Just a quick one today–just to let you know I’m still around. Been busy.

There are two types of contrast that can be used to make images more interesting: color contrast and tonal contrast. But for now I only want to talk about is tonal contrast. And specifically the two types of tonal contrast: overall contrast and midtone contrast, and how they can be modified during post processing. Read more »

Continuing with turtles:

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Like I said in last week’s UW Wednesday, I’ll be showing some turtle images from our recent trip to Grand Cayman for the next couple of weeks.

I found this guy munching away at the base of  this barrel sponge (the whiter area above his left front flipper in the image below). By the about that has been removed I’d say this guys visits this sponge on a regular basis.

As I approached he turned toward me and gave me a look like, “What are you doing interrupting my lunch?”

And then swam right over me; literally inches away.

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Have you ever had a problem getting the crop marquee to stay where you want it. Especially if you are only cropping a small portion and the marquee is near the edge of the frame. You drag out the marquee and it snaps back to the edge of the frame.  The reason for this behavior is that, by default, Snap is enabled and Document Bounds is selected. (Located in the View menu shown on the left. View > Snap.) To permanently disable that behavior you can click either Snap or Snap To > Document Bounds to remove the check mark and disable the feature.

But a faster way to work is to temporarily disable snapping by simply holding down the Control key while dragging the crop boundary. This will allow more accurate placement of the outline when placement of the crop is critical. So when you are trying to place the crop marquee near the edge of the frame and it jumps back to the edge; holding down Control and then dragging will enable you to place the bounding exactly where you want it and it will stay there. Give it a try.

Ever wonder where ideas for monsters in the movies come from? I think a lot of them are modeled after creatures of the sea.  Even though moray eels look menacing they are not much of a threat to divers. First they are not aggressive at all. And while their behavior of opening and closing their mouths, showing off their long sharp teeth, may look threatening; they are only forcing water over their gills–they are breathing.

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Love is a symbol of eternity.  It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

~Author Unknown

I will be teaching Digital Photography Essentials for the Delaware County Camera Club on 6 consecutive Saturdays beginning January 30^th. The classes will be from 9am to 11am and will be held at the club’s regular meeting place, the Trinity Lutheran Church, right on Rt 3 in Havertown, PA.  See the Location tab on the club’s site for directions.

If the weeknight format of my Chester County Night School photography classes doesn’t fit your schedule maybe this Saturday morning format work for you.

More details about the class can be found here.

Pricing and registration is being done by DCCC. The final cost will be determined by the number of students that enroll. For cost information and registration contact the club President via email for details.

For a listing of all my classes see the Workshops and Classes Page of this blog or at It’s All About the Light Tours.