Snowy Peaks | Orange County | Photography
I took this yesterday morning. Used Photoshop for HDR composition from two bracketed shots. Nothing much more than light level adjustments to highlight the San Gabriel Mountains. Orange County Photography
2011 By Dave
Dave Keys • 2010
Archive for January, 2010
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Zion National Park
I wish my photos from the next day at the Grand Canyon had turned out as well as the ones from Zion National Park, but the haze settled in with the typical summer moisture in the canyon, allowing some nice, but not spectacular photography. This photo was taken mid-morning but the clouds were perfectly arranged. [...]
Night Photography, High Speed ISO and Those Gold and Red Hues
You know if you’ve tried shooting in low light and wanted to avoid washing out everything with harsh flash that you’re going to end up with either blurry photos or those reddish gold hues that come with pushing up the ISO toward that 1600 mark. Everything looks either pink or yellow or in between. The [...]
This shot is technically good, but… | More on BBQ Accessories
This shot is technically correct in most aspects. Good balance of flash and evening light, nice wide angle shot, timing is great with the wave just overtaking the subjects’ feet and a good proportional layout with the horizon perfectly positioned but even with all that… the shot didn’t make it into my portfolio. Why? I [...]
How to BBQ Chicken | Easiest Way to Clean BBQ Grill | Grill Accessories
A test BBQ post for SEO purposes. Trying out some keywords on BBQ Accessories. Included is my cellphone video I made in August on cooking chicken. The method follows Ruth Chris Steakhouse’s approach to steaks. Start with a temperature as absolutely high as possible. Regarding cleanup? I hate cleaning the BBQ Grill. I wish there [...]
Twins Third Birthday | Photoshop | Dream Suite
I used the FX Dream Suite free plugin and a lot of layers, adjustments and filters in photoshop to end up with this BW version of what was originally a rejected photograph. William was blurry and the photograph was unremarkable. I think the cleanup was worth the effort. more photos at the Orange County Photography [...]
Keeping It Casual
I place so much emphasis on optimization of websites and blogs that there needs to be at least one place that’s free-form for just posting when and what I feel like. This is that place. Step on in! Photo taken in Florence, April, 2001. Orange County Photography
Trying out a New Free Photoshop Plugin | Orange County Photography
I’ve been trying out a new plugin for photoshop by Auto FX, the “Dream Suite” which adds glow and blur effects, I think nicely, to your photos. Generally, you’ll want to perform this on a new layer so you can brush away the effect from details such as faces and important objects. Here’s a sample [...]
OC Photography: Kendall and Mommy
Trying out a new photoshop filter by AutoFX. So Far, I’m pretty pleased. Saves some time on its “dream effects” over manual glow and blur adjustments. Photoshop adjustments to the layers were used to bring back clarity to faces, plus I used a high pass filter on eyes and teeth. Orange County Photography by Dave [...]
