Painting with Light

Club Outing

I want to thank Mike Hensley for the great time we had Sat. night “Painting with Light”. Mike went out of his way to make it a great experience and those of you who did not attend, watch for our next outing which will have water and fire. We had 5 [...]

Critique

Mark, Thanks for the link to the critique article. As you know, this has been a subject of much debate and discussion. I think the article brought out the key points in a very clear and to the point way.

Favorite Places

I am interested in getting a list of your favorite place to shoot in the tri-state area. Where do you like to go because it is almost always giving you a chance to get a new shot or something interesting? This could be used to make a list of places to go for [...]

Panorama Shooting Part II

Camera Settings For A Panorama

When it is time to shoot, The camera needs to be on manual, usually. It will give you the best results in the long run under most conditions, but if you are in a same light condition, you can get by with either AV or TV and get [...]

Panorama Shooting

One of the things I like to do when I go on a photo trip is to capture the area with a panorama. So, how do you determine what is a good panorama subject? We know a panorama will be long and rectangular, or tall and narrow. How long or tall is up to [...]

Creating a 50% Grey Layer in Photoshop

One of my favorite tools in Photoshop is the 50% gray layer, which I use to dodge and burn specific areas of an image.

To create one of these, you need to have your image open in photoshop and then while holding the Alt Key on a PC down, click on the add new [...]

Be A Photographic Rebel

Some thoughts on how to be a little different type of shooter.Â

1. Shoot at Night ( Here is your chance to paint with light on a blank canvas.)Â

 2. Go with the Flow ( don’t always create a static image, use motion blur to create a sense of action and [...]