How to Create Stunning Black & White Photos on your iPhone or iPad
onOne Software, producers of award-winning software for photographers has hit yet another home run with their new release of Perfect B&W for iPhone and iPad. Releasing in the very near future Perfect B&W for iPhone and iPad will change the way you create black & white images on your iPhone or iPad. With Perfect B&W for iPhone and iPad you can set the mood, the mystery, the drama, the elegance or the romance to your favorite image taking it from color to a stunning black and white with strong brights and rich shadows. With the...
read moreSMUGMUG APRIL PHOTO SPECIAL
For the month of April all images and merchandise in my Smugmug Galleries are reduced 20% when you use the coupon code “noaprilfools”. This is an awesome special that includes many of my popular images. Click on the coupon and travel to my Smugmug gallery index and shop….shop….shop. ...
read more9 Reasons to Buy onOne Software
onOne Software has extended their 72 hour Spring Savings promotion with discounts up to 40% until March 31st!!! This is a great opportunity to add PERFECT PHOTO SUITE 7 Premium Edition, or, one or more individual products, to your post production library of tools at a great savings. If you are not a Photoshop user then PERFECT PHOTO SUITE 7, Lightroom & Aperture Edition will be just right for you. With this edition you can seamlessly go from Lightroom or Aperture into any of the modules, save, and return to Lightroom or Aperture as if...
read moreHow to Buy onOne Software at a Huge Savings
How many times have you opened your browser to onOne Software hoping to see sale specials on their award-winning software? Well, the day is here. Actually three days are are here. For the next three days until March 29th onOne Software is offering several of their award winning software products at slashed prices. As a Lightroom, Photoshop, Aperture or Photoshop Elements plug-in, or as a standalone, onOne Software products will add flexibility to your workflow and pazazz to your photos. onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite has been...
read moreStar Trails During Full Moon
My favorite time of the month to shoot star trails is during the first three days as the moon goes full. The cool light of the moon provides rich textures to surfaces and strong shadows that cast across the frame adding mystery and mood to the composition. A bright moon will also give color to the sky, contrast to the scene and again set a mood. Exposing the night sky in the light of the full moon is actually easier than photographing a dark sky. I find that overexposing works best keeping the histogram just to the left of center and then...
read moreStreet Photography
A while back I wrote about what to photograph and where to go during the winter months when much is wet, muddy and often impassable. As photographers we strive to capture that perfect moment in time, that not so often seen and the unexpected. I have always enjoyed taking my camera down the urban streets of America in search of those special moments when people feel their most comfortable. What better place to photograph urban life but in some of the oldest districts in San Francisco. The Mission District is like stepping back in time, a time...
read moreBryan Cole on buzzardgraphics.com
Beginning in January I will be featuring a new up and coming website in my sidebar each month. This month I am featuring Bryan Cole, developer and personal web-designer of buzzardgraphics.com, and, my son. In July of last year he was laid off his job as SEO and webmaster of one of the largest online safety supply companies in the United States. You would think that with his talents and skills new employment would be just around the corner. Well, he has turned more corners than one could count, turned over every rock in his path and remains...
read moreLake Side, Not As Easy As It Looked
This trip was the perfect example why you always do prior research so you venture into the known and not the unknown. During the Christmas celebration with family we decided to take an afternoon road trip to Millerton Lake, the local recreation lake we have long enjoyed during the summer months. We knew from experience that this time of year the lake would be at or near it’s lowest point in anticipation for the spring snow melt. We also knew that when the lake is this low it exposes many of the now dead trees that where left standing...
read moreWheelchair Rock Climbing
During our 4 day visit to the Alabama Hills we drove, walked,wheeled and photographed every square inch we could get into. The Alabama Hills is about 20 miles west of the town of Lone Pine in the eastern sierras and has been a favorite location for movie and television producers since the silent film days. The town of Lone Pine has seen more stars of the big screen than any other town in the United States, with the exception of Hollywood. The land is managed by the BLM, Bureau of Land Management, and short of developing new roads your...
read moreDon’t miss the moment
My camera is 10 steps away and the light is changing before my eyes. I quickly reach for my iPhone 4S, load the Hipstamatic camera app, and within 30 seconds I’m capturing this stunning cactus flower as the sun danced in beauty. With so many camera apps to choose from I keep going to Hipstamatic for it’s analog style imagery and versatility of lenses and film effects. This was shot using the JohnS lens and Ina’s 1969 film, a combination that works well together. With Hipstamatic there is no additional post production to the...
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