Digging Into the Past

Today I was looking through my digital files and I ran across some of my very first images taken with a DSLR in 2004. At that point in time I was still shooting with both film and digital at the same time as I wasn't even sure how to market work with a digital camera.

We went to Death Valley to see the wildflowers bloom. They had the most rain they had in over a hundred years.It rained heavily off and on for the whole time we were there.Badwater was a huge lake. Many sections of the park were impassable.Between storms the clouds were spectacular.we had a great time and I slowly was learning to master my new camera.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Playing with My New Christmas Present

This afternoon I installed some new software on my computer. I added Red Giants Magic Bullet Photolooks and Knoll Light Factory plug ins for Photoshop. After the installation I watched the introductory videos to figure out how to get started using them. Then started working with images from my files to get the hang of how to use them. I quickly learned that of the two programs I'll be using Photolooks a lot more often than the Light Factory. Here are some sample images from Death Valley that I applied some filters from Photolooks to. The same effects can be created in Photoshop but it's just faster using the plug in from Photolooks. I probably won't be using the model effect much shown on thebottom image but it was fun to try it out.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Death Valley

I spent a little time this week going through some of my older Medium Format film work that I photographed using my Pentax 6x7 camera. The clarity of the transparencies from this camera are just phenomenal. The images just jump right off of the light table at you.




There is a joy in looking at this work that just cannot be repeated in photographing with a digital camera.You have to work at a slower pace and have an infinite amount of patience in waiting to review your work while it is being developed. No instant gratification or chimping here.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris