Looking at one photograph at a time
Fishing (from the series A Sideways Glance) An image made earlier in the week, but I have fine tuned it today for this post. I enjoy flyfishing and as many times as I have driven by the dinky associated man-made lake that this rock sign is beckoning the passing drivers to, I have never had any inclinication... Continue Reading →
Entrance (from the series Insomnia: Hotel Noir) I have decided to end my every Friday blog post ArtBiz101 series for a number of reasons. First, I was finding that I was spending more time on researching the material for this series, which was taking away time from my own art projects. I had flirted with the idea that... Continue Reading →
Tired Bones Just a quick note that the Orange County Mueseum of Art (OCMA) on-line art auction will be stopping in about 4 hours. My print above, Tired Bones, is currently in the top ten of the on-line bid items. The live auction will be tomorrow afternoon. Nice opportunity to obtain an archivally printed, matted and framed... Continue Reading →
Four Palms (from the series: A Sideways Glance)
Unintended consequences are simply those things that occur that you had not anticipated when making your decision. My series Bad Trip - Sad Trip, which this image is from, is all about unitended consequences. When I was making the transition to digital image capture (sounds more exotic than just saying photography), what I had not anticipated was... Continue Reading →
Freeway Signs and Hilltop Home (From the series: A Sideways Glance) Following up on yesterdays thought, I have noticed another subtle change as I have gone digital. In the past, with a new lens, camera or other photographic gear, I would do a "dry run" evaluation. That is I would initially use the new equipment withou film... Continue Reading →
As I slowly changed my workflow from film to digital, I realize the incremental changes, but I was not aware that I had "gone to the other side" in a manner of speaking. I still have my Nikkor enlargeing lens (no enlarger), all of my Canon 35mm cameras & ton of lens (non-EOS), which I have not used in years. ... Continue Reading →
Working home office, I-15 (from the series: A Sideways Glance) I have recovered enough from my viral infection to be back on the road again and to take up working on this series. Yesterday was more of a survival day on the road, least I worry about this series. But hopefully I was doing more observing than... Continue Reading →
I have been thinking about the Fill Light option in ACR 4 and that option along with the rest of the RAW conversion options essentially provides the ability to expand and contract the "development" of individual images. In Zone System speak, that would be both a N+1 and a N-1 development (and greater) of the same image. Now that... Continue Reading →
Earlier I had discussed this image and felt that I was going to create a composite image by adding another RAW conversion image to open up the shadow area. Since then I read Doug Plummer's blog about using the Fill Light function with the RAW conversion of ACR 4.1. In checking back with my CS3 book by Martin... Continue Reading →
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