In an earlier post I showed one of my favorite images from my recent trip to Death Valley. I thought I would start a series where I shared some images from each day and gave a bit of back story for each image.
We flew into Las Vagas, picked up a high clearance vehicle, and drove to Death Valley. Read the rest of this entry »
A few revisions back Adobe introduced, in Photoshop and in PS Elements, a great time saver that has not gotten a lot of press. But I think it is a great way to quickly change settings for almost any option in Photoshop. It’s what they call a scrubby slider.
The two screen shots shown here show two ways to change the percentage for a layer’s opacity. The first shows the way most beginners first learn. That is, to click of the right facing arrow next to the percentage to get the fly out slider. And then click on the slider to adjust the opacity. Read the rest of this entry »
I offer Image Enhancement workshops and on location shooting workshops though It’s All About the Light Tours. I also offer photography classed through the Chester County Night School. More details can be found on the IAATLT web site. Here is a listing of what I am offering this coming fall and winter.
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Nov 28-
Dec 19 |
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Mastering Lightroom |  |
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Jan 13-
Feb 10 |
Mon
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Essential Photoshop for Photographers |  |
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March 4-10
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Lowcounty Barrier Islands — Savannah to Charlestown |
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May
4-6 |
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Beachscapes and Wildflowers |
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April 7
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Sat
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Shenk’s Ferry |
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April 8
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Sun
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Marsh Creek & Springton Manor |
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April 14
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Sat
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Ridley Creek State Park |
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Jan 10-
Feb 14 |
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Digital SLR Essentials |
| Note: The Chester County Night School web site has not been updated to show their winter session. | ||
In the first part of this series on White Balance we learned that the look, feel, and/or mood on an image can be changed by using different WB settings. Here are three different versions of the same image:
The original is a raw file shot with the camera’s WB set to Auto. The center version was converted from the raw file using a setting of “As Shot”. And this pretty much matches the gray color of the overcast day when this image was made. The other two are from the same raw file but the one on the left had a much cooler WB set and the one on the right had a much warmer WB set during conversion. These images all have a different mood to them. So you may ask, which one is correct?
When it comes to selecting a WB there are two very different strategies or approaches that can be followed: Read the rest of this entry »
The color of light is measured by it’s color temperature. Outdoors, ambient light changes color temperature throughout the day. It is warmer (yellower) before sunset and just after sunrise. In the open shade of mid-day it is cooler (bluish).
Our eyes compensate pretty quickly for different color temperatures. A piece of white paper will appear white to us when viewed in either warm or cool lighting conditions. However, the sensor in our cameras, left on its own, is not so lucky. A picture of a piece of white paper taken in open shade will render quite bluish; while another picture of the same piece of white paper, taken near sunset, will be rendered yellowish. Read the rest of this entry »
I started to make my first post a factual post but since this is a photo blog I thought it would be better to start off with an image post. I decided to start with one of my favorites from a recent trip to Death Valley National Park. There were many photo opportunities in DV but I’d like to give you the back story for just one image, the thumbnail for my Death Valley Sand Gallery. There are several sand dune areas is Death Valley. However, only two of them are “easily” accessible. The first, and most visited because it is quite accessible, is Mesquite Flats near Stovepipe Wells. Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome to my new blog. I’m not only new to this tool, WordPress; I’m also new to blogging. So you might see some changes in how the site functions as I get more familiar with how all this blogging stuff works. One area I know I need to get a better grasp of is the feeds, RSS Atom and all that stuff. As a total newbie any feedback is not just welcomed by requested.
The About page explains what this site is about and how I plan on using this blog so I will not repeat that here.
Check back periodically for new image posts, image processing and workflow tips, and informative articles.
