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Retouching Action Hero

This little [F2] saves me time again and again and again… Actions, scripts, macros, are all means by which you can execute complex or repetitive tasks quickly and easily for repeated recall. I have recorded, saved, and amassed these time savers...

Published Thu, Dec 1 2011 7:00 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Technique, Software, Photoshop Actions, Freebies, Fade Last Command, Free Photoshop Actions

Before and After: Sequences

Using Burst Mode to Capture the Best Instance of the Moment Pictured above is one of my favorite Coyote pictures from Badlands National Park. Waiting for a moment like this and capturing it with pinpoint accuracy is very difficult. The secret to many...

Published Fri, Nov 25 2011 11:17 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Technique, before and after, Badlands, Badlands National Park, . decisive moment, Coyote, Pouncing, Sequences, Burst Mode

Cellphone Photography Tip: Don’t Forget to Wipe

Greetings readers. I am winding up my stay teaching Lightroom, Printing and Digital Photography at the Adobe Photoshop PopUp Store in San Francisco. During a day off I got to roam the storied streets of San Francisco and do a little photography and have...

Published Fri, Aug 5 2011 12:07 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, Gadgets, Smart Phone, Clean Lens, Better Pictures

Moon Over… A More Deliberate, Purposeful Foreground

Take pictures on purpose. Let me back up. Compose your pictures on purpose. Let me back up further. Arrange the elements of your composition on purpose-then compose-then take the pictures. It is easy to become enamored with a dominant feature in a photographic...

Published Mon, Jun 6 2011 11:27 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, Badlands, composition, workshops, Badlands National Park, Rikk Flohr, moon

Zooming With Patience…

…or Zoom With Their Feet I know. It sounds like a Rocky and Bullwinkle ‘stay tuned for next week’ line. This article appeared originally on the Holy Crop! blog… it has been modified slightly for republish in the FGI Blog. If you read it on Holy...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 10:01 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, zoom with your feet, in-camera, crop with your feet

Tools and Techniques: Then and Now

Time marches. Tools evolve. Technique improves. We shoot new images every day. Our skills as a photographer naturally evolve with time too. The images we capture get better as time passes. RAW Processing has evolved in the past few years...

Published Wed, Jan 5 2011 7:35 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: corel, photoshop, Technique, adobe, Software, lightroom, before and after, hdr, PhotoPaint, Photmatix

Fill Flash and Wildlife

I’ve written about this subject before. The previous article was concerned with using fill flash to help illuminate the shadowed portions of wildlife in extremely bright situations. What about when the light is almost gone? This Bighorn Sheep at Badlands...

Published Fri, Dec 17 2010 9:50 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, lighting, Bighorn Sheep, get it right in-camera, fill flash, Badlands National Park, ambient light

Flashing on the Beach

At the recent Presentation Summit, I had the opportunity to take 15 presentation professionals/amateur photographers on a field trip to Pacific Beach in San Diego. One of the concepts I hoped to teach was balancing ambient light with flash ala the...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 9:02 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Technique, flash, lighting, Beach, drama, strobist, off-camera flash

Artificial Sunshine in the Palm of Your Hand

Who says you have to hold a camera just one or two ways? Same subject-four consecutive shots-four very different looks If you have ever been bored enough to watch a sundial all day you probably have figured out what is different in these four shots. The...

Published Thu, Sep 30 2010 8:45 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, flash, lighting, Macro, point and shoot, rotation

Behind the Shot: Wheat at Sunset

Chasing the sunset across the sky can be daunting. It is a race you can never win. I sped down the back roads of western North Dakota in July, my eyes desperately scanning for a suitable foreground element, as the sun receded in defiance. I am going to...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 10:36 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, Behind the Shot, Pretty Pictures, lightroom, hdr, sunset, bracketing, Photomatix, North Dakota, Wheat

Good HDR: It’s all about the setup

People are excited about HDR and, for good or ill, it appears to have some long legs. Until it becomes yesterday’s effect or tomorrow’s standard, you need to understand some basic HDR processes. These will help ensure that you are creating a great image...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 7:40 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Image Editing, Technique, hdr, composition, bracketing, Photomatix

Ooh! Aah! Firework Photo Season is Here!

6 Images with secret camera-setting info to get your blood pumping Ok, I am spilling the beans. Here are six of my firework images with information about the exposure/equipment used. Hopefully, dissecting this information will give you some insight into...

Published Thu, Jul 1 2010 8:15 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Technique, Behind the Shot, Pretty Pictures, settings, fireworks

Crop Rotation: Two Butterflies

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 9:20 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Image Editing, Technique, composition, cropping, Holy Crop!, rotation, in-camera

Point & Shoot is the New Macro?

Most serious photographers have at least one macro lens in their arsenal. The problem is that most of us don’t allocate precious room in our bags, or consider it within our weight limits when we pack and travel. In addition, macro lenses are expensive...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 8:45 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Gear Tips, Photography, Technique, close up, Macro, point and shoot

Two New Articles at Holy Crop!

The Holy Crop! blog was busy over the weekend. Two new foundational articles covering the concepts of Portrait and Landscape cropping are now ready for your perusal. Learn when to use each and a little about what each family of crop means to your shooting...

Published Mon, Jun 7 2010 8:00 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, landscape, Shameless Self Promotion, cropping, crop, Holy Crop!, portait

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