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Trevi Fountain 2001 – Would Love to Go Back

davekeys — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Taken with an Olympus Stylus 1.3MP point and shoot digital camera. I’d love to go back and try out the Canon 550D or 40D now.

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Like a Living Submarine – Maui Humpback Whale Surfaces

davekeys — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:53:33 +0000

January, 2006 captured with my first Canon Rebel (300D) and a 70-200 off brand lens. The whales were surfacing repeatedly right beside our boat looking like living submarines.

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Canine Social Networking

davekeys — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:29:31 +0000

Taken at Johnson Pier, Half Moon Bay, CA 2/7/10

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Keeping It Casual

davekeys — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:19:25 +0000

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.

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This is Maui… in January

davekeys — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:43:18 +0000

That’s why I love this place so much and have so many pictures of it. Maui is perfection in the winter. Nights in the upper 60s and days in the low to mid 80s. Rain showers pepper the landscape and ocean and create rainbows at all times of the day. More of my Maui pictures are at my new (and in progress) Maui album.

I Felt Like A National Geographic Photographer

davekeys — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:32:59 +0000

Not exactly water buffalo, but these cows grazing in a canal connecting a minor lake to Lake Kissimmee in Florida were a new sight for this photographer. I caught all the wildlife I could on a boat ride with my brother who lives on the lake.

The cows seem completely oblivious to all the boat traffic in the waterway. They also seemed oblivious to the alligators- we saw some four-foot ones. I guess the cows were just to large to be threatened by the gators.

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Addie and Grandma In Sunlight Through The Window

davekeys — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:23:47 +0000

Addie and Grandma spend some time playing with odds and ends on the floor after the Christmas gifts are all opened. The light is streaming through the blinds and providing my favorite kind of lighting for photography, angled sunlight. In So Cal, there’s a lot of opportunity for that kind of light in winter.

Not Thrilled With My Blackberry

davekeys — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:36:02 +0000

I was not thrilled with the performance of my Blackberry today. This is a blackberry by proxy- one that belongs to my brother who upgraded to a Droid. I’m beginning to understand why. A scenario unfolded today. One that has repeated occurrences but today’s was most aggravating. I went on one of those emergency holiday runs, but something was amiss in the communication. A priority was not set correctly and my wife called me to let me know she needed something first, and she needed it fast. Unfortunately, my Blackberry only reported the missed call and did not ring. Again. Repeat. When I finally took it out to make a call, I saw that I had “missed a call” but the now all-too-familiar hourglass was turning over and over- I could not access any feature, including placing a call or even getting into phone mode. The sole remedy, which I’m learning is common among users, was to pull and replace the battery. Meanwhile an unhappy extra run by my harried and overworked wife resulted and I settled the score.

I returned to my LG VX9100. I can check my Gmail on it and everything else can wait until I get on my MacBook Pro.

The Blackberry has been forwarded to a reliable phone.

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The attempt at getting a boost from knol. And another one with the same purpose.

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Before and After – Manipulating Color In Low Light

davekeys — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:28:40 +0000

Before and After

Before: Photo taken at 1/80 shutter speed, f2.8, ISO 1600, no flash. This guarantees too much red, unless that’s what you’re after.

After: Photoshop layer with high pass, vivid light masked with highlighted areas of candles and flowers. Second layer with color removed and mask erased on candles and highlighted flowers. Finally, a layer below with color reduced to around 30%.

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Does this photo follow the Golden Ratio?

Update on Lowlights before and After for Hair

For some reason, this post has had a lot of visitors searching for lowlights before and after for hair coloring. Probably the best example of hair lowlights before and after is on Adrian Well‘s website. My wife and the girls in our family have done this technique from time to time with nice results but none of them stick with it all that long- they end up wanting a change, or deciding not to continue the endless cycle of maintaining the style as their hair grows out. It probably works best when used at more subtle levels or on lighter hair colors. This hair technique is totally out of vogue for all guys except those badly stuck back in the 1990s, now the stone-age in hair style measures of time.

David Keys Photography | Orange County and Riverside County

davekeys — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:16:51 +0000

David Keysphotographs weddings and events in Orange County and Riverside County.

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Save a Ton of Money by Switching to Dave | Temecula Wedding Photography

davekeys — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:47:13 +0000

There’s absolutely no point in paying too much for your Temecula wedding photography.

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Affordable Budget Wedding Photography Starting from $550 | Temecula | Murrieta

davekeys — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:50:10 +0000

Affordable Temecula Wedding Photography

You want beautiful, well done photography and you need to manage your wedding budget. Temecula wedding photography by Dave Keys is your choice with packages from $550.

You’ll like how your pictures look – I guarantee it.

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Balance Value and Quality | Beautiful Wedding Photography | Moments Forever Captured

davekeys — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:39:56 +0000

Balance Value and Quality | Beautiful Wedding Photography | Moments Forever Captured

One way to get the best bang for your buck is to hire a talented photographer who is willing to grant the right of use of the product you’re paying for. When you work with Dave Keys, you get a digital portfolio of your wedding photography to use and distribute as you see fit. My only right of use that remains is to use the images in my promotions.

Visit my site competing with Temecula Photographers and check my portfolio and rates.

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Second Verse, Same as the First

davekeys — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:34:47 +0000

So, Joe Biden said what many of us might have said. He would stay away from confined spaces like public transportation, citing that if anyone on a plane sneezes, it’ll be all over the aircraft. If you’re feeling timid about catching the flu then it makes sense.

What doesn’t make sense is how readily the white house press secretary is ready to lie to my face like I’m stupid and claim that Joe B. meant something else. It seems that’s often the case when I’m told by the government what something means when it really means what it looks like.

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a principle named after William of Occam, a 14th century philosopher. The generalization states that, if there are a number of explanations for observed phenomena, the simplest explanation is preferred. Called also scientific parsimony.

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