Workflow and results
I've been a photographer since the mid-1970s. That makes me a dinosaur. In the early days, you shot the photo and then went into the darkroom to make the final…
Deceptive
The sun can be out... the sky all nice and bright. Don't let it fool you. When I shot this image it was in the lower 20s.
Rocks
Grabbed this shot yesterday. My mom had painted this fae door into a piece of roofing slate - leaned against a large rock on the southern edge of the property.…
Not even a small break
Last night, while I worked to retool this website, it was raining. I mean, it rained hard. I was expecting a muddy frozen mess this morning. But at least the…
A Texan moves to New England
Here I am. This is the SECOND snow of the fall. I'm from Texas. I grew up in Austin. Where it's hot. Not Arizona hot. But with euthanasia levels of…
Marissa in the old studio. Notice the way her legs are reflected in the border? Doesn't happen in Apps, people... (click to kinda enlarge)
Sloppy borders
I see them on Instagram, on Flikr, and on Facebook. You’re not fooling me. I know, because I’ve used sloppy borders since 1989. Real ones, not overlays generated by an…
A lot of work to mimic crappy photos from the 70s
A long time ago, in a land far away, there existed a type of photography that used chemicals. Gas was cheap, the US congress had an approval rating above…
Vola! Click to gigantisize
True HDR explained and examples
I thought I’d spend the 2nd day of 2015 talking about “True HDR” versus “HDR effects”. One is actually HDR, the other isn’t. A bit of background. HDR is unique…
New Landscape Work…
Been in southern California for about 2 months now, networking out and getting my movie project buzz started. While waiting for meetings, I’ve been wandering around the South Park area…
Scanning
This is a simple comparison between a dedicated film scanner, the Plustek OpticFilm 7300 and a Canon 9000F. Unless the Canon has improved significantly with the newer 9000F MarkII, this…