Exploring with a Camera

Feb 09, 2013 | Post by: Kat 3 Comments

Exploring with a Camera: Artistic Blur, Part 2

Hey, it’s Exploring with a Camera time! This month we are continuing our discussion of Artistic Blur, talking about adding blurry effects in post-processing. My little break from routine, ditching my planned schedule to take a hike with our new dog Zoey yesterday morning, paid off in more ways than

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Jan 11, 2013 | Post by: Kat 26 Comments

Exploring with a Camera: Artistic Blur, Part 1

Welcome to the first Exploring with a Camera of the new year! Over the last few months, I’ve been very attracted to more impressionistic photographs. I’ve been enjoying them both as an end product that is a photograph, and as the starting material for digital paintings. Since I’ve been exploring

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Dec 14, 2012 | Post by: Kat 6 Comments

Exploring with a Camera: The Lights of Night

Welcome to December’s Exploring with a Camera! This month we’re going to be exploring the Lights of Night. It’s the perfect time of year to get out and play around with some night photography, since there are such short hours of daylight here in the northern hemisphere and all of

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Nov 09, 2012 | Post by: Kat 10 Comments

Exploring with a Camera: Chiaroscuro

Greetings! Welcome to November’s Exploring with a Camera. This month I am going back to Italy, literally and figuratively, as we study chiaroscuro, or light/dark contrast. I found myself creating of images with strong light/dark contrast on my recent trip to England, reminding me that I used this technique on

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Oct 12, 2012 | Post by: Kat 14 Comments

Exploring with a Camera: Process of Elimination (2nd Edition)

Welcome to October’s Exploring with a Camera! This month I am sharing a “second edition” post, repeating the topic Process of Elimination that I first wrote a little over a year ago. I had already planned on doing a second edition post this month, since I just returned from England

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Sep 07, 2012 | Post by: Kat 9 Comments

Exploring with a Camera: Allowing Space

Welcome to September’s Exploring to a Camera! Today is one of the rare times when Photo-Heart Connection and Exploring with a Camera overlap, due to my crazy September schedule. You can link in to both today! This month I am exploring space in my photographs. I’m looking at when and

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