Survival Of The Fittest
This weekend I was awarded the lovely opportunity to teach aircrew members how to survive in a combat environment. What does that mean? Four days of trudging through thick brush and pulling ticks out of places you never thought a bug would go. All negativity aside,...
Quick Tip: High Pass Sandwiching!
I was working on the bicentennial image last weekend and came a cross yet another use for the High Pass filter. Have you ever layered an image on top of another, changed the blending mode to say Hard Light, and watched all of your contrast and detail from the image...
A Few Minutes With Mark Wheadon
Last week I reviewed the Android App, Photo Enhance. Shortly after I posted it I let the creator, Mark Wheadon, know of its existence via email. I was pleased to discuss HDR with over several emails last week. After seeing his images and discussing HDR with him, I...
Bicentennial Man
I have a disturbing fascination with Bicentennial Quarters. I have no idea why but for some reason I get really flustered when I see one. It sucks sometimes. For instance, if I need quarters for laundry and I have exactly 3 dollars and need all of those quarters to...
Portraits and HDR
I made a New Year's Resolution that I would fix the HDR and people problem. You know the nasty gritty look people get when you HDR them? My wife says they look dirty, I even did an HDR of our newborn son and she said he looked dirty, so even the cleanest people...
Photo Enhance Android App Review
A couple of months ago I purchased the Photo Enhance Pro by Mark Wheadon App off of Amazon for 99 cents,$4.99 on the Android Market. It is a simple app that tonemaps your cell phone snaps. While I am not a fan of Pseudo HDR's I am however a fan of the HDR look and...
Welcome To The Mid-West
So as you know if you follow my blog, the wife and I up-rooted to the Mid West, Platte City Missouri to be exact. I took a job at the Guard base out here to get closer to the family and to raise my boy in an environment that would be more wholesome and kid friendly...
Windows Movie Maker Tutorial
On Wednesday I posted the video I took while driving from Las Vegas Nevada to Platte City. If you want make the following video there are a couple things you need to know. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Ig8vkufRE First off, you have to know how to shoot for it and...
Vegas To Platte City
*** Disclaimer: The images you are about to see are not HDR related in any way shape or form, but are still HELLA cool! Read On*** Well, the journey was crazy, Santa Clara California to Platte City Missouri for a new job. We started in Northern California and for some...
Getting internet today!
Sorry folks, it has been a while. Seems it takes a week to get internet out here in Missouri, but we are getting connected today and I will be back on the Monday, Wednesday Friday schedule once again. Thanks for sticking around and being patient!
