Arizona Dreaming
Modified a bit in Lightroom and Paintshop Pro.
Modified a bit in Lightroom and Paintshop Pro.
It was a very still sub-zero morning today — but with sunshine, making it a perfect day for more frozen bubble photos. I was a lot happier with today’s shots. The sun helped, but yesterday’s practice session also helped a lot. I learned a couple more things today: You really can just drop the bubbles Read More …
A local photographer gave a class on photographing frozen bubbles today, so (of course) I went. I learned what I did wrong last year (making really big bubbles instead of little ones), tips I can incorporate into this year’s attempts (place the bubbles on the snow to photograph them and shoot them from below if Read More …
Last winter people starting posting all sorts of fascinating images of frozen bubbles, so (of course) I had to try it myself. I looked online and found a bunch of recipes for bubble solution which we used as a basis for our own solution of dish soap, Karo syrup, and water. Then we went out Read More …
One of my on-going conundrums is cropping. Often cropping comes down to a matter of taste. Cropping can dramatically change the balance, feel, and even the meaning of an image. Sure, sometimes it’s obvious, but sometimes it’s not. And sometimes it probably doesn’t matter, but I just can’t make up my mind. For example, here Read More …