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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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XDrive Photo Lesson 17 – Rim Light

This is my submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 17 – Rim Light. I was going to say this was the most difficult lesson for me. Then I remember feeling the same way with a couple of previous lessons. I think … Continue reading

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XDrive Photo Lesson 16 – Contrasts (NaBloPoMo Day 26)

This is my submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 16 – Contrasts. Shortly after I started looking at other photographers’ photos online (a few years ago), I became a big fan for some photographers; I wowed at every photo they posted. … Continue reading

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XDrive Photo Lesson 15 – Backlit Photography (NaBloPoMo Day 18)

This is my submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 15 – Backlit Photography. All photos were taken with Nikon D750. I noticed that I often had a good laugh when I worked on XDrive assignments. Laughing at myself, that is. We … Continue reading

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XDrive Photo Lesson 14 – Post processing #2 (NaBloPoMo Day 14)

This is my second submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 14 – Post Processing. I decided to try post processing again: (1) randomly process like I always do (2) do it in Raj’s way. 😉 Here is the original photo: With … Continue reading

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XDrive Photo Lesson 14 – Post processing (NaBloPoMo Day 11)

This is my submission for XDrive Photo Lesson 14 – Post Processing. Raj said, “Well, there is no limit on kind of edits one can do.” For me, there is. For now, that is. I only know a few basic … Continue reading

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