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A week of Flash

Monday, January 25, 2010

No, not Adobe Flash. We’re talking strobes here this week at the Airstream Chronicles.
See, while putting up with last week’s storms made for a boring time, I had to do something. What do you do with yourself when you’re bored?
Play with Speedlights.
Now regular readers will know, I do landscapes, ghost towns, old buildings, [...]

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Fly by night web designers can cost you!

Friday, January 8, 2010

Yesterday a neighboring business owner asked for my assistance. Issues with their website. Since I’d helped with some graphics for their site months ago, and due to their question, I gave them a hand. It was only 5 minutes of my time, and I understood their frustration!
See, several months ago the business [...]

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Dear Apple…..what gives?

Friday, January 8, 2010

A few short days ago I found an interesting warning on my Mac.  My 1 year old battery needs service.
The service warning popped up right after the Raven incident New Year’s Eve Day.  Some major paranormal intervention with my MacBook Pro?  Or has my battery totally flaked?
Last year in February I had to get a [...]

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Lightroom 2 – New Year, New Catalog

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

With the arrival of 2010 it’s time for me to create my next Lightroom2 Catalog.  What I’ve found in several years of using Lightroom is that I personally like having a “full” yearly catalog for everything shot that I deem “keepers”, even if some should be deleted! 
It’s so hard to delete sometimes, isn’t [...]

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A follow up regarding my Flash CS4 post

Friday, December 11, 2009

Yesterday I posted a quick sample of the start of a splash screen that I’m working on for the gallery web site.  In the post I neglected to talk about the most important aspect of working on the Flash CS4 presentation.  The Kelby Training web site has helped immensely!
Way back in the day, you know, [...]

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Playing with product shots

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Yesterday I posted my review of “The Digital Photography Book Volume 3.”  And what you have to understand is that after reading any of Kelby’s books you really do walk away with a good deal of inspiration…..and gear lust.  Since things are tight on the financial front I decided to go with the inspiration side [...]

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Photographing Arizona Podcast Episode 17: A panoramic workflow with Lightroom and Photoshop

Monday, December 7, 2009
 
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Months ago on my first trip to Coyote Buttes I had the idea about doing a tutorial on using Lightroom and Photoshop for a streamlined workflow for creating panoramics.  I shot video near the Old Paria Movie Set, put together an on screen demo…..and then I completely forgot I had the video ready to go.
So, [...]

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Let’s get technical! Topaz, Photomatix, and Lightroom adjustments

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

This morning I decided to toy with Topaz Adjust and Detail on the next round of photos.  Yesterday I played with HDR in a big way, why not mess with some other tools to see what we get?  So, that’s what I set about doing this morning, but then I had a thought.  Another round [...]

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Photographing Arizona Podcast Episode 13: Why Do I Personally Use HDR? Part one of the HDR Series

Monday, October 19, 2009
 
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Over the past few weeks I’ve been reading a lot about HDR.  It seems to be one of those hot button topics that’s getting hotter.  Don’t know why that is, but it is.
Personally, I stumbled across HDR several years ago.  A person had paid a compliment about one of my recent landscapes, and then he [...]

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Photographing Arizona Podcast Episode 9: A quick look at Topaz Fusion

Friday, September 18, 2009
 
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Jeff Revell recently posted over at Photowalk Pro about Topaz’s latest cool toy, Fusion.  I had to check it out for myself as well, so I made a “quickie” podcast to show you how it works, and my personal first impressions.
Topaz Fusion is a new little add on for Lightroom2 and Aperture.  Basically it allows [...]

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