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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the…
You want a horribly colored photo? Stick me in a room with incandescent lighting, and beige walls, and beige furniture. No matter how much I mess with the…
While overall, I can be drawn to a photo for many reasons, there are some obvious trends in my favorite photos (taken by other photographers); as seen by…
Just had another photo chosen as Photo of the Day on DCist. And immediately — and not for the first time — received some comments about photoshopping. I…
I’ve posted a collection from my most recent photoshoot: https://strangeday.net/shoots/rachel/ Sample:
So I was recently in a photo show, at the Washington School of Photography. (I’m not a student, but it was an open call for entries). The theme…
I just posted my annual collection of photos, for 2009. (Yes… a little late). Same as always: It’s a collection of photos I took last year. The criteria…
Stephanie and Isabel by Lung S. Liu In no particular order… There’s a wide range of tones here, from deep black to not-quite-blown-out-whites. And the overall tones are…
Whenever anyone asks me how I got the photographs I did, why I was often the only photographer present or got such unique access I reply simply, ‘Trust’….
A good general rule of thumb for photography in DC: “Get Closer” It appears to be an almost universal impulse for tourists to stop when they see a…
Often when I’m walking the streets at night, after being out with friends, (or while still in the act), I really have this urge to just wander and…
It’s come up in several discussions with friends that they don’t always bring their cameras into questionable areas, or places they could get damaged. It’s reasonable. But for…
So I was in a fairly bad mood by the end of the photoshoot this weekend. Normally on these shoots I worry about many things, and they always…
I get a lot of benefit out of continually learning how to use my tools better. Today’s example: I recently watched some tutorials by photographers using Lightroom. Picked…
Strange. I tried copying some photos off a CF card I haven’t used in a while. This card has never been used with the newer card reader. No…
Picked up a new toy, this week. Well, I picked up several, but this one is my favorite so far — a new camera strap. The old strap…
While looking at pictures of a photographer who recently died, I notice in dozens of photos, he is never holding a camera. Old pictures of photographers… say… 1800s…
Playing with some TTV photography, today. (Taking pictures with a modern camera through the viewfinder of an antique box camera.) In this case, sitting on the fountain in…