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jason — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:00:24 +0000

Ever wonder how one gets from the initial image to the final edit? I have. Sometimes I wonder if other people take as long as I do to finally get the image complete in the dark room. Well, here we have an image I took a couple of months back while driving the Denali Highway [...]

Gunnysack Creek 07

jason — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:18:40 +0000

These Gunnysack Creek images were taken during the last Alaska Photo Workshop on our trip to the Maclaren River Lodge. About a 1/4 to 1/2 mile up the creek from the bridge is a really narrow spot where the water has cut through the rocks making it a pretty cool place to visit. The water [...]

Gunnysack Creek 06

jason — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:13:05 +0000

These Gunnysack Creek images were taken during the last Alaska Photo Workshop on our trip to the Maclaren River Lodge. There are also lots of opportunities to stand on the rocks in the middle of the creek and watch the water pass by. This is a 1/10 of a second exposure to blur the water [...]

Gunnysack Creek 05

jason — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:09:16 +0000

These Gunnysack Creek images were taken during the last Alaska Photo Workshop on our trip to the Maclaren River Lodge. There are a tone of great rock and cliff formations up this creek which make for wonderful photo ops. This is a huge rock which sticks out 4 – 6 feet and overhangs the casual [...]

Gunnysack Creek 04

jason — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:00:21 +0000

These Gunnysack Creek images were taken during the last Alaska Photo Workshop on our trip to the Maclaren River Lodge. The problem with adding a polarizer to a wide angle lens is twofold. One, vignetting becomes an issue if your polarizer is to think. Try to purchase one that is thinner so as to avoid [...]

Gunnysack Creek 03

jason — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:00:09 +0000

These Gunnysack Creek images were taken during the last Alaska Photo Workshop on our trip to the Maclaren River Lodge. I don’t know why it took me so long to figure out that the wide angle was the way to go, but I’m sure glad it finally occurred to me. I also incorporated the wide [...]

Gunnysack Creek 02

jason — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:00:29 +0000

These Gunnysack Creek images were taken during the last Alaska Photo Workshop on our trip to the Maclaren River Lodge. I started out with my backpack and camera because I couldn’t decide which lens I wanted to use. After frustrating myself with the 70-200 for nearly an hour I finally had the sense to put [...]

How to Shoot a Panorama

jason — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:30:07 +0000

Another great tip from shooter Scott Bourne over at PhotoFocus. Scott Bourne’s Fast Photo Tip #33 When shooting for a stitched panorama, shoot verticals not horizontals to give your panoramic conversion software more data to work with. I would also add that shooting verticals also introduces less lens distortion because of the way your sensor [...]

August 2010 Alaska Photo Workshop: Maclaren River Edition Day Two

jason — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:23 +0000

Wow morning came early! The alarm went off at 3:56am and I didn’t want to move. But, alas, photographs wouldn’t wait. A few minutes and a Starbucks Vanilla Frappachino later the rest of the gang met us in the van to head out to the bluff at the other end of the valley. Was it [...]

Maclaren River Valley

jason — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:00:04 +0000

Wow, what a weekend! Lots of stories to tell. Not much sleep was had but photographs abounded! Also, be sure to check out the details for the next Alaska Photo Workshop! Below is a 13 image panoramic stitched with AutoStitch and finished in Lightroom 3. Be sure to come back for more photos of our [...]