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Photos of the Day – Adirondacks

July 29, 2010 Craft

“Heron Marsh Trail” Canon 1Ds Mk III, 1/4 sec @f/14, ISO 400, 17mm (EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II) CREATIVE NOTES “Heron Marsh”: This image was pretty straight forward from a technical standpoint, and a good example where any mode except manual fails miserably to make a proper exposure. A careful balance between shadows and highlights is [...]

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How I Choose Papers To Make the Perfect Print

October 24, 2009 Craft

Ansel Adams once said “the negative is the score, and the print is the performance“, and for me, the print is what drives my motivation and all of my creative efforts as a landscape photographer. I love this quote because it really captures my thinking process, especially coming from a music background where everything I [...]

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The Lessons of Editing In Photography

April 19, 2009 Craft

Over the years I’ve had my fair (or as I see it unfair) share of failures, whether working in the music industry or photography. There probably isn’t a day that goes by when I’m in the field where I don’t fail at some point or another, often repeatedly. This is most evident in the editing [...]

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Light and Emotion

March 2, 2009 Craft

Light is the basis of all great landscape photography, and it influences me and my work more than any other single element. I’ve often tried to describe how light can create strong emotional responses in a viewer, yet it is so difficult to put into words at times. I recently discovered Art:21, a great PBS television [...]

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Kingsland Point Park Sunset

February 10, 2009 Prints

I visited Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow, NY last week to work on a Scenic Hudson project, and sensing some good photo opportunities, decided to stay until sunset. “Decided” is the key word because it was rather cold (mid 20′s), and after a few hours of being outside during the day, I was very [...]

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Lightroom Plugins

February 5, 2009 Favorites

Borders and watermark added using Mogrify There are some very useful plugins available for Lightroom, and I’ve tried a good share of them. Here are some of the ones I’ve been using regularly and recommend: Photographer’s ToolBox: this suite of 3 plugins (Mogrify, Enfuse, Transporter) offer some great extra capabilities that I find I use [...]

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