Archive for April, 2009
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Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
It’s funny: sometimes everything works like a charm, sometimes everything is hard and finally does not satisfy you at all.
Today’s attempts are the meager result of a long walk all through Vienna. I was fetching some printing material, ink and paper from a shop that’s pretty far [...]
Blurring out background
Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog
Sometimes a background may appear distracting as it may divert focus away from the portion of a photo you wish to concntrate on. The best way is to blur out the background. It can be done easily in any version of Photoshop in a few simple steps.
I have taken this image.
And [...]
It’s Not Always Art
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Sometimes, we who are really “into” photography like to think that all of our photographs are, or should be, “art”. We take pride in our work, and put much effort into making our images as interesting and pleasing to the eye as we can. However, if we’re not careful, we can [...]
Flujo
Submitted by Ankush Vimawala Photography Blog
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921 - Baby I’m A Fool
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
I promised you more of yesterday’s images, and here is a whole bunch of them:
Well, sometimes I think I should simply break the rules and call it SoFoBoMo, regardless of date. All these images, yesterday’s and today’s were shot with the Sigma 70/2.8, a stellar lens if [...]
Encinitas Street Faire - April 25-26, 2009
Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
We’ll be at the Encinitas Street Faire this weekend. Come on down. The weather should be great and there’s good food to boot. I’ll be in space 619. That’s on Coast Highway 101 between E and F Street. Print this post and bring it along to receive an additional 10% [...]
Mountain Church
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
On one of my weekly visits to my favorite used book store, I picked up a photo book of old wooden churches photographed in B&W. When I saw this church, St. Matthew’s near Todd, NC, I had to stop. More eye rolls from my oldest daughter who was with me, but [...]
Epson 7900 Experience - Tech Support Response
Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
As I mentioned in my last post, one of the major problems I have been having with my new Epson 7900 has been what I described as ’scuffing’ of the deep blacks on third party media. This consists of lighter, whitish, linear areas of lower ink density in the direction of [...]
Photo of the Week
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
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Moment
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Current Reading: The Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua Cooper Ramo
Current Music: LotusFlo3r by Prince
Smells: Paint & dust
Mood: Excited
Sounds: Printer
Temperature: 54 degrees & raining
Thoughts: Think like a gardener. (Applicable everywhere)
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Photographing Trillium - Cover Your Ears
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
White trillium are by far the most common, but you can usually find a few pink ones mixed in. I found this one in the middle of a large patch of white trillium in Smoky Mountain National Park.
The relatively large bloom and leaves are suspended on a delicate stalk, and as [...]
Tanned Look
Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog
You can given a tanned look to your image or even a whacky one or you can increase its richness. Do what you will in any version of Photoshop. All you need is a couple of layers, the Erazer and Brush Tool basically.
This is the photo I have chosen.
The tanned look.
And [...]
920 - Near To You
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Yesterday I shot more images than this one. Many more. I may add some of them to the next entry, but for now I need to go to work.
If today were SoFoBoMo, this would be the kind of images to go into “Urban Dream II”.
The Song of [...]
919 - Good Start, Bad Finish
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Weather forecasting is still not an exact thing, even when it’s only for two days, but by and large the margins of error diminish. The promised rain has finally got us today.
The sunrise was OK, even quite beautiful, I might say, but from then on the [...]
918 - Sitting On Top Of The World
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Saturday was a particularly beautiful day in Carinthia. In fact it was much more beautiful than the weather report had predicted.
We drove down to Klagenfurt to find some furniture for the balcony. The idea was to enter the new IKEA shop, choose from the infinite variety, [...]
917 - Take Care Of All Of My Children
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
Yesterday was a sad day. We have experienced a terrible blow to democracy.
I am Austrian, not German, but I can’t say that I’m unaffected by what happens in Germany. Normally everything repeats here as well - with a little delay, but it certainly does.
What has happened, you [...]
“The Photographer as Artist” Presentation
Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
This afternoon I was honored to present “The Photographer as Artist” to about 55 members of the Newport Beach arts community. The talk was hosted by the Newport Beach Arts Foundation. The presentation was very well received. Afterwards people made comments like,
“I expected to see a slide show but was [...]
The Pic-Nic Flag
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
On the way back from driving my daughter back to college, I saw this back-lit American flag which had tangled itself around its pole. I thought the back lighting caused an interesting pattern. It reminded me of a checkerboard table cloth, like one might put on a pic-nic table. Even though [...]
Out To Pasture
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
While driving down a country road, I spied this 1930’s era Dodge truck behind an old barn. I hope somebody restores it one day before it rusts away completely. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
- Henry David Thoreau
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Epson 7900 Experience - Problems
Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
I know that I mentioned in my last post that I was going to wait a bit before once again writing about the Epson 7900 printer I recently bought. However, I have run into a few glitches that I wanted to mention.
The first glitch seems fairly unusual and does not seem [...]
40 in 30
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Reflective, that is how I feel about turning 40 years old 30 days from today.
Looking back what progress have I made? I can honestly say that I am beginning to be “ok” with who I am. It seems that I have gotten a lot more things right then wrong in [...]
Colorful Quarters
Submitted by Ankush Vimawala Photography Blog
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916 - If I Were A Bell
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
I have not used a long lens in quite some time now, and the Sigma 70/2.8 Macro not since September 25, 2008. Wow, that’s half a year!
For me the joy of using such a lens comes from the endless variety of things that it allows me [...]
Gotta Be Fast!
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
In Billy Crystal’s imitation of Muhammad Ali, he has Ali saying, “I’m so fast, I can turn the light off and be in bed before it gets dark!” I have to be almost that fast to get a decent photo of my oldest daughter, Heather. She hates having her picture taken, [...]
Twitter 100 Wanted
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Twitter confusion – How can someone follow or have followers that reach into the thousands of people? Is it possible to gleam any worthwhile information from such a large networking-audience?
I am always adding & deleting following/followers on my Twitter page. If you’re negative I delete you, if you’re repetitive [...]
