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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
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
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
Photo Experimenting 2: Playing with Water, oil, bubbles
Kelly at “Shutterbug Diary” commented on my Photo Experimenting 1, giving me a link to a different video saying I might find it interesting. She was right. (Thanks, Kelly.) Video 1: Oil+Water+Soap (Add soap will make it easier, it said … Continue reading
XDrive Photo Lesson 18 – Golden Hour (Again)
This is my second submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 18 – Golden Hour. We had many cloudy days recently, but once in a while we did see a clear sky. It was too cold to go out, so I took … Continue reading
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge – Jan. 7, 2018
I am happy to see that Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge is back. (Thank you, Cee.) Here is my submission. You probably wonder why I took this photo. Well, I finally figured out when to use iPhone camera to shoot and … Continue reading
XDrive Photo Lesson 18 – Golden Hour
This is my submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 18 – Golden Hour. Do you know there is a Golden-Hour web site (smartphone app, too), which tells you your local Golden-Hour time? Check it out here. Of course, time is only … Continue reading
Photo Experimenting 1: Playing with Water
I like watching videos on different subjects of photographing. The other day the video “I Photographed Boiling Water” showed up on my YouTube home page. It is a short one, so I watched it right away. But, I don’t have … Continue reading
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