Category Archives: Technical

Planning the Light

Abicor-Binzel Robotic Welding Arm I love large photographic projects. The challenge, the creativity required, the potential for strong imagery – all these excite in me the drive that photography first instilled so many years ago. My original mentor, Brent White, explained that he believed there were two main branches on the tree of photography;  one...

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How About a Little SASS?

The Observatory at the Earth and Space Sciences Lab As long as I’ve been making my living at this photography gig, I still love seeing new work published.  I apologize if that seems boastful or somehow too ego driven.  I guess it’s the adult version of having Mom put our early drawings on the refrigerator...

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One Photographer’s Opinion on RAW vs JPEG Image Files

There is a constant discussion over the best image file format for professional use in photography.  This is just one more professional’s opinion.  It’s based upon my desire to provide the client with the very best final image.  Doing that efficiently is part of remaining profitable.  Too much time spent processing images eats into time...

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Photography – Controlling the Light

In the interest of keeping control of the light and being able to use shallow depth of field in bright sun, I updated my neutral density filters this week, as inspired by Lee Filters, and then set about experimenting a little. Not having a model handy, but wanting to play, I took the ND16 (4...

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