Over the last few weeks, my wife and I have been taking long drives in the country and realizing how beautiful the rural areas are.
So here are some pictures we took with our new camera of some of the pretty places that are so close to where we live.
Technorati Tags: rural , country , scenic , farms , farmland , flowers
Awhile back I got some good feedback on an post I did about creating a logo for your blog.
But I failed to mention color schemes in the process.
I have found the following to be a pretty good standard for colors. If the colors appear together in nature, then they will work visually for your project. Granted, this is a pretty loose judgement, but it seems to work for me.
The color scheme above is entitled Fire Flower, based off of the colors of the following image I took while on vacation earlier this year.
I haven’t worked out how …read more
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Some people just take photographs and call them art, then there are those who truly experiment and conceptualize new ideas and utilize artistic elements in photography.
The following is a series of photographs by Arne Olav Gurvin Fredriksen
These are all photographs taken by me, with minor and major photo
manipulation done by me.
Click the read more below to see more images from this photographic Artist.
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Lately, it’s been my custom to take images of my artwork via my camera phone. It’s economical, it easily transfers to my computer for web viewing and it’s really, really horrible image quality.
So, I have contracted out this little task to a great friend of mine who I help him with his blog on occasion, Claude Barclay has agreed to be my personal photographer for my artwork.
Claude is a professional photographer here in the central Ohio area and has been doing photography for… well, more years than I’ve been alive. He knows his stuff, and has the equipment to pull …read more
Occasionally, I run across a site that is yet unlaunched but promises to be a great little endeavor in the future. Here is an ad from one that I think will be a great opportunity to be a part of.
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Today, I just went out for a walk to enjoy nature and I happened to see this and snapped a quick picture. I thought it turned out cool. I had the panoramic feature turned on on our new digital camera. Macro images always have fascinated me. I just thought I’d share this one.
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I’ve been hoping to write this post for a long time now and today it has finally come to pass. Darren Rowse, the Problogger himself, has brought Digital Photography School to b5media.
Digital Photography School – a website with simple tips to help digital camera owners get the most out of their cameras.
While it’s exciting to have Darren joining the ranks in the Arts and Design channel, he is bringing an amazing blog and community with him too. There is always something exciting happening around b5media.
Welcome to Arts and Design Darren!
I recently asked for some advice in buying a digital camera. I think I do have it settled. I’ll save that for another post when I finally get it. But Scott Engel has been kind enough to write and send in a wonderful image from the Nikon realm. He has this to say about his image here:
Here is another submission to you, entitled “Swimming in the Mist”. I hope you like it.
I captured this image with my Nikon D50 on the eastern shore of Pewaukee Lake. Taken in the early afternoon, this depicts early Spring and also features a “battle” …read more
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