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Environmental Portrait: Dumpling Baker

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Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 I talked about “filters” in yesterday’s blog and showed how adding a filter to an  uninteresting photo could give it a patina of mystery. Today’s photo has an interesting subject: a man retrieving baked dumplings from … Continue reading

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Adding Filters to Photos

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Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan 2012 Adding your own filters (shots of texture and color) to a boring image can turn it into something that demands a longer look. It takes effort to make the filters and not every filter will work its … Continue reading

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Obedient

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Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Monastery, Burma 2010 He was the perfect monk to pose for us. He was in a hurry, though. The master had designated him to start the tea for breakfast and we were making him late. He was torn between pleasing … Continue reading

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Eavesdropping

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Drepung Monastery, Tibet 2007 Happy Father’s Day. Call Dad Today!

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Horizon LIne

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Cambodia 2011 Where to put the horizon line? The “law” that says it shouldn’t be mid-image has been emblazoned on my brain and if I’ve done that (and I still do occasionally) I’ll crop the least interesting part of the image. … Continue reading

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Erg Chebbi: Morocco’s Sea of Sand

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Near Merzouga, Morocco:  1990’s It was difficult to get these colors “true”, but I finally managed using Image>Adjustments>Color Balance. The dunes change color according to the time of day going from a pale beige to yellow to pink in the … Continue reading

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Novo-Devichy Convent

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Moscow, 2009 Something I read recently: When you shoot a reflection, the reflection must be as sharp as the object that is reflected. Yikes! When I read that, I wondered if any of my reflection shots met that standard. But, … Continue reading

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Rice Terraces of Long-Ji

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Long-Ji China 2005 Our hotel window overlooked these rice terraces. Keren Su, our tour leader, arranged for this woman to simulate harvesting rice. Those rows of yellow are rice stalks that have been cut and are now drying in preparation for threshing. … Continue reading

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Khampa Portrait

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Yushou, China 2007 A Khampa woman adorned with turquoise and coral. I used Alien Skin’s Exposure and Snap Art to get this graphic look.

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Inca Boys

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Cusco, Peru 2003 Two boys walk past massive stone walls built by their Inca ancestors nearly a thousand years ago. To see their beautiful faces, click on the link below. Boys of Peru

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