The 12 Advantages and Benefits of The Mastery Workshops on DVD Series Here are the 12 advantages of studying with the Mastery Workshop on DVD Series classes as opposed to learning some other way: 1 – You can study each lesson anywhere you want at your own pace. 2 – You can study each lesson…Continue reading The 12 Advantages and Benefits of The Mastery Workshops on DVD Series
Category: Technique
Allocating your resources wisely
Allocating your resources wisely Success relies on a wise allocation of our resources. And while we all want to do ‘everything’ it is rarely feasible to do so. At least not all at once! By focusing our efforts we get more practice and we develop our skills more quickly. But as the old saying goes,…Continue reading Allocating your resources wisely
Photographing Architecture
Photographing Architecture Diversity is the spice of life. While my preference is to photograph landscapes, I also like to photograph other subjects when the occasion presents itself. Each subject offers unique opportunities and challenges. Landscapes are fantastic because of the virtually endless arrag of forms and colors that they offer. Architecture, the subject of this…Continue reading Photographing Architecture
Maintaining and repairing your Gitzo tripod
Maintaining and repairing your Gitzo tripod Tripods are put to hard use and eventually they need some maintenance. For example, when the plastic bushings inside the legs wear out it it impossible to tighten the legs. The solution is to replace the bushings with new ones. You can either send your tripod to Gitzo and…Continue reading Maintaining and repairing your Gitzo tripod
Resizing Photographs for the iPad
The iPad has a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels at 132 pixels per inch (ppi). Therefore to prepare your photographs for display on the iPad you need to resize them to that size. That way you will minimize the file size and maximize the number of photographs you can store on your iPad. After…Continue reading Resizing Photographs for the iPad
Mastery DVD study order question
Alain – having purchased both the Composition and Layers DVD, do you have a recommendation as to which of the two I study first? Or are they sufficiently different that it does not make a difference? Hi Richard, The two tutorials are really very different, so in a way it doesn’t really matter which one…Continue reading Mastery DVD study order question
The iPad
We got an iPad. I wasn’t sure if I wanted one, so I did not pre order it. But when April 3rd rolled in I felt the irresistible urge to go to the closest Apple Store and get one. I checked that my website, and Reflections, loaded properly on it (they do) and I purchased…Continue reading The iPad
Art and Technique
A Fine Art Photograph demonstrates technical mastery and artistic inspiration Do not forget to work on both the art and the technique of your Fine Art Photographs and not only on one or the other! Fine Art Photography is not “Art” if there is no artistic content, and it is not “Fine” if you do…Continue reading Art and Technique