By pascaljappy | How-To
Epicurean + curious. How about photographing more than landscapes or street, while travelling ? I was going to call this “Terroir Photography”. Terroir is a French word that describes an area of common culture and environmental factors (such as terrain and weather) that determine the quality of local produce. In many ways, Terroir denotes […]
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By Bob Kruger | How-To
I’ve been taking pictures for a long time. Only recently have I taken pictures with a purpose. For many years I have taken pictures serendipitously, what Pascal calls “grabbing” (DS # 1134). That approach was my staple for many years, but the more I shoot the more I veer from grabbing. I’m getting too old […]
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By Lad Sessions | How-To
Mosses are boring—or so we may think. After all, “rolling stones gather no moss.” These days we take that adage to mean that mosses are dull and static creatures, a bothersome excrescence on dynamic entities like rolling rocks—and rock bands! But in earlier centuries the phrase had exactly the opposite meaning: stay put and flourish, […]
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By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity , How-To
When Fujifilm entered the digital camera market they did so with a firm intent to pay homage to their film heritage both in the styling of their cameras and in their attention to detail in the colour science of their film simulations. For years the mantra in the digital photography world was ‘I shoot RAW’. […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Not a day goes by without a blog post or video describing tips, rules or techniques to make better photographs. 99.9% miss the mark, and it’s not always their fault. Here’s how to use them better. Disclaimer: The following is purely based on personal experience and isn’t sanctioned by any of the official schools […]
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By Lad Sessions | How-To
Lichens are vastly underappreciated by photographers (and indeed by almost everyone except lichenologists). To get the inevitable pun out of the way, most people don’t like ‘em, or don’t care much about ‘em. Both are mistakes. Once again I’m in over my head, a babe in lichenland, and I will rely heavily on a […]
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By Frank Field | How-To , Travel Photography
The Coast Redwoods, sequoia sempervirens, are the world’s tallest trees. They grow in a 450-mile / 725-km strip along the California coast from Big Sur to the southwest corner of Oregon. The tallest known living redwood measures 379 ft / 115 m high and is protected in the Redwood National Park, north of Eureka, California. […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To , Travel Photography
Quick update from me on this new challenge. It appears the topic is still unclear to many readers, so let me rephrase in a more pragmatic manner. Most of us are stuck at home, and international tourist travel is still a remote dream in many countries. I would like someone from Baltimore to be […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
By now, we know the purpose of story is to confront our internal worldviews with the world through the external struggles of characters (episode 1). We know how stories are told to keep our attention high from beginning to end (episode 2). Let’s now examine how photographs and films / video go about this in […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
Panoramas are one obvious use. Creating files with more pixels is another. But can we find enough to outnumber dalmatian puppies ? Onwards, woof. Squares This is probably my most frequent use of stitching. The square format (or close to) is a classic. It is possible to crop a rectangular frame and get a square, […]
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