Category Archives: Photography

Flickr

I’ve *finally* started putting up my photos on Flickr. I’m probably close to the last person around to do so, but I’ve found it convenient to do it now. Bookmark it and I’ll see you there from time to time- … Continue reading

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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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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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Eastgate, I remember you well

I put up a gallery of photographs I took this afternoon over at Eastgate mall, now abandoned to the elements. Eastgate was a social center of my formative years; it was THE shopping mall on our side of town forever … Continue reading

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Canal Walk

Like most other folk who live in any given city, there are lots of things here I know about but have never seen, but would have seen were I a tourista. A case in point is the Canal walk downtown. … Continue reading

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Bang*poof*thoop*whoosh

….and all the other sounds that fireworks make are all over the neighborhood tonight. Earlier, I took Nick aside and asked him “Do you wanna go and blow stuff up with me?” (Of course, I knew the answer- what red-blooded … Continue reading

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