. The theme I had been using for the last year or two had been getting a little dated, and the designer has not issued any updates ...
Tags: cleaing, maintenance, potd, WTDcomposition, Content, Friday Follies, News, potd February 26, 2009 This week has been a particularly creatively filled one here on the blog: Monday I shared the HDR image workup from last weekend and published the weekly podcast Tuesday had another shot showcasing the benefits of looking all around for ideas (including behind you!) Wednesday was the more detailed explanation of the Lensbaby Composer and ...
Tags: Creativity, food, grapes, potdcomposition, News, personal, photography, potd February 25, 2009 For those of you that are regular podcast listeners, you know I talked recently about the Lensbaby Composer and what it can do for your photos. In the podcast you heard the terms “selective focus” but the term is kind of hard to explain without a visual, so I thought I might be able to ...
Tags: composer, composition, depth of field, DOF, lensbaby, macro, photography, selective focus, sharpness, SLRArticles, composition, learning, News February 24, 2009 We’re always looking forward, upward and downward to find a unique perspective or angle on things – to create something unique and interesting. Well, today, I’ve got an example of how sometimes the interesting shots are behind you! In this particular case, it’s doubly true. This is also from the photo walk out in El ...
Tags: idea, perspective, photography, potd, tipcomposition, Content, personal, photography, potd, tips and tricks February 23, 2009 So, this last weekend I went on the photo meetup group outing for the month of February into Eldorado State Park, south of Boulder, and had many an opportunity to capture some landscape and macro work. Some great views were had and I only hope that they all come out as well as this one ...
Tags: HDR, lensbaby, photography, Photomatix, Photoshop, podcast, potd, processing, web linksAnnouncements, Flickr, Lightroom, News, photography, Photoshop, podcast, potd, web links February 19, 2009 A while back I took Tracy out for an afternon/evening in Denver. I agreed to leave my camera behind, but in case she wanted to catch a moment for posterity’s sake, I grabbed the P&S one she asked for as a Christmas gift. After her initial interest waned in taking pictures, I ended up with ...
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