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Having captured yesterday’s shot of the dipping sun illuminating the fishing boat in Loh Dalam Bay I faced my camera the other way towards the sun. Since I’m working with a slide scan and was too lazy to re-scan it with different settings, I’m stuck with the colors captured in the slide. The challenge here is that there was no obvious neutral mid-tone from which to correct the color balance.
So as we come to the end of the year, Scott Kelby posted his annual holiday gear guide so I thought I’d present mine. Like Scott, all of the items here are items I personally have used this year. Unlike Scott’s list, each one of these items costs less than $100. OP/TECH USA 18″ Rainsleeve (Set of 2) $5.89 So I’ve had my Rainsleeve for a couple of years now and it’s performed sterling work for me. Now I don’t […]
Writing on Google+ on September 19th, Scott Kelby displayed a photo of a football game where someone had walked between him and his subject just as the shutter fired. A lot can happen in that split second between squeezing down on the shutter button and the exposure being made. One advantage of the high end DLSRs is that the manufacturers work hard on reducing that delay but it’s still there. Bronco Bustin’ My example that I’m sharing below was taken […]
Worldwide Photowalk October 1 and 2 Scott Kelby’s Fourth Annual Worldwide Photowalk is slated to take place in various places around the world on October 1 and 2. You can follow this linkto see if there’s a walk near you and sign up. Of course, you can perform a photowalk any time you want to. You don’t need to wait for any specific date or time or organization. A photowalk is simple a period of time – one or two […]
So I was reading Terry White’s guest blog on Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider today about his workflow and found his comments on editing down the collection – deleting the bad photos – to resonate with the comments from Joe McNally in the clip I blogged about on December 29, 2010. When it comes to my photos I’m a pack rat. Like Kelby’s post on January 10, I have quite an assortment of images that will never see the light of […]
Over on Scott Kelby’s blog today is a link to a really interesting conversation between Scott Kelby and Joe McNally. Sans interviewer, the pair have a conversation about where there photography has come from and where it is going. Among the takeaways are: Get it right in the camera (to spend less time at the computer) Experiment Be tough on yourself when you edit the photos you’ve taken Learn to shoot video Have fun! While the camera can handle the […]
