Greetings from Estrella War 2011

So… here I am in the current middle ages in the Arizona desert (notice my current location under my headshot at the right.) Camping and photographing at the Society for Creative Anachronism event “Estrella War 2011” , part of an ongoing project to...

Better Projector Pixels

Well… when it rains it pours… You may have noticed that my posting frequency has dropped off recently – juggling too many things right now! I’ve got two shoots coming up and I’m traveling to Arizona for an SCA event that I want to include in a...
Lightening Dark Skin with Luminosity Blending

Lightening Dark Skin with Luminosity Blending

Here is the step-by-step tutorial on one of the images from my  “Skin” book— I also use some of these foundation techniques in my 10–Channel Workflow Lighten Skin with Channel Blending Here is a practical application of Channel Blending for a common...

Body-Mind & “the Pod”

Night Time in the Technopod… some thoughts on physical and mental activities. Breath in, breath out… my thoughts tonight keep returning to all the little body sensations, aches, itches, twitches, stiffness, legs falling asleep – it all mixes with the...

Color, Channels and Bits

So… I know I’ve horrified some readers with my choice of colorspace for my images. We’ve heard all of the admonishments from the “experts” and they have made a compelling argument for wide gamut colorspaces for photography. I am not...