Hue, Saturation and Contrast Oh My!!!
February 16, 2010Oh, so you have an incredible picture you took or even a slightly fantastic picture but there is just something off about it? So you throw it into Photoshop or LightRoom or GIMP or whatever your app of choice is to 'fix it'. What does it need? The composition looks good, the lighting is well done and the subject matter is interesting, so what does it need? Maybe just a little tweak here and there. Amongst the numerous actions, presets, textures and layers you can use on an image, the most basic tweaks with hue, ... read more
Fifth Sense
February 4, 2010About seven years ago, I traveled to Oahu with my friend Maureen. Because we were both AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers, living at the poverty line for a year by choice, the idea of a Hawaiian vacation seemed impossibly decadent. But we found dirt cheap airfare and lodging at a mutual friend's vacant condo. It was perfect. Except for one thing. Maureen's dog had to stay back in Seattle because we couldn't afford the vaccines that she'd need to pass through the Hawaiian quarantine. I should mention that Maureen is completely blind. She lost her sight in her ... read more
There’s No Biz Like Strobist
January 25, 2010I get a few emails every week asking me about strobist stuff. What to buy, what equipment do I use, how to trigger off camera flashes, etc. I can answer those questions. The thing is, I have no idea how I get the light I get sometimes. It's tricky. You're dealing with f-stops (aperture), shutter speed, EV values, ambient light, fill light, and plagues sent by God. But the three biggies are aperture, shutter speed, and distance. I've only been doing work with flash for a little less than two years, so in my eyes ... read more
Strobeless Lighting
January 25, 2010If you're independently wealthy and money is no object then please, feel free to skip this article. If you're more like the 99% of us chasing the dream read on. You start taking pictures with your point and shoot and find something about it so appealing that you eventually want to buy a better camera. You save your pennies and eventually plunk down the cash on one of them fancy cameras, yeah the kind that you can put those big, long lenses on. You fight this beast of a camera into submission and somewhere along the ... read more
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