I created some elegant heart shape templates which are free to download. Click on the thumbnails to visit the Flickr page and download the free templates. The templates are all 8″x10″ Enjoy, Scott
Video of Trey Ratcliff speaking at Google
February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Trey Ratcliff (master of HDR) had the honor of speaking at Google. I have included the video below. Who is Trey Ratcliff? Read my interview with him to learn about the master of HDR.
Future Taxi
February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This was taken at the 2008 Auto Show in New York City. To this day it is one of my favorite photographs in my library. This morning I reprocessed the photo using Topaz Adjust 4. I love the photo and I love Topaz Adjust!
Nikon 70-200mm F2.8G VR II Review from DPReview
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
DPReview gave the new Nikon 70-200mm F2.8G VR II 85% our of 100%. This is a brief summary of what they had to say. Good: Professional shooters and advanced amateurs demanding the finest optical performance available in a telephoto zoom Not: Anyone who values portability and convenience over all-out image quality Nikon’s ‘Mark II’ 70-200mm telezoom [...]
Disfraz, a photo project
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The word costume translated from English to Spanish is Disfraz. I will be photographing portraits of people wearing costumes. I got the idea from my photos of Melissa’s brother Dave in his chicken costume. You can see some other costume portraits on my Halloween post from November 13, 2009. If you own a really good [...]
Plugins I no longer need because of the Thesis theme
February 25, 2010 By 10 Comments
Aaron from Social Photo Talk wrote an article called “Six Plugins You Don’t Need if You Use Thesis“. After reading it I decided to double-check which plugins I got rid of thanks to Thesis and the awesome Thesis Community who share their tutorials. So here it is.. my list of plugins.. These may not be [...]
Book Recommendation – Practical HDR by David Nightingale
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Practical HDR was the first HDR photography book I purchased. It is still one of my favorites which I recommend to everyone looking to start shooting HDR. Give it a read. Purchase it from Amazon.com and see for yourself. David includes a lot of great information on HDR photography and many incredible photos for you [...]
A Photographers Interview with Joanna Kapica
February 24, 2010 By 6 Comments
Please tell us about yourself as a person and as a photographer. Where did you grow up and what sparked your desire to photograph? Were you active with the photography department in high school? Where are you living now? Hi! My name is Joanna Kapica, currently I live and work in Raleigh NC. Photography was [...]
The new Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II
February 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I recently sold my 70-200mm VR lens (which was in mint condition) so that I could get the new VR II. Why would I do such a thing? The VR (1st version) lens works perfectly on all Nikon Pro SLR’s however when using it with a full frame body the image has very low contrast [...]
Nonna’s Wall
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This wall was so cool looking that I had to capture it from multiple angles. Apparently this room had layers of wallpaper which were just peeling away. When I saw this huge patch sticking out I knew the photo would come out incredible. I processed the photo through Topaz Adjust and then back into Lightroom [...]
A 5511 out take, going back to the archives
February 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I said it back in January that when life gets busy and shooting new things isn’t an option to take some time from your day and go back to the archives. (tip) This weekend I went through some of my 5511 photo sessions and reprocessed this photo. My favorite thing about this photo is Janet [...]
