Just a quick rant today. The proliferation of poor stock photos or stock photos used poorly has reached its culmination. Someone figured out that people are drawn to pictures. Those same people figured out if they wanted their text read by casually browsing readers, that a photo could grab some attention...
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on Thu, Jan 26 2012
Filed under: Photography, Opinions and Musings, Tongue in Cheek, stock photography, bad image selection, blogs
In my next-to-last post, I showed you the 12 monthly images deemed worthy in my mind to hold a special place. They were the watershed moments, flashes of insight and fortuitous circumstances that melded into an image of unique meaning to me and perhaps, me alone. You can view them here. I also like to...
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on Mon, Jan 2 2012
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Apparently, as evidenced by this example, Google’s new Social Media darling, Google+ loves to censor photos based upon certain keywords. I posted a picture on September 1st titled “Full-Frontal Hummingbird: Yesterday’s best capture.” A few days later it was replaced with this black graphic and an international...
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on Tue, Oct 25 2011
Filed under: Photography, Opinions and Musings, netiquette, Tongue in Cheek, Shameless Self Promotion, Hummingbirds, Google+, Google Plus, Full-frontal, Censorship
Programs to manage our images have a proliferation of tools with which we can rank, rate and identify our photographs. Sometimes it can be a little daunting keeping track of what the difference is in a 3-Star and a 4-Star image. What does a red label mean, a blue label, no label. I use Adobe Photoshop...
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on Wed, Mar 23 2011
Filed under: Photography, Software, Opinions and Musings, lightroom, DAM, Organizing, Digital Asset Management, Ranking, Pick Flags, Rating, Star Ratings, Color Labels
One Sunrise-One Location-Many Different Pictures Sometimes, just anchoring on a location and letting light happen is the best way to get several amazing shots. I was shooting in rural North Dakota over the July 4th weekend. Sunrise, being one of my favorite subjects, was one of my targets. The...
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on Fri, Aug 27 2010
Filed under: Photography, Pretty Pictures, Opinions and Musings, dawn, sunrise, Barn, Farm, Rural North Dakota