Tag: focus

Life along the way

I spent the day doing a task all photographers must face. It's no fun, but there's no avoiding it. Sooner or later, the time comes to weed through the pictures, to take stock, and get organized. It was time to do more than simply store the pictures. I looked through almost every file, years of … Continue reading Life along the way

BOKEH – SOFTENING BACKGROUNDS

A Photo a Week Challenge: Bokeh Bokeh -- a wonderful word whose origin is (I believe) Japanese but might be Korean -- means the softening of backgrounds in portraits and macro photography. Some lenses are designed to do it, others are intended to "go deep and sharp." You have to pick lenses based on what you … Continue reading BOKEH – SOFTENING BACKGROUNDS

ORANGE BEGONIAS: FOCUS

Hanging flowers. Where to focus? When you shoot close, you can focus front, middle, or back and the effect is very different. The orange begonias are interesting. So bright, they come up best in rather low light. Sunshine on the flowers makes them appear to be on fire -- and out of focus. I have … Continue reading ORANGE BEGONIAS: FOCUS

DIFFERENT FOCUS: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE

From Nancy Merrill: In a new post created for this challenge, share a photo or two of form having unusual points of focus. I'm not sure how "unusual" my focus is, but I do like playing with focus. Sometimes foreground, sometimes background. The camera may or may not agree with my choices. A PHOTO A … Continue reading DIFFERENT FOCUS: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE

ON THE GO STRESS CONTROL: VISUALIZATION & MINDFULNESS – ELLIN CURLEY

ON THE GO STRESS CONTROL / PART 4 This is the final part of a four-part series. You can read the others here: Part I, Part 2, Part 3. Stress Everyday stress is a killer. Literally. The greatest damage from stress is caused by excessive triggering of the fight-or flight (stress) response. These throw your … Continue reading ON THE GO STRESS CONTROL: VISUALIZATION & MINDFULNESS – ELLIN CURLEY

It’s Not Your Equipment … It’s a Lack of Documentation! – Marilyn Armstrong

Maybe I should just give up, but I spent my career writing material to help folks use complicated equipment and sometimes very obscure software. I should probably start by mentioning that I've fought this battle for long years ... and was utterly defeated. About 7 or 8 years ago, high-tech companies, in a money crunch and driven … Continue reading It’s Not Your Equipment … It’s a Lack of Documentation! – Marilyn Armstrong

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus – Sweet Bokeh

My portrait lens is designed to produce a wafer-thin depth of field and a soft, blurred background (bokeh). It's useful for more than portraits, of course and can produce some beautiful landscape and art photographs. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus (caamnetwork.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly photo challenge: focus one (robssurfreport.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus – Sweet Bokeh

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus or Lack Thereof

And then sometimes, there's a special photo. A happy accident? It's not one thing, it's not another. What is it? I call it art. I took this shot a while ago and I've been playing with it off and on. I like this version best of all the various things I tried to do with … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus or Lack Thereof

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus – Tall, high and far away

Three different pictures with very different focus ... and effects on the viewer. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus (caamnetwork.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly photo challenge: focus one (robssurfreport.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus (suzie81.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus (joyandwoe.ca) Weekly Photo Challenge - Focus (Bleeding Hearts) (points-of-view.com) Weekly Photo Challenge:Focus (ambitiousdrifter.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus – Tall, high and far away