Archive for April, 2010

Your Picture Frames Featured Artist

I’m honored to be the current featured artist on the Your Picture Frames Blog.
Thanks to Alisha for selecting me and featuring my images, ideas, and inspirations!
Also check out Alisha’s previous featured artist, Jesse Speer – a friend, very talented photographer and designer, and a hard act to follow.

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Taming Contrast Follow-up

The very talented photographer and writer, Darwin Wigget, has a great article in this month’s edition of NaturePhotographers.net – Taming Contrast in Landscape Photography: The Tools We Used Then and Now. He provides great background information of why photographers need to deal with extreme contrast in lighting and a little history and technique. Definitely check it out…

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Paint Mines Interpretive Site

Ya, I know. Its been quite a while since my last post. What can I say? I’ve been busy with things other than photography – work, family, house – it happens.
But… I spent Easter Sunday riding the backroads of Colorado and did a little shooting in the field. I wanted to practice with my TS-E lenses and also work on taking multiple exposures with intent of blending images on the computer during post processing. This can be a tricky technique to do well, and I need practice.
The location/destination? A cool little spot on the Eastern plains near Calhan, Colorado called …