September 18, 2008 The cloud and haze of my head cold has lifted and I find myself able to think clearly for the first time in several days…almost a week. With the fervor and excitement of the 5D Mark II hitting the blogosphere, and the requisite discussions now settling to a dull roar, it’s time to get back ...
Tags: Pictures, potd, web links, What's this?tutorial September 16, 2008 Today is the latest installment of the Geographic Composition series from Jason Moore, noted photographer and Photoshop Pro over on his blog. I had the privilege of being a contributing participant again, so in lieu of the typical tutorial that is associated with Tuesday postings, here is the shot that I shared in the Geographic ...
Tags: Geographic Composition, potdtutorial September 11, 2008 Earlier this week I talked about various ways to decrease noise in your images. While preventing and removing noise is something we typically do like to address in our work flow – there is also the flip side where noise or grain can enhance the quality of a print. All one has to look at ...
Tags: black and white, color, grain, noise, potdtutorial September 10, 2008 Nothing fancy today – just something to whet your creativity – can you guess what this is? It took me a while to dig through my archive of images to find one that I could crop this way and effectively not give it away. The winner….well, wins! Good luck to all, happy shooting, and we’ll ...
Tags: Creativity, photography, potd, What's this?tutorial September 3, 2008 Last week, I missed the 9th edition of “What’s This?”. On Wednesday the rather long previous day left me without the time to prepare for it, and on Thursday I was wrapped up in the Firmware Upgrade posting, that the weekly “What’s This?” just plain slipped my mind – like Denny Crane from Boston Legal, ...
Tags: photography, potd, What's this?tutorial September 1, 2008 Went out this evening and caught a few nice ones. I’ll upload to the Flickr photo stream tomorrow evening with the weekly tutorial (upgrading your firmware – make sure you tune in for that – raw recording, no re-takes allowed!). But, in the mean time, here’s a teaser pic (probably the best one from the ...
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