Tag Archives: tips and tricks

Want a case of the blues?

I have had quite a few people ask me how I got the deep blue tones and shades in this photo. They always want to know if this came out of the camera this way, or if I did it in post processing.
It was really a little bit of both. Most of the blue...

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Free download of presets

More specifically, if you have Adobe Lightroom, onOne Software has some great presets available for download, as well as video tutorials about using them, for free. Check out their One-Click Wow! presets for yourself.
Not every shot is going to be perfect straight out of camera (SOOC). Sometimes, they need to be tweaked. One example would...

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Fall colors taught me a lesson

Lining the road that my job is on is a row of small tress that were planted earlier this year. As fall took hold, the leaves turned a nice shade of red.
While out on a smoke break today, I grabbed my camera to grab the obligatory “fall colors” photo. This evening I uploaded them to...

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Photo shoots and rookie mistakes

As noted in previous posts, we had a shoot on Saturday, and it could have gone a little better. After sorting through the photos that I took, a few things jumped out at me that can be chalked up to rookie mistakes:

If you are shooting later in the afternoon, particularly in the fall, watch your...

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FYI to electronics consumers

With my interest in photography, computers, and general gadgetry, I find myself looking through a lot of sites with reviews, about where to get deals, and discussions about them. Lately, I have seen quite a few people talking about their dealings and general distaste for reseller called photonation.com.
When I had first started looking into buying a Nikon...

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