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A new lighting setup to try for table top photography

On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon I decided to take some time to experiment with a new lighting setup that I learned at a recent macro photography seminar. The idea is to surround the subject […]

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Stormy Skies!

On a recent Sunday morning the weather was looking pretty bleak – dark skies, torrential rain, and driving winds. My plans for shooting were looking pretty shot! However, as the day progressed the rain stopped […]

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Project52 – Still Life

For assignment number 3 of Project 52, a great photography learning project run by Photographer Don Gianatti over at Lighting Essentials we had to create a still life photograph. It sounds simple and straight forward […]

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How You Can Make Paint Dance?

One of my favorite photos is this image, a capture of a few drops of paint. While a few drops of paint may not sound like they would be an interesting subject, but when you […]

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Shutter Speed and Creativity

Often times when we think of creativity and photography, the cameras shutter speed is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe it should. To me, photography is all about capturing a moment […]

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