Autumn at Ricketts Glen
Sunday was one of those rare autumn days where the weather completely defied the forecast and turned from drearily cold to sunny and inviting. I had the good fortune to spend the day at Ricketts Glen State Park with my friend Mike, who had brought his camera club up from New York City for a [...]
HDR Experimentation
I’ve been continuing my experimentation with HDR imaging, having spent an evening last week up at the park during sunset. My goal was to dedicate a session to the technique and try figure it out better. Like I said in the last post on this topic, my experience with HDR has been hit-and-miss; sometimes I [...]
HDR – A Process
HDR – high dynamic range – images may be the future of photography, depending on who you listen to. But future or not, they are here to stay, and they are progressing along the path from “trendy new thing” to “artistic impression” to “subtle and effective tool. I never jumped on the “HDR is Evil” [...]
Review – "Rick Sammon's Exploring the Light"
It’s been a long time since I’ve been as disappointed with a photography book as I am with this one. Moose Peterson featured it on his blog, and from his comments I imagined it to be a Canon-oriented version of a Joe McNally book. Teaches me to order a book without first previewing it on [...]
Making the Most of What You Have
Let’s face it, we’re not all pro photographers. Very few of us will ever run around the African veldt for National Geographic, or cover a Jets football game for Sports Illustrated, or shoot weddings for Hollywood celebrities. So most of us will never have the latest & greatest gear – many will never even own [...]
