March 2011
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Darcy Padilla | The Julie Project →
What is our role as photographers? As humans?
January 2011
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Street Photographer’s Work Discovered A Few Days... →
What an amazing discovery.
December 2010
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I find this practice really compelling! It does say so much about the person you’re photographing. It’s hard to maintain meaningful eye contact with a machine and for a few moments, you get glimpses into her soul. That’s the moment I’m always trying to capture. The quiet moment where the person travels into themselves while in front of me.
tylerknott:
At the end of any...
November 2010
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August 2010
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Shooting Aurora Borealis
When photographing aurora borealis (northern lights), shoot with a high ISO and large aperture with the shortest exposure possible to “catch” the dancing lights. It’s best to be away from any ambient light (far from towns and cities). Also, take several photos in succession using the same settings to get a sequence of the lights dancing. Then, if you’re feeling up to it,...
July 2010
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High Dynamic Range Photography
I recently went on a photography road trip with Paul Concepcion and Nic Lawrenz. It was a great weekend for stormy cloudscapes, peppered with moments of the iconic wide, open expanses of blue sky and green prairie.
This is my first successful attempt at High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. I processed the photo using Mac freeware, HDRtist, keeping the effect to about 75%, and then I tweaked the...
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