Several years ago I discovered Trey Ratcliff. The first time I saw the guy’s images I thought my brain would explode. Seriously, his images are so amazing, so far beyond “real” that you can’t help but stare for long periods …
Shooting by moonlight and early morning sun in White Pocket….A complete wonderland!
4:00 a.m. it became too difficult to maintain the charade. Pretending I was warm enough to keep sleeping was impossible. Sure, my back was warm against the sleeping pad, but the sides of both butt cheeks were frigid. Roll to …
White Pocket Lessons: Bet you thought I’d forget!
Ah, the lessons learned on this recent trip to White Pocket. In my exhausted state on Sunday I wrote out an awfully long list of stuff, and I’m willing to bet some readers thought I’d let the list pass into …
Let’s get technical! Topaz, Photomatix, and Lightroom adjustments
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 …
Islands of stone in a sea of sand
A little over a week ago a phone call came in. Contract in California. Weekends free, what to do, what to do. It was my friend of nearly 20 years, Tom. Months ago the wireless carrier downsizing pinched his job, …
The first HDR from this weekend’s trip
I didn’t spend too much time sorting photos yesterday. And I spent no real time editing anything. As you can see in the prior post though, some of the scenes were just amazing and I don’t think a lot of …
And the Dr. Seuss Title was……
“There’s a Wocket in my Pocket.” Figured folks would get pocket and do a little reverse engineering to get to White Pocket. 🙂 24 hours ago two figures marched around White Pocket in blasting winds. Lens filters got sandblasted, lenses …
High Dynamic Range Canvas for HDR Photography? Yup, I offer that!
Months ago I’d written about Breathing Color’s new Lyve Canvas. A higher dynamic range then their Chromata Canvas? Yes, I tested it then, and I use it now. Does it add additional pop to my personal HDR photography? Yes again. …
HDR Spotting, a great new website
Need a dose of HDR inspiration? If you do, check out HDRSpotting.com Last week I was accepted to the HDR Spotting site, and man, that was big in my mind. Trey Ratcliff, the HDR guy who inspired me to try …