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2012-04-27 14:17:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Underwater Photography and More: +Erika Thornes in Her Own Words
From amazing underwater shots to blow-your-mind silhouette work to adorable baby portrait photos, +Erika Thornes is one amazing photographer. She was gracious enough to take an interview and talks about her shooting/processing techniques, becoming a photographer, owning a photo business and more in this week's Friday spotlight on The Unframed World.

INTERVIEW LINK AHOY!: http://www.unframedworld.com/2012/04/an-interview-with-vivacious-underwater-photographer-erika-thornes/

Thanks +Erika Thornes!

#photography #underwaterthursday #underwaterphotography #silhouettesaturday #silhouettesonthursday #babyphotography

2012-04-26 17:03:41 (8 comments, 7 reshares, 19 +1s)

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It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributedto Wide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

Thanks for joining us! See you next week.

~ +Andrew Marston

Note: we want to be up front. Many of... more »

2012-04-26 14:40:28 (3 comments, 6 reshares, 13 +1s)

#truth

2012-04-25 17:52:48 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Best "This day in History" site ever. Check it out.
Interesting, graceful, fun, educational, cutting edge, I love it.
Everyone have a good afternoon enjoying the "This Day" site by Nikon.

http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/thisday/main.htm

2012-04-25 14:40:34 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Visual Photo Critiques: Crop Dusting!
Have your shots critiqued! Leave an image URL in the comments here on G+ or on the linked article to be included in next week's Visual Photo Critique!

This week's submissions come from +Heather Webb, +Heiko Gleitsmann, & +Nomadic Samuel. Thanks guys!

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.

2012-04-24 12:44:20 (10 comments, 5 reshares, 48 +1s)

David Duprey / AP
Birds perch on a branch during a spring snowstorm in Pembroke, N.Y. on April 23.

2012-04-27 13:41:31 (24 comments, 0 reshares, 36 +1s)

Where's the Butler?
(Making-of screen shots: http://goo.gl/9XJ0K )

To my chagrin, Marie Reine du Monde in Montreal does not have a public restroom. After inventing about an hour of uncomfortable shooting and I had also invented several very post-modern dance moves and decided it was time to go (in more ways than one :-). I briskly walked to the nearby Marriott hotel. This also provided Lori the chance to ask directions to beautiful Notre Dame while I visited the little boys room (tee hee). Upon my return, she was still wrapped up in conversation with the concierge and took the opportunity to photograph handsome staircase. It reminds me of the staircase in my future mansion that I’ll likely never buy, except this one doesn’t have a monocle wearing butler coming down it with a hot cappuccino. Ah well, nothing can be perfect right?

Post Processing
T... more »

2012-04-21 17:44:13 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

Pre vs Post #12

The magic of black and white

Left: SOOC
Right: Final image

What do you think I've done to get the final image?

#PrePost

2012-04-20 13:38:30 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Becoming a Photoshop Pro: +Glyn Dewis' Life After Body Building
(Read the interview here: goo.gl/eI2ei )

How the heck did he do it!?!?! Think about this:
2004 Glyn Dewis starts using Photoshop
2012 He presents at Photoshop world, works with Kelby Media, & is a pro photographer

I was surprised and impressed by a many his answers to my interview questions. This guy is the genuine article and the details of his rapid ascent within the world of professional photography and post-processing seem applicable to all who want to successfully pursue their goals.

Thanks again +Glyn Dewis for taking the time!

2012-04-20 13:24:11 (7 comments, 7 reshares, 9 +1s)

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It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone thatcontributed to Wide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

Thanks for joining us! See you next week.

~ +Andrew Marston

Note: we want to be up f... more »

2012-04-19 12:46:56 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

HDR Before-and-After: Let there be Light ( details: bit.ly/bna-ltbl )

Take a look at the Resources section below if you want to learn the techniques.

Here is the before-and-after comparison of the image 'Let there be Light'. I posted the image yesterday (see here: bit.ly/gp-ltbl), and it was immensely popular. Thanks everybody!

In this illustration, you see the stages of its creation. It was created from 12 single exposures that where merged to HDRs and tone-mapped in Photomatix. After that, I stitched them together in Photoshop and did the post-processing.

If you're interested in the details, visit the before-and-after page at [ bit.ly/bna-ltbl ] and the photo page at [ bit.ly/fp-ltbl ]. There is tons more information on my website at [ farbspiel-photo.com ].

Resources
1. The original photo... more »

2012-04-18 14:28:19 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Visual Photo Critiques: Crop Dusting!
Leave the URL to one of your photos in the comments here on G+ or on the linked article to be included in next week's Visual Photo Critique!

This week's submissions come from +Cho Tang, +Martin Kling, +Kyle Dyson, & +Holger Gräbner. Thanks guys!

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.

2012-04-17 18:10:05 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 43 +1s)

It's about community
Welcome! To everyone just now tuning into my feed via +Mike Shaw's shared circle (http://goo.gl/aqN7W). I'm Andrew and I do photography. I believe G+ is a great place to contribute, learn, share, grow, and build community! Feel free to connect with me anytime with feedback on my pictures, questions, friendly greetings, or pastries. I loove me some pastries :-)

2012-04-17 12:18:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Jonathan Klein: Photos that Changed the World
Photographs do more than document history, the make it.

Amazing Ted Talk by Jonathan Klein of Getty Images showing some of the most iconic images ever, and talking about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can’t look away — or back.

(Ignore the ad at the end )

2012-04-16 12:28:04 (27 comments, 4 reshares, 51 +1s)

Friendly Officer Pants in Boston Public Library
(Post-processing screenshots & details: http://goo.gl/OQGLO )

30 seconds before this picture was taken: With closing time minutes away, already the Boston Public Library security guard had been happy to ask me to pack up my camera (“Officer Grump E Pants” was the name ironed on his uniform if I recall correctly). With only minutes left my selective hearing kicked in and I race walked through side rooms toward Bates Hall to avoid being herded out with the other stragglers by Officer Pants (BTW, the difference between race walking and running is all in the hips… if that helps your mental image). Consistant with the librarian’s advice earlier, nearly all of the 150 preppy smart people studying in the grand room previously had cleared out. With camera already mounted, I had only a few moments to set the tripod andshoot.<... more »

2012-04-13 17:33:12 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

You know what's waaay cooler than having passion? Combining that passion with a purpose.
The reason I picked environmental photojournalist +Kari Post this Friday's feature interview on The Unframed World is because she's doing just this.

Read Kari's refreshing interview perspectives on using photography as part of her effort to save the enivronment (gorgeous photos included): goo.gl/qNp1I

Circle her on G+ here: +Kari Post

Thanks again Kari! :-)

#natureartthursday #naturephotography #naturephoto #nature

2012-04-13 17:28:19 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 6 +1s)

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It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributed toWide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

Thanks for joining us! See you next week.

~ +Andrew Marston

Note: we want to be up front. Many of th... more »

2012-04-13 13:15:49 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

NEW ART POST : City from above

After many requests I will send you a PDF copy of a basic How To Interview of my workflow process if you are interested.
(Last time I did this I was overwhelmed so am asking for you to please do the following to make it a win win situation)
1) Please share this post
2) Please go to http://tanyarochat.com.au/newsletter and sign up to my New Art Announcement newsletter. I will send a download link to all that have subscribed.

#trartist #mattepainting #digitalart #conceptart #arte #photoshop #photoshoptutorials #fineart #fineartphotography #breakfastartclub #breakfastclub

2012-04-12 12:28:38 (43 comments, 0 reshares, 60 +1s)

Enter the Gecko
I focus on shooting locations, but in between destinations there's a lot of shots taken casually. Here's a quick snap from Hilo, Hawaii.

Anyone else remember the Gex games (reffed in the title of this post)? Years ago, I used to wake up early before school to play this PS1 gem.
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#leafonthursdays +Leaf On Thursdays curated by +Ray Bilcliff +Marilou Aballe +Margaret Tompkins
#travelthursday curated by +Laura Mitchum
#captionthisthursday

2012-04-11 12:52:11 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Visual Photo Critiques: Name that Hue!

Leave the URL to one of your photos in the comments here on G+ or on the linked article to be included in next week's Visual Photo Critique!

This week's submissions come from +Jeremiah Bostwick, +Christian Jog, & +Daniel Peckham. Thanks guys!

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.

(http://goo.gl/6KCtg)

2012-04-10 12:14:30 (19 comments, 5 reshares, 58 +1s)

The Horror of Harvard Yard
(Before/After Photoshop Edits: goo.gl/zHJNv )

To me, Harvard Yard at sundown was the epitome of creepy/cool (crool?). Although I’m sure it’s a totally friendly place, I was really getting a Tower of Terror vibe and tried to play that up in the editing.

Harvard’s campus had a lot of awesome old buildings, but not much non-student/staff parking :-/ Lori and I had to drive several loops through the campus before we finally settled on calling my friend Scott (who you may remember from Japan By Bicycle - http://goo.gl/HFD2L ) to park near his apartment and ask for a photo spot recommendation. Scott happens to live about 8 minutes away from Harvard and is fairly familiar with the campus. He’s also familiar with my photography habits from our bike trip, and patiently waited while I took photos until my memory card ran out of space (jk, but I liketo thin... more »

2012-04-09 13:31:48 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Epic 3min Trip-Vid: 24hrs in Boston - 1142photos
( Full trip story and photos here: http://goo.gl/zHJNv )

Recently, my wife and I spent a very full 24hrs in Boston. We drove in on Friday evening (which is how I snagged that grim looking blue-hour HDR photo of Harvard Yard above) and then packed in as much as possible from 5:00am until sundown on Saturday. Why such a cramped schedule? Well, for one it’s more fun that way (arguable, I know); and secondly, Boston has so many photographic hot spots that it would feel like a waste not to.

Don’t miss the sub 3:00 minute photo montage video below to be amazed by our super-human stamina and see all 1100+ photo from our 24hr adventure ^_^.

2012-04-06 20:52:37 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

I Love Color
I Love Color

I love color. I love it because it's exciting and energizing. I love it because it's physical and sensual. I love it because it's emotional and expressive. I love it because it's interesting - scientifically, historically, socially, psychologically. I love color because you can look at it literally, abstractly, or symbolically. I love color because it has a rich history and diverse cultures and people have done such different things with it, but somehow I can connect with most of the things they've done with it, even if I don't have the same culture or language. I love color because it's a language that we can all do so much with.

Do you love color too?

What will you do with color today?

(Don't think for a second that I don't like black and white or gray; they're some of my favorite... more »

2012-04-06 20:50:19 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 2 +1s)

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It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributed toWide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

Thanks for joining us! See you next week.

~ +Andrew Marston

Note: we want to be up front. Many of t... more »

2012-04-06 12:46:34 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Have you guys all circled +Laura Tidwell already?
It was my pleasure to interview her this week. Talk about amazing! She used to be the CEO of an ad agency and now does travel photography and writing. Be sure to follow her on G+ and check out the interview here: http://goo.gl/WHrKj

2012-04-05 20:26:53 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 41 +1s)

2012-04-04 17:41:41 (7 comments, 4 reshares, 20 +1s)

Super Secret Photoshop Technique: Non-Destructive High Pass Sharpening!
Ye be warned: This is a highly nerdy intermediate article discussing how to use the High Pass filter in Photoshop to sharpen images in a reversible non-linear way.

(See each step illustrated here: http://goo.gl/OKRNR )

**How the High Pass Filter Works**
Picture the Earth as Al Gore does, with melted polar caps. All that’s left above water are the peaks of the highest mountains, and ridges like the Rockies appear as lines. To make a long-distance connection, the High Pass filter works like this. In this example, if altitude were contrast ratios, then the ocean would be the High Pass filter. Think about it for a second… Yep, that was too confusing wasn’t it?

In general, a high pass filter blocks lower frequency contrasts while accentuating higher ones (hence the name). HighPass ... more »

2012-04-04 12:43:18 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Sapphire Dreams || The Exquisite Marina Bay, Singapore

My trip to Singapore was a complete success on many levels. Not only was I able to capture some beautiful imagery while enjoying the spectacular iLight Event, but I also made some great new friends and contacts in the process. When you combine the compelling beauty of Singapore with the openness towards photography you get a very special city. As a traveler, I’m often forbidden from shooting areas with a tripod but Singapore seems to welcome it. It’s an absolute pleasure to walk the perimeter of Marina Bay and find dozens of photographers shooting with tripods and enjoying the fantastic spectacle of light.

Thank you to everyone for making me feel so at home in Singapore and a very special thank you to my friend +Edward Adios for making all this happen. I’m already looking forward to my next visit in June. :)
Rea... more »

2012-04-04 14:38:40 (124 comments, 101 reshares, 331 +1s)

Living in a Hipster Paradise - Habitat 67
(Full post from Habitat 67 at http://goo.gl/3dpXQ )

My ideal morning starts by waking up around 10am and involves another hour of burrowing in warm blankets. Sadly, as a photographer, this fantasy is only a plague on my mind when trying to capture the early morning rays. Especially in winter. Especially in Montreal. And so, at the snot freezing, digit disabling, toe numbing temperature of -25°F (-32°C, and that’s without the windchill coming off the St.Lawrence), I found myself in Habitat 67 starring at some of the most marvelous modern architecture on Earth, and I was completely grumpy about it. With sunrise angles and times calculated, reference images found, and even a new wide angle lens purchased, all that remained was to have fun and take the photos. Thankfully, Habitat 67 is quite photographic and the light was still low enough topla... more »

2012-04-02 15:30:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)