Light and Post Processing

Jade wasn’t in the mood to sit or stand in her typical poses, but that was okay with me. I wanted something a little more disconnected anyway. Here she is not thinking about what I am doing so much, but then just catches my eye (so to speak). I liked the mood of the [...]

Different ways of processing

Guess what?

What?

There is more to shooting a photo than shooting a photo. Post processing is very important.

Here is a little treatment put on a photo to emphasize the heat and sun in the wheat.

A Lesson Learned

 

My old method of shooting plant life was to shoot with a very low aperture and a wide angle lens. I would get very close and highlight just a small portion of the plant. This shot, however, is just the opposite.

For this shot I zoomed in a bit and set the f-stop at [...]

The tripod.

While this innocuous device seems to be over rated by many amateur photographers I for one must assert the value and virtue of it’s use. How tempting to just pull up your camera and shoot from the hip. Easy, fast, and seems to work most of the time. The tripod is the professional landscape shooters best friend. Without [...]

Jay Patel Does it Again

I discovered Jay Patel’s work on photo.net several years ago. Something about his work stuck with me throughout the years. There is a very natural beauty to it on the surface. Looking further into his work you will learn to recognize his attention to detail. Each shot is crafted in such a way that it explodes [...]