Category: Photography

  • How not to shoot a sunset

    I learned a couple things about aperture, light and shooting sunsets today. I don’t think I fully understand what I sort of figured out but here goes. I walked out of my office this evening and saw this amazing sunset. I carry my Nikon D5100 with me every day now and, today, I just had…

  • Where to share photos

    My Flickr subscription comes up for renewal this December and while I am inclined to renew my subscription and see what Flickr does under Yahoo’s new leadership, I’m curious which of the photo sharing services available now are the better ones?​ I’ve considered 500px and while I get some pretty immediate feedback on photos I…

  • Peach blossoms

    I took these at a peach orchard recently.

  • Photo distortion issue I could use some help with

    My wife took this photo recently and I noticed some distortion in it while I was going through the batch in Lightroom. Here is the original: And here is the detail: I’ve noticed this distortion in photos I take with my DSLR and I don’t know what causes it. This particular photo was shot at…

  • Happiness in a Seattle Coffee Company cup

    Nastassja popped out for lunch and brought back a little happiness in a cup for me. I directed my procrastination at this little tribute to the Seattle Coffee Company.

  • Making vanilla essence – a mini photo shoot preview

    Making vanilla essence – a mini photo shoot preview

    My wife made vanilla essence and she asked me to take some photos of the process. This post has been updated since I originally published it.

  • Anyone using @Lightroom to manage photo libraries?

    Is anyone using Lightroom to manage a photo library? I’ve been using Picasa but I am considering switching my habit to Lightroom to manage my libraries (I already using Lightroom for all my photo editing). I need to be able to manage photos on multiple drives which preferably update dynamically (I know I can also…

  • The Great Office Photo Wall debate

    My wife and I are having a debate about my planned photo wall in my new office which I move into later this month. The idea is to have one wall in my office and one in Nastassja‘s office which will have photos relevant to what we’re doing. My thinking behind the wall in my…