April, 2010

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Everest Trek 2010 - Update #1

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Chris is finally able to check in from the 2010 Everest Trek. Check out the first Everest Trek 2010 Update.


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tfttf453 - Food Photography 2 - Tech Guy

Monday, April 26th, 2010

techguy_tfttf_logo2.jpgPhoto composition and taking pictures of food. Chris says that photos getting out of today’s cameras are at 2×3″ these days, but in the real old days, photographs used to be round! The Kodak Box cameras (Brownies) had round pictures.


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tfttf452 video - Everest Trek #10 - Foggy Disposition

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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How to shoot photographs in fog.

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  1. Build a triptych that shows your personal interpretation of ADVENTURE (you can use Mosaic Maker to create it)
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tfttf451 - Review Assignment “Pressure”, New Assignment Iron Photographer - Tech Guy

Monday, April 19th, 2010

techguy_tfttf_logo2.jpgThe first one that caught Chris’ eye is WAITING OR A LICK. Great example of Depth of field. And a title that tells a story.
Iron Photographer. Three ingredients: natural light, something round, and texture.


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tfttf450 - Lensbaby and Tilt Shift Photography - Tech Guy

Monday, April 12th, 2010

techguy_tfttf_logo2.jpgHalloween is coming and Chris has a cool gadget to use with your camera for Halloween … the Lens Baby! Chris wants to talk about “Tilt Shift” photography. Leo says there’s also an iPhone app called “Tilt Shift Gen” that does tilt shift on the iPhone camera.


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