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Tag: digital photography
Welcome to Reflections
I recently felt the need to add a “blog,” for lack of a better term, to my website. A “blog” offers something that a website does not offer. First, it offers the possibility for readers to post comments, making it an interactive environment. Second, it offers the opportunity to post short entries instead of full-size…Continue reading Welcome to Reflections
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
Workshop openings update
Here are our current workshop openings: 1 – 2010 Summit – Registration is open The 2010 Summit is open for registration. Our guest speaker this year is Mac Holbert. Uwe Steinmueller, myself and Mac will each give 3 new presentations. The Summit location is Moab, Utah. Moab is a photographers paradise, with Arches and Canyonlands…Continue reading Workshop openings update
Fine Art Top 15
The most important aspect of photography is not the gear you own or the techniques you use. The most important aspect of photography is light.
A few words on perseverance
It takes great time and effort to create world-class photographs. When I started photography my results were far from being what they are today. In fact, my first photographs were quite disappointing, even though I had great expectation for them. Until I had the film developed that is. It was then, by looking at my…Continue reading A few words on perseverance
Light
Fine art landscape photography is about natural light In Fine Art Landscape Photography, we photograph the light first and the subject second. This is because the best subject in poor light will not look good. Think about how many photographs of the Grand Canyon taken at noon you have seen. None of them look very…Continue reading Light
The best kept Secret
There is a best kept secret in Fine Art Photography marketing and it is that a poor quality photograph well marketed with always outsell a good photograph poorly marketed. This is because good art and good business don’t go hand in hand. The two exist on different planes. In art, a good artist will prevail.…Continue reading The best kept Secret
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