Review of “Photo Recipes Live: Behind the Scenes: Your Guide to Today’s Most Popular Lighting Techniques”
If you were to ask a photographer the first thing that comes to mind when they hear the name Scott Kelby, the response most of the time will be Photoshop.
Vision is Better – a collection of works by David duChemin
I’ve had the pleasure of watching David’s writing style evolve and yet never lose that honest quality that makes his stuff a daily read. I look to David for inspiration, encouragement and the often needed kick-in-the-pants that keeps me working on my craft and vision
Adding a Digital Signature Watermark to Your Images
A while back I put together a video tutorial on creating a digital signature brush for your photos using Adobe Photoshop. The brush can be used to sign your images before posting them to the web. It adds a nice little flourish to your images and can act as a digital watermark to help protect your copyright.
Applying Metadata to your image using Adobe software
The issue of applying metadata to images before posting them to the web came up in a recent Denver Photowalk Group meeting. I thought it might be helpful to produce a short video showing people how to apply basic copyright metadata to their images using Adobe Bridge, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.
Denver Photowalk Group – Creativity Workshop
The Denver Photowalk Group had their first Creativity Workshop yesterday at Confluence Park in Denver, Colorado. I was a great time (although I might be a little biased) and I think it was beneficial to everyone who showed up.
Moitivation for Monday
Whether it is a new inspired thought or rehashing an old saw David’s writing is a pleasure to read. He is balancing the gearhead with the tortured artist, the craft with the vision, the muse with the slide-rule (ok, that last one is a stretch).
The hunt for “Migration” continues
Closer and closer. I’ve got a few more ideas for my “Migration” images. I’m wondering if adding a stationary object to the image will intensify the feeling of motion I’m after.
Creativity Workshop – Being Selective, a test.
I headed down to Confluence Park in Denver, Colorado to practice the exercises for a Denver Photowalk Group meetup I’ll be leading on January 30th. The workshop is called Being Selective and is based on one of the lessons in
More HDR fun
In the spirit of keeping an open mind about HDR I went back and found two images I wanted to play with.
Playing with HDR
I confess; I’ve been staying away from HDR for a variety of reasons. In hindsight none of them appear as very good reasons
Learning to See the Light in 2010
In the spirit of beginning self-directed projects this year as a means to improve my photography here are the goals I’ve set before myself:
Motivation for Monday
This week I think we should look inside ourselves for Motivation – after all we shouldn’t always rely on outside motivation to keep us chasing our dreams. So what keeps you motivated to pick-up that camera?
The Cost of Doing Business – UMX 2009
Once you turn your hobby into a business it is no longer a hobby. It seems self-evident when you say it out loud, but poor business plans and lax attitudes towards money flow destroy businesses everyday. They are waiting somewhere to destroy your small business. They want to destroy mine as well.
Concert Photography – UMX 2009 after action report
The Ultimate Music eXperience 2009 held at Benders Tavern in Denver has come and gone. I spent 12 hours over 2 days photographing 60 or so bands; a total of – wait for it – 6426 frames in all. Now, if only all of those frames had turned out.
Concert Photography – A recap of UMX 2008
In 2008 I volunteered with the Denver Darkroom to photograph the Ultimate Music Experience (UMX) at Bender’s bar in Denver. Since 1974 the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood has hosted an event called the Capitol Hill’s People Fair. Food booths, vendors, musicians and artists fill the central part of Denver by the State capitol to celebrate Denver’s diverse urban community and its residents
