Archive for January, 2009

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822 - Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself

Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog

OK, I can post again. Maybe the police can now read all my passwords, use my credit card and know my secrets, but I’ll be lenient and give it away to them freely
This image was taken Monday evening in a near park on my way [...]

Magic Wand Tool

Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog

You can make selections with a lot of tools like the Pen Tool and Lasso Tools in Photoshop. You can also make a selection with the Magic wand Tool. Have you ever tried it? It can be done.
 

I have cut out the little girl from the original background and put her [...]

Miami Motel - Last One

Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
This is the last one from my visit to the abandoned Miami Motel. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Zone Plate II

Submitted by Howard Grill Blog

Dreamscapes #2
Copyright Howard Grill

I would like to solicit some opinions on this one. I personally enjoy this image as much as the prior zone plate shot. However, when I have shown this to an admittedly small number of people they seem to strongly prefer the previous one. The interesting thing is [...]

Ansel Adams - Quote

Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
“Musicians practice constantly; most photographers do not practice enough. The siren call of the hobby obscures the necessary exactions of art. It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.”
~ Ansel Adams
I agree.

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Recommended Reading

Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
The Peak Condition Project in 2009
Plant Based Muscle Building (link via of IOC)

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The Path

Submitted by Ankush Vimawala Photography Blog

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No Connection

Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Sorry, but Daily sometimes can’t mean daily. Monday I was lazy, and yesterday, when I had my images processed, one for Monday, two for yesterday, my Internet service provider failed. HTTP works, I can read everything, but HTTPS failed upon connecting to any secure server, local as [...]

Filling An Empty Nest

Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
I did a portrait session for this couple from my church a few weeks back. They wanted a portrait made to commemorate an anniversary, and they wanted their little dog included in the portraits. Their children are all grown and off on their own now, so as in many families, a [...]

Active Play

Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Describing photographic style has to be one of the utmost difficult things for me to do. The words I choose have to be specific, detailed, accurate and have to be said simply in a non-jargon language.
Cinematic documentation is the title or phrase that I have been using for the last [...]

Great Training DVD

Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
I’m always buying photography books and on the lookout for good DVDs.  I like the books because I can read them at my leisure.  And if they contain assignments at the end of each chapter that’s even better.  DVDs, on the other hand, can be even better because you can [...]

Pattern Stamp Tool in Photoshop

Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog

You must know about the Clone stamp Tool. I have posted tutorials on it. You will find the Pattern Stamp Tool just below it. Do you know how to use it? You can create marvellous effects with it. You use a number of brushes and layers to create a fantastic effect. [...]

Looking Glass Falls Again

Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Another view of Looking Glass Falls from stream bed level. The view I posted on 12/31/08 was made from higher up on the trail that leads from the parking lot down to the bottom of the falls. Shooting this view is complicated by the constant mist that the wind funnels down [...]

Photo of the Week

Submitted by Craig Photography Blog

Camera: Nikon D70s
Exposure: 0.5 sec (1/2)
Aperture: f/9
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200

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Bryce Canyon Reflections 1

Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
The trip to Southern Utah is starting to yield some results. And while this is still preliminary (that is to say, it hasn’t been proofed yet), this one is a favorite. And, it was just about the first shot I took.

Sunrise at Sunrise Point
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821 - Freezing III

Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog

Today I rose early, more by chance than by plan, and just as the sun went up, I had the sudden urge to dive a little deeper into yesterday’s world of frost and ice, but this time with sunrise colors.
The Image of the Day was taken [...]

820 - Freezing II

Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
 
Today I had lots of little things to do in Klagenfurt, Villach and elsewhere. I got to take some photos though, two from while I was still at home shown here.
I’ve experimented a little with the effect of viewing the world through frosted glass, and I believe [...]

Big Wheels

Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Rear wheels of large off-road dump truck at a rock quarry near Waynesville, NC. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

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Miami Motel Restaurant

Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Although the Miami Motel has been closed for a decade or more, the restaurant remained open until a year or so ago. I remember eating breakfast there around 2002. My report time for work had been changed after I had already left home, so I stopped in for breakfast and to [...]

The Challenge Of Documentary Photography

Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
“OK, so why did John take a picture of a used car lot?” I’m sure some people were asking a similar question as they saw me standing on the side of Patton Avenue in Asheville last Sunday afternoon, aiming my camera at Pineville Imports. What’s more ho-hum than a used car [...]

Craig-Photography 4.0 is launch

Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Craig-Photography 4.0 has officially been launched. Our new site is about active play, transparency and storytelling.
The newest addition to the site is Elizabeth’s wedding blog. The wedding blog’s function is about relationship building and storytelling. Elizabeth brings her love for composition, timing, perseverance and unquestionably her passion for photographing people [...]

A Ten-Step Program for Grad ND Filters

Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
I have a couple of Lee graduated neutral density filters in my camera bag.  I don’t use them very much because I’m kind of an HDR guy.  But the past couple of mornings we’ve had some very clear sunrises and given the location of our home in the Southern California [...]

Zone Plate

Submitted by Howard Grill Blog

Dreamscape #1
Copyright Howard Grill

In my last post entitled “Process”, I wrote about using the LensBaby Optic Swap system with a Zone Plate and mentioned that I would post some photos. This image is the first that I have processed from a series I took about two weeks ago. Some people I [...]

819 - Early In The Morning

Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog

A daily blog getting three entries in 15 hours? Wow, speak about compressing time
This morning I woke up at 3:00am, and instead of sleeping on, I decided to post the already processed image of Wednesday, believing that I’d be back in bed in no time.
Boy, [...]

5 Question Interview Series with David Burke

Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Elizabeth interviewed David Burke, (click her to read the interview).

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