September 2010 Wallpaper: Light & Motion Abstract

A combination of photography techniques called "focus blur" and "zoom blur" are used to transform the lights of the ferris wheel into abstract designs at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

A few weeks ago, I taught a Light & Motion photography workshop at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair.  I headed [...]

Light and Motion Abstracts

During my photography workshop last week on Light and Motion: Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair last week, I wanted to focus on my students, so I didn’t do any of my own shooting.  However, I did get the chance to catch two hours of the fair on the last day this past [...]

July 2010 Wallpaper: Sunset Over Great Falls

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

July wallpaper is ready for download – click on the links below for the resolution and aspect ratio that best match your computer screen:

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For Budding Photographers: Secret #2 of the Exposure Triangle

Blueberries grow on the vine at Butler Orchards in Germantown, MD. Aperture: f/2.8, shutter speed: 1/2000 sec, ISO 800.

In my recent blog post, “Secret #1 of the Exposure Triangle,” I talked about using shutter speed to creatively express movement in your photographs.  Today, I’ll take you [...]

For Budding Photographers: Secret #1 of the Exposure Triangle

Over the past year, I’ve noticed that at least half of the new photography students who come to me bring along with them a misconception about the relationship between shutter speed and exposure.  I’ll ask them how they decide to use a slow vs. fast shutter speed, and they’ll say something like, “When it’s [...]

June 2010 Wallpaper: Painting Peace at the Vietnam Memorial

Here’s my June 2010 wallpaper for download – click on the links below for the resolution and aspect ratio that best match your computer screen:

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Painting Peace at the Vietnam Memorial

Painting with light at the Vietnam Memorial, Washington Monument in the backdrop, Washington, DC

One of my students and I did a painting with light session last night at the Vietnam Memorial.  Our favorite takes had the long wall of the memorial, together with the ground lights and pavement, form graphic lines all [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 10: Capitol Reef, Goblin Valley State Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, and Canyonlands National Park

Today was a hell of a day – we hit two national parks and two state parks.  First, we got up for the sunrise at Capitol Reef National Park.  We were told that Notom Road, which runs north-south on the other side of the rocks of Capitol Reef, is a good place to catch [...]

Utah Road Trips, Day 8: Zion National Park and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

 

Virgin River, snow-covered mountains in the background, Zion National Park, Utah

With yesterday’s AWESOME fiery Zion sunset, we were totally motivated to get up early this morning, hopeful for an incredible sunrise.  Alas, it was not to be.  It was already snowing when the alarm sounded at 6 AM.  We still rushed  to [...]

Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 5: Bryce Canyon

This is our last day in Bryce Canyon.  Four nights is probably more than what most people spend, and tomorrow, we head over to Zion.  Everyone talks about how wonderful Zion is, but I just can’t imagine it being more spectacular than Bryce.  It’s too bad that a lot of the trails weren’t tracked [...]