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Wheels Wednesday: Coping with Photographer’s Block
If you pursue any creative process long enough you’ll most inevitably experience a “block.” How do you get of it? Here’s a few suggestions…
Tricky Tuesday: The Joys of Photoshop
I will admit that I will, sometimes, cut and paste elements of a portrait made during the same session in order to create an image that I had in my head but wasn’t able to capture in a single frame. Is that cheating; I don’t consider this technique to be cheating, although I am aware that others may not agree,
Celebrating Culture Day Japan Today
Culture Day Japan is celebrated every year on November 3. The constitution of Japan established this day as a national holiday. This day is also known as ‘Bunka no Hi’ and mostly celebrates the culture, academia, and arts of Japan
Shooting Glamour Using Available Light
It doesn’t matter what person, place, or thing you’re photographing, the ultimate subject of any photograph is light and it’s the quality of the light that ultimately determines the effectiveness of your portrait. Here are three things I like about making portraits and glamour using available light:
Joe’s Book Club: Chapter 80, It’s a Mystery to Me
As I mentioned in the last book club, I have been reading several, four to be exact, Nero Wolfe novels recently because they are my “comfort books.” The most recent book I read was In the Best Families that appears to be a bit longer that the typical novel in the series.
Remembering the First Photograph I Made
My parents gave me my first camera when I was eight years old. It was a hand-me-down Kodak Brownie Number 2. It was also the first camera to use 120 film and Kodak made five different versions of this camera, models A through F. It captured images that were 2 1/4-inch square





