Photography
I am currently a freelance writer for Beyond Megapixels, a great little photography website. I’ve posted several tutorials over there, including Add A Signature To Your Digital Photos, Long Exposure – A Rule of Thumb Challenge, and Correcting White Balance.
All of the photos featured on this site since March of 2007 have been taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XTi digital SLR camera. Prior to that I had a couple of point-and-shoot numbers that did the job. Then my interest in photography increased and I wanted to have more control over the camera’s settings. I’m still exploring and learning about shutter speeds and ISO settings and whatnot.
My current inventory of equipment is limited to the camera body and the following:
- 0.28m/0.9ft 18-55mm (standard use lens)
- 0.38m/1.3ft 28-80mm (standard use lens)
- 1.5m/4.9ft 75-300mm (telephoto lens)
- 2x converter
- UV filters
- Tripod with ball head
- Wireless remote shutter release
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I have rented lenses from Pro Photo Rental and I highly recommend them. They treated me fantastically, are priced reasonably, and are a great solution to capture those photo opportunities when you don’t own the right gear and can’t budget a new lens purchase.
All photos are edited/enhanced using Adobe Photoshop. Version 5.5 was used up until April of ‘08, then I upgraded to CS3. I store my photos on Flickr. You are welcome to download them for personal use, I would just request that you let me know, and also credit me for any use to which you apply the photos.
Tutorials:
I like to share what I learn. As such, when I learn a new trick I will post an entry as a tutorial. Here’s what I have thus far:
- Photoshop – Diffuse and Bloom (link to a tutorial)
- Photoshop – Noise Reduction on old film (plus some actions)
- Photoshop – Burn and Dodge (plus some actions)
- Macro Photos – You Can Do It!
Featured Photo Essays:
- Ten days, 3026 miles, and 912 pictures later – A photo summary of our Epic Summer Road Trip (August 2009)
- Indiana: aka “Heatherland” (July 2009)
- Desert Botanical Garden (May 2009)
- Kali (December 2008)
- Mesa Beer Festival (November 2008)
- Too Fast For Love (October 2008)
- Weekend in Flagstaff (September 2008)
- A night out in Oregon (August 2008)
- Big Lake Camping Trip (July 2008 )
- Reader’s Choice: ASU Campus (May 2008 )
- Wandering around on a Friday night (March 22, 2008 )
- Dark Horse and Downtown Chandler (March 15, 2008 )
- Tempe Beer Festival (March 8, 2008 )
- Oregon Beer Festival (August 2007)
- Maine Vacation (May 2007, start at the beginning of the month)
- Tucson Reptile Expo (September 2006)
- Flagstaff Beer Festival (July 2006)
- Lone Grandparenting – part one, part two, part three (April 2006)
- Whistler, Vancouver, Canada (December 2005)
- The Weekend in Progress (August 2004)
- All Baby, All the Time (April 19, 2004)
- Babysitting (September 30, 2003)
- Peace Places (September 3, 2003)
- Hawaii Vacation Part One, Part Two, Part Three (June 2003)
- Another day in the life (June 3, 2003)
- The Desert Botanical Garden (April 20, 2003)
- A day in the life (September 20, 2002)
- Our Wedding (June 2002)
- L’Auberge Resort, Sedona Arizona (April 2002)
- Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona (October 23, 2001)
- Camp Pendelton, California (September 2001)
- A Sad Trip to Maine (August 2001)
- Camping at Big Lake, Arizona (July 2001)
- The Phoenix Zoo (April 13, 2001)
- The Renaissance Festival (February 12, 2001)
Recommended Books:
- The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
- The Digital Photography Book Volume I by Scott Kelby
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