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10 Tips on Using a Wide Angle Lens

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

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 →

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Assignment 6: Your Hometown

Posted on March 10, 2010 by

The very first assignment I posted last year was for everyone to do a Collective Shoot.  Ready to do another one?  This time the subject is Your Hometown.  This is different than landmarks as I am looking for one, two … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Back is Broken

Posted on March 3, 2010 by

I first encountered the phrase, “Winter’s back is broken”, while reading Jean Auel’s The Mammoth Hunters,  the third book in her Earth’s Children series (excellent books, by the way).  I had never heard it but Google shows me others are … Continue reading →

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Yeti Shrine

Posted on December 3, 2009 by

The Yeti Shrine to the mythical creature with Expedition EVEREST mountain in the background at Disney’s Animal Kingdom themepark. I used off-camera flash via Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS) with light, a Nikon SB-600 Speedlight, held at camera left set … Continue reading →

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View 99: November Pumpkins

Posted on November 16, 2009 by

Not all pumpkins end up as Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns.  Some are left in the fields to rot and be plowed under like the ones pictured above and below.  I didn’t expect to show you these on such a clear and sunny … Continue reading →

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