Losing Your (White) Balance
Light has color.
We describe the color of light in as having a specific color temperature. Color temperature is measured on the kelvin (K) scale and temperatures on this scale are called kelvins.
The white balance setting on your camera deals with the color of light and each of the icons that represent your white balance settings [...]
Sky At Sunset Over Pewaukee Lake, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
The sky and clouds during sunset over Pewaukee Lake, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. (Sam D’Amico)
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Yellowstone National Park Viewed From A Hotel Parking Lot, Gardiner, Montana
The view of Yellowstone National Park from a hotel parking lot, Gardiner ,Montana. (Sam D’Amico)
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Drawing Inspiration – Haley Morris – Cafiero
Drawing Inspiration – Haley Morris – Cafiero
Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me.
If possible, I’ve included a quote and a link to their work.
A link to an article with some pictures on Salon.
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/23/pictures_of_people_who_mock_me/?upw
Commuter Ascending From Darkness Shields Their Eyes From Bright Daylight
A commuter ascending an escalator from the darkness of an underground rail system covers their head to shield their eyes from bright daylight. Dupont Circle Metro Station, Washington, DC. (Sam D’Amico)
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Sunset With Traffic Lights And Utility Wires, Woodstock,VA.
Traffic lights give direction to drivers during sunset, Woodstock,VA. (Sam D’Amico)
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Gran Poder, Washington DC
Arranged with other items on a bar, a candle burns inside a candle holder decorated with an image of Jesus Christ and text reading “Gran Poder”, a restaurant on 18th Street NW, the Adams Morgan section of Washington, DC. (Sam D’Amico)
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A Photographer’s Raw Material, Continued
This is a follow up post to last weeks entry titled A Photographers Raw Material .
A photographer’s raw material is light. You can’t touch it with your hands. You can’t smell it with your nose. You can’t taste it with your tongue, You can’t hear it with your ears.
You can see light with your eyes and [...]
A Shovel And Push-Broom In An Unfinished Room, Bethesda, MD
A shovel and a push-broom in an unfinished room, Bethesda, Md. (Sam D’Amico)
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A Hand Silhouetted Against A Bank Of Fluorescent Lights
A hand appears as a silhouette against a bank of fluorescent lights in a ceiling. (Sam D’Amico)
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The Color Of Light
We describe the color of light in degrees Kelvin.
Take a look at the white balance settings on your camera.
Those white balance settings represent the Kelvin temperatures of different light sources.
The settings probably look like icons but those icons are associated with a type of light and that type of light is associated with a Kelvin [...]
The Worth of Your Work, aka “Content”, In The Digital Age.
The hypocrisy and greed of these corporations is astounding.
Tattooed Hand Strums Guitar
The tattooed hand of a guitarist wearing denim strums a guitar. (Sam D’Amico)
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Use Your White Balance Creatively
If you’ve been using the “automatic” white balance setting on your you’ve been missing an easy and effective way to create more interesting photographs.
It does’nt matter if you use a point and shoot or an SLR, as long as you can pick a white balance setting (instead of automatic WB) you can use the white balance [...]
Dead, Dry, Flounder On Grass Near A Street Curb, Houston, Texas
A dead, dry, flounder lies in the grass near a curb, Houston, Texas. (Sam D’Amico)
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Seniors Bowling, Woodbridge, NJ.
Members of the Monday Seniors bowling league competing at the Woodbridge Bowling Center, Woodbridge, New Jersey. The seniors meet every Monday morning and bowl for fun and health. (Sam D’Amico)
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Flash – A Portable Source Of Light That Will Make You A More Versatile Photographer
If you’ve got a portable flash unit, you’ve got one of the most helpful pieces of equipment that you can own as a photographer.
Flash is a brief and variable intensity source of light that you can take with you anywhere and use anytime.
If you’ve only been using it under low light situations you’ve been under utilizing this versatile light. Even [...]
Open White Door And Bright Light
A brightly lighted space between a slightly opened white door with a silver door knob and a white door jamb with a white strike plate. (Sam D’Amico)
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Business Of Photography – Where Is Your Market?
I tend to think of the photography marketplace in two large general categories, the consumer marketplace or the business to business marketplace…
When Should You Use Your Flash?
You can use flash anytime and anywhere you want. Daytime, nighttime, indoors or outdoors.
Use your flash whenever you feel that whatever you are photographing could use some extra light.
If you have a separate flash unit, the light being emitted by your flash can be modified to make it look not “flashy”.
Flash will help you to become a more [...]
Pink Flamingo On A Ceiling Fan Pull Chain, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
A pink flamingo decoration hanging from a ceiling fan pull chain, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. (Sam D’Amico)
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Strawberries In Blue Containers, Dupont Circle Farmers Market, Washington, DC.
Fresh, red strawberries in blue paperboard containers, Dupont Circle Farmers Market, Washington, DC. Strawberries are a nutritional powerhouse and, among other health benefits, have anti-inflammatory effects in the same way that aspirin and ibuprofen do. Strawberries, however, do not lead to the possible negative side effects of aspirin and ibuprofen. (Sam D’Amico)
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Commuters At A Bus Stop, The Tenleytown Section Of Washington, DC.
Commuters reflected in and seen through the glass of a bus stop while waiting at 40th Street NW and Albemarle Street NW in the Tenleytown section of Washington, DC. (Sam D’Amico)
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It’s In The Way That You Use It
You and I use things to write with. Pens, pencils computers, etc.
Stephen King and Maya Angelou use things to write with too.
Stephen King and Maya Angelou use things to write with in a way that makes them who they are in the literary field. They have taken a tool (pen , pencil, computer,) and use it in a [...]
