Last week, I posted about a computer meltdown and a reinstall of software including trying to find the GIMP plugins I was using. After finding them and another cool suite of plugins, a twitter mate of mine @alastair_hm commented that he like the Orton Effect plugin. This plugin is located in the Gimphelp.org suite and is [...]
Creative Photography judge’s submission
The Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east. It is usually called the Grey Duck or Pārera in New Zealand.
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Hello, I’m the little red planet work horse. You rarely, no let me take that back, you NEVER get to see me cause I am the one that does all the grunt work behind the curtains here. To toot my own horn, I’m a Canon EOS 400D with 55mm and 300mm lenses. I’m pretty average [...]
Creative Photography Judge
Sometimes I am compelled to take a photo only to find that the photo is sub-standard. This is when I start thinking about why the shot is so compelling and how could I capture that essence on the camera. I keep thinking and experimenting until I get an image that works.
I came upon this [...]
The girls and I had a fun Saturday morning. Can you guess what we did by looking at this photo?
This photo is my entry into the Creative Photo contest. Be sure you check out the contest and all those who [...]
On my last day of holiday, I decided to take a solitary photo safari. Not far from my house there’s a great little historic steam railway that runs through the Dandenong Ranges, the Puffing Billy. I took a stroll down the tracks of the Puffing Billy knowing that at some point, I’d meet the steam engine [...]
Chica at Photo Projectz has been without her beloved camera for a bit. She sought original digi images for editing and processing fun and excitement. I passed along a pict of my little ones toes in the bath. She’s done excellent work on it … I’m very impressed and pleased with this result. You can see [...]
Here’s a slice in time from my weekend. Saturday morning I took my youngest to the park. She had a blast while proudly flying the band-aid flag on her forehead. She has a little obession about band-aids and she is allowed to put on a new one each day after she takes the old one [...]
Chica at the Photo Projectz blog issued the following challenge:
I want no use of natural light, no use of flash, and no use of any big lamp lighting. use any other creative lighting you can find, be it a flame, a laser, or a flashlight. Whatever you can think of.
Here’s my fairly lamo attempt at a [...]
I’ve decided to do a couple of feature days during the week. Wednesday will be devoted to my youngest and most rambunctious child, Willow. Willow was an avid photographer, like her Daddy, until she broke her camera. There’s just so many times a cheap camera can be dropped onto the concrete.
Here’s a sample of her [...]