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Photo of the Day – Fog and Light

August 9, 2011 Photo of the day

For me, the practice of photography often leads to more questions about subject matter and why I am drawn to some more than others. Certainly the ‘”voice” or vision that we all have is a large part of that, and it is something I have been thinking about for quite some time now. This happens after [...]

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Photo of the Day – Light Mind, Rockefeller Preserve

July 19, 2011 Photo of the day

Canon 1DS Mk III, 1/3 @f11, ISO 200, 24mm (EF24-105 f/4 L) I’m always drawn to textures and colors, especially when the light helps accentuate them in an image. Back lighting is probably my favorite light to work with, though it is also the most difficult in my opinion. But there is no better way [...]

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Photo of the Day – Hudson View, Battery Park

June 29, 2011 Photo of the day

While working on an assignment this past weekend for Ray Fusco Inc and The North Face, I had the opportunity to get access to Governors Island before sunrise, which is not normally possible to the general public. A former Coast Guard installation, this small island is now a public park and sits just 1/2 mile [...]

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Story Behind the Print-River Reflections, Hudson Valley

April 15, 2011 Craft

River Reflections, Hudson Valley (1/4sec, f/16, ISO 100, 19mm) I’m up at 4:45am and out the door by 5 to arrive at the trailhead at  Black Creek Preserve and hike the mile out to the shore of the Hudson. I can’t really stomach any food this early in the morning, so I drink as much [...]

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BTL Video Podcast #7- Creative Workflow Tutorial in Lightroom

March 28, 2011 Video Podcast

On this episode of the video podcast, I take you through another creative workflow in Lightroom 3 using a black and white image from my recent trip to Nova Scotia. I filmed the intro in my studio in Beacon NY, and I’m working on a future episode that will focus on a tour of the [...]

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Creating a Before/After Slideshow In Lightroom

March 15, 2011 Craft

For the recent “Real World Lightroom” workshop, I wanted to show students the creative power of Lightroom 3 as both a RAW processor and a way to make great slideshows for presenting their work. Here’s a short video made using the slideshow module of Lightroom showing before and after versions of some of my recent photographs. [...]

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