PRACTICE
Is all of our photography practice? Do we practice creating images like doctors practice medicine? Maybe it is more akin to playing music. Sometimes we experiment and try new things …
SHADOW
Without shadow, even the tiniest shadow from texture or some shading, a photo has no depth, no shape. Light is what we measure and shadow is what makes a photo …
WHAT’s THE LIGHT DOING?
Light behaves like … well, like light. It can’t penetrate walls but it sure bounces around. Light has personality that depends on the source and what it bounces off of. …
TONE
“Watch your tone, young man!” (“…. dadburned whippersnapper!”) This is usually offered generously as a scolding but is not bad photography advise. The tone of our photos will impact the …
APPRECIATING CURVES
Both Lightroom and Photoshop provide a tone curve function (along with a million sliders) allowing us to fine tune our digital files graphically. What is the tone curve? Here is …
FEATURES
Cameras have gotten more complex. Software features have proliferated and many of those features don’t necessarily contribute to better photos. (And many of us never even try and use them.) …
A SHOW SHOW
A video show of a show. We did a lot to create a the Flemington Streetview Photo Project show from getting the shots to mounting and publicizing it. It adds …
FEELING
How are you feeling? How does your photo feel? How do you feel about your photo? How did you feel when you shot it? Good? That is what matters. We …
STEPS
There can be a lot of steps to getting a photo and sometimes just a few. We know the barebones basics, turn on the camera, point, compose, shoot and check …
CONSISTENT ACTION
Heroic actions create the biggest push and get the most attention, but who can be heroic everyday? A few small, helpful daily habits can add up. What can we do …