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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Shooting water
One of the almost overdone photographic effects is flowing water, which is still a little tricky to get right. You need to be able to get a shutter speed in the 3-to-4 second range, which is becoming difficult with modern … Continue reading
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Playing with Color
(Click pic for larger) It’s important to pay attention to the color of your ambient light. I took this at 06:38 Sunday morning, the sun coming up over my left shoulder through a thin overcast. Using a polarizing filter allowed … Continue reading
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Why I don’t miss film.
I found this photo earlier this afternoon. I probably took it in about 1978 in my room in Berlin- and it really made me grateful for digital as we have it today. What you are looking at is the chemistry … Continue reading
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Painting with Light
Sometimes things just happen. I was taking skyline pictures when this woman walked by wearing a beautiful evening gown- she was attending some event at the Indiana State Museum behind me. She asked me a question about the Memorial across … Continue reading
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Damn you, XM Radio.
I am going through hell trying to cancel my XM radio account. I really hate and despise the business model of “set up automatic payments and then make it impossible to cancel them”. I’ve just filed a chargeback to the … Continue reading
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Getting up close and personal
I love shooting macro photos. I also love lighting them dramatically, which is easier that you might think. I saw this picture in my mind a week before I actually shot it.
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One Cloud
Here’s a couple of object lessons in photography rolled up in one. First, always always always have your camera close at hand. Second, look around all the time, I was involved in a conversation here at work when I noticed … Continue reading
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Simile
The following thought occurred to me as I was driving into work tonight: Having W as president is exactly like having Fredo in charge over at the Corleone’s.
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