Category: Media
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Pictures of People Sleeping
In the introduction to this series of pictures of people sleeping, the writer (photographer?) mentions that people are unposed and unguarded when they are photographed while sleeping. That may be, but for some reason, these images still seem highly posed to me. I still like the series and find it interesting, but it just doesn’t…
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Joshua Tree
Tonight was the full moon, and I headed up to Joshua Tree with the intent of photographing it. Things started out a little bad. Then, they got kind of nice, but boy did they ever end on a massive downer that involved a broken car window and no good pictures of the moon at all.…
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Point Dume Beach Malibu
I decided that I wanted to make a picture of the full moon (which actually rises tomorrow). However, I wanted to practice on the nearly full moon tonight, so I headed up to Point Dume Beach in Malibu. That’s a really cool beach with all kinds of tidal pools and the interesting rock formations that…
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High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography in Photoshop CS2
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography in Photoshop CS2
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Jen Stark – Incredible Construction Paper Sculptures
Wow! The construction paper art that Jen Stark creates is truly amazing. I can only imagine how much work must go into one of those. They are beautiful and playful at the same time. Very nice.
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Parents in Long Beach and San Pedro
My parents were in town in preparation for boarding a cruise ship. We spent the afternoon exploring San Pedro’s Ports of Call and touring the Queen Mary in Long Beach and of course taking pictures of the whole visit.
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How to Use Flash with a Canon Camera
Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras – Part I. provides a very detailed discussion of using Flash with Canon cameras. It also may help explain why some images I took recently had a bunch of motion blur even though I was using flash and expected to be able to freeze the action.
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Helping Kids Create Cool Creatures
The Kid Creatures over on DrawerGeeks feature monster illustrations that are created and inspired by children’s original drawings. It’s an interesting concept. It’s like the pictures that the kids would have drawn if they only had more sophisticated illustration skills.
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Beautiful Flash Site
The artwork over at Fubon is really nice. I’m not typically a fan of heavy flash sites. I especially don’t like sites that look to flash for navigation. The stuff on that site is really nice to look at though.
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Ensenada Cruise
Work sent me on a 3-day cruise down to Ensenada. I’m not really a “cruise person”, but it was fun and a change of scenery. I know it’s cliche, but I’m probably a good five pounds heavier now. I’m hoping that most of that is just photo weight.