Make landscapes connect the Ansel Adams way

By PF Staff in Favorite Photos on Dec 20, 2012

Typically a successful ultra-wide landscape establishes an engaging relationship between a foreground and a background object. Ansel Adams used this technique in many of his most famous photos.

Making of "The Dragonfly"

By PF Staff in Favorite Photos on Dec 19, 2012

This photo was shot at Nikko, a popular tourist destination in Japan. The reason to take this photo was mainly for test the lens I bought recently. The results were satisfactory, specially with such old lens.

The Making of "Unexpected"

By PF Staff in Favorite Photos on Dec 16, 2012

There are two thing you need to know about me.  First is that I love adventure.  Being primarily a landscape/nature photographer and living in Kansas City leaves me itching to get away sometimes.  So, with nowhere in mind I hopped on the highway for about an hour, took a random exit and kept driving until I was lucky enough to come across this field as the sun was setting.

Second is that I am a sucker for unique process techniques. I love pictures that are unique or different than what you would expect. This led me to the processing technique that I used.

Ben the Thinker

By PF Staff in Favorite Photos on Dec 16, 2012

Forword: This blog post is best-enjoyed in tandem with Blog Post #1 ("The Iconic Pentax K1000", coming soon) as I have attempted to present a consistent theme for this contest.  

Escaping Cinnamon Rolls

By PF Staff in Favorite Photos on Dec 15, 2012

I had been wanting to shoot something creative for some time. When I came home one day to find that my daughter had baked cinnamon rolls, I knew I had found my subject. I picked this image because it represents the fun you can have in your own house using just ordinary household objects and techniques of a relatively manageable complexity level. My aim was to use some compositing to make the rolls fly and get some feeling of action. I think the result turned out quite well. Why? Because everyone I've shown the image to has asked me questions like "How did you throw them?" or "How many rolls ended of on the floor?".