Sunday, November 23, 2008
Slide head first
I used to take mostly slides. You remember falling asleep during slide shows of your uncle’s trip to the world’s biggest ball of string, don’t you? Yeah, I was one of those people who always stayed awake because one of my uncles was a professional photographer and I studied his shots carefully....
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Friday, November 21, 2008
That magic time of day
There is a time of day when the sun is at just the right angle to make a photo stand out. It is just after sunrise or just before sunset, when the sun is an a low angle to the earth. That is the time of day that brings out colors and shadows that otherwise go unnoticed. Normally, this field was...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Use a photo to explain something
Right away you have an idea of what this is. Some kind of expensive toy. When I tell people that we race radio control cars, their eyes sort of glaze over as if to say, “ok, you play with toys.” Well, yes and no. Sure, they are scale models, as you can tell by the coffee cup on the table. But they...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
You’ll never see all the sunsets.
It happens everyday. Over time we get jaded to the colors of the sunset, but to some photographers they never get old. The various colors challenge one to try to capture them and our valley is a great canvas to backdrop the setting sun. Last night it was deep red, like something out of The Lord Of...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
And the road rolls on forever.
Is the road the story or just a means? Some shots are majestic and we take a lot of pains to avoid any sign of civilization with our framing and composition. Other shots cry out to us as a road cuts right through the middle of the shot begging our footfall or a leisurely cruise with all the windows...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Here comes the sun
Don’t look into the sun can save your eyes but is not necessarily bad for your photos. A few weeks ago we went on a photo safari and as day turned to afternoon, we were along the Columbia River where it enters the U.S. from Canada. Looking southeast, into the sun, the leaves were all backlit and the...
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Sometimes just for fun.
Quick, what is this? Of course, a wheel chair for your tight-assed friends! Sometimes the punchline fits the picture and believe it or not, that's what I was thinking when I took this shot of a fold-up garden cart at a local nursery. Sometimes the reason to take a photo need only be whimsical.
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Try a nudie self portrait.
Digital is the new Polaroid. But one must be careful, posting something on the internet is about a unsecure as things get. That is why I decided to leave my underwear on for this one. As I said before, once you scan an old photo, even a black and white, it is now digital. This study finds me...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
And now for something completely different
When I was younger, I used to draw a lot. In Jr. college I took an art class. At the time I was a great admirer of Salvador Dali. While I could never come close to his skill, I crudely imitated facets of it. This creation is called, well, it doesn’t have a title, so lets call it “the apple of my I”...
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Monday, November 3, 2008
Don’t forget your zoom
Zoom lenses, or zoom capability are some of the greatest advancements in photography. Back in the day, when I had a Mamiya Sekor 35mm film camera, the only way to change a scene was to run back and forth, or clumsily screw the telephoto or the wide angle on, then still have to run back and forth to...
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