Photography
Advice for beginning photographers
Over the years I’ve come to the realization that no singular type of informational source is fully acceptable. As people we have five physical senses and being such, we relate better with multiple formats of learning.
For learning photography there isn’t one “perfect” site to stick with. Each decent site has its strengths, but each [...]
Cave Photography
Cave photography is tricky for several reasons. This is especially true if you’re trying to use the “natural” lighting that cave tours provide.
I tend to like the orange red glow of incandescent lighting, and taking pictures without a flash emphasizes my personal memory of the experience. While using a flash yields better sharpness, it [...]
New Textures – Two Introductory Sets
When I was young I just wanted to make stuff for the pleasure of it. When I got older I was told that wasn’t a way to make a living.
I disagree. God made things for a living so I guess those people’s attempts to civilize me into a common worker bee never quite stuck [...]
Will Blog For Food
I love it when people blog and use the photography I post up on flickr. This has got to be one of the best uses of flickr around, and as long as people aren’t posting my silly mug up on posterboards or commercials without my consent I have practically no concern on the matter. [...]
Snugglebunny
Every “cute” couple has their set of nicknames, even if it’s just “dear”. Somehow I got stuck with snugglebunny … sometimes it visits under the slight variation of snugglehubby, but they’re pretty much the same.
Have you ever noticed how most nicknames are tied to food and taste? Honey, sweetheart, sugar, sugarlips, sweetpea, sugar plum, [...]
The Detective
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates
Some days are good days – others aren’t. When I look at my good days it’s when many accomplishments take place. Most of the time it doesn’t matter if they are big or small, and most big accomplishments are accompanied by smaller challenges and supporting accomplishments. [...]
Pirate Daddy
Arr! There are times when I feel like a nut. I had planned for this shoot about ten days ago and kept rolling it in my head how to get it done. A couple of things I learned were:
1. Setting the white balance on manual helps to make the colors more consistent.2. Check to [...]
Dirty
An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through. – William Makepeace Thackeray
Today I said some dirty things to people I love. Nasty words, nasty thoughts … just useless mean stuff. I hate it when I lose my temper like that. What does it take to not only [...]
Eww and choices.
Ok. So I suck at photoshop. The latest few flickr photos show my shame. But this is interesting – it gives me an opportunity. I could either say “eww, this is too embarrassing” and give up on making fantasy photoshop shots or I could say “eww, this isn’t what I wanted” and keep trying until [...]
The Disciple
Another creative venue is photography. There are some amazingly brilliant works on Flickr and I’ve long enjoyed it, but the 200 picture limit on free accounts caused me to pull back almost entirely. I shelled out the $25 and am going in deep.
I thought about going into portrait photography, but my skills there are [...]
