The exhibit at the Chanterelle restaurant went up on Jan. 10. It took about 2 hours to put up the photos and ‘info’ card. The restaurant was empty, so Gino and I had the place to ourselves. It was a little sticky getting around the tables, but it all went well. I wanted the spacing [...]
Archive for the ‘Technique’ Category
On the Wall
Posted in On the Wall, Technique, tagged display, exhibit, presentation, prints on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Print Presentation
Posted in Print Presentation, Technique, tagged framing, matting, Photography, presentation, Travel on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every photographer/artist has their own way of presenting their work to the public. Some methods are considered conventional and are widely accepted as being the proper way to go about it. More cutting edge, or exploratory art is often presented in ways that are as offbeat or unorthodox as the art itself. Most photographic presentations [...]
Anatomy of a Photo
Posted in Anatomy of a Photo, Mexico, Technique, Travel, tagged Mexico, Photography on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today’s post is a little behind the scenes look at my thought process. Most of the time it is done subconsciously. I move the camera or myself around, perhaps zooming in or out, until things start to ‘click’. Sometimes I’m taking shots during this process, but often I work just by looking through the viewfinder [...]
Diversity at Arches
Posted in Arches, Diversity at Arches, Southwest USA, Technique, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Arches, Photography, southwest, trav on September 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There is something that I’m always on guard against whenever I’m spending a little time in one location. I don’t want to come home with most (or all) of the photos looking the same. It sounds impossible, since the idea is to move around and see and photograph different subjects, but strange things can happen. [...]
Sharpen for the Web
Posted in Sharpening, Technique, tagged sharpening, Technique on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s my quick and easy settings for sharpening photos that are destined for the Web. You can resize first in Photoshop using the ‘Save for the Web’ command, but I’ll often just export my images from Aperture where I can choose to downsize them to whatever size I want. I export to a temporary folder [...]
Monochrome conversions
Posted in Monochrome, Southwest USA, Technique, tagged church, Monochrome, Photography, southwest on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a color photographer for the most part, although I love black and white imagery. In fact I’ve had several darkrooms in my life and learned the basics under the safelight in front of trays of magic chemicals. The digital darkroom is a fantastic advancement in photography and I take advantage of it to convert [...]
