Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home. – Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet It may seem odd to quote a poet on a photography blog, but I don’t think that it is. Poetry is, in my view, the art of choosing just the right words to concisely convey a thought, [...]
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Rick Dickinson
Try it. You’ll like it! Shooting under an overcast sky is like using God’s softbox — all of the harsh shadows are tamed, and everything takes on an almost magical glow, as beautiful soft light descends on everything from the heavens. Despite the threat of rain, I took a relaxing walk at Descanso Gardens a [...]
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” – Walt Whitman Link to this post!
I was asked recently by a relatively-new amateur photographer, “Why use flash?” He was mainly shooting photos in locations where there was plenty of ambient light available to make a proper exposure with his camera, and I suspect that the unspoken subtext to his question was that he was wondering if there was any particular [...]
A recent discussion thread on the Strobist Flickr group did something that Internet discussions frequently do: it diverged rapidly from the original topic, and devolved into an argument over terminology. The argument centered on the made-up term “light depth of field”. (For the record, I find this term silly; even worse, I find it misleading. [...]
The photos from NSL 2011/ROCstock 33 are now online for your viewing and purchasing pleasure. Click on the “Browse and Buy Photos” button in the left sidebar to get to the CrayonPhotos.com online store. If you are one of the people who won a free 8″ x 10″ print in one of the raffles held [...]
Rocket launch at Lucerne Dry Lake Come join CrayonPhotos.com at the National Association of Rocketry‘s annual National Sport Launch this coming weekend, June 10-12, 2011, in Lucerne Valley, CA, where we’ll taking pictures of amateur rocketeers and their rockets. Hosted by the Rocketry Organization of California (ROC), this three-day event brings together young and old [...]
I’d like to offer my sincere thanks to all veterans for their service. You put your lives on the line so that the rest of us can enjoy the benefits of freedom. We don’t thank you enough for your service, and for that I apologize. Thank you, again, for being willing to make the ultimate [...]
Wedding photography is an interesting specialty, which can really separate the pros from the amateurs. As always, what’s behind the viewfinder is the most important piece of equipment (your brain!). But, with the number of naive photographers with their first DSLR who seem to see wedding photography as an “easy way to make some money” [...]
