by Caryn Esplin | Sep 12, 2012 | Blog, HDR
My father advised us to visit Muir Woods while in San Francisco, so we took his advice and were not disappointed! It is a beautiful redwood grove across the golden gate bridge. You can do a 2 mile, 3 mile or 4 mile walk through a pristine forest. PROCESS:...
by Caryn Esplin | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog, HDR
Another great drive south of the San Francisco Bay Area is around Carmel. Just south of Carmel, California, along the beautiful coastal Highway 1, sits this quaint little general store and gas station. It is so picturesque with old English red telephone booths,...
by Caryn Esplin | Jun 25, 2012 | Blog, Contests, HDR
Congratulations to our BIG WINNER: Tim Wood I have more amazing news… You are not going to believe this… The world famous JOEL GRIMES… (Portrait HDR Composite Master) was one of our judges and he will be awarding a signed print to our winner! So Tim...
by Caryn Esplin | Jun 13, 2012 | Blog, HDR
FIRST 1 CONTEST ENTRIES – one more week to go… Here are the first amazing entries I have received. Nice work all of you! Everyone else has one more week, until June 20, to enter 1 or 2 composites. Come on and enter one… you know you want to! Just...
by Caryn Esplin | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog, HDR, People
Enter this Portrait-HDR Composite Contest by June 20… …to win the Rogue Flashbender & Diffuser Portable Lighting Kit – Click here to see product details Have you seen the latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) portrait composite craze inspired by the...
by Caryn Esplin | May 28, 2012 | Blog, HDR
Mission Espada is lined with a beautiful rock wall, complete with many brick archways and gates. They also have an aqueduct system that served as in important waterway. I took three exposures of these images so I could blend them together in Photomatix for the...