I recently upgraded my Photoshop program to CS5 and I was anxious to try out the HDR Pro feature in it. Older versions of Photoshop would let you do HDR but it wasn’t the most user friendly feature-until now. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. In other words, it amps up your photos to the [...]
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This class had 3 people but unfortunately, due to work schedules, a couple couldn’t make it the second night. So Lisa is the featured photographer for this class. I was very impressed with her images considering she was using a Canon point and shoot digital camera. She got some very interesting and intriguing shots with [...]
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Another look into photographing chocolate. Basically, it’s all in the lighting. To get that shiny looking chocolate, you need to have what is called specular light or the light shining on a small area of what you are shooting. Below are a couple images showing the difference. Be sure to look at it full screen [...]
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With so many different fabric choices and prints out there now, using just a small piece of fabric in your photos can bring out the food even more. A little trick I do is go to the fabric stores, usually quilting stores and buy what they call “fat quarters”. These smaller pieces of fabric measure [...]
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This class was fun. I love it when people have a sense of humor and don’t take things too seriously. We’ll start with Brenda. She had great shots of flowers and shadows of houses and rock and then a taco restaurant in Texas. Yeah, she did part of her assignment in Texas-good student! Seriously though, [...]
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The first Photo Walk took place last Saturday-note to self, don’t schedule these at the end of July or August-it was hot. I had a great time though walking with Kathy. I hope she did too. Our trek started out by Jack Stack BBQ and we headed west to the Cancer Survivors Park then back [...]
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This is a tabletop studio that I built and I must say, it works great. I was wanting something that was convenient to setup but easy to store and transport. I guess the aircraft mechanic in me came out because it’s made mostly of aluminum. The longest piece is 36″ and the light has adjustable [...]
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OK, I know a while back I was trying to simplify my blogs but an idea that I’ve had rolling around for quite some time was to start a blog that featured people’s favorite recipes that their Mom made. My Mom had quite a few but my problem is I don’t have the recipes-that’s [...]
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I think it’s becoming a theme-Mom’s taking great shots of their children. There sure are some cute kids out there. This class, there were 4 people who were very eager to learn. Their pictures were really interesting. My favorite part of doing these classes is seeing what people shoot and how different people see things. [...]
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This blog is about photography-mainly mine and how I did certain things and where I shot stuff. I shoot in and around the Kansas City metro area. Enjoy the Photo Tips and the journey.Copyright © 2010 Through the Lens. All rights reserved.
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