Allow me to introduce you to a photo site that most people have never heard of: photo.stackexchange.com. How do I know people haven’t heard of it? Just a hunch, of course, but despite some really excellent content, they’re not exactly “going viral” yet. I’ve been a member for a little better than a year now, […]
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The Show Must Go On
If you’ve been watching my gallery and/or Facebook page, you’ll know I’m up to my eyeballs in EAA photos, but I thought this one was interesting because there are a couple of stories wrapped up here. The plane you see flying is a Twin Beech 18 piloted my Matt Younkin. If you do any reading […]
Textures
I came back from a recent trip to Gettysburg, PA with around 1500 photos, most of which were battlefield shots. Although some of these turned out well, most were “shot from the hip”, so they’re fairly unremarkable compared to your typical tourist shots. During the trip, though, we toured the nearby Eisenhower farm, which turned […]
Horizon
This shot was mostly about being in the right place at the right time — and having my camera & tripod in the back of my car. Just before sunset, I was on my way home, and I saw the storm on the right and the sunset up ahead of me, and I just happened […]
Golden Hour
If my last post was about making the most of bad lighting, this is about great lighting. If you read any photography articles, you’ll hear about “golden hour” — the hour just before sunset, or the hour after sunrise. The light at this time of day is great for photography — warm and diffused, without […]
Making the most of bad lighting
A few weeks ago, I went for a hike, and needless to say, I brought my camera along. Although I started my hike fairly early in the morning, it was mid-morning before I knew it, and the sun was shining harshly overhead. Obviously, it was time to pack up the camera until the light got […]
Happy Birthday, USA!
I know fireworks photos are a little cliche, but I’m fairly pleased with how these turned out. I shot all of these on a tripod at somewhere between 3 and 5 seconds’ exposure, and right around f/11 aperture. Post processing in Lightroom to boost contrast, clarity and black levels — this really helped the photos […]
Giving me the Eye
I entered this photo in the photo.stackexchange.com picture of the week contest last week, and quite unexpectedly, it won. I say “unexpectedly” because I considered this a fairly unremarkable photo, but there were a few things that helped it out in this contest, I think. First, it’s a very simple subject, so it’s well-suited to […]
Pseudo-HDR in Lightroom
In an earlier post, I showed how you could synthesize an HDR effect by applying several different exposure settings (in sequence) to a single RAW image. Since I’ve started using Lightroom, I’ve gone back to some of my saved links to look for similar HDR techniques for use in Lightroom. One of these links is […]
Packed away, but not forgotten
When I last visited Slate Run Metro Park, it was January. Snow covered the ground, the house on the historic farm was closed up, and the staff was preparing for maple syrup season. Half a year later, the grounds are humming with insects, the farmhouse is open, and the garden is in bloom. It’s not […]