Category Archives: Photography

Sidelighting a Ladybug

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

Sidelighting – light coming from the left or right of a subject. Because the light is scraping across from side to side, it catches every surface blip and imperfection, leaving a trail of large and small shadows and exaggerating surface … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Photography | Tagged 18-200mm, baldwinsville, beaver lake nature center, bokeh, direction, green, insect, ladybug, leaf, new york, nikon D70, red, sidelighting, veins, vr | 18 Comments

10 Tips on Using a Wide Angle Lens

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

Guest Blog article by Justin Miller. Ultra-wide angle lenses, referred to as UWA, can offer a unique, sometimes challenging, often rewarding view of the world for photographers. Many of us have faced that limitation where we can’t quite fit a … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged 10, florida, guest blog, justin miller, orlando, rectilinear, tips, tokina, ultra wide angle, uwa, walt disney world | 44 Comments

More on Creative Exposures

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

I was looking for an event to do movement photography like panning and blurs. Found a high school Track and Field meet which would be prefect for such endeavors. Not only that but the weather was perfect and the track … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sports | Tagged athletes, baldwinsville, high school, meet, new york, panning, running, track and field | 10 Comments

Book Review: Within the Frame

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

When I set a goal this year to read a photography book every month, I thought I would alternate between a hard-core technique type of book and an inspirational one. This has proven to be both a good idea and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged abraham lincoln, book review, creativelive, david duchemin, free, journey, liverpool, new york, salt potatoes, statue, syracuse, vision, webinar, within the frame | 27 Comments

The Dreaded Keywording Task

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Scott Thomas Photography

Here is a topic many photographers dread. However, with today’s workflow tools, it is really easy to add keywords to our photographs. I use Apple’s Aperture 3 so I know it best. Adobe’s Lightroom also does this plus there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged adobe, aperture 3, apple, blue, control bar, flickrexport, florida, hud, keywording, keywords, lightroom, organization, orlando, photo management, sky, software, space mountain, spires, walt disney world, white, workflow | 16 Comments

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