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I went up to Dallas for the night because my sister was having her first baby. I got to see her for a few minutes before she had to do the feeding, farm style... so I left to go to Turtle Creek to take few shots at sunset after a jog.
This is where I used to go run all the time when I went to SMU, just down the road.
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My last downtown photo of Dallas went over pretty well, so here is another from a different perspective. This is shot from the south side of Dallas, which is rarely seen since most of the commercial development is immediately to the north side of the city. I see this perspective a lot when driving up from Austin on regular trips up to the city. On the last trip, we were able to have a bit of extra time to go visit some of the Impressionist works at the museum here in downtown. It was nice to make it there after dodging all the modern art that just takes up a lot of space. I'm sure that's sort of a heretical thing to say, for someone so deep into the digital mediums, but I find most modern art to be inane. Any piece of modern art that requires a douche in a black turtleneck to describe what I am seeing is something that probably simply represents two minutes of my life I will never get back. Anyway, I'm sure some people like it... that's fine... just not for me.
I'll be sure to add some of my favorite Impressionist paintings in the next iteration of the "Things That Inspire Me" area of the site!
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I have this promise here to upload one new unique photo per day. This has turned out to be a bad promise, because I mess it up about 10 times a year. Before you get to my daily shot (this one from a little-known flower market from the backside of Dallas), I wanted to do something a little different for those of you that are just getting on Twitter for the first time.
I'll give you all a list of interesting photographers to follow. If you guys have more suggestions, send me a message at @treyratcliff. Note this is not my list of top 10 photographers in the world... just cool people that make interesting Twitter updates. I'll try to make a new list every month or so...since it's hard to get to know 50 people at once, I'll roll them out slowly!
#1 - @stevesimon - This guy cracks me up. I first heard him on the TWIP (This Week in Photography) Podcast. He has a wonderful sense of humor, and I generally agree with everything he says. I'm putting him first on my list because I wish more photographers were like him.
#2 - @thomashawk - Who doesn't know this guy? He's nice as heck, and his Type A personality keeps his overachievement in high-gear. We're also in agreement about many of the bad things about Flickr... it's so close to being an even better service!
#3 - @kk - Kris Krug is a great photographer. There is something creative and nice about his work.
#4 - @scottbourne - I like Scott even though he made a snide comment about me on TWIP. I was mentioned on their site of the week and he's not much of a fan of Creative Commons, I can tell. But he's still a pretty nice guy and he takes great pics of birds.
#5 - @dcjill - The great Jill Greenberg! She's protected her updates... but maybe if we all request, she will give in and show us behind the wizard's curtain.
#6 - @scottkelby - This is another guy everyone probably knows, especially if they watch Photoshop User TV. I was looking for his sidekicks Matt and Dave on Twitter -- anyone know their @'s?
#7 - @chasejarvis - An amazingly cool photographer. You can tell he is cool just from his portfolio.
#8 - @mostlylisa - She's a humble photographer that has a really nice net presence. She also gave me the name of the guy that did her portfolio website, so I owe her one!
#9 - @jessicaclaire - Hey a wedding photographer! She's a cool gal with a nice sense of style about her photography.
#10 - @alexlindsay - He is smart as a whip and is very active on Twitter. He's one of those cool people to follow because you find out something that's useful in real time!
Remember, if you have suggestions for next month's list, be sure to leave them below or send me a twitter message!
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I've found a wonderful new piece of software! It's called Topaz Adjust and I've written a full Topaz Adjust Review here on the site. People send me software all the time to review, but I only end up reviewing stuff that I actually use. Eric Yang, one of the gurus over at Topaz, also gave me a Topaz Adjust Coupon Code of "STUCKINCUSTOMS" for 10% off to pass along to my readers. I think you will like it as much as I do! I actually recommend the Topaz Bundle (for MAC or PC), but you can read more about why inside the review.
Below is a shot of a '57 Chevy. I saw it when walking back to the Magnolia Hotel on Friday night after dinner in Dallas. I took a photo of this pretty car under the blue lights of the porte-cochere, went upstairs to my room, downloaded the Topaz Bundle software, made the adjustments, and had the whole thing finished in less than 30 minutes. That quick turnaround speaks to how easy the software is to use. I've since used it on a number of other images, including some unpublished ones.
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