Redo: Turning old pics into something new

I got to test this morning with AlienSkin’s Bokeh plugin and onOne’s Focal Point for Photoshop. Hands down, onOne’s Focal Point got my vote for purchase on two counts: 1) cheaper and 2) better interface. Since I haven’t taken any new photos recently, I thought I would take some that I hadn’t posted from my [...]

Umstead Park – Glorious Winter Day

Met my friend Core to see his new home, his dog Parker, and then we took our cameras out to William B. Umstead State Park. The weather was absolutely gorgeous for being winter time. Reached into the 60s. I enjoyed it thoroughly and need to make sure to go back when it’s spring and the [...]

Winter Wonderland

First snow of the season, and I got up so early this morning to get to work, that I didn’t have a chance to capture the snow coming down. But when I got home from work, I got out my camera and tripod to take pictures. I wanted to capture the rarity of the snow, [...]

Learning to use my camera

Work asked that I go to a local mall and try to take some ‘retail’ pictures that could be used on flyers/brochures/ads. Requirements: No truly detailed faces No seasonal decorations to place the ‘time’ No store names Since I had to make sure no faces were in ‘focus’ or filled out in detail, I tried [...]