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Using Fill Flash for Travel Photography

I couldn’t resist buying several scarfs from this beautiful young girl in Peru! She has the sweetest smile, and she is very good at marketing! Everywhere in Peru there is color, such a vibrant place. This image was optimized in camera raw, and tweaked in Photoshop using Nik Viveza and Nik Color Efex Pro.  For…

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F-stop Gear Rogue Team – Shibata photo bag

I’m honored, and excited to be be part of the the North American Rogue team for F-Stop Gear! You can read more about F-Stop Gear, and view my Rogue profile from this link. In the photo above, I’m carrying my F-stop gear bag, the Shibata. This is a great bag for day trips, fitting in several pro…

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Bokeh and the 50mm lens

One of my favorite lenses to work with creatively is a 50mm. With the image above, I’m using a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 which creates wonderful circles, or bokeh in the out of focus points of light. A tip to using a 50mm lens is to get very close to your subject, and let the background…

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Castle in Infrared and Topaz Labs Star Effects…

One of my passions is photographing in infrared, and also photographing at night! This image combines both of my passions into one image. The castle Auf Schonburg was photographed in infrared in Bacharach, Germany, and the stars were photographed along the Mosquito Lagoon on Florida’s east coast. A really cool Action in Photoshop CS5 called Star Trails,…

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