by LeeVaris | May 10, 2012 | Personal Journey
Rome, Amalfi Coast, and Pompeii I’m just throwing up a quick post from the road here in Italy. Stay tuned for more detailed posts later. First stop was Rome and a quick walking tour. Our hotel was just a few steps away from the Trevi Fountain: We spent the first...
by LeeVaris | May 1, 2012 | Photography
My latest, Very Brief, Joshua Tree National Park Adventure At the beginning of April, I participated in the Palm Springs Photo Festival—something I do every year, this time, not as a teacher, but simply as a participant in the portfolio reviews. I make it a habit to...
by LeeVaris | Mar 18, 2012 | Photography
Creating Panorama Scenes in Photoshop I’ve been quite busy lately—the first part of the Month I was in Death Valley, then immediately after returning, I jumped into a photo shoot for the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, part of the Santa Monica College arts campus....
by LeeVaris | Nov 3, 2011 | Photography
Exploring Photo Gold at Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Museum I drove out to Joshua Tree to visit a friends art studio, part of the Hwy 62 Art Tours, where I stumbled upon a goldmine of photo opportunities—Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Museum is an incredible 7.5 acres...
by LeeVaris | Oct 31, 2011 | Tutorials
Working HDR before, During, and After Tone Mapping I often refer to HDR, or high dynamic range imaging, as the fine art of cheating, but while it makes getting an ideal rendering of a difficult exposure scene easier, it is not a trivial process. Most of the time you...