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Photographing the Sierra in Autumn
Autumn Cottonwoods, June Lake Loop, California I love autumn, and always have. When autumn color begins, the world looks and feels different, and it makes me very happy at a level I can’t easily...
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Photographing the Sierra in Autumn – Part Two
Aspen Trio, Lee Vining, California I am continuing on last week’s theme so I can talk about some more of the unique aspects of the Sierra autumn, to help you get the most from photographing this...
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Examples – The Making of a Photograph: Cottonwoods, Autumn, June Lake Loop,...
What goes into making a great print? How do you work on a file in Photoshop to make it communicate what you want? The best way I can teach how to make a beautiful print is by showing you. With...
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Making Printing Simple
I think any photographer can learn how to make creative adjustments to their photographs so the prints look the way they intend…and I think it’s actually an easy thing to do. When I look at my...
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Thought of the Day
The fundamentals of photography haven’t changed since the first photograph was made, only the tools with which we achieve them.
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EXAMPLES – The Making of a Photograph: Mono Lake Sunrise
One of the most common mistakes I see on workshops is students making lots of local changes, but ignoring the global changes. When they ask me how I would approach their photo, I typically get it...
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EXAMPLES – The Making of a Photograph: Black and White Printing Overview
I love B&W prints. After practicing making B&W prints in the darkroom in my high school years. Seeing the beautiful tonal renditions it is capable of, then being drawn in by the prints of...
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Mastering Monitor Calibration
Digital photography has created a huge problem. Most of us no longer know what our photographs look like, because we aren’t using color-accurate display systems to view our photographs on screen. Sure,...
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The Myth of the Screen to Print Match
One of the biggest misconceptions in color management is the belief that you calibrate your monitor and printer to match each other. If you think that’s how it works, you’re not alone. And that...
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Win a free color-accurate monitor?
Sound too good to be true? Well, maybe… I’m not running a contest, but I can tell you how to see if you’ve won. If you have an Apple Cinema Display or an Apple iMac, you probably already have a...
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