Seattle Architectural & Real Estate Photographer:

  I want to talk to you today about a subject subtly underscores the double edged sword that is the modern darkroom. BTW, this comes about thanks to some very good questions raised by Jeff and Crystal (and probably others). Digital editing. First, let me just come right out and ask you a question...

I wanted to take a moment today to depart from the photography for a second and talk about a subject I think is critical to just about everyone on this site. By the way, if we haven't met yet, I'm a photographer in the northwest who specializes primarily in architecture. Translation, I work clos...

I don't have a lot of time this morning so I unfortunately I don't have example pics to share at the moment (6 shoots booked over the next two days). Cheryl asked me to talk a little bit about sharpness in images. As usual I'll probably drone on and on and bore the heck out of you guys...but hey...

Recently I [attempted] to offer a clear explanation of what a mask is. Now I'm going to give you a quick demonstration of how it works. Pt 3 will be some actual use cases you might enjoy trying. I'm going to take a brightly colored image and create a very basic B&W layer on top of it. I'm then g...

One of our fellow members, Cheryl-Anne shared some very nice pics of a recent fire works event she had been to. She mentioned she had used a mode specifically for fireworks and that she had some mixed results. Most likely she's using a point and shoot, most likely it has a slow shutter, high iso...

I'm going to talk about masks for a bit. Since I don't have much free time these days I'm going to break this into two sections. In the first we will discuss the general concept of what a mask is. In the second we'll get into practical application. First let's take a look at an image that is hea...

I'm probably the worst Active Rainer on here. Once a consistent participant I've sunk to random updates and very occasional lurking. :) I'm glad to say that my absence is almost entirely due to workload (hey, one of my magazine covers just got picked for a national advertising campaign) but I do...

Wow, I have been busy! Really really busy! First off, thanks to everyone who stopped to write me and say; "Dude, where the heck did you go?". ;) I've been a victim of my success really, which is to say be careful what you wish for. Actually things have been so hectic that I've slipped on a few d...

It's been a while since I posted in the 101 series. I'm trying to get back into it but I've just been so busy. Still, I've got a pile of these things floating around in my head - help! I need to get them out! :) Anyway, I wanted to talk today about a gremlin of sorts that impacts anyone with a c...

There's a wide variety of work this week, both commercial and residential properties. As usual there was zero sun and the light was lifeless and diffuse (thank you again Seattle weather *mutter*). Any blue sky or bright colors you see outside are artificial (check out the comparison a few shots ...