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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 photos from Ginna
    8:10 am, 04.13.11

    Something as simple as two pieces of wood meeting. Love the feel of their texture.

  2. Kyle Dickson on Al's Photos
    12:02 am, 04.12.11

    So many great textures from metal–whether chrome, sheet metal, or trusty porch chairs. Your photos are almost tactile.

    I’d second Nil’s note about the river. Nice feeling of movement. . .

  3. Kyle Dickson on Houston's Pics
    11:33 pm, 04.11.11

    In our second semester, I think I’m impressed with how many different looks the omnipresent water tower gives from different angles and times of day.

  4. Kyle Dickson on Gruene, Texas - Donald's pics
    5:46 pm, 04.11.11

    Donald,
    Got it fixed. Thanks for sharing some astonishing work. Could you tell everyone how you pulled off the multiple-exposure shots, whether in the camera or later in software.

  5. Kyle Dickson on Jana's photos
    11:57 pm, 10.24.10

    Thanks also to Nil for taking time to comment on everyone’s work. I know everyone appreciated the time he invested in the day long workshop, but this is equally insightful.

    Jana, we were glad that you could join us as well. Great weekend and great pics.

  6. Kyle Dickson on Bill Rankin's iPhone Pix
    8:03 am, 10.20.10

    Still amazing to me that this level of images was produced on a phone. I know you edited some of your point and shoot photos in Aperture, but did you do any color processing on these (on your laptop or iPhone)? Really nice.

  7. Kyle Dickson on Gruene Weekend Overview
    9:03 pm, 10.12.10

    Thanks to Bill Rankin for our initial photos to kick off the site.