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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Humor




Howdy everyone, Hope your early spring is going well. So far we are still somewhat chilly here in Mass. Right now it is sunny but 39 degrees. Some early signs of spring ie tiny white flowers popping up and a few Robbins and finches. I just went out to the local wildlife sanctuary,ipswichriver@massaudubon.org, and took some shots of a few birds and some reflections. I think I shot some chickadees but not sure. I will upload a pic for you. Check out the site http://home.jtan.com/~jack/ckd.html for mor info on chickadees. I title this blog humor, I suppose you are wondering why it is not in the first sentence. No good reason. LOL Did you know humor is good for your heart and mental health? The term actual comes from the greek for humoral medicine. They believed humors or body fluids controlled your health. EB White Says that Humor can be disected like a frog but in the disection they both die. In other words, what one person finds funny may be quite stupid to another. One never knows when humor my strike. I once had an elderly women whose heart rate became quite irregular. Being the ever vigilant nurse, I did a not to light thump on her chest (precordial thunp). She looked up and said, " Oh, Doctor! I have never been hit so hard in my life!" She my not have meant to be funny but to this day I almost pee my pants thinking of it. Any ways enough rambling for now. Take care and keep laughing!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Shooting shadows

So, it is another rainy day here just north of Boston. Not nuch of a day to go outside shooting. Especially as one of my favorote things to shoot is shadows. I think if the essence of photography is "seeing or chasing the light" then seeing shadowds and their potential is the ultimate photography. It can often be the most difficult too. It can be tricky to shoot them in a high contrast situation and still have details in both the shadows and highlights. Another thing to consider is how much of the object casting the shadow needs to be include? Excellent examples of shadow photograph can be found here: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGall2.asp?catID=269 One valuable tip is to expose for the highlights as you may be able to bring some detail back from the shadows. Ifr hte highlightsare too burned out( too bright)there is only so much you can do. Does anyone have good tips or photos they would like to share?  Take care and happy shooting!