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Brenda’s Photo Study: Rhythm I
This is my submission for Brenda’s A Photo Study: Rhythm I. Rhythm in visual art is probably the most difficult subject to comprehend for me. More and more, I realize that things I can’t see in my head are harder … Continue reading
XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh (Redo ;-)
This is my second submission for XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh. Have you noticed my mistakes in my previous Bokeh post? Ha ha ha. You see, all details have to be spelled out and easy to be understood … Continue reading
Photo Experimenting 3: Playing with a Crystal Ball
I don’t remember when the first time I saw a crystal-ball photo was. It looked interesting, but it was one of those things that I could live without, I thought to myself. However, it didn’t hurt to find out the … Continue reading
XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh
This is my submission for XDrive Photography Learning – 20 – Bokeh. Bokeh means blur. It was the first thing I learned when I became serious in photographing several years ago. I learned that to blur the background, I should … Continue reading
Tomato and Brenda’s A Photo Study: Sub-framing
Sub-framing is the subject of Brenda’s photo study this week. She explains it well. I have subscribed Ted Forbes’ YouTube Channel for a while and I had watched Ted’s video on sub-framing before (I think he has more than one … Continue reading
Farm Visit and Brenda’s A Photo Study: the Photographer
It was warm three days ago, so we decided to go visit Lyle’s farm. Before we left, W said, “Think what kind of photos you want to take before we go. Don’t just go there click, click, click.” I wanted … Continue reading
Brenda’s A Photo Study: Shape
About the same time I started doing my photo experiments (See posts here and here), Brenda started her series of photo Studies. While I was focusing on sharing my experience (struggles?) on following steps showed in tutorial videos, Brenda focuses … Continue reading
One Reason (out of many) to Love Minnesota
It was 25 degree, and not too windy — for us, that qualified as a good winter day. So we visited two parks, and once again, we remembered why we love Minnesota so much. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Blessings from the Sky
I love snow. It’s the coldness that I have problem with. I still remember seeing snow the first time. It was a couple of months after I came to the Unites States. One day, my landlady shouted, “Snow! It’s snowing!” … Continue reading
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XDrive Photo Lesson 19 – High Speed Photography
This is my submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 19 – High Speed Photography. The first problem I ran into was that all photos were underexposed. Raj did mention this potential problem, but I thought our kitchen was quite bright on … Continue reading
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