Saturday, January 24, 2009

Shaman's Photography

It’s been a busy week I have had several assignments and I have been doing my best to complete the first one. Photographing Historic Old St Andrews. Here’s  a few of my photos from St Andrews.

St Andrews Bay

The Road 

The Road

The Road

The Road

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Friday, January 23, 2009

Shaman's Photography

i have been playing around with shutter priority  and to capture movement and not using a flash in low or no light conditions. Here’s what I have come with.

This photo was taken with a hand held camera at night of my trucks instrument panel

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Here’s a photo on moving traffic

The Street at Night

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Shaman's Photography

Today I took the time to edit a couple of my photos with Photoshop CS 4. I just got the program last night here’s the fruit of my efforts.

Great Blue Heron- Cropped and adjusted white & Color balance

Blue Heron edited 

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A Seagull- Adjust color balance and shadows

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Early morning on the bayou- Cropped and adjusted shadows

Early Morning Fog on the bayou

Cooks Bayou- Cropped and adjusted shadows

The Bayou

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Shaman's Photography

Well I am still at it! Today it was too cold for me to take any photos outside so I did a little inside work, then I took a few pics. Here’s my attempt at macro photos with a black back drop. It’s all new to me.

Sea Shells

Sea Shell

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Can’t learn unless i keep taking photos and I am not too old to learn!

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Shaman’s Photography

Today was a great photo day for me. I took over 400 photos. Seems some days I get on top of things and seem to see lots of photographic things.

Woodpecker

RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER 3 

Blue Jay

Blue Jay (2)

Center hallway circa 1900 building

Center Hallway copy

Restored circa 1900 building

Restored old building Panama City (Medium)

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Shaman's Photography

I’ve taken lots of photos over the last few days. Most were deleted but I do have a few that I really like. Hope you will too.

911 Monument in Panama City, Florida

911 Monument (Medium)

Center Hall Circa 1900 building downtown Panama City (restored)

Center Hallway copy (Medium)  

Panama City Park

Panama City Park with water fountain (Medium)

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Flickriver: incaseofme's photosets

Here is a interesting photo web site:

Flickriver it’s very interesting, check it out.

Flickriver: incaseofme's photosets

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Shaman's Photography

Time sure flies by, I am still at my photography! Seems sometimes like I am not really getting any better. I will continue to work on my composition and exposure.

Here's the best of my Seagull photos:

Seagulls in flite

Seagulls

Click here to see all of my seagull photos!

I also got some snaps of Mary Kayaking:

Kayaking on the Bayou

Click here to see all of my Kayaking!

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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Digital Photography Tips for Beginners

There are plenty of Digital Photography tips at DPS for beginners. I keep reading them over and over. My tips come down to practice practice practice.  I take lots of photos most everyday. Most are deleted but I can see some improvement in my photos. Keep the camera close to you and experiment with the tips you read about on DPS. The other day I  was at a Patriot Guard Mission for a WWII Veteran and I decided to take my camera. There were many challenges to get exciting photos with the sun and shadows plus all the people. But I shot away and I hope I've learned something from the day. Here are some of my best shots.

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Took about 100 shots and the Sun and shadows where hard to deal with. In side at the ceremony I did get some photos that where a little better.

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Pretty close quarters. I'll keep practicing.

Digital Photography Tips for Beginners

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Flickr: DPS Scavenger Hunt

Here's my  Photos for the Scavenger hunt:

My Window-Front Door leaded Glass

The Window (Medium)

My Statue- Old Sea Captain

Statue Old Sea Captain (Medium)

My Song Title- Smoke on the Water by CCR

Smoke on the Water (Medium)

My Pet- Pumpkin

Pumpkin (Medium)

I still am working on Soul

Something Dirty, Something Old, Something Shiny, And Something you eat

Flickr: DPS Scavenger Hunt