Technology, Social Media, Photography, TEDxMaui
My friend Jill Mayo and I happened to be working in my home office today, so we decided to give Google+ Hangouts On Air a test drive while we were both here to work out the bugs. It’s a cool feature that streams your Hangout to YouTube while you’re doing it, then posts the recording [...]
Many of you know that I’m a social media consultant in addition to being a photographer. This unlikely combination of occupations came about after going into photography professionally following a 25-year career in the computer industry, then spending more and more time answering questions about how I was using the Web to engage people about [...]
I just added the ability to post Facebook comments on blog posts. (See below!) Here’s the step-by-step on how to do it. Caveat: Facebook, as we all know, changes very rapidly and often without warning. As of this writing, this works fine, but no guarantees the next time they change something. Step 1: Create an [...]
Last night, I was part of something very special. The folks at ‘Ulalena hosted what ended up being the largest tweetup in Maui history in honor of Eat Local Hawaii week, co-hosted by Edible Hawaiian Islands and Aloha Mixed Plate. In exchange for bringing a locally sourced pupu (appetizer), we were treated to a free [...]
I happen to be doing some HDR work today, so I thought I’d put this post together while I’m working. My wife is a REALTOR® on Maui and I shot one of her listings in Kihei. Real estate photography is tricky. You usually have to choose between getting a good, well-lit shot of the interior or [...]
One of the lesser known features in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is Camera Calibration in the Develop module. Different camera sensors render color differently. Camera Calibration was developed to enable photographers to adjust the white balance, hue and saturation to “calibrate” the image so it matches more closely with what they intended when it was originally [...]
My wife came in from the garden this morning, poked her head in my home office and said, “Hey, there’s a baby praying mantis on the chile plant. Interested?” Earlier this month, I’d purchased a set of extension tubes and badly needed practice using them, so I dropped what I was doing, grabbed the camera, [...]
Taking great photographs of fireworks is surprisingly easy. All you need is a camera with manual control, (a DSLR is preferred) a lens with a good zoom range, a tripod and a good sense of timing. Here’s what you need to do: First, put your camera on a tripod. You need slow shutter speeds to [...]
I love shooting panoramas, and decided to do one while I was shooting a sunset a couple of weeks ago. Check out Photogler for details on how I produced the image.
When I was out shooting the other day, it occurred to me that I still use a bunch of timeless rules of thumb I learned from various sources along the way; many so ingrained I don’t even realize I’m using them. I thought it might be fun to do a review. A few years ago, [...]
