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Donald’s Light Painting and more…

3 Commentsby   |  09.29.11  |  Lightpainting Fort Griffin, Spring 2011

Had a tremendous time with all of you!






Kyle’s Lightpainting

1 Commentby   |  09.27.11  |  Lightpainting Fort Griffin, Spring 2011

I’ve been using Apple’s Aperture software for more control over exposure after the fact. Many of you may have been wondering about shooting RAW. These are larger files than the basic JPEGs we started shooting, but the nice thing is you have much more control over brightening or darkening exposure in each photo. The nice thing that Aperture brings to the table is the ability to use “brushes” to selectively apply changes to only certain parts of the image without having to pull the image into something like Photoshop.

Feel free to ask if you’re interested in help from Learning Studio staff in improving your photos once you bring them back to your computer.

Fort Griffin Lightpainting
Lightpainting workshop led by Nil Santana outside of Albany, Texas with faculty from ACU. Sponsored by the AT&T Learning Studio.
Fort Griffin Lightpainting
Lightpainting workshop led by Nil Santana outside of Albany, Texas with faculty from ACU. Sponsored by the AT&T Learning Studio.
Lightpainting workshop led by Nil Santana outside of Albany, Texas with faculty from ACU. Sponsored by the AT&T Learning Studio.

Previous shoot in June

0 Commentsby   |  09.27.11  |  Lightpainting Fort Griffin, Spring 2011

Here are a couple from the scouting trip with Nil and Donald in June. You can see what a big difference it makes shooting the same locations with the moon in play. Of course, it also made it significantly easier doing basic things like focusing and changing settings on the camera.



Laura’s pic

2 Commentsby   |  09.26.11  |  Lightpainting Fort Griffin, Spring 2011

Lightpainting at Fort Griffin

3 Commentsby   |  09.24.11  |  Lightpainting Fort Griffin, Spring 2011

This September we took a group of advanced photographers–and aspiring advanced photographers–out to Albany, Texas, to shoot the big sky. Nil Santana again worked to help participants get the most out of their cameras and find an original point of view. To see some of their work, see the Previous Workshops section in the sidebar.

Thanks so much to Tecia and to Sandra and Ben from the Learning Studio for their expert painting. The pictures I’ve seen so far are stunning.

More Behind the Scenes – Donald

0 Commentsby   |  04.15.11  |  Behind the Scenes, Photography Gruene, Spring 2011













Behind the Scenes 2 – MW / KD

0 Commentsby   |  04.15.11  |  Behind the Scenes, Photography Gruene, Spring 2011

A few more casual pics on Mike’s Canon 5D with a Zeis 50mm, f1.4 lens.

Gruene Hall performers

0 Commentsby   |  04.10.11  |  Photography Gruene, Spring 2011









Behind the Scenes KD – Spring

2 Commentsby   |  04.10.11  |  Behind the Scenes, Photography Gruene, Spring 2011

*One other option available for displaying your photos is the WordPress Gallery feature. For help setting one up, here is a short video intro to WP galleries.

Jana’s photos

2 Commentsby   |  10.21.10  |  Photography Gruene, Fall 2010

Thanks again for a great week end and wonderful class. I really appreciated being included in everything as a spouse. What a treat!
Jana



Kyle Dickson's Comment Archive

  1. Kyle Dickson on Lightpainting at Fort Griffin
    7:43 pm, 09.27.11

    This is such a totally different skill set than the hundreds of pictures most people have taken in their lives. Just fun to break out of the routine and see how you could play with light.

    Really appreciated everyone striking out in faith to try something completely new.

  2. Kyle Dickson on Lorraine's light painting photos
    4:47 pm, 09.27.11

    Still loving these photos of the smokestack looking toward Albany. Nil tells me that any of us that left exposures open for more than 45 seconds or so will see a natural blur to the stars. Whether you believe in Ptolemy or Copernicus, the difficulty is that the stars just won’t sit still.

    Nil found an optional astronomical tripod mount if someone would like to spring for the $400-500. . .

  3. Kyle Dickson on Laura's pic
    4:28 pm, 09.27.11

    Absolutely love the single beam of light creating the slice of prairie across the middle of the image. Really nice.

    Are those windmills on the horizon?

    • Kyle Dickson on Laura's pic
      4:29 pm, 09.27.11

      I love this shot as well. I think you’re right, I can see the little red lights from the windmills too.

      (**Sorry, Nil, I inadvertently deleted your comment, so I’ve added it back. . . KD)

  4. Kyle Dickson on IMG_0023
    4:35 pm, 09.26.11

    Absolutely love the single beam of light creating the slice of prairie across the middle of the image. Really nice.

    Are those windmills on the horizon?

  5. Kyle Dickson on Take a sec and add an Avatar
    12:02 am, 04.15.11

    Come on, you know you really want an avatar. . .

  6. Kyle Dickson on more favorites from Nil
    8:27 am, 04.13.11

    Funny how shooting a wide angle lens on your full-frame camera looks different than in my pics of the same stage from the same spot. I like the slight blur of the strumming fingers a lot.

  7. Kyle Dickson on Powers contribution
    8:20 am, 04.13.11

    The bumper sticker is great setting the others in context but I love the way you see a skewed picture of the world in the chrome.

  8. Kyle Dickson on Autumn's Behind the Scenes
    8:17 am, 04.13.11

    Seems like Camille and Houston were talking with the group and Mike is in the foreground taking a picture. Haunting.

  9. Kyle Dickson on Hilary's Photos
    8:16 am, 04.13.11

    The simple license plate shot is striking and almost monochromatic in feel with little color info drawing your attention. Nice.