Monthly Archives: October 2012
“Chess” Photography
How-To This is not a primer on how to take pictures of pawns, castles, bishops, knights and rooks. The second word in the title is the true focus, photography. So what’s the “chess” connection you ask? The tie in between … Continue reading
Wildlife Panoramas
How-ToBy George D. Lepp And Kathryn Vincent Lepp, Photography By George D. Lepp Hundreds of sandhill cranes and a vigilant bald eagle are revealed as the sun rises over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. The five-image panoramic … Continue reading
Better Clone Stamping 101
How-To The Clone Stamp tool is very powerful. Whether it’s used for image clean up, to add, or subtract elements, proper clone work is essential so the stamping is not obvious. Factors that readily show its misuse are improper hardness … Continue reading
Create Intentional Blurs
How-To Freezing a dramatic moment in time results in a photo with impact. Many award winning sports images come to mind. There’s a very famous B&W shot of Muhammad Ali swinging his gloved fist across his body fiercely looking down … Continue reading
“Chess” Photography
How-To This is not a primer on how to take pictures of pawns, castles, bishops, knights and rooks. The second word in the title is the true focus, photography. So what’s the “chess” connection you ask? The tie in between … Continue reading
So You Want To Be A Nature Photographer
How-To I’ve heard it said that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. As photography has been a long time profession in addition to being a passion, to some extent, the above holds … Continue reading
Sponsored Tip: Making Images That Endure
How-ToBy Brian Dilg, Courtesy of New York Film Academy Photography SchoolThis tip article by Brian Dilg, comes to us courtesy of New York Film Academy Photography School, where he serves as the Chair of the New York Film Academy Photography … Continue reading
Show Some Behavior
How-To Good behavior is something toward which we should all aspire. It’s often rewarded. As both a former teacher and current parent, I look to the positive and make a big deal about it when it happens. But when I … Continue reading
Digital Pitfalls: A Cautionary Tale
How-ToText And Photography By Tom TillRock forms of Monument Basin, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. This is a popular image in Tom Till’s gallery. With renewed perspective, Till describes this version of the photo this way, “This is HDR gone too … Continue reading
Gear Up Your Photo Vehicle
How-To Photographers such as Galen Rowell famously traveled light and bounded up mountains with nothing but a camera and lens. He camped in high-alpine environments for days on end, and while he had the gear he needed, space and weight … Continue reading
B&W Transformation
How-ToText And Photography By Rick SheremetaThe technique that I’m about to illustrate will take your photos to the next level, creating killer black-and-white images. The method is fairly straightforward and utilizes the HDR Pro functionality already built into Adobe Photoshop … Continue reading
Fall Foliage Photo Tips: Part 2
How-To It’s autumn – gone are the mornings of hazy white skies. Sunrise now greets us with a crisp blue and a chill in the air. The air is fresh and clean, a sense of change permeates the environment, and … Continue reading