More from Joshua Tree National Park
A contemplative photo journey amongst the boulders I’m finally back home and after my first webinar, I’ve had some time to reflect on the Joshua Tree experience. After looking at these images for a little while, I find them more interesting in...
Farewell Palm Springs – Hello Santa Barbara
A great photography event ends and I’m off to the current middle ages The Palm Springs Photo Festival is over… This years festival was spectacular and I managed to break away on a little Photo Safari with Elaine Ling to Joshua Tree national Park. We had a...
Greetings from the Palm Springs Photo Festival
Scenes from the festival captured with the new Fuji X-100 camera Hello everyone – I’m writing this blog post from Palm Springs. I’m here for the week at the Palm Springs Photo Festival ( details at the website.) If you don’t get a chance to go...Luminosity Blending – 2
Lightening Dark Skin with Red Channel Luminosity This step-by-step video tutorial was part of a presentation I made to the Tucson Photography Meetup Group in February. It corresponds to an earlier blog post in text form you can find here… the tutorial shows the...The Top Ten Digital Photography Books
and why you should read them… 1. Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction (5th Edition) by Dan Margulis The best book on color correction, period… Color is often the most difficult issue for photographers. Dan has been the authority on...Luminosity Blending – 1
Color to B&W and back This is a video step-by-step that corresponds to an earlier blog post on the same subject which you can find here. I go through the same steps in this video so you can see exactly what I’m doing… LuminosityBlending-1 from Lee...20 Years of Digital Imaging
A look at my career in Imaging I thought I’d share part of a presentation I made to the Tucson Photography Meetup Group this past Feb 26, 2011. I started the seminar event with an overview of my photo-digital career doing print advertising in the entertainment...Ed’s Curves
The Dreadful Banding, Bane of the Photo Printer and How to Get Rid of it! Most photographers who print their work encounter this sooner or later. It often rears its ugly head in clear sky gradients – the dreaded banding, posterized tonal gradients that break into...The Arizona Adventure Ends
This was the scene when I woke up this morning! My hosts in Oro Valley, just outside of Tucson Arizona, assured me that it never snows in Tucson. When I went to bed the sky was clearing and it was a fairly warm night… 6 hours later and everything was covered in...The Casual Portrait
“You’re a photographer, could you please take a picture of me?” It happens all the time… especially when I’m traveling, visiting friends or family or otherwise engaged in activities unrelated to picture making – the fact that I’m a...Life in the Desert
The Technopod Adventure in the Current Middle Ages Comes to an End… The Estrella War is over and, though the end came early, it was a fun experience that taught me some useful things about my nomadic system. The battle fields at Estrella were filled with crowds...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
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...Up Coming Events
Bobbi Lane and Lee Varis, Fuji-X Photographers, are hosting the Venice Carnival Photo Tour for a seven day event that includes photographing the amazing costumes and an exploration of this gorgeous city.It’s an extraordinary event, and we will help you capture the fun and revelry along with the rich architecture and the splendid light.
This is Bobbi’s 13th and Lee’s 10th time photographing Venice Carnival and we have made many friendships with the top models with their elaborate costumes. We arrange private shoots with the costumers, including the opportunity to photograph them in a gondola. Lighting is of great importance, and we provide extensive instruction in both natural lighting, and working with flash. This is essential for the dawn shoots of costumers at St. Mark’s Square, combining flash with the background to create stunning and magical effects.
Join Bobbi & Lee on a five-day, small group photographic exploration of the many diverse and ethnic areas that comprise this grand mosaic that is New York. The photo locations are ones that out-of-town visitors and many residents rarely visit. We will walk the streets, ride the subways, and be always in the thick of it. Lunches are in restaurants that are consistent with the ethnic demographic of the neighborhood. The experience offers you many opportunities to photograph the daily life of people and explore colorful and remarkable locations that make up the richness of this city.
Join us on a magical photo adventure, designed especially for beginners featuring Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar Fair, Ranthambhore, and Udaipur. Begin your visual odyssey at the majestic Taj Mahal in Agra, capturing its timeless beauty and intricate details bathed in the soft hues of sunrise. Experience the wild beauty of Ranthambhore, with its majestic tigers and diverse wildlife providing unparalleled photo opportunities. In the Pink City of Jaipur, explore the opulent palaces and bustling markets, where the vibrant colors and architecture beg to be photographed. Move on to the Pushkar Fair, a kaleidoscope of Rajasthani culture, where camels, traders, and traditions blend seamlessly, offering an array of captivating shots. Conclude your journey in Udaipur, the ‘Venice of the East’. with beautiful palaces around Lake Pichola. Throughout your adventure, rest assured that your comfort and safety are our top priorities, with accommodations in the best hotels and dining in top-rated restaurants, ensuring a worry-free and enriching experience for every guest.
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