It is heartwarming to receive such great feedback on my book Essence: contemplations in image and word. It is not just the comments I have been getting by e-mail, but also the fact that one person ordered another copy after getting the first one. I wanted to share some of the images that are in…
Kalispell: Raptor shoot
Triple D Game Farm works together with a local rescue center. This provides some income for it. The raptors we got to shoot are all birds that can no longer be released into the wild. Therefore they become ambassadors.
Kalispell: Horse Round-Up
Here are some images from the 2 horse round-up sessions I particiapted in. The first one sounded great: 50 horses coming by in waves. Only it did not quite happen that way. The horses came mostly in groups that were large or in a line. In addition, it was heavy overcast with low clouds. This…
Triple D – Winter Visit
Mid February, I drove up to Montana to have a Wintershoot with the animals at Triple D Game Farm. The trip up was gorgeous until I got Missoula. At that point I began to wonder about the amount of snow in Kalispell, still hoping for the best. Only, I was not that lucky. My mental…
Recent images
Recently, on my way to Montana, I was driving through Moab and Green River. I spent the late afternoon in Arches N.P., seeing it for the first time with snow. Sadly the weather was not that great with many clouds around. The next morning, I continued on and the area around Green River was a…
Lines, S-Curves
Lines can play an important part in taking images. They are also an easy aspect. Some examples of a line: a road, a row of trees or shrubs, a fence, a course of water. The ‘line’ is placed so it leads the viewer into the image. Don’t forget that shadows can also serve as lines….
Develop Module in LightRoom
When you open an image in the Develop Module, you can see that some sliders have presets. Since they sort of work for me, I have not taken the time to find out if I can change those settings. My flow is influenced by my habit of just going back in the develop history instead…
Last week’s shoots
After all the hectic with the Christmas Fairs, I finally had time to go out and take pictures. I got one Christmas wish fulfilled on the 24th with a wonderful day of a snow covered landscape. On the 25th, I got a surprise present in the form of being the first person in Plaza Blanca:…
Color Treatment
In the Develop Module, the sliders Vibrance and Saturation sit right next to each other, yet have very different effects on the image, which sometimes can be subtle and sometimes drastic. Vibrance gets applied in a curve. It affects already saturated areas the least and dull areas the most. Saturation gets applied equally to all…
LR Virtual Copy #2
In my first LR Virtual Copy post, I referred to the possibility to editing for mood / weather. I want to show an example with one of my images. First, I edited the original. When I was satisfied with it, I made a virtual copy of it. Then, I gently pulled the clarity slider to…