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I was ready for my brain to let go of this whole light comparison thing when suddenly, from behind a bush along the sidewalk, the thought occurred to me: “What about strobe light?”
We know from last time on this subject that incandescents - or the sun or any black-body radiators - are true full-spectrum sources […]

I’ve been taking pictures for the Every Day Objects game - which has evolved into a sort of Project 365[1] for me (72 so far!).
Using a (near) macro lens means a very shallow DoF, so I end up using a tabletop tripod a lot. Trying to get everything positioned and focused can be tricky[2] […]

PROLOGUE
My foray into the off-camera flash world began with a PC sync cable plus a pair of hot shoe adapters for camera and flash.
It works, but having a cable hanging off my camera gets in the way and tangles in the camera strap. The coiled wire is a spring that, like a mischievous cat, […]

WHAT’S ALL THIS, THEN?
Jim Talkington is a photographer in Cincinnati, Ohio who makes a living making pictures. In today’s world, that’s worth a few nods of respect. Further, he shares his wisdom at his blog, prophotolife.com.
How awesome that is, or how Jim honed his amazing time management skills, is not what I want […]

Electric Theatre
Like Expanding Mind before it, Electric Theatre is a result of one of my photo assignments, this time on Anthropomorphism.
The cute little socket faces are a different take on the classic drama / comedy theatre masks.

That’s right: a sunburn.
I did not go on vacation to Acapulco Bay for the winter.
I did not even spend the day skiing down the side of Cheval Blanc at Mont St. Marie.
No, I got a sunburn from shoveling snow all day. There’s a toque-line across my forehead.
As I wrapped my scarf around my neck, […]

Expanding Mind

This represents my journey from being a point-and-shooter into the
world of composing good photographs.
On my side of the door, the instinct to cram every interesting thing
into the frame is strong. After all, if it catches my attention and I
get it in a picture then I have an attention-catching picture, right?
On the other side […]

I admit that I am less bloggy lately than I have been in the past.
Most of my spare time these days is going into a couple of photography projects.

Project 1
The first is the “Every Day Objects” game described here. The latest Every Day Object appears in the right-hand sidebar (clicking the image leads […]

Since starting the Every Day Objects game (see the prior post), I’ve been doing a lot of macrophotography. My favourite lens set-up is an OM Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 lens, mounted on a 25mm extension tube (EX-25) using the OM-to-Fourthirds adapter ring. The one that Olympus used to give for free to the first […]

A new game begins over in the Gnurple Forums!
How it works:

Someone posts a macro-photo of an everyday object.

The subject should be a common object that most people would recognize if they saw the whole thing.
The photog should try and compose the photo so that the subject is somewhat hard to guess, but not impossible. […]