Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ice Storm – fleeting beauty

Pine Tree becomes art in an Ice Storm As I lay in bed listening to the icy rain hitting the windows I was excited with the prospect of getting out with my camera to record the magical coating of ice that just such a storm creates.  I knew I didn’t have anyplace to go this… Continue Reading

What is mundane today is soon nostalgic

Downtown Rochester prior to 2012 renovation Soon downtown Rochester will begin a tremendously disruptive construction project to update the sewers under main street.  The street will be torn out, the original sewers dug out and replaced with significantly larger pipe to handle the modern day requirements, and then the street and sidewalks will be rebuilt.… Continue Reading

A cold morning at the Zoo

Stalking a non-existent prey I led a photo-walk this morning at the zoo.  I had over 50 people signed up and roughly 25 showed up.  About what I expected with the sudden cold snap.  I could have been warmer but I stuck it out.  The female Tiger was out and quite active.  The shot above… Continue Reading

Sometimes you have to act fast

Snow covered Pine tree When I woke up this morning it was to see that the big snow that was predicted didn’t amount to much, but there was a beautiful dusting of fresh snow on the Pine tree in my neighbor’s back yard.  Experience has taught me that such a dusting often doesn’t last long,… Continue Reading

Photoshop Layers

Friday, February 24th I am teaching a beginners course on Photoshop Layers.  Layers allow us to make complex adjustments in a non-destructive manner.  In the image above I created a duplicate layer then using Silver Efex Pro2 I converted that layer to B&W.  By applying a mask to the new layer I am able to… Continue Reading

Shoot Color for the best B&W’s

Color capture converted to B&W With the wide variety of editing software available I never shoot in Monochromatic mode.  I always prefer to shoot my originals in color and then convert them to B&W in post-processing.  For the example above I wanted the red shirt darker than it would have rendered had I shot B&W… Continue Reading

My first visit to The Skyline Club

I attended an Event Professionals Luncheon at the Skyline Club today.  It was my first time visiting the facility which is on the top floor of the 2000 Tower of The Town Center. The view was obstructed by the snow storm, but I could tell even with the low visibility that on a clear day… Continue Reading

More about lighting

Today’s post actually come from two days ago.  I am taking artistic license with my 365.  The reason I am posting a second image from February 18th is that I had two very distinct experiences that day.  I started the day teaching a beginners studio lighting workshop, which I enjoyed very much.  Then I returned… Continue Reading