Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
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Digital Photography by Jeffrey Newcomer. Focusing on getting it right in the digital camera. Featuring photography in New England.
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
1d ago
It was March of 1970. I was penned up in my New Hampshire dorm rooms when a partial solar eclipse darkened the skin over Hanover. It wasn’t the spectacular drama of a total eclipse, but I do remember looking out of my window to see the mass of my fellow “scholars” pounding pots and pans to encourage the weakened sun to return. I could have travelled to see the total eclipse – the Southeast coast of the US would have served, but, at the time, I was barely 20 years old, and it didn’t seem that important to make the effort.
Path of Totality April 8 2024
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Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
3w ago
"Distraction" Removal Strasbourg France
My intention in this article is to discuss the marvelous new Photoshop tool, Generative Fill, but first I feel I need to explain and apologize for my prolonged absence (until a week ago) from publications in this blog.
I am a little surprised and a lot ashamed that it has been just over two years since my last post to my digital photography blog. I understand some, but not all, of the reasons for my absence. I have always said that I do the blog primarily for my own fulfillment, a way to force myself to consider the challenges of ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
1M ago
Gulf Road Veil
With the recent rain, we are well into the spring waterfall season. After a barren, snow deprived winter, the return of flowing water provides a welcome release from my dark seasonal malaise.
Partridge Brook
A couple of days ago I ventured out to explore some of my favorite waterfall locations. I first I stopped locally to capture the water of nearby Partridge Brook as it tumbled past the old factory building in Spofford. It is currently a sad site with the deserted brick structure crumbling by the stream, but there is exc ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
2y ago
Fresh Snow on Otter Brook, Keene NH
Despite the strangeness of the weather, we had a reasonably colorful autumn. By December, our typical November “Stick Season” should have been long past. We were blessed with an inch or so of snow in late December, but that quickly vanished. It is now mid-January, and we are just getting our next modest snowfall. The result has been an exceptionally long opportunity to explore the patterns and muted colors of New England’s photographically challenging, post-autumn, in-between season.
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Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
2y ago
I have always enjoyed teaching digital photography and especially sharing the unique photographic opportunities to be found in my special corner of New England. This has included conventional courses such as a broad Introduction to Digital Photography as well as the many RAW photo editing features found in Adobe’s Lightroom. I have also enjoyed exploring our region through a couple of annual photography workshops. My weekend workshops have included an exploration of our peak fall foliage and the spring waterfall season.
Over the last many months Covid has made tea ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
2y ago
?I Hate Change?
A while back the New England Photography Guild web site was discontinued. The Guild Facebook page is still active, but along with the discontinuance of our website our blog articles have been lost.
It is sad to have lost all the great blogs contributed by my fellow members of the Guild, but The members are still out there celebrating the unique beauty of New England. For my part, I was able to salvage the text from most of my articles. I plan to republish many of these blogs with the images retrieved from my archives. I found that the ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
2y ago
Another Gulf Road "Transient"
In New England, every season offers its special photographic opportunities. Autumn’s spectacular colors and winter’s quiet white blanket provide obvious attractions, while late falls “stick season” … well we must nap sometime. Spring typically is valued both for the beautiful and varied early foliage, and also for the waterfalls that surge in response to the seasonal rains and spring run-off.
Garwin Falls, 2018
In recent years, I have scheduled a spring waterfall workshop for mid-May. It is the best time of year to celebrate t ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
2y ago
Lower Pasture Chesterfield, NH
I have been sitting on this article since last summer. Now, the earth has turned and it is again a great time to talk about exploring our landscape beyond our own vision into the infra-red.
I hate to generalize, but for photography in New England, summer is not my favorite season. Perhaps I expressed it best in a previous article from the summer of 2017:
“It’s summer! Great! The days are balmy, which is just a nicer way of saying hot and humid. The Black Flies have been replaced by voracious Mosq ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
3y ago
Proud Goldfinch
So here is the story.
For years Susan and I have been frustrated by periodic bear attacks on our bird feeders. The feeder would suddenly be missing or dragged away down the embankment toward Partridge Brook, and the Sheppard hook would be bent down in a curve, often impossible to straighten. Sometimes we could salvage the sadly mauled feeder, but after our most recent attack this summer the poor thing was devastated beyond repair.
Male Cardinal
We love our birds, with the feeders attracting Chickadees, Titmouse, Woodpeckers, Cardinals, Nut ..read more
Getting it Right in the Digital Camera
4y ago
This is intended to be the first in a series of articles about flash photography, but, first things first.
Owen Loves Yogurt : Perfect!
I have the cutest, most good-natured 8-month-old grandson. This statement may seem a bit over-zealous, but I am only reporting an inarguable fact, which is unrelated to how long we have been waiting for our first grandchild. Owen is always happy, he never cries, and only poops sweet-smelling sunshine.
Ok, I may be getting carried away, but he is a great little Kid. Since he was born, Sue and I have been excited to spend ..read more