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No Permission is Granted to Copy Image for any use Happy New Year 2015 I wanted to thank my readers for following and reading my blog, sharing it with your friends and buying prints this year. It has been a year of growth, as this New Year will also.  For all of you who chose to sign up with a subscription and received the Free December Print , thank you also. For new readers or those who missed this free print at home, selection, here's another chance, just sign up for the next Free Print at Home Print from me at Shooting Outside Blog.  Your new Years Plans and Reviews Over the past years I have kept track of my goals this time of year, by reviewing my accomplishments as well as my missteps. Like you perhaps I have started with a really brief list, and recorded many instances where I sidestepped most of them along the way. But in recent years I have changed the way I do things. The Simple new Year Plan I'll write down a few goals. Leave th

Even though the video is no longer available, reading this shows just how special this idea was      Wednesday December 17, 2014 11:58 am PST by Juli Clover Over the weekend, Apple released a touching new holiday ad called "The Song," focusing on a woman who found an old record of her grandmother singing a love song to her grandfather, which she then enhanced with her own vocals and musical accompaniments using Apple's tools. Apple has now released a second video, which offers details on how the spot was created. As explained by the musician who starred the ad, Dana Williams, and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens, a series of recordings were made with a voice-o-graph, a 1940's booth for recording short spurts of audio directly onto a record. The voice-o-graph used in the spot was supplied by Third Man Records, which is Jack White's indie label. Giddens, voicing the grandmother, sang the "Love Is Here to Stay" audio, and it was then

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen From a band known as Chicago, released in 1998, the classic Christmas song, credit the website invubu for the short snippet.

What on earth is all that noise in my photo?    Most every digital SLR camera made today has the ability to take great photos if left on Auto setting. But that doesn't mean in every situation you'll get great results. You can see easily what I mean. A Classic Mistake to Avoid Take a close look at the photo of clover I took on a cloudy day in Washington State in the Spring. The clouds were rather thick and only low, diffused light was hitting the subject so I took the shot and the result was quite dark. Next in order to achieve a test of F22 using a 24-105mm lens, I pushed the ISO up to 1600. This allowed more light, giving the subject enough to see well enough, But it kept the lens open a full 1/3rd of a second, meaning unless I could hand hold a shot as a statue, and I can't, I was bound to get an OOF (out of focus) capture. And I did.  I could see on the lcd that it was blurry and I could have followed through achieving a clear shot by using

Free Print for December Daisies and Lavender photo, watercolor treated By subscribing to my email list, you will get a free print during the month of December 2014.     Don't worry I don't email often and you can cancel easily It's easy to do. Click above my pic below to signup and I'll send you a downloadable, printable PDF of my original piece, 'Daisies and Lavender' .   Since it is a 5"x7" print,  you can either get a 5"x7" frame, or matte it and use an 8"x10" frame. Using these standard sizes makes it easy for you to frame your collection! Your new print will make a great gift this time of year, and could bring some Spring into someone's life.   Questions? So what do I get out of this? Good question. Your email address.   What will I do with it? I'd like to update you with my photo art for sale or a new post.   How often? How

Get out and Shoot Your Neighborhood No matter where you live, in the city or way out in the boondocks, shoot it Sometimes we forget the terrific scenes we live in and that surround us. There is grace, beauty or turmoil and degradation all around us, that is begging for us to shoot it. Get your camera, clean the lens and perhaps the sensor, take a fully charged battery and a monopod or tripod with you and take advantage of a season. In this case Fall. No matter how many times you may have done this, if you give yourself half a chance, you'll come up with a few shots out of a few dozen you'll enjoy, or print, or Print-n-Gift to someone this Christmas. Shoot colored leaves, shoot some rain, shoot a flying bird or a running dog, or the wind, clouds, a stationary object as cars pass in a blur. Grab an hour, or more, and get outside to shoot something special. Hey it's Halloween and you know you'll see some great carvings. But for that you may need a telescop

Click to view and buy my work    How I Sell my Photography Online   I find that people from all over the world have a better chance of seeing my work, even better than Facebook or Twitter, even better than commenting in online forums, is to announce it right here, on my blog. So here is my unabashed advertisement for myself and my art. You are sure to find art that fits your need. Take 5 and see for yourself. Thank you.  

Answers to Your Photo Questions  (The Small Print: we don't collect any data, period) Answers to your photography questions are easy to come by online or in a forum. Or are they? It's a matter of typing in your question, or asking in a forum, getting a response and running with it. But is it the correct answer? Or do you find yourself spending so much time reading answers you aren't sure which one is correct? Using Google Trends, search term "Photo questions", from a low in July 2006, through today (Sept 2014), interest has risen from 38 to 86. RCPhotos Answers Photo Questions We are exploring offering this service. Your questions would be answered directly back to your email. If you're tired of chasing a dozen different answers at a dozen different websites, and having to register just to type a question, try us. You won't have to register, but it helps us if you subscribe.   What Types of Questions Will We Answer? And is it Fr

Photo Art for Your New Surroundings Whether you buying a new home, remodeling your existing home, or moving to another rental, you'll more than likely want to redecorate or add new art. If you are still in the planning phases, you have time to look around for what you'd like . Consider taking a tour of my work. On the other hand if you are looking currently for replacement art, link to my growing galleries below. Rich's Photo Art at Pixels.com       Apple iPhone 6/6+ case I'll continue to be adding more and more images. If you'd like a reminder when that happens be sure to subscribe by clicking here . Thanks for taking a look.

The Apple Watch Starts at $349, early 2015. Apple Watch I just had to show the images coming live from the Apple Event ApplePay works with Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Starts at $349, early 2015. Apple Watch I just had to show the images coming live from the Apple Event ApplePay works with Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Starts at $349, early 2015. Apple Watch I just had to show the images coming live from the Apple Event ApplePay works with Apple Watch