Potato + Flashlight + Incense = Smoke Art This little experiment was SO MUCH FUN! I hope you enjoy the images, they're different :) I used incense sticks stuck in a baked potato, a black matte board behind it, and a flashlight to shine light on the smoke in order to create these images. T
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03/03/2010
Best LCD Monitors for Photography I have a photographer friend who is in the market for a new monitor. You might know her, Ms. Gail McMillan :) I really had not considered the effect of a lousy monitor on viewing photos until: I had quite a shock yesterday when I opened my most recent post on
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03/02/2010
Catch Light - Specular Highlights in Photography Specular highlights are the bright spots of light found on shiny objects when lit by a light source. Catch light refers to that specular highlight in the eye of the subject. It can come from a natural source, such as the sun, or from a flash or
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02/28/2010
"If Your Pictures Aren't Good Enough, You're Not Close Enough" - Robert Capa Robert Capa was a legendary wartime photojournalist born Andre Friedmann, in Hungary in 1913. His assignments took him all over the war torn world in the years between the 1930's and the 1950's. He lost his life, ironi
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02/26/2010
What's In YOUR Backyard? OK, I decided to stop whining about the weather, and go out and try to make it work for me. It was 17 degrees, with a light snow and the sun came out for a little while, so I went out to my backyard (bravely, I thought) to fool around and see what I could do to alleviat
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02/24/2010
Basic Image Post Processing Workflow In Photoshop I have written a few tutorials on different methods for optimizing images in past posts, but lately have gotten a few questions on the subject. I do not mind at all sharing my methods and ideas with others that want to learn more about optimizing
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02/22/2010
Kool Kats From The Kalahari Meerkats, of course! These rambunctious little creatures are about the size of squirrel, and live in burrows in the Kalahri Desert and in parts of South Africa. They often share their burrows with mongoose, (whose family they are a part of), and ground squirrels.
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02/21/2010
High Dynamic Range Images - Playing with Before and Afters High Dynamic Range Imaging, or HDR, allows for a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest parts of an image. In other words, it allows you create an image that looks alot more like the scene you actually saw, with mor
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02/19/2010
Animals And Emotions Anyone with pets would be hard pressed to say that their animals do not have emotions. But what about animals in the wild? Scientists tell us that wild animals express emotions just as humans do. They may not analyze them as we do, but the experience is the same. In 19
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02/17/2010
Some Crummy Predictions From Economists - No Sugarcoating Here...January of this year showed an increase of 15% over foreclosures in January of last year, and economists claim that while subprime loans were the issue originally, it appears the fastest growing foreclosure sector now is that of h
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02/15/2010