I decided to learn how to use Photoshop. As a photographer, my main photo development software was Lightroom with the aids of a couple of plugins (Nik Collection 3 and Topaz AI – De Noise, Gigapixel and Sharpen). As great as that combination is, it does not solve all of my photographic problems. My first […]
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I don’t do a lot of black and white photos, because I love bright beautiful colors. So last week’s challenge for black and white photos of the chicks was an interesting one. Not being familiar with BW photography, I took all photos fully colored. I tried to get as high contrast as possible in the […]
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I love eating. I love photography. I like cooking. I generally try to make dinners as easy and quick as possible during the week. It’s not alway easy to do so and please Dean (he’s got a peculiar priority in his eating). Yesterday I made Chow Mein and he loved it. Did not take a […]
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Yesterday was a beautiful day, so I decided to go for a walk (exercise). It is within the restrictions permit, so I took my camera, as I would. I walked a lot in uneven terrain exploring the creek. I finally got close to where I live in the creek and ended up finding an easier […]
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So my husband and I went out for a walk (exercise) today in the creek trail close by. As I never miss an opportunity to photograph, I took my camera. Now, around the creek there is a lot of trash so I wasn’t really inspired to take photos of the creek. The trash mainly come […]
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In the midst of a second lockdown in Victoria, spending all days indoors has been proving to be very difficult. To be fair, did not go out in between lockdowns either; just mainly tried to keep social distancing and trying to organize the house. I did go out a bit more than when in lockdown […]
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I have posted this photo here in the blog, the featured image is of a Superb Fairywren. It is a cute little bird often found here in Victoria. This particular one was found at the (Safari like) Werribee Zoo. A copule of years ago, my husband (then boyfriend) and I went with a couple that […]
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I know it’s been a very prolific long weekend in terms of posting. Just very happy, now let’s get down to the chase. I will not repeat what I have already said in the Metering post. The photos are unedited from raw files. This time used ISO 100, f / 1.8 with shutter speed varying; […]
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As a result of today’s experiment, as explained in the Metering post, I’ve decided to continue exploring spot metering. In in the upcoming days I will search for opportunities to continue with the exercise. As a side note, I am flying out to Florida this Friday and will see if I find places I can […]
View Article I rarely speak techie here in terms of the technique, aperture, shutter speed etc. That’s probably because some of the tech stuff is secondary when taking photos. Don’t get me wrong, without the theory/techniques, the work just won’t be there. It just is more fun to talk about the experience and the result than the […]
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Considering the amount of time I have on my hands, I thought it might be an appropriate time to go out and photograph as much as I can before restarting work. As a result, I will go out and do another parameters exercise. So I asked myself: what are my next set of parameters? After […]
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Last Spring, my partner and I went on a photo session in the city with parameters we had do adhere to to take our photos: It had to be in a specific block in the CBD We had 30 minutes to photograph All photos had to include a yellow element The results can be seen […]
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