Keep Your Eye On The Ball If you want to win in baseball you have to keep your eye on the ball, in photography it is no different. In the case of photography “the ball” is your message, or what you want to say with your photography. Recently I received a newsletter from a well known bird […]
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Composition; the basics: The four dimensional world that exists in front of a camera lens is a very different reality than the resulting two-dimensional depiction in a photographic image. It is the transformation process that creates exciting opportunities for expression and personal interpretation of the world. As photographers we often discuss the limitations of
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March is cabin fever month. This March is no different. So far this March has been teasing us with warm sunny days, promising us an early spring, but I have lived in Minnesota long enough to know that 12 inches of heavy snow could be right around the corner. The Old Farmers Almanac is predicting two major snow
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I remember a good friend once told me that when he was growing up his mother would always photograph significant events in his family’s life. It sort of became a family joke that an important event did not take place until his mother took a picture of it. He also went on to tell me
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Proper histograms for image printing. Landscape photographers frequently have to deal with extremes in light intensities within a single image. A situation that is typically found in landscape images is when the light intensity in the sky is much greater than the light intensity in the foreground as is the case in our sample photograph
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Click! is a website that demonstrates how photography can change everything; who we are, what we do, what we see, where we go, what we want, and what we remember. Click! is the brain child of the Smithsonian Institute. Started in 2009 this web-based media project allows students to explore and discover the profound impact
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The summer was an active one for me. The gallery was busy all summer long; thanks to those of you who stopped in we enjoy your visits. The Newfoundland workshop was a blast and we discovered some new areas and I returned with some of the best images I have made in Newfoundland. We had
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Places to go: 6th Annual Photography Day Living History Farms Saturday, September 17th 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. NEW: Sunday, September 18th 12:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Spend two days taking pictures with and learning from industry professionals in Iowa’s largest (500 acres) outdoor classroom! Photography instructors will be on hand to help you finally
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This last week I was fortunate to” catch” the northern lights and make some awesome photographs. Actually if you want to photograph the aurora borealis it requires good planning, patience, and a significant amount of luck. Aurora Borealis is named after the Roman Goddess of Dawn (Aurora) and the Greek term for northern wind (Boreas.)
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The Digital Dilemma Good Camera Techniques: Shoot, download, save, back-up, reformat. Your camera’s disc is not a long term storage device! They can and will fail at any time. Always reformat the camera disc after you have removed it from the camera and downloaded images. Good Storage Techniques: Your computer’s hard-drive is the best and
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