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Rome, Italy 2015 We happened on a religious procession as we walked back to Trastevere. It was broad daylight. But with Photoshop, I can give the impression that this priest is standing in a dark cathedral. It’s kind of like … Continue reading
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Rangoon, Burma 2011 Andrei Kertesz was one of my favorite photographers when I was taking classes. That was before the internet and I’d buy books with his work. One book contained only photos of people reading. It was after he moved … Continue reading
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Inle Lake, Burma 2011 I happened upon a photographer (on the net) who used soft focus rather than sharp focus on his portraits. Actually, his work was almost all soft focus. I liked it. Soft lends a dreamy quality to … Continue reading
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Sergei Posad Monastery…Moscow 2009 An elderly woman, maybe a nun, sits on a bench in the courtyard of Sergei Posad Monastery. Her posture makes me think of despair but she may be full of hope and peace. I name my blogs … Continue reading
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Ngorongoro Crater, Kenya, 1998 A zebra drinks from a pond in the Ngorongoro Crater. You can tell that he has had enough as he is letting water spill from his mouth. This is typical of horses and apparently zebras, too. … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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
