December’s Desktop Calendar
December free desktop calendar is ready for download! Tomorrow, I’ll be announcing a super cool giveaway just in time for the holidays, so make sure stop back by the blog.
Vision and Voice a Must Read!
I had a chance to read David du Chemin’s “Vision and Voice” over the summer, and I want to tell you folks, I love this book. Also, tomorrow is the big giveaway brought to you by Drobo and yours truly. Make sure to stop by the blog tomorrow for all the easy details. This is going to be one giveaway you won’t want to miss!
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
While in D.C. I of course made the journey to get a glimpse of the White House. There’s only so many ways you can photograph the White House through a fence competing with hordes of people around you, police behind you, and snipers on the roof.
Making of the Image Part 1.
Today’s image is the first in a series dedicated to explaining how I go about selecting and making an image.Tomorrow, I’ll walk you through the processing. I’ll show you the original image and the steps I took to get today’s final version.
Stepping back to observe….
Whenever I visit an area with a ton of tourists I try to step back from the crowd and just observe. I think we miss a lot of photographic opportunities when we just follow along and get lost in the herd.
How to create a sunburst
Ever wanted to know how to create a sunburst? It’s pretty easy and only requires you to change a few setting on the camera.
Understand your Photos with Self Critiques
Self critiquing can be a lot more difficult than critiquing a peer, but I’ll tell you how I handle it. I ask myself what my gut says, how’s the composition, contrast, and subject?
It’s all about good optics
I decided to rent a Canon 85mm and the Carl Zeiss 85mm manual focus. For years, I’ve always focused on the camera body, but now I tend to think more in terms of the optics.
Change your viewpoint
Last week I wrote a post about, “the rule of thirds” and it’s rule of photographic composition. There are many rules to basic composition, but one of my favorites has to be, “changing your viewpoint”. Changing your viewpoint can make an ordinary photo interesting. One of the assignments I give to my online students is [...]
Shoot “low lying fruit”
Sometimes “picking the low lying fruit” isn’t a bad practice. Meaning practice your photography on things that are easy for you to shoot such as your kids, friends or pets.
