• It’s a Small World. . .

    Macro photography is the art of seeing the small.  It is taking the miniscule, and making it the subject of a photograph.  The subject could be printed larger than life-size, and it’s details could be tack-sharp.  It requires a macro lens or extension tubes for true macro photography.  These tools allow the lens to be…

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  • Small Things in a Big Way. . .

    Macro is taking something very tiny, and composing a complete photographic image from the subject.  I love macro.  It helps change my perspective of all the “big” things that I photograph, such as birds, people, landscapes and. . . Macros are mini landscapes.  The composition comes from the lines, shapes, colors and textures.  It becomes…

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  • Quality of Light

    The quality of light will affect the colors in a photograph.  Our eyes adapt to the light without us knowing it.  We see sunlight and artificial light as similar, when they are very different on the color spectrum. Our cameras are programmed to see light as daylight.  In the film world, we needed to purchase daylight…

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  • Spring on the West Coast

    March is a wonderful time to photograph the change of seasons.  Here on the West Coast of the US, our weather changes between rain, sun, and hail.  Bulbs start to poke out of the soil in February, and the daffodils are blooming. In April, the Skagit Valley holds its annual Tulip Festival.  The photo above…

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