The Big Picture
I know most of you are not on Twitter yet, or perhaps you just are following people who tell you what they just ordered at Starbucks, but those of you that follow me get to see amazing links like this one to the Big Picture. I try to post several links a week to other photographers, art, and other inspirational things I find...
It's a good medium for quick finds where I don't have time to write a whole blog post.
If you are new to Twitter, try out my Twitter Lists to find some good people to follow!
Daily Photo - An Amazing Day at the Met
On Sunday, I set aside about six hours to spend alone at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most of you may know by now how I am obsessed with the Impressionists. Don't ever go to a museum with me, because I will bore you for hours on end with strange tidbits. Anyway, the Met has a fantastic collection that kept me busy most of the time... It's rather nice of them to hang on to my paintings for me. One day, when I get some time, I'm going to make a little page here and show some of my favorites.
The Man would not let me take a tripod inside, so that was unfortunate. I did manage to do a few hand-held HDRs however... here is one that I have processed thus far.
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If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my HDR Tutorial. I hope it gives you some new tricks!
Many people ask about my technique, and all the details are in the tutorial above. Others just come for the Photomatix discount code that they gave me since I am such a big believer in their product - that Photomatix discount code is "stuckincustoms".
You can visit the tutorial for this picture in the HDR Tutorial on www.StuckInCustoms.com
The biggest problem was people walking in front of the tripod, totally aloof to my HDR quest. Since it takes five minutes to explain HDR to people, it was not efficient to stop everyone in the area and give them a short dissertation on why it is important for them not to get in front of my tripod...
Also, there is a nice gal that wrote a dissertation about this photo at Washington University - you can read it here: stuckincustoms.com/a-dissertation-on-my-times-square-photo/
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Nice detail: Large on Black
I am here for the Virtual Worlds conference, but I made it out tonight to take a shot of the city. Have you heard of it? It's this really big city in the east somewhere.
This was shot from the "Top of the Rock" deal at on top of Rockafeller center. They really overproduce the whole "Top of the Rock" brand and experience. They make you watch movies and make you think this is something much more than being on top of a building... but I just ignored all that and went straight to the top.
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We have a nice growing community over there, and I drop in on occasion to put in little bits of news that just can't wait on the daily blog post. I do want to keep the blog a regular once-a-day event. However, sometimes there are cool things you might want to know over on the Fan Page. I also encourage discussion, finding more friends, and the like there. So, come join and have a good time!
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I had a great time in New York!
I just got back from NYC, where I went out to get ready for the book launch event there. While there, I shot a secret video with Steve Simon (which may not be secret for long), and I went out with Cali Lewis to shoot some HDRs in Times Square! Cali is the host of Geebrief.TV - a show you should watch for sure if you like tech and spunkiness. Anyway, after shooting some HDRs, we went and had Italian food with Cali, Neil (her hubby), and my friend June Arunga. I handed Neil my camera and he shot this pic of us together…
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Daily Photo: New York is Alive and Well
It's been a few years since I have been to New York, and Times Square is better than before! I was actually in New York on 9/11, so it's always good to go back to the city and see everything is still awesome. Maybe next time I come, we can all do a flash mob and hit B&H Photo for a while - that would be fun!
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