by activelight | Dec 8, 2016 | How to shoot, Landscape photography, Winter Photography |
Cameras love grey. 18% Grey and Texture Challenges No, not that featureless non-color halfway between black and white, the average light it reflects. Your camera’s meter uses reflected light from 18% grey for an exposure reference. All cameras do this today, per...
by activelight | Dec 1, 2016 | Events, How to shoot, Landscape photography, Shot Design, Winter Photography |
He’s at it again. Every year, he tells friends this is the last time, but his front yard and house are always amazingly festive by the end of Thanksgiving weekend. Knowing this, his neighbors go all-out too, but no one matches his display. The Works,...
by activelight | Nov 17, 2016 | Landscape photography, National Monument, New Mexico, Petroglyphs |
I wanted to scoop more shots at Petroglyph National Monument’s lonely Mesa Prieta, at the knife-edge of a 17-mile rockfall with 20,000-plus petroglyphs. But I arrived later than I’d planned for late afternoon shooting. The Trouble With Sunsets If you...
by activelight | Nov 9, 2016 | Landscape photography, National Park, National Park Service, New Mexico, Travel, Wildlife |
You’ve heard of Yellowstone. And you may be able to point to California’s Mono Lake and the Long Valley Caldera on a map. But very few people know where to find Valles Caldera, the third supervolcano in the U.S. It’s the big pimple in the north...
by activelight | Oct 6, 2016 | Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Landscape photography, New Mexico, Travel |
0 Dark-Thirty Morning Wakeup The alarm went off at 4:00 am. But I knew it was worth it, so I jumped groggily out of bed. We’d arranged to meet friends at a Blake’s Lotaburger, and park at their daughter’s house, just a short walk from the Albuquerque...
by activelight | Sep 22, 2016 | California, Colorado, How to shoot, Landscape photography, New Mexico, Shot Design |
If you’ve ever flown to New England in September, you’ve heard it. Everyone’s talking about ‘The Foliage’. I first encountered the audibly-capitalized phrase after landing at Boston’s Logan Airport for a customer visit. Autumn...
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