Photographs By Me

Something artistic lately, I’ve been playing with diptych and triptych styles. I’ve decided to put together a tutorial as well, using the free software, Inkscape, available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and so on.

Something difficult lately… I’ve been trying to pose my photography subject! Everything and anything in the name of composing a delightful scene.

Something wonderous recently, I watched a photograph subject shrink after she finished off a bowl of porridge!
Here we see Sakura before her meal.

And here she is after!

Well, maybe it didn’t happen quite like that.
But the effect can be powerful when shown to someone unfamiliar with the technique.

Sometime interesting recently. I was able to take photos showing focal length without even trying!

Something different lately, I’ve been playing with distances. When photographing a subject with a background subject, the distance of the photographer from the main subject and the zoom of the camera can result in photos with the same sized main subject, but different sized background object.

I’ve been trying out a different type of photograph lately. When there’s no light in the foreground, and there’s a bright light in the background, the setting may be right for a silhouette.

When I head out to the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con this month, I’ll have have a mission in mind.

One of the nice things about photography is that any amateur photographer can instantly improve the quality of their photos by following the “rule of thirds”. It’s like magic, as photographs can go from stale to lively just by moving the subject away from the center. It’s rather counter-intuitive to think about: How [...]