Archive for May 2010

One of the things I like about Photomatix is the ability to create pseudo HDR images. This means you can use a single exposure with Photomatix, and the Tone Mapping filter. This doesn’t represent an image the the full dynamic range of multiple exposures, but it can work beautifully for a single HDR effect. This…

Our visual experience is limited to the world in color. Just beyond what our eyes can see is the incredible world of infrared. Light in this range can be recorded by a digital camera with the use of an infrared filter or infrared converted camera. It gives you a whole new way to take pictures,…

These tulips remind me of spring in fresh and cheerful pastel colors! I had fun photographing the flowers in a variety of ways. I worked with different lenses and creative effects, and ended up with this shot that was my favorite. It was taken through textured glass. Spectrum Glass makes a wide variety of art…

I was completely inspired to photograph stairwells after seeing Tony Sweet’s lighthouse photo from San Diego, and Jane Fikar’s lighthouse which was Tuesday’s Photo of the Day at BetterPhoto.com. Many thanks for the inspiration! I made my way up to the lighthouse in Ponce Inlet, Florida to photograph the spiral structure from the ground floor. I had…

Stuck on ideas? Try inverting an image, or a layer that you are working on for a different and dramatic effect. This is easy to do in Photoshop, from the Menu choose Image>Adjustments>Invert, or better yet use the keyboard shortcut Command I for Mac, or Control I for PC. You can create pretty cool effects…