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Category Archives: Photography
Blue Hour Primer
Here are a few more tips and ideas for Assignment 19: Blue Hour I posted earlier this week. If you have some, please, share with us in the comments below. Blue Hour photography requires long exposures. A tripod is the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Photography
Tagged "washington, dc", night, water, lincoln memorial, blue hour, memorial, fountains, world war ii
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Layers in Aperture and Lightroom
Last year, OnOne Software introduced a new product to bring layer processing to both Apple Aperture 3 and Adobe Lightroom called Perfect Layers. While using layers is a staple of Photoshop processing, it is not available in either Aperture or … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 28-300mm, action, adobe, apple aperture 3, car, composite, disney's hollywood studios, falling, florida, free, glass, lightroom, lights, man, motors, nikon D700, OnOne software, orlando, perfect layers 2, perfect photo suite 6, photoshop, red, reflection, show, stunt, vr, walt disney world
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Streets of America Photowalk
If any of you will be visiting Walt Disney World on May 29, 2012, I will be hosting a photowalk in Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Streets of America in association with AllEars.net. This is a fun area featuring sets of two … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged disney's hollywood studios, florida, orlando, photowalk, streets of america, walt disney world
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No Tripods, No Monopods, No Problems
The Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia and next door to Dulles International Airport does not allow the use of monopods or tripods due to safety issues. I figured I would have to rely on my Nikon D700 … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged "washington, 28-300mm, aircraft, airport, atomic bomb, blackbird, boeing b-29, chantilly, dc", dulles, enola gay, enterprise, history, lockheed, magic arm, manfrotto, museum, nikon D700, smithsonian, space shuttle, sr-71, steven f. udvar-hazy center, super clamp, superfortress, tokina 11-16mm, uwa, virginia, vr, wide angle
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Washington, DC Favorites
Thought I would end this week with a few favorites from last week’s trip to Washington, DC. I will add shooting tips to the challenges I faced in hopes of helping other traveling photographers. I will start with the reason … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Photography
Tagged "washington, dc", building, tree, daughter, vr, water, mammal, capitol, united states, hdr, photomatix, fountain, nikon D700, tokina 11-16mm, aperture 3, purple, 28-300mm, woman, primate, flowering, memorial, world war 2, national mall, japanese wisteria, orangutan, national zoo, smithsonian, high key, us, dome, rotunda, library of congress, great hall, thomas jeffereson
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