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Last week I was in Sitka helping out David Middleton and Brenda Berry with a Crossroads Photographic Workshop. The idea behind Crossroads is “photography for the greater good,” where photographers who already have some skill learn how to take that next step into using their skills to do something meaningful with their photography.
This is Leonard Young, a member of Sitka’s Tlingit tribe and a deacon at St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral. Turns out I’m related to him.
This is a technique that essentially increases the dynamic range of your camera by taking two or more exposures, each optimized for specific elements of the image, and blending them in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (or any image editing program capable of Layers). It’s usually used for scenes that have a foreground in shade and […]
Want to join us for the 2015 aurora trip?
To add a nice foreground element, Kevin picked up a tent, a couple of lanterns, and some duraflame logs. Makes for some really nice pictures
These pictures really don’t do justice to the experience of seeing the eye of an aurora storm overhead. Unbelievable. And I got to see it twice (so far) on this trip. Here are a few images from tonight’s shoot. We got back to the hotel at about 3 a.m. Really, really tired. More from the […]
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