I’ve been using Lightroom 4 for since it’s release and I was curious as to exactly what the sliders actually due in the Develop Module. Here is a list that I found from Adobe Support: Exposure Sets the overall image brightness. Adjust the slider until the photo looks good and the image is the desired Read More …
Inside Palmer Chapel Welcome to the first of a feature that I’m going to call Before and After. With this I plan on posting images, both before and after, and summarize the steps that I took to go from beginning to end. I hope you will like what you see and get an idea of Read More …
Dodge, burn, double exposure, vigetting, color correction are some of the many techniques that are used in the darkroom. With today’s digital cameras and post processing applications, such as Adobe’s Lightroom, Apple’s Apature, and even Google’s Picasa, photographers can achieve the same effects as before, along with many other forms of digital manipulation, the final Read More …
On Saturday, I was speaking to my wife, who is currently in Thailand learning traditional Thai Massage for her business MASSAGE by Terrah Banakas, and I was telling her how I wanted to get out somewhere to get some photos of a sunset, since sunrises and sunsets just make great photos even more awesome. She Read More …
This shot was taken using my 1.8 50mm lens. This quick lens makes for great depth of field, causing the foreground and background to blur while a portion of the leaf is in focus. I thought this shot was interesting due to the contrast between the color of the bark of the shingle and the Read More …
Down stream from Lowry Falls (just south of Etowa TN in the Cherokee National Forest), I found this smaller waterfall. I liked this moss covered rock and though it would make a good stationary foreground for the small waterfalls behind it.
The other day, I took my kids out to Fort Loudoun State Park for a walk around the fort. Upon walking through the gate to the fort, I saw this squirl run up the logs that create the surrounding wall of the fort. He hung out at the top as if he were on the Read More …
