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Tuesday Thoughts: Use a Digital Skylight Filter to Create a Mood
Skylight filters are one of the standard on-camera filters that photographers tend to use for for color photography because they remove the blue cast that appears particularly under the noonday sun. A Skylight filter typically absorbs 46% of the UV radiation and atmospheric haze appearing in a scene.
Monochrome Monday: “A Tree is a Tree is a Tree”
Silent film pioneer Mack Sennett once famously said that “a rock is a rock is a rock” when explaining why he was shooting his fledgling comedies in the village of Edendale, California. His concept was that it didn’t matter where you were filming because a tree is just a tree no matter where it’s photographed.
Business Sunday: Make Idea Creation Part of Your Business
In my recent post, Business Can Be Like a Game of Chess, I tossed out a few ways to that you could generate ideas for your business but they were far from the only ways that open-minded photographers will find new, better, faster ways to operate. Here’s a few more…
Joe’s Book Club: Chapter 45. Remembering Ray Bradbury
“The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.” – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Field Test: Keks Oreo Lens
I like cookies, at least most kinds of cookies. Like Snoopy, I’m no fan of coconut cookies and I simply love Christmas sugar cookies. Oreo’s? I can take’m or leave’em, unless they’re a lens!
Thursday Vibes: Shooting Your Way Out of Your Comfort Zone
Paul Simon once said that talent evolves, changes and grows over time. Take his own career, for example, “Sound of Silence” doesn’t sound anything like “Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes.” I think this applies to photographers as well.





