Flickr and Aviary; Strange Image Editing Decisions
Seeing who stands to gain what is a good way to work out the underlying dynamics of most human processes. Applying this in the case of Flickr and the dud of an image editor supplied by Aviary leaves me none the wiser though. Up until recently Flickr, the granddaddy of all the photo sharing social [...]
Town Textures
My old painting teacher was texture obsessed. I would attempt to simplify my paintings and she would then berate me for producing boring work and insist that I use loads of different colors and tones to make the surface more interesting. I was 15 at the time. I know that at this point I am [...]
A Foggy Morning at the Races.
Scene at around 7.00 AM There was a five mile run and a five mile walk in our town last weekend. The event wasn’t marked on my calender as a must photograph thing just as an ‘if I’m awake and in the mood I’ll wander down and have a look. The reason for [...]
Simple Plant Photography – or Not
To be honest I don’t think that there is any such thing as simple plant photography but I intend to keep plugging away at it until I get somewhere. With this set I’ve tried ramping the contrast up to reduce the tones in the images as much as possible. This simplification of the image at [...]
The Digital Photography Revolution
The Democratization of Photography (Alternative Title) A digital photography revolution has taken place. In this post I want to take a step back and look at some of the huge changes that have occurred over the past few years.
Creative Nature Photography
I’ll be honest, creative nature photography is something that I have struggled with. My progress has been pretty smooth with other types of photography but for some reason nature has always given me heartburn. I think that I am finally beginning to unlock this particular puzzle.
Photographing Shadows
and solving problems Photographing shadows cast by venetian blinds is one of my photographic obsessions. For many photographers direct sunlight and the strong shadows are the enemy and are consequently to be avoided. To others of us though, they represent an interesting problem that requires that we at least attempt to work towards a solution.
Creative Photography a Meditation
This is a very simple creative photography exercise that is a meditation. The biggest problem with working visually is the massive influx of data that our brains are required to process just to keep up. Of course much of this attack is intentional, is to keep us off balance, to make us more susceptible to [...]
Split Toning in Adobe Lightroom 3
Split toning originated with film photography but like most things can now be done digitally. Adobe Lightroom 3 has excellent tools for the task. As with other toning processes it works based on a black and white version of the photograph it is being used on. The tone (shade of gray) determines how much color [...]
Aesthetics; Understanding Modernism
Seeing, a thing and understanding modernism First of all lets define a thing. A thing, in this context, is something that doesn’t have a name or a purpose. If it is made up of different materials, shapes and textures that is a bonus. While we are defining stuff, lets add a definition for seeing. Seeing [...]
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