February 18, 2009 Until this last weekend, I had very limited experience with astrophotography. The concepts and techniques of the field are well documented, and I have read several articles on the subject. What this last weekend demonstrated to me, (and what I often tell everyone who reads this blog), is that there is no better way to ...
Tags: astrophotography, exposure, night photography, starscomposition, learning, personal, photography February 17, 2009 A long weekend is always a good thing. When you combine that with the ability to literally “get away from it all”, they are even better. I had the great fortune of being able to secure an idyllic getaway cabin in the mountains of Colorado over this last weekend. We were quite literally cut off ...
Tags: News, no blog, personalNews, no blog, personal February 13, 2009 A Hallmark Holiday will be upon us tomorrow here in the U.S. The flower, chocolate, and teddy bear industries probably generate at least half (if not more) of their annual revenue from this weekend alone. As a photographer, you can take advantage of this in many ways (that’s right, there’s photo ops here too!) Here’s ...
Tags: lists, photography, valentinepersonal, photography, thoughts February 12, 2009 This is an historic day for CB, because our next guest here for the Thursday Thoughts series takes thing to a whole new level of quality information. Our guest this week is none other than Andrew Rodney. He has agreed to carve some time out of his already busy schedule to contribute to the series ...
Tags: Andrew Rodney, color management, Interview, photography, thursday thoughtsArticles, composition, education, Interview, Lightroom, photography February 11, 2009 How many times have you seen a picture where it just made you say “WOW! I wish I could capture something like that!” And, you ask the person, “How’d you get that shot?” Typically you’ll get an answer like “Just got lucky I guess.” Well, I am not sure I buy into that. Does luck ...
Tags: composition, list, Pictures, technique, tipscomposition, education, learning, lists, photography, technical, thoughts February 10, 2009 Ever get the feeling that you are spending too much time at the computer, but you still are thirsting for knowledge? Well, for those of us that grew up before then internet, we had these great things called books! It goes without saying that there are literally thousands of books about photography, both film and ...
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