Monthly Archives: December 2011

This explains a few things – Photoshop rotation chaos

Head on over to bjango.com and check out this write up on Photoshop image rotation using the transform tools. I have seen issues like this in the past but had not found and easy fix, Mark Edwards has. The article discusses how rotation goes wrong and methods to keeping things clean.

Posted in How-to, Photoshop

Little holiday cheer in the City of Orange

So with class over for the semester it is time to let the hair down and get ready for the holidays.  

Posted in Photo Processing

Some assembly required

  These three diptychs were made from the source images found in The Proper Tool for the Job. This collection of images was taken over several month with both a DSLR and Android phone. They were different sizes, resolutions and most had a shallow depth of field; everything that makes them decent individual images but something that [...]

Posted in Assignment, Cigar Box, Colorizing, Composite, Curves, Filters, Guitar, Layers, Masks, Photoshop, Transform, Typography

December 2011 Lunar Eclipse from San Jose

For those who were not dragged out of bed this morning to witness the eclipse, I was, and have these pictures to show for it. It was 34 degrees Fahrenheit when we went outside; it seemed to get colder from there. As far as how the shots were taken, because of the light available, the exposures are fairly quick. [...]

Posted in Inspirational

Lots of dots

Hero from Miguel Endara on Vimeo. This mornings inspiration comes from Miguel “that’s a lot of dots” Endara. The word of the day “Patience”.

Posted in Inspirational

The Proper Tool For The Job

The photo shoot for this assignment took place over several months using different cameras to document the fabrication of this Cigar Box guitar. Cigar box guitars have been around since the 1800s and were originally built using scraps. Cigar box guitars were used in jug bands alongside washboards, harmonicas and jugs, they were a primitive [...]

Posted in Assignment, Cigar Box, Guitar, Inspirational, Photo Processing

Dancing Light

    During this this long exposure night shot, I had to move the camera and it created this happy accident.

Posted in Photos

Yosemite National Park in mid November 2011

This slideshow includes images taken throughout the day in mid-November. A morning in the fog. An afternoon in midday sun. After dark as lit by the moon.

Posted in Assignment

Free Craft & Vision ebook available

Head on over to Craft & Vision and check out the free ebook Craft & Vision 11 ways to improve your photography It includes articles from several notables including Michael Frye, who I have written about here before. His section includes one of my favorite spots to take pictures of Half Dome and the Learning to Direct the [...]

Posted in Camera Tips, How-to, Inspirational