Last Outing – Davenport Beaches

May 28, 2011

Hi Everyone, My last outing with the new Pentax 645D was a short tip to the Santa Cruz area of the California coast and the Davenport beaches.  I thought you would like to see some of the  images I shot with the new camera, and some of my thoughts about the lenses I used. Both [...]

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Pentax 645D First Images

May 10, 2011

Before the advent of the digital capture camera I had been an avid medium format film photographer.  The saturation and sharpness was excelling and the enlargements were tack sharp and color saturated.  Then along came digital and the photo world changed dramatically. It has  come to the point where film and chemicals are next to [...]

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Spring Newsletter- Best effects for shooting sunsets.

April 24, 2011

Spring has sprung!  At least the calendar says so.  If your in an area of the country like mine it still seems a lot like winter, with rain and even snow.  But it’s always a great time to photograph! This quarter, in preparation for getting out of doors,  I thought  I would share a ‘How [...]

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Proper White Balance for Snow

March 2, 2011

For this quarter’s newsletter I thought I would share the proper white balance and settings for snowy conditions. I just completed my two Winter In Yosemite workshops and enjoyed the loads of snowfall that we were blessed with.  One of my students asked that I review the white balance adjustments that I covered during the [...]

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Let’s Talk Photoshop Actions!

January 30, 2011

There are many ways to edit and adjust image files in Photoshop. However the most time saving and accurate way is to either record or import an action set. That is to say, an action is a prerecorded set of instructions that Photoshop will perform upon command. The instructions below are a step by step [...]

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Winter is Here – Seasons Greetings from Bob Evans

December 5, 2010

Hello Everyone. I hope this post finds you all well and getting ready for the holiday season.  I thought for this year I would show a couple of my older and then newer images from winter scenes.  Of course the titles will give them away but if you have any questions about the please let [...]

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Reflections on Reflections

October 7, 2010

This month after conducting 3 workshops, I thought I would talk a little about the philosophy and techniques of reflections. The first thing that comes to mind is a question.  Why do most of us enjoy and seek out shooting reflections at all.? What is it that entices us with these images both real and [...]

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So How Low Can I Go?

July 21, 2010

Or can I shoot in total darkness? With the advent of today’s cmos chips that have very good ISO equivalent characteristics, we can shoot in much lower light than ever before.  However even though your camera might be rated at speeds of up 3200 iso or more that is still far from having an image [...]

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Clearing Storm on Lake Louise Canada

May 6, 2010

I have been wanting to share some of my more recent images with you on the blog.  My intent is not to just show the images as so many web sites do, but to relate the more detailed aspect of how , when, and where the images were captured. As you can see this was [...]

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