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How I shot Lightning!

August 12, 2009 6 Comments

Today the post is going to revolve more around a set of photos I took the other day – you see while en route back to the house, I noticed that the clouds were passing over the mountains and the sun was starting to set.  It had the makings for a really nice sunset.  Never ...

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A video short on HDR and bracketing

May 28, 2009 6 Comments

One of the more popular posts here on the blog has been two that consisted of explanations on how to bracket multiple exposures in camera in order to capture a wider range of exposure values than is typically permitted in a single frame.  Typically, these various exposures are then seamed together in some editor like ...

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Experimenting with Photomatix and HDR

April 20, 2009 7 Comments

For a while now I’ve been meaning to devote some time to experimenting with HDR – specifically comparing Photomatix and Photoshop in their production of HDR photographs.  The industry preference toward the former is there for a very good reason.  Photomatix produces much better results.  Just look at this final shot (be sure to click ...

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Setting bracketing exposures – shutter priority

March 4, 2009 14 Comments

As promised yesterday, today I will be talking about bracketing your exposures based on shutter priority.  After a couple comments yesterday that it seemed unusual to bracket on aperture rather than shutter speed, I felt that in this companion post I should acknowledge that, it is.  The reason for the post?  One of the downsides ...

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HDR, Web links, and a podcast!

February 23, 2009 3 Comments

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 ...

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The Best Camera…

Repeat after me…is the one you have with you! While traveling recently (my DSLR is just too bulky for...

What Would You Do?

When traveling recently, I decided to take along my tripod, mount, and video camera to record the training trip...

Some Non-Photo Tips for Photographing Motorsports

Guest post by Joe Farace Some of following suggestions about photographing any kind of motorsport event may seem obvious...

Time to Get Away

Every once and a while to get the creative juices flowing, take a mental health day, or even to...

Wordless Wednesday #011: Charleston Row