Oxherding Is Fun

on the oxherding path
the bull is ridden
and forgotten

I spent the morning yesterday volunteering at Art City Austin which became measurably harder than it should have been given the fierce storm that blew through the night before turning over exhibit stands.  The perk of volunteering in the before hours of the show is that you get to help artists and photographers without the [...]

Every time I get deep into digital editing, as I did recently with many HDR processed images and some selective color work, I am always drawn back to the basics and simplicity in photographic technique.  With all of the whiz-bang, special digital processing of imagery it is good to remember the fundamentals of photography and [...]

I enjoy pictures where imagination comes into play.  Such as below where you have to wonder just what is hidden in that lurking blackness within the fissure of the rock.  Dark areas, because of natural human apprehension, work well well to engage our imagination.  Another area that can easily peak our viewers imagination is street [...]

hiking upon a carpet of wet autumn leaves
the spirit takes flight
on the back of wafting leaf carried by a chill wind

Just get your butt out of bed, pick up your camera and tripod, and catch a sunrise.  Need more help than that?  Go read “The War of Art” by Pressfield.

You say you live in the moment
but are you really measuring time
by what you have done
or what is to come?
Is your vision is tempered
by what your eyes can see
or what your mind tumbles into existence?
Within the mist
do you see the occlusion of vision
or floating ghosts of grey
playing in the realm of the imagination?
I wrote the [...]

Remember the saturated color of postcards?  That look is easy to accomplish with HDR.  Some subject matter is just perfect for it.

Tried out a new technique for me with long exposure night shots with the timing of the full moon this month.  I saw this demonstrated by Eric Doggett at our latest CapMac Photography SIG meeting.  It is multi-exposure light painting.  With the image below I took the normal 3 shots for an HDR and each [...]

dark night stills the color
..of spiders crawling through me
….alone I’m still green

To see the originals of these images you would be looking at two of the most “blah” images in my collection.  But once combined via HDR and blended plus lots of layers of monochrome, curves and selective color saturation it comes alive.