This has been a busy couple of weeks, trying to complete the infrastructure to RAPhoto.com. I’ve added several new components for ease of use and for addressing varying interests by Members and Guests alike.
The biggest change is the addition of the Image Submission page. The idea is that Members can submit images they would like [...]
The website turned two months old, this week. And it had 12,000 page views during that time. Amazing how connected the world is. I hope most viewers find something interesting or informative or fun. God knows it was a lot of work to get it up and operational.
A few new tools have been added. You [...]
Along with a couple of dozen other photographers from the Twin Cities area, I participate in monthly portrait shooting of models. For the last several shoots, I have teamed up with quite a talented photographer named Dave. Our respective skills sets seemingly complement each other well. Dave is intrinsically a better photographer and composer than [...]
I posted two new podcasts this week, both on aspects of Dynamic Symmetry and visual recognition. They describe the use of elemental designs that built up to shape or pattern recognition that on a perfect planet would in turn reward the viewer with yet a broader understanding of the image. The latest podcast is on [...]
A new video will post early Monday morning, describing some of the challenges I faced in placing the horizon line in a series of images taken mostly in Death Valley National Park, California. It was interesting for me to recall the issues I faced and to review (at least in my own head) how some [...]
Oh, well. The decision came down today about the selection of the individuals to participate in the NW Hawaiian Island Marine Environment expedition. I thought I put together an extremely strong application, but it clearly did not fit the template of an environmentalist. Skilled in rubrix analytics, I knew it was a long shot [...]
When do you dismiss the idea that a calendar is too old? Many of us - including myself - assume that if the calendar is already two months old, then it is a waste of money to purchase it.
However, we know from TV sitcoms that some people will keep old calendars up on their walls [...]
The final decision will be made by Friday as to who will receive the NOAA and Wildlife and Fisheries grants to travel to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. I am not sure exactly when I find out, but I am still hopeful that my application will be approved.
For those of you who are fans of National Geographic magazine may recognize the name, Jodi Cobb, photographer par excellence. I was fortunate enough to have taken a workshop where Jodi was a co-instructor. During that workshop, Jodi gave an evening seminar open to the public, where she reviewed several of her more notable photo [...]
Yesterday, a couple of friends invited me to go along to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, MN, a 90 minute drive down the Mississippi River. Up here in the Twin Cities, the Mississippi is still frozen. Interestingly, at about Lake City, MN, the river opened up. A sure sign that spring will one day [...]