PhotoShopping: Soft Focus Photo Filters!
Two Photoshop plug-in filters were used above. “Shatter”, by Zenofex at AlienSkin, was the first filter. You can also try Photoshop’s built-in crystallize filter. A soft blur was the second [read more]
July 2016
First Class Photography: Photography of Collections
At some point, most people collect things. They may gather valuable objects, and they may simply indulge an interest. Perhaps, you collect something such as model cars, Barbie dolls, old [read more]
TOURING SOUTHEAST ALASKA: How to Get the Most from Your Experience
The morning sun, breaking through the clouds, struck the spruce and cedar trees of the island, painting them a golden green. A bald eagle cried out from the high branches. [read more]
Flower Photography, Part 2
Part 2 of Flower photography tips . Another equipment option is the extension tube. The tube is a simple spacer that fits between the camera body and the back of [read more]
Portfolio: Hick Fernand
My photography is, first-of-all, a history of love between a photographer and the Nature that surrounds him. For more than thirty years, I’ve been impassioned by my photographs. Being an [read more]
O’ FOR NO LIGHT
Graffiti Art is something very few of us acknowledge or even take the time to evaluate. Because the images in our minds are limited to what we remember seeing, photography [read more]
People of the Forest
Orangutans lead a far different life style from mountain gorillas. Orangutan habitat is some of the wettest, steamiest rain forest in the world, on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. [read more]
Endangered Great Apes
Every generation has escapist media. When I was a kid, instead of Indiana Jones, the Saturday afternoon matinee at the local movie theater was often a Tarzan movie. To impressionable [read more]
The Art of Nature, Part Two: Putting it all together
In my last article, I discussed the elements of visual design and how they apply to nature photography. Once you begin to see those element clearly, you’ll want to create [read more]
The Photographer’s Photoshop, Part 2
HOW DO I COPY ONE AREA OF AN IMAGE TO ANOTHER? The next trick is great for adding moons to dark nights, subjects of interest along leading lines, people into [read more]
To Soothe the Savage Beast
Gather a group of photo enthusiasts, and the conversation soon turns to digital imaging and the hotly debated issue of copyright. With the proliferation of photo cds, scanners, and digital [read more]
Nature by Design
Nature is a wonderland of design. To appreciate its subtleties, one can learn a lot by consciously diagramming landscapes and natural subjects, thereby breaking them down into their elemental parts. [read more]
A GUIDELINE FOR BEAUTIFUL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHS
I try to avoid making rules in my nature photography because they tend to hinder creativity and there seems to be exceptions to every rule. Instead, I refer to things [read more]
The Photographer’s Photoshop, Part 1
In the days before digital imaging, Steichenlab in Toronto had a wizard who could actually dodge and burn slides. Before he left to pursue a music career in Montreal, he [read more]
Utah’s Colorado Plateau (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this story, we left Salt Lake City driving through the San Rafael Swell and San Rafael Reef to the town of Moab. Using Moab as our [read more]