By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 There are times when I hit a creative block…like everyone does. I’ve learned to try not to fret about this and to be patient. Most times this works. As of late I’ve had one of those blocks, until I saw a challenge on Instagram…
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The Digital Photo in the Raw
By Riccardo Mantero I’m allowing myself here a small vent: If there is one thing that makes me mount the beast, is showing my photos to someone for the first time and hearing : “Hey, but you…. Photoshopped them!“ If you want to piss me off, photographically speaking, that is one of the best ways. And I usually would like to respond…
Sight, Unseen: Color Photographs 1940 to 1960
By Jo Mazelis Because these photographs are both “found” and ‘anonymous,” and furthermore, because they date from a time when the “art” photograph was almost invariably in black and white, it is easy for the viewer to assume a more “innocent” process at work in the mind of their creator. In other words, there is…
Celestial: Simple Photography Tutorial
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 After a recent still life shoot I had a number of images that didn’t make the initial “cut” but where still keepers. My image, Celestial started out from one of those images. I’d like to share with you my workflow in the creation of…
iPhoneography Tutorial: Four Lovelies
By David Hayes See more of his work WTP Vol. III #3 Pears have always been a subject of artists and photographers. Their skin and curves seem to attract many artists, including myself. Four Lovelies is my most recent study of pears this time shot with my iphone native camera app and processed with the iphoneography apps Distressed FX and…
Knowledge: Still Life iPhoneography
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 This stack of books is from a more elaborate still life I set up in my living room over the week to take advantage of the sunlight streaming through our front blinds. The most recent Be Still 52 prompt had us working with more…
Two Versions
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 You’ve seen my iphoneography images from this shoot in my earlier posts…now it’s time to show you what I did with my DSLR and Lightroom/Photoshop. Version 1 was edited in Lightroom and the preset Kim Klassen gave us was applied. With Version 2, I…
A Different Approach
David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 The beat goes on with my Be Still 52 workshop! This week we were asked to do prop gathering and then play around with more side lighting. Gathering props was fun…I do like finding something new to play with. I even took some time to…
Create Artistic Lens Flare
By Susan Tuttle I generally try to avoid lens flare in most of my photography by attaching a lens hood like this one, but on occasion I like to create artistic lens flare to add ethereal, dreamy effects to my evening-time, golden hour photos. It’s very easy to do, but worthy of a few guiding tips……
The Art of Photogravure
By Lothar Osterburg Lothar Osterburg makes photogravures of small, sculpted models of windmills, lighthouses, sailboats among others, staged in evocative settings. Built from memory of readily available materials, the models have a dreamlike quality which is enhanced by the placement of the camera within their worlds; the perspective is that of a person within the…
Photography: Peopling Your Travel Photos
By Dick Jordan Getting people into (or out of) a shot can present several problems that photographers, including leisure travelers snapping away with a smartphone, usually don’t encounter when taking photos of landscapes or inanimate objects. People in Motion: When people gather, whether in a big city, little village, beach, or national park, they tend…
Tête-à-tête with Avian Photographer Gaurav Mittal
By Fried Eye He believes in his dream and the journey he treads on. He gave up his lucrative profession and luxury to be with what he loves doing – photographing the most delicate and fragile moments of birds. Gaurav Mittal, an established “bird photography artist” says, “his images of birds are not a mere…