Category Archives: 30 Days in the Dells

A Panoromaic HDR….or, how to mush a ton of shots together

Monday, March 9, 2009

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Last week’s Borrego trip gave me plenty of opportunities to try out some new things.  With Photoshop CS4 on my laptop I wanted to play with a few new features.  One feature in particular was the new merge to panoramic.
Sure, there have been panoramic merging [...]

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What’s on your Mac…..CS____?

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

I broke down and did it.  CS4 is now on the gallery system!
After reading about all the amazing updates in CS4 I couldn’t wait any longer.  Glad to say the business is paying for this! 
Now, I’m no CS4 expert, especially since I just got it.  But I’ll be working on learning about all [...]

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Requests, commissions, and the “boy I’d like to see thats….”

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

In the past few months I’ve learned a lot.  Ian has gotten a chuckle out of some of my gallery lessons.  The funny thing is, I keep re-learning them.
Up front I’ll say the following, and I’m not crabbing, just relaying experience:
When you order prints online you pay up front.  I’ve used MPix.com for quite a [...]

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I really should have marked it all down……

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Not long ago I attended another blogger get together here in Prescott. And it made me think, “I should add some more links on the sidebar.”
This evening I decided to do that. Add some additional links on my site, there’s a plan!  Too bad I forgot to jot down who attended the blogger [...]

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30 Days – #21

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Arizona is a pretty dry state.  Yet there are things that grow here that you wouldn’t expect in a “dry” state.  Moss for instance……
As you walk through the Dells you’ll find moss hidden here and there.  On the rocks, between the rocks, growing on some trees.  It’s everywhere!
Normally walking through the rock formations you’ll find [...]

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30 Days – #20

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Have you ever wanted to take a photo at a certain angle, but your shadow showed through?  Yeah, happens to all of us, doesn’t it?
You can’t really make me out in this shot.  My shadow works across the rocks in an interesting way.  And my tripod shadow doesn’t look like a tripod.  More like one [...]

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30 Days – #19

Friday, September 19, 2008

Another day, another trip into the Dells.
This morning required early meetings, early wake ups, and a long day.  Fortunately for the extra efforts I found myself free earlier than usual.  My friend Caden asked if I had any plans….
Yes, walk into the Dells again.  See whatever is there.  Get another cool sunset.
Really I’d like to [...]

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30 Days – #18

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Ok, three days worth of photos from Willow Lake.  And yes, most are taken from the same area.  Why would you take so many pictures from the same area?
It’s a cool spot?  Sounds like a good answer, doesn’t it?
Both Willow Lake and Watson Lake are artificial constructs, created years ago, and amazingly enough, they fit!  [...]

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30 Days in the Dells….Sort of… #17

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Well, 3 days have been missed in this series.  But I’m still trying to get the Dells from as many angles as possible.  Maybe it’s not 30 days in total, but there will be more than 30 shots when we’re all said and done.
This evening Sadira and I took a short walk along Willow Lake.  [...]

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A certain number of days in the Dells – #16

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Ah, back on track?  Sure we are.  A few days without fun shots for the series is disappointing, but now that I’ve had a little time I’ve gotten to shoot a few photos.  About time! 
This morning I ran into my friend Lars.  He mentioned heading out for a few photos in the evening [...]

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