Well, I recently taught a workshop on HDR at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. One of the things that i was asked about was what camera was best suited for this work?
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More thoughts, same week…
In the past few weeks, I have been diligently working on printing, matting and framing my pictures for a new show. During this time, i have often wondered if “outsourcing” these things would have been easier on me. Being a perfectionist (or seemingly so) – I wear white gloves, inspect the mats under strong light …
Boundaries…
In the purest sense, Photography refers to those that somehow involves a the usage of a “Camera” somewhere in the Workflow (a.k.a process of creating the image). Times has however changed. We see use of Computers & Software – blur the lines, along with the use of digital cameras. Computers have in fact become indispensable …
Lesson from “The American Idol”
Watching “The American Idol” today (Yes, i do sometimes watch this…) made me realize a valuable lesson that probably applies to Photography as well. Especially when it comes to “timing” about answering the question that we always have – “Are you ready to be Professional/Solo show” etc… You get only one chance to impress. It …
Its been a while post..
So, its been a long while since i wrote anything on this blog….fact of the matter is that; while the blog was kinda great thing in the beginning – I have found that maintaining it is very difficult. It takes a lot of dedication and most importantly “material”! Anyhoo – here is an update on …
Work of Love
There are several great images on flickr! and other various online sources, and the trend is that people often print very few images from their collection. Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and other great photographers all printed their own images, and in a way, were known for their prints, not online scans. I personally …
Composition with Lightroom
LR v1.1 has several options that aid composition. When in Develop/Crop mode, you can use the keyboard shortcut O to cycle through the various grid overlays, H to toggle show/hide and Shift+O to change orientation. There are several articles on composition on the Internet, therefore i will not go into details explaining them here again. …