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!
I had a super-long day in Milan. I was tired and just wanted to go back to the hotel to have a cappuccino in the bar and edit photography on my laptop. But I remembered the really pretty train station and how I wanted to get a shot with nobody around.
I went in around midnight, found the perfect spot, and then shot away.
The HDR process always takes that slick concrete and makes it extra-reflective. Reflective ground is always great for photography. Also, people always think that I "colored" the lights up at the top, but I did not. In fact, I never "paint" on my photos. Any color that you see in them was actually there, except in the cases when I apply a texture treatment.
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Live Video Chat on Thursday!
This Thursday, November 19th, at 7 PM CST (5 PM PST), I'll be hosting a live video chat here on the site! I'll also be making a special announcement at the beginning of the chat. You don't need anything special, just come to that page! You'll see my live video mugshot along with Sara Jane Todd from Peachpit. There is a chat window where you all can ask questions, and Sara Jane will pull random ones and ask me... I'll answer to the best of my ability!
Newsletter
We have a newsletter going out today. It's a free thing to sign up for and it will make your inbox pretty! It's a great way to share photos with friends and family. Also, this is very interesting -- someone sent me this full "analysis" of our newsletter! Hehe. It is entitled "Is it Ever OK to Break Best Practices?" (see blog for the link) I know that most users here have a high screen resolution, good bandwidth, and enjoy seeing big, pretty pics. I can't make everyone happy, but we decided to keep that newsletter pretty big and bold!
Daily Photo - Zipping Through Tokyo
I think it rained almost every day I was in Tokyo, but that's just fine with me. It gives you all these "Black Rain" conditions, and makes the place twice as moody as it already was. I walked through Rappongi one evening to find a secret Italian restaurant. I ended up having to cross the road so many times on these overpasses, that I finally decided to stop and take a photo of the action underneath.
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I wanted to share this photo I just took of a massive storm sweeping over the complex on the evening before the launch. I was supposed to be going over to the actual launch pad as night was falling to get a shot, but this storm started to roll in, upsetting those plans. The big structure you see on the other side of the flag is the Vehicle Assembly Building, and that blue structure you see to the left is the famous countdown-clock you always see in front of the press area before the launch. Right as I was taking this, an official lady from NASA ran into the field warning me that this was now a "Level 2 lightning alert!" I happen to be standing by another NASA Tweetup invitee, Lavar Burton. He asked, "Is that like a Level 3 diagnostic?" Greatness. He was a really cool guy, btw... I put up a photo of us together over on my Facebook Page.
Read more, including information on the free version of the 100 Cameras in 1 iPad app, here at stuckincustoms.com.
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I thought, to commemorate this entry on connecting people, that I'd include a photo of an airplane from one of the busiest airports in the world - DFW in Dallas. This is the same plane that I flew to Tokyo on just recently. It was shot from high above in the Admiral's Club. It was an awfully stormy day, and I was worried that maybe the flight wouldn't go off on time! We were delayed a few hours... but that gave me plenty of time to set up all my equipment in there like dork!
You guys should meet! Put your info on the main thread at www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/10/26/connecting-the-communit... !
So, what's your Twitter or Facebook or both? Put it in the comments below! I know many of you have friended or followed me -- that's great -- but I think you should all connect with one other too! There are many people from various backgrounds and I think you all would find some unexpected connections! On FB, some people are open about friending (like me), but on Twitter, you can follow anyone without their consent.
What's my Twitter strategy?
First, I use Twitter the "right" way. That is, I have taken time to carefully build, re-build, cull, and personalize a list of several hundred people to follow. These are people I have discovered that are interesting, inspirational, or just guilty pleasures. I look at Twitter several times a day to get new ideas, unexpected finds, and news from people that have similar tastes to mine.
Second, and less importantly, I use Twitter to filter the world for anyone curious enough to follow me. I try to keep a balance of: 33% inspirational and/or artistic finds that I share, 33% sharing of my own work with everyone, and 33% connecting people who should know one another! Oh, and 1% WILDCARD. At least, this is my goal! I may not always hit those ratios, but I do my best.
Last, here are 10 Things You Need to Stop Tweeting About ! Haha funny... those of you that don't like Twitter probably are:
1) Following people that are full of BS that do many things on that list
2) Or you don't want to tell the world what you are doing (THAT is okay -- but... you don't have to tell people! You can still follow people you find interesting without even sending out a tweet.
3) You have yet to realize Trey's Twitter Truth: "Twitter is cool because it's a nonstop party you don't have to hang out in a small group of mostly annoying people."
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I spend way too much time in this terminal... so... why not HDR the time away?
Thanks all! For you, here are the most Popular Pictures you dig from my stream. Thanks again!
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