http://www.singleservingphoto.com Photography in Small Doses Fri, 09 May 2008 22:32:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been about a month since my last post, but it feels like an _eternity_. There is so much going on right now and I have a lot of pots on the stove, so this will be the first of a few update posts to bring you all up ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/05/09/canada-chicago-santa-cruz/ I took the day off on Friday and went up to Cape Cod for the weekend to see what all the fuss is about. Though I was born and raised here in New England, for some reason I never visited and this seemed like the proper time to correct that. The ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/04/07/cape-cod-massachusetts/ $random:right$ In his "latest blog post":http://www.chasejarvis.com/blog/2008/02/free-photos-and-artistic-vision.html, Chase Jarvis mentions Wired editor Chris Anderson's new book, _FREE_, which is more or less about the effects that digital media has had on the cost of distribution of creative works. I haven't read the book so I don't claim to know what Anderson's conclusions might ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/28/the-future-is-free/ Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors' delight. ~~/SingleServings/2008/February/26Feb08-02.jpg~~ I caught Chris wrapping up our sunset shoot at Point Lobos State Reserve. http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/27/sailors-delight/ Here are some new quick grabs from Monterey and Big Sur that I wanted to share. These are Chris' feet standing on a very small beach as we prepared to photograph sunset. ~~/SingleServings/2008/February/24Feb08-01.jpg~~ During the first two days it was very gloomy and rainy, but the fog created some awesome scenes. ~~/SingleServings/2008/February/24Feb08-05.jpg~~ I also spent ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/27/monterey-aquarium/ This morning I thought to myself, _It's been ages since I've posted actual *photographs* on my *photo blog*_. I decided to remedy that situation by showing off a little something I picked up in the Monterey Aquarium (in Monterey, California) on Sunday. This is more of a stock/photojournalism style of image ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/26/big-sur-monterey-part-ii/ !right:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2412/2287811974_3eb05b843c_m.jpg!:http://flickr.com/photos/singleservingphoto/sets/72157603974697531/ The title of this post is a quote from the film "Sneakers;" one of my favorite movies of all time (I'm a huge nerd). I am actually in Monterey, though. Monterey, California to be precise. We've only been out photographing a couple of times so far. The weather here is inclement ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/24/does-montereys-coast-mean-anything-to-you-guys/ !left:/articles/Filters.gif! Sometimes when you're shooting in broad daylight you may have a reason to use a longer exposure than you can achieve from your smallest aperture and lowest ISO setting. That's where neutral density (or ND) filters come in. ND filters have been _widely_ written about, so I don't intend to flog ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/21/neutral-density-filters/ I'm traveling all over the place this year teaching "art photography workshops":http://artphotoworkshops.com, but I am also notoriously disorganized. So when I saw an article about "the ultimate grocery list":http://www.grocerylists.org/ultimatest/, I knew I had to make a *checklist for travel photographers* to keep track of all their essential gear. Now I know ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/20/ultimate-travel-photography-checklist/ I have been _waiting in the wings_, so to speak, for quite some time on the topic of upgrading Photoshop. Because I do a lot of other design work in programs like Illustrator and even occasionally InDesign, it's quite a bit more costly for me to upgrade than if I ... http://www.singleservingphoto.com/2008/02/18/photoshop-cs3/