You might know by now that I’m not a big fan of blindly adopting the use of plug-ins for Photoshop. A lot of the times, I find the plug-ins too expensive, and not as flexible as simply learning the steps to achieve the same effects within Photoshop. That being said, of course there is a [...]
I’ve spent some time using the cut out shapes from black paper on my lens over the past few days. Also, in reading about the technique I’ve come across some different terminology regarding what exactly this technique is called. For me the most important thing at this point, is to try to get the images [...]
I’ve seen a few pictures where the lights had been transformed into fun shapes, and I became curious to see how you could do that. The following is what I came out with on my first night trying this effect. These are the results of my experiments:
The other day, I was taking photos at my daughter’s school for Grandparent’s day. Some of the compositions were sweet and natural, with children happily working on their art work while their grandparents stood nearby. And because I can not resist the beauty of a child’s eyes, a good deal of the photos had the [...]
1. When shooting random individuals on the street, give yourself extra time to chat with them. You’ll be just as fascinated with the tidbits of life handed to you verbally as you will with the images. 2. If you find yourself driving down a one way lane that ends with a sign “Private Property: Guard [...]
Ever have that awesome picture you just have to take, but don’t because of poor lighting will stretch the limits of your high ISO noise to pain tolerance ratio? Using Noise Reduction plug ins for Photoshop can leave your images not crisp, requiring some manual sharpening or masking. Besides, they cost money. Photoshop CS, in [...]
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And in the case of, The Art of People Photography: Inspiring Techniques for Creative Results . They’d be completely right. The book’s cover is great. Perhaps the title is just wrong, if it were to be called ‘Quick Post Shot Techniques for Unique Portraits’ the content might match more closely with the description. Maybe I’m [...]
Thankfully someone somewhere had a question that they couldn’t answer and some helpful soul directed the individual to this site: Ken Rockwell The Following is a direct quote from his site. I quote it here for my own quick reference and to help you get right to it. PLEASE if you enjoy Ken Rockwell’s site, [...]
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. Dante (Inferno XXI, 87) My first lesson in a seminar for my brand new D300 (up until this time, I was shooting with my D70). The D300 offers many more options, and in different place then the D70. I figured a good class would be a [...]
