Do you know why the best time of the year to photograph the Milky Way is during June, July and August? Do you also know why there is only ONE weekend in each of these months for the best shooting conditions? Now is the time to plan your summer vacations around these...
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Slices of a Story
“Your photographs should be slices of a story that motivate your viewer to fill in the gaps and imagine the rest.” – Oded Wagenstein Student Patricia Tedeschi's images do exactly that. She came across the above quote while mulling over story ideas for her final...
Going 50/50 for a Specific Look
Taking that argument for flicking colour to black-and-white in-camera just to see if it’s going to work better than colour, I have recently begun to desaturate images from full colour to around 30-40% colour. This imparts a fifties feel to the colouration (Yes, I CAN...
Time, Stand Still
Life is a series of moments. Most of those moments are mundane. Things like getting the kids out of bed for school, going to work, and making dinner in the evening. But what if you slowed time down to look at the moments in-between. Would you see the beauty of those...
Rivers of Sky & Land
The remote reaches of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota have some of the darkest night skies in the continental United States. These are perfect conditions for viewing the Milky Way right down to the horizon, as seen in this...
Fun with Textures
Texture overlays are a great way to add additional depth and dimension to your images. It’s not for everyone, and it doesn’t work with every image. The technique though, has been around long before Photoshop: in the past you might have sandwiched two transparencies...
Themes
By Instructor: Margie Hurwich So often I hear from people that their creative juices have dried up. They aren't finding joy in photography anymore. I too went through a bit of that a few years ago prior to shooting for the book cover industry. Soon after I started...
How to Fix Background Wrinkles
Quick Fix for Problem Seamless My wife Bobbi Lane, and I recently did a photo shoot for some of Bobbi’s musician friends. They needed a couple of group shots, in various ensemble combinations, to use for upcoming gigs. The problem was that getting everyone together at...
Lensbaby’s New Twist 60
A couple weeks ago Lensbaby announced a new lens and optic, the Twist 60! The lens is a 60mm f/2.5 model for full frame SLR and Mirrorless cameras, and there is also an optic version that works with the Lensbaby interchangeable Optic Swap™ System. The Twist 60...