Archives for April, 2011
It’s A Lock…
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
…An old canal lock, that is. A canal used to run through this old area near my childhood home. The remains of one of the locks is still there. Natural rocks can make a great background for figure photos, but man-made rocks can work as well. I spent most of the day yesterday editing just […]
Home on the Rocks
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Brooke is here visiting. That makes me happy. I work with quite a few wonderful models. They are all special, but Brooke is more special than any other model I’ve ever worked with. She’s my favorite. I guess I shouldn’t say that and I hope that none of my other models feel bad because I’ve said that, […]
Another Answer
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
After all that stuff about techniques to fix photos taken in “challenging” light, there is really a very different approach that is the one I most often use and that is much more likely to succeed, if I can manage it. It’s much better to simply find the place where the light I’m struggling with […]
Software Alternatives
Monday, April 18th, 2011
I’ve been working on finding better ways to post-process photos done in bright sunlight. I think I’m beginning to improve the results. I talked with my old friend, Tim Black, about my problems and he suggested I try the Nikon software to process the RAW files. I’ve had bad experiences with Nikon’s software in the […]
Spring Has Sprung
Friday, April 15th, 2011
I know it’s spring here in Ohio because I’ve already shot the first frozen model of the year here. Thanks to Angie we slipped out to our favorite local waterfall for a shoot earlier this week. We got a later start than we had hoped for, and, of course, the sun was out full force, […]
Another of Char
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
It’s way too nice a day here for me to spend much time at the computer. I need to go clean up the yard and I might even mow part of it for the first time this afternoon. It may get up to 84 degrees today, which will set a record if it happens. This […]
More Char…and a Movie Rant
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Wow, there must be a lot of Char Rose fans out there. I don’t follow all that closely how many people visit my blog, but I couldn’t help noticing that visitors almost doubled after I posted that last photo of Char. Since I’m not really saying anything of note here, it has to be Char […]
Statuesque
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Here’s another studio photo of Char Rose. I don’t shoot this sort of thing in the studio very often because, in general, I’m just not interested in this kind of classical figure study photography. It’s pretty much been done. I have a studio and a bunch of lights, so creating a setup like this isn’t […]
Softness
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
As I’ve said before here, I’m tired of winter and bored with working in the studio. One of the things I do when I get bored in the studio is bring out my old soft-focus lens and shoot with it. I’ve had this lens, a single-element lens in Nikon mount, for more than 30 years. […]
