Archive for September, 2011
Topaz Labs just put a couple photography articles I wrote on their website- one is “Black and White Rediscovered”, the other is my top ten tips and techniques for black and white photography. For those who don’t know Topaz Labs, they make an awesome set of Photoshop plug-ins and they also support photography education.
For those of you who don’t know, I was a backcountry ranger in Yosemite several years ago and have been trying to get back ever since! So I used scouting as an excuse; I continue to try to convince Joel that a Sierra workshop would be amazing! If you’d be interested, let us know… The Sierra Nevada are as beautiful as I remember- it’s no wonder Ansel Adams spent so much time there. I spent most of my time in the high country so all of these locations are 10,000 ft (3050 m) or higher. I hiked about 35 miles in 3 days and my maximum elevation was a mountain pass at just over 12,000 ft (3700 m).
24mm, f4.0, 1/250, ISO 80
24mm, f4.5, 60 seconds, ISO 100
24mm, f4.5, 1/100, ISO 100
24mm, f8.0, 1/250, ISO 100
Photo Tech Notes:
I used a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 for all of these, a small light weight camera with a lot of control. I used a polarizing filter on all but the night shot. I carried the Pedco Ultrapod Mini (tripod) with me in my backpack- small and light weight is a necessity! I used Lightroom 3 to process my color photos and Joel helped me use Photoshop, Nik Silver Efex Pro, Topaz Adjust and Topaz B&W Effects to process the black and whites. NOTE: For a 15 percent discount on Nik or Topaz products, use the links here and when you check out use the code JWOLFSON.
