8. February 2010 by Friedhelm.

Night Photography has it’s own challenges and rewards. Many times I struggle with blown out highlights from lamps and too dark shadows. Adobe Lightroom (the new Adobe Lightroom beta version can be downloaded for free and used until the final version will ship in Spring of 2010) offers a wonderful masking tool which allow editing local areas. In the raw file it looked like that the light source completely blew out the entire area above the door. With Lightroom I was able to bring back quite a lot of structure and still give the impression of a strong light above the door.

Enjoy this image and have a wonderful week.

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7. February 2010 by David.

I took this photo a couple of months back at Lake Yosemite. The sunset was behind and to my left. The light was so strong that it turned the usually dominant fall colors to an almost mono-chrome color. F11, 1/50 sec., 35mm.

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Dave

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5. February 2010 by David.

Friedhelm and I did a little night photography. As usual coming back with very different perspectives and photographs:

While Friedhelm was on one side I was at the back intrigued by this simple and slightly ornate doorway. They don’t make em like they used to.  Black and white or color, your choice.

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Dave

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5. February 2010 by Friedhelm.

I photographed these two guys at Merced College. A college campus is a great place to start building your portrait portfolio. Most students are happy to be photographed especially if you email them a copy of your work.

Enjoy and have a great week-end!

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4. February 2010 by Friedhelm.

On my morning exercise walk I pass by a playground. This week I decided to photograph it. The focus of my attention became quickly line, shapes and contrast. I discovered that a play ground is a great “playground” for composition techniques.

Enjoy and play with you camera on a playground!

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3. February 2010 by Friedhelm.

As I mentioned before, it is a good idea to take your camera with just one lens from time to time. I did this exercise with my 85mm portrait lens. During my exercise walk I took a closer look at the bark of an Eucalyptus tree and discovered this incredible natural composition that I just had to frame with my camera.

Enjoy and be creative with your camera

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2. February 2010 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this student in a classroom setting. The fluorescent light was horrible and I was happy getting this image using a prime 50mm lens, f2.8, 1/40sec., ISO 400.

Enjoy

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1. February 2010 by Friedhelm.

I was photographing at the Merced courthouse when I discovered on the side of the building an old iron gate.  Camera setting: f22, 4sec., ISO 100.

Enjoy!

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31. January 2010 by Friedhelm.

I went back to the tree and this time I took a different set of lenses and a reflector with me. The white reflector helped me tremendously to direct the light where I wanted it to be. Sometimes a little tool makes all the difference in the world. Camera setting:  f20, 1/15sec., ISO 100.

Enjoy!

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30. January 2010 by David.

Busy day at work so I had to do a little still life. One warning about doing this type of photograph… You have to like glitter because you’ll live with it for a while.

Keep clicking.

Dave

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