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Creating Memorable Landscapes Workshop Update

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Roger

The landscape workshop, Creating Memorable Landscapes, was held at Starved Rock State Park yesterday. The workshop was well attended and a great success. We spent the morning in the classroom exploring ideas about landscape shooting and critiquing images that fell within the rules of landscape photography as well as some that break the rules as well. Participants ate a box lunch and then went out for a couple of hours to photograph in the woods and canyons of the park. Continue reading →

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Rethinking the Debate – RAW vs JPEG for HDR Images

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Roger

Okay, so I decided that I needed to revisit the idea that RAW or JPEG work just as well for creating hdr images. I decided to run a little experiment. I also decided to test the notion that a three bracket hdr image was good enough when compared to a five bracket hdr merged file. Continue reading →

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Volo Bog near Volo, Illinois

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Roger

Yesterday was a slow day at my studio so I decided, as I often do, to take advantage of the day and shoot some beautiful landscape images in Northern Illinois. Continue reading →

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Cloud Gate aka The Bean

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Roger

On the left is an image of The Bean, one of the more iconic images of Chicago. The Bean is its popular name. The artist named it Cloud Gate. Continue reading →

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What’s to be Nervous About?

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Roger

In a bit over two months from now my daughter is getting married. Her girlfriend is a budding photographer and has agreed to photograph the wedding. Continue reading →

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