Practicing in the studio with Kyle More often than not the trick with studio lighting is getting it just where you want it, without having it spill all over. This image was light with a single strip box fitted with a grid to channel the light in a very confined pattern. What makes it powerful… Continue Reading
Pine Tree becomes art in an Ice Storm As I lay in bed listening to the icy rain hitting the windows I was excited with the prospect of getting out with my camera to record the magical coating of ice that just such a storm creates. I knew I didn’t have anyplace to go this… Continue Reading
Downtown Rochester prior to 2012 renovation Soon downtown Rochester will begin a tremendously disruptive construction project to update the sewers under main street. The street will be torn out, the original sewers dug out and replaced with significantly larger pipe to handle the modern day requirements, and then the street and sidewalks will be rebuilt.… Continue Reading
Mark’s Portrait will be his first introduction to his website visitors. Your website is your 24/7 silent marketing engine. Make sure that it is putting you and your work on display to your best advantage. Same goes for your Facebook, LinkedIn and other Social Media. If you are a business person your image should clearly… Continue Reading
The new Oak Floor is finished and we are back to shooting After nailing, sanding, and finishing the new Oak Floor is finished and I LOVE it! The only thing I miss about the carpet is the noise absorption. The studio is a little bit of an echo chamber now with all the hard surfaces.… Continue Reading
Stalking a non-existent prey I led a photo-walk this morning at the zoo. I had over 50 people signed up and roughly 25 showed up. About what I expected with the sudden cold snap. I could have been warmer but I stuck it out. The female Tiger was out and quite active. The shot above… Continue Reading
Snow covered Pine tree When I woke up this morning it was to see that the big snow that was predicted didn’t amount to much, but there was a beautiful dusting of fresh snow on the Pine tree in my neighbor’s back yard. Experience has taught me that such a dusting often doesn’t last long,… Continue Reading
Friday, February 24th I am teaching a beginners course on Photoshop Layers. Layers allow us to make complex adjustments in a non-destructive manner. In the image above I created a duplicate layer then using Silver Efex Pro2 I converted that layer to B&W. By applying a mask to the new layer I am able to… Continue Reading
Color capture converted to B&W With the wide variety of editing software available I never shoot in Monochromatic mode. I always prefer to shoot my originals in color and then convert them to B&W in post-processing. For the example above I wanted the red shirt darker than it would have rendered had I shot B&W… Continue Reading
I attended an Event Professionals Luncheon at the Skyline Club today. It was my first time visiting the facility which is on the top floor of the 2000 Tower of The Town Center. The view was obstructed by the snow storm, but I could tell even with the low visibility that on a clear day… Continue Reading