Expose to the Right
Are you exposing to the right and using the best in-camera settings for contrast and saturation? If you shoot RAW and expose to the right and think contract and saturation settings don’t affect you,...
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is important for photographers. With the growing number of photographer websites on the internet, it is increasingly difficult for a photographer’s website to be...
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How I Lost My Apple-ginity
You know the feeling. That special iFeeling. You walk into the Apple Store and immediately have the joy. Oooh. Aaah. “How cool would it be to have one of those? Just think how my photography experience...
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A Breath-Holding Exercise for Water Photographers
I finish my swim workouts with a few minutes of active breathholding exercises which I feel make me a better waterman and a better photographer. Photographers working in or under the water must often...
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Photography Expedition to Antarctica, South Georgia Island and the Falkland...
I’ve finally gathered blog posts and select images into an informal report of my trip to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia Island and the Falkland Islands in January 2010, which is available along...
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Distance, Perspective and the Out-Of-Focus Background
I went down to La Jolla this morning to photograph brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) with my friend Garry McCarthy. My plan was to test the sharpness of my 500 with a 2x...
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A Tale of Two Panoramas and One iPhone
Recently I encountered two panoramic photo situations in which the software that I am accustomed to using for stitching panoramas failed. It gave me the impetus to try Photoshop for panoramas, with...
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If I Shoot Raw Do I Have To Pay Any Attention To Exposure? No!
Ask The Digital Photography Expert Q: If I shoot raw, do I need to worry about getting my exposures correct anymore? I remember when I took photography in high school, the teacher had us bothering with...
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The World’s Greatest Photo Subjects
The World’s Greatest Photo Subjects. I’m going big with this blog entry! After 20 years of making photographs, I realized I have had the good fortune of seeing some of Earth’s greatest natural history...
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Choosing a Projection for Panoramic Photos
Some of my most profitable images are landscape panoramic photos, selected for large reproduction in office lobbies, museums or sometimes private homes. With the current generation of extremely sharp...
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How To Geotag Your Photos
Recently I’ve had some correspondance with other photographers about geotagging, what it is and how I am using it. I was encouraged to put my remarks on my blog. While I do not pretend to be an expert,...
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Photographing Antelope Canyon, The Wave, Buckskin Gulch and Horseshoe Bend
I have been fortunate to visit and photograph a few of the iconic locations around Page, Arizona: The Wave, Antelope Canyon, Buckskin Gulch, Horseshoe Bend and Monument Valley. Recently, I shared some...
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Photographing Bald Eagles in Homer, Alaska
Photographing Bald Eagles in Homer AK — What Worked and What Didn’t Bald eagle in flight, banking over beach with Kachemak Bay in background.Image ID: 22613Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus...
View ArticleEconomic Recovery Plan for Photographers
This is an exciting time to be a photographer in America! Just a few days after Inauguration, the Obama Administration quietly created the Presidential Digital Imaging and Photography Commission. This...
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Correction to Yesterday’s Post
It appears my contacts in Washington and London reported partially incorrect information yesterday, which “I” ** in turn passed on to my reader. Actually, the whole post was a lie, except for the part...
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Post up … Shoot … Score!
I haven’t paid much attention to web site design and optimization for a few years. Recently, however, I have noticed and read a few posts around the internet discussing how to make one’s website rank...
View ArticleOptimal Contrast and Saturation Settings for RAW Photographers
Are you using the best in-camera settings for contrast and saturation? If you shoot RAW and think these settings don’t affect you, think again. If you judge your exposure settings on whether you are...
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Photographing Birds at Bill Forbes Place, The Pond at Elephant Head
I recently spent a couple days photographing southern Arizona critters at the Pond at Elephant Head and the Upper Madera Drip with the help of Bill Forbes. Bill is the inventor of the Phototrap, a...
View ArticleMetadata, Photography and Workflow for the Web
Metadata (n, pl): data about data. Any questions? Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in photography circles about metadata: what is it, how to manage it, what is it good for, etc. Some of the...
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Photographing Pelicans at the La Jolla Cliffs
Revised in 2015, now in PDF form: Guide to Photographing Pelicans in La Jolla. If you like these photos, you can also see lots more blog posts from past sessions photographing California brown pelicans...
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