The world as I see it
I wanted to do some experimenting in Photoshop and NIK Software today and I could have played with it all night long. I think it's fun to try new things. Some I like and some are a disaster, but that's part of the fun of it. Both of these photos were taken in the entryway of …
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Today I decided to do some experimenting in Photoshop and NIK software using one of my orchids as the subject. I took several different photos using different exposures, a couple of different lenses, a shallow depth of field, and various white balance settings. The background was a muted yellow and the walls in the room …
Today I wanted to experiment with light using light painting, natural light, and a combination of both. Someone brought a beautiful bouquet of flowers into the office yesterday and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to practice some lighting with it. So this morning I came into the office at the …
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Today was another one of those days when I ran out of time and hadn't thought about a subject. So when I came home I tried to find something that I could get together quickly and attempt to shoot. I ended up with a statue of a Japanese woman and a teddy bear. It was …
Tonight I tried my hand at light painting. I set up these tulips in a dark room with a black background and used a flashlight to paint. I tried three different flashlights and found which one worked the best. These photos are very similar but had slightly different lighting effects. As you can see, …
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