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Flashlight Painting and HDR

One of the best tools for nighttime photography is a flashlight. It is especially useful when the exposures are long and when shooting HDR. Almost every image I take at night is an HDR exposure sequence. Sometimes the exposures can be several minutes long [...]

Civil War battle reenactments

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.  Even though battle reenactments take place every year, the events planned for the next four years will be especially large with hundreds and sometimes thousands of soldiers.  These [...]

Back to Black-and-White

I "grew up", so to speak, with black-and-white photography. I used to love working in the darkroom. I loved to see a good black-and-white print come together beautifully as it developed. As a nature photographer, too, I loved Ansel Adams and everything he [...]

Nik Software Announces Silver Efex Pro 2

Nik Software announced Silver Efex Pro 2, a major upgrade to its award-winning Silver Efex Pro software, widely regarded by photographers as the leading black-and-white software solution on the market today. Silver Efex Pro 2 introduces new features that [...]

Visual Perception and Photography