Monthly Archives: March 2009

Focusing The Viewer – Part 2

    DOC  is unlike any restaurant.  Its named is derived from ”denominazione di origine controllata” - the Italian controls of wines of “particular reputation and worth”.  Walking through the front door, you enter straight into the kitchen.  The sense one feels seated at the table is having a meal in an Italian cottage out in the rural Tuscan countryside.  ...

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Focusing the Viewer

  Photographers control what the viewer of the image sees.  Light, color and an image’s focus are a few elements that allows you to control where you want to place the viewer’s attention.  During my walk today, the sun was out but dark clouds were moving in from the north.  This image demonstrates the use of...

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Window Lighting

Whenever possible, my lighting choice is ambient light.  Windows are a great source.  When using digital capture, I meter my exposure on the lighted area – not the shadows.   The larger the difference in f-stops between the light and shadow areas will produce a dramatic lighting effect.  Jackson is fascinated with watching birds.  I...

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