by Caryn Esplin | Sep 5, 2011 | Blog, Places
Shooting the sunrise on the Buffalo River is well worth losing sleep over. It is so peaceful and serene along this shallow river. You can hear the sounds of Idaho mountain terrain: cranes warbling, birds singing and chipmunks chattering. But the most relaxing...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 4, 2011 | Best, Blog, Gallery, HDR, Places
TRIPLE THREAT: 1. Photomatix 2. Dynamic Photo 3. Photoshop With my Nikon D7000 on a tripod, I captured three different exposures with my Bracket setting. I could see how the sunburst came through the trees, so I was anxious to try HDR on this trio of shots....
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 3, 2011 | Blog, Light Painting
WHICH IS BEST? What do you think of these and which if your favorite? To create this light painting, I used a tripod, then took two hours worth of different images, where l light painted portions of the image. Sometimes we had two spot lights going, but other times it...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 2, 2011 | Blog, Gallery
SAME OLD HOUSE – DIFFERENT LIGHT & COMPOSITION This old barn in Squirrel, Idaho, was sitting all alone in this beautiful field. The colors in this soft pastel-like sunset added a party-lights glow to the background. I came back a few hours later and captured...
by Caryn Esplin | Sep 1, 2011 | Best, Blog, Gallery, Light Painting, People
No tonemapping- I used Camera Raw on the final merged light painting to change up the colors and light. What do you think? Blending 16 images into one merged light painting I took dozens of photos, at about ten seconds long each, while painting the light in with LED...