of all the photography blogs out there

There is a lot of photography blogs out there in the big world wide web.

One that I would like to point you to is Rowe Portrait studios. If you should happen to be in or near IN this would be a very good photographer team to visit :-) If you are not in that area just drop by and visit the blog. It is well worth your time :-)

Double take

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Just playing around and trying to learn the "new" camera and what it can do. I found a good old technique build in. In the film days it was possible to arm the camera without advancing the film. By doing that you could get two photos in one or make a double take. Of course with film you would have to do a little calculation with exposure and all that but it was fun.

In the digital age you can tell the camera how many photos you want in one and it will automatically do the calculation for you... Now how cool is that :-)

Here is one of mom... Probably wondering what is he doing now... yep just taking another little snapshot that turns out slightly different than usual :-)



Here a little motion is added and it's a double take so... yeah it's different but kind of fun.



Ohh and before you move on. Check out the Emma and dad photo story

Smoke photos - photo exhibit

More in this series:
- Photos of smoke studio setup and lighting
- Photos of smoke post processing

A little exhibit of the artistic smoke photos. These are the first ones I got around to actually doing some post processing to.

I have used the techniques for post processing as described in my photoshop section and the setup is the one described on the "main" blog.

Here we go, hope you like them :-)





More in this series:
- Photos of smoke studio setup and lighting
- Photos of smoke post processing

All natural colors

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For this photo friday I dug out a few photos that are a from the fall season. I wanted to get a few showing the colors of nature and what better season for that than fall. Well other than spring and well ... anyway I chose fall this time around :-)

I couldn't even begin to tell you about how many times I got the comment sounding something like "what are you going to do with a photo of a single tree with red leaves???" followed by something like that is crazy...

Anyway those comment sort of faded a wee bit after a similar shot ended up on the cover of outdoor photographer. Here it is:



The next one I have had on my desktop at work and somehow just started liking it more the more I look at it. I dunno why but... there's just something... for me anyway ;-)



Now I like waterfalls, water, mountains, fall colors and all that. Here I have tried combining a little bit of everything and get some punch by doing some simple color isolation. One by removing all other colors and the other simply by have the main yellow color "stick out" from the rest.



That's it for this week. Hopefully soon I will get some more from the mountains :-)

Collage of the kids

Here is the latest collage of the wee folks.

Interested in knowing how to this was created? Leave a comment and I will get around to making a tutorial on this one too ;-) If the interest is there.

Smooth new adventures

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Sooo It's kind of a long story but I will try to keep it short.
I guess my opinion on artistic subjects or artists in general always has been kind of square and black & white.

What do you picture in your mind when thinking about an artist? and what is artistic?
For me I am thinking an artist is someone that use some material to create a piece of work that most wouldn't understand. Then some will do the standard thing and put one hand in support of the head while exclaiming a hmmm as they study it.

yeah I know... But bear with me ;-)

Anywho, with that in mind and once (while browsing through an exhibit of photos) I was asked if I am an artist... First thing that comes to mind... No way.... I take photos, capture nature, moods, portraits and all that. But an artist... come on now!!!

But I guess I am changing a bit on that one. Now I guess I am an artist. Not that I am putting out my work and stuffing my nose in the sky with the "if you don't get it you #$@%#!@" attitude.
But I ventured into a new area for me yesterday (and no I am not camouflaging nudity as artistic... don't get me started on that one). Anyway, getting my project through and viewing the first test photos I got one comment.
"yeah it's kind of cool but what are you going to do with that!!!"

So yeah folks there you have it... I guess now I am an artist ;-)

But on to the subject and mini project. Just keep in mind these are the first I have ever done in this line and I found a few things to improve on. But everything has a first.



If you want to see images from someone with a little more experience and read up on the subject here is a few links:
- Reading material
- Photo collection

Tickle me Tuesday - photographer edition

Photographers are found in all shapes and sizes. Primary interests are different for different photographers.

So here are a few different photographers in different situations. These are maybe a little different ;-)

First remember the boy scout motto? Be prepared...


yeah I know... It's probably a guy thing but come on now.... Going to the car show to get some good shots of the cars... yeah well.... ain't gonna find one there buddy...
ohh I hope someone that knows him and even better a woman that dates him sees this one ;-)


Blondes and a camera... yep it never fails to create a funny moment. So the last tickle for today goes right here.


Have a great Tuesday and have fun with the other Tickle me Tuesdays...