I AM HDR -- AND SO CAN YOU!
November 29, 2012 - Recently I discovered that all of the hifalutin camera gear in the world can be of little value when working fast agains...
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TURKEY SHOOT -- HOW I PHOTOGRAPH HOLIDAY FOOD IN A JIFFY
November 21, 2012 - (ABOVE: A pair of Polaroid 256-LED light panels -- wrapped in paper towels to soften and diffuse the light -- illuminate...
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MY TRAVELS WITH MR. AUGUST INTO HELLBROTHS OF THE WEIRD
November 16, 2012 - (CONQUISTADOR: Larry August riding a horse on the beaches of El Salvador.)
“Man, you’re going to love Catacamas,” Lar...
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BIG BANG THEORY: THE ART OF SHOOTING FIREWORKS
November 11, 2012 - (ABOVE: Fireworks, with "tail," shot from across the Mississippi River with New Orleans in the background.)
At some p...
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HERE COMES THE NIGHT: WHY SPAIN'S GERONA AND MY NIECE'S WEDDING ARE TWINED IN MY MEMORY
November 06, 2012 - (ABOVE: The medieval quarter of Gerona, Spain, 2 A.M., using Ilford 3200 ISO black-and-white film.)
They say never lo...
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QUIET ON THE SET
November 04, 2012 - (Sanity advisory: if you’re not a photographer, it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll find the following post on camera blimp...
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RIDING IN THE CAR WITH GULLS
November 04, 2012 - My pre-flight checklists for automotive photo shoots are insanely predictble: Bodies and lenses, check. Strobes, wireles...
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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
November 04, 2012 - A few years ago the since-shuttered New Orleans Darkroom held a call for entries for a professionally juried, themed exh...
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SLIP-SLIDIN' AWAY IN SWITZERLAND
November 04, 2012 - Whatever you do, please don't go "Aw- wwww " in response to the above photograph. Read on and you'll understand.
Desp...
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PACKING 'LIGHT' AS POSSIBLE
November 04, 2012 - We pulled our Jeep Wrangler up to the ruins of the 18 th -century Danish sugar mill and the first thing that caught my e...
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EYE OF THE STORM
November 04, 2012 - After 21 years as a daily newspaper staff writer, copy editor and editorial and advertising photographer (which most rec...
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