Category Archives: Photography

A New Tutorial

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Craig

I recently posted a new tutorial explaining some of the story behind the photo below. One of the unusual aspects of the photo is that I used a strobe off-camera to light up the tuffa. Without the flash, the tuffa … Continue reading →

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Be Patient, and Good Things will Come to You

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Craig

This time, I’m writing about photography, and patience. The old saying that “good things come to those who wait” is certainly true when applied to taking landscape photos late in the day. Look at the sequence of photos below and … Continue reading →

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Another Reason I Love Digital

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Craig

One of the aspects of digital that I really like is that as the tools get better, you can go back to your older images and re-processes them with new software. The image below is a good example. I took … Continue reading →

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Are We Making Automatic Photography Too Hard?

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Craig

The other day, I watched another of the seemingly endless videos teaching how to control your automatic exposure camera and TTL flash to get the right balance. I don’t have anything against auto-exposure, or TTL flash. But when I listen … Continue reading →

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Another HDR Example

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Craig

This particular image was taken in December 2009 on Jekyll Island in Georgia. It’s another high dynamic range (HDR) image done with Photoshop CS5’s new HDR Pro. I’ve also included the three separate exposures that were used to create the … Continue reading →

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