Worldwide Photo Walk 2011
This was my second Worldwide Photowalk and I chose to participate in the Durham one again, this time doing the American Tobacco Campus and some of downtown. We got a late start waiting for folks to arrive; it was [...]
Flickr Groups for theme ideas
This project365 is going very well and much to my own surprise I haven’t missed a day yet. Some days are harder than others to come up with something to photograph. I’ve found that Flickr provides many ideas and there [...]
WorldWide Photowalk 2010 – Durham Edition
Today is the 3rd Worldwide Photowalk, hosted in cities everywhere. I participated in the downtown Durham, NC one. I chose to travel light and I took only one lens on my T1i and carried it on my R-strap. That was [...]
Over half way through Project365
Well, I’m past the half way point for my Project 365! Even to my own surprise, I haven’t missed a single day yet. It’s been a great way to force me to explore new techniques and subjects. One of the [...]
Project 365
Practice makes perfect, right? I’m embarking on a year long “project 365” to take a photo every day. I’ll be posting them on Flickr.
Macro Exposure Trick
Shooting macro photography without a tripod is hard. You need a lot of light and you’re trying to balance the depth of field with a fast enough shutter speed to get a sharp picture. Bump your ISO up too high [...]
Getting more out of your Digital SLR
I plan on posting more on some of the features that those of you with digital SLRs should learn how to use and get off of that blasted full auto mode… however, let’s start with a basic thing: RAW. If [...]
Why HDR?
I’ve been showing a few of my HDR photos to some friends and one of them suggested I post an example of what the images would look like without the HDR process involved. So, here’s an example of a sunset [...]
Planet Photography
I’ve created a new planet on sysadminblogs.com for photography blogs. You can send me your category feeds (like my photography category posts will go to that blog as well as planet sysadmin) or send on any photography blogs you think [...]
HDR Photography
HDR Photography is totally cool if you haven’t seen it. My first few tries are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/joe.obrien/HDR# Now I just need some more things to try it on… I’m thinking Centennial campus at NCSU may be cool.
Recent Comments