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Have you ever seen a new product, and thought ” Yeah, why didn’t I think of that?” Well, you are about to have that happen again. I recently came across an ad for what was being billed as a “Universal Lens Cap” You know, like you could reach into your camera bag and always have […]
We’ve all seen those sharp, yet soft moody looking Monochromatic Black & White, or Sepia toned images that have that timeless look. I have found an easy way to create that look and I want to show it to you. First, let me show you the look I’m referring to. This sort of look, or something […]
This year I realized with the shoots I had planned I needed to add an “Ultra-Telephoto” to my gear. Like most photographers, I have the standard 70-200mm, and even a 70-300mm, but there are times that it’s just not enough. Being a Canon shooter, I know that Canon makes an excellent 600mm f4L lens, …….but………ummm, …..Yeah, […]
I want to tell you a story about a tree. In St. Louis, MO where I live, there is a very large Park named Forest Park. Forest Park is one of the largest parks in a metropolitan city in the United States. It was also the location of the 1904 Worlds fair, which is when this tree was […]
What to do on the 4th of July… Humm… Grill? Done. Catch up with family? Done. Relax? Done. Watch fireworks? Wait a second… How many of you have photographed fireworks? I’m guilty. But who’s photographed fireworks in IR? I’ve never done that, and probably few have. Let’s give it a try. I climbed on the […]
Okay, . . . Pop Quiz: You are about to travel roughly 8,300 miles with this, and a few other little things. Here’s what this is: 3 Full frame DSLRs 70-300 lens 150-600 lens 12mm lens 24-105mm […]
Nothing says summer quite sunflowers. The image of a sunflower reminds me of long warm days, the smell of cocoa butter suntan lotion, and ice cold lemonade. As a photographer, sunflowers are great to shoot. In infrared they are even better I do love the way they look. Here’s a Super Color sunflower. Here’s one making the […]
Logos are everywhere. We see them on nearly every commercial product on the market. Many photographers feel the need to have their logo on every piece they create and share online. DESIGNEVO is an online company that produces logos for any purpose. I was approached by them and ask to try their online service and […]
We are now heading into that time of year that many people go out traveling for vacation or holiday. If you are a photographer that means traveling with your “gear”. We like vacations; we get to go new places and take lots of exciting photographs. But you know who else likes vacation time? Thieves. There […]
Now that the icy grips of Winter and the way-too-wet Spring weather have finally gone away, it is now the time that photographers like when we can go out and enjoy our passion for photography. One thing I love to shoot this time of year is Butterflies. As a photographer they offer a good challenge […]
If there’s one thing about photography that confuses newcomers(and often the rest of us) it’s the idea of aperture. What is it? Why is it so complicated? How does it affect your photos? Well, aperture isn’t complicated or impossible to understand, it’s just unfamiliar. And like most unfamiliar things the more you learn to about […]
What is the end game of photography? To make a photo, right? Not always a print but nonetheless an image of some kind is the final goal of most photographers. The tools needed to complete what can sometimes be a world altering task are simple. At their minimum, you’ll require some type of otherwise light-proof […]
Brace yourself because here it comes…it’s another discussion about black and white photography. Don’t worry, it’s not going to be the same old “which is better?” or even worse, another “how to convert your photos to black and white” type of articles. Admittedly, I have written on both of those subjects extensively before but this […]
There is a misunderstanding that has come to light that I would address and discuss. The issue relates to the in-camera White Balance that is set when your camera was converted by Life Pixel. Somewhere along the way the misunderstanding has occurred and people believe that when a camera is converted we set a magical, […]
I said the next thing we would talk about was Converting Hyper Color to Monochrome, so here we go. When I started testing the new Hyper Color Infrared last year, I was surprised by the images that came straight out of the camera. The color tones of the sky, the intense magentas, and reds made […]
With the introduction of the new Hyper Color Infrared, you now have the ability to create stunning IR images that do not require channel swapping. For many photographers, this means they can easily go straight from the camera with many images. In the past few months of experimenting with Hyper Color, I’ve also found a […]
We all know about presets in Lightroom and all the great things they can do your post processing. Presets help make your editing easier and make achieving a constant styling much more efficient. The biggest benefit of using presets is that they speed up your post processing so you can get back to making photographs, […]
For the past few months I have been testing a new Infrared conversion filter, and I am happy to finally be able to show it to you. It’s called Hyper Color. So, what is Hyper Color? Basically the next evolution in Infrared photography. I tried initially to compare to other types of IR and say, […]
What if I told you that sharpening as we know it in photography isn’t real? That might be a little hard to believe but the truth is that it is actually impossible to make an image physically sharper after it has already been made. Sharpening a photo is simply an illusion. We can make a […]
There are times when the most simple of explanations eludes us. When it comes to photography, or more specifically to the point of making strong photographs, we must be fully aware. Not just aware of our settings and camera placement but also our intent. Oddly enough, it’s frightfully easy to lose this awareness during the […]
