Monthly Archives: March 2015
It was a chilly morning but we were able to capture a some great images in the Battery Park area Charleston. The booms are coming along nicely and should be at their peak in a day or two.
Charleston’s Hidden Gardens
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Each spring I head to Charleston to teach and capture images and every time I am amazed at the beauty that I find. I spent most of today scouting locations I will be taking clients to shoot. This is one of the locations we will go to at the end of the day to capture the soft light at sunset.
Charleston’s spring Bloom
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Angel Oak is one of my favorite Charleston locations and I am looking forward to seeing her again.
In the morning I am flying to Charleston to start shooting and do a little image scouting before the workshop starts.
Angel Oak- The Oldest tree east of the Mississippi
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Northern Michigan’s birch trees are fantastic anytime of the year but in the fall they explode in color. The white bark contrasted by the reds and yellows are beautiful to see and make wonderful images.
Northern Michigan birch tree
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Leave a comment | tags: Digital Photographic Workshop, Michigan Photo Workshops, Paul Christopher James, Smoky Mountain Photo Workshop, Topaz Labs | posted in Barns, Birch trees, Fall Colors, Lightroom 5.7, Michigan Photo Workshop, Paul Christopher James, Photographic Workshops, Topaz Clarity
Robert Perry captured this fun image of Janice Maguire during one of our daily gelato breaks in Rome.
Giolitti’s my favorite gelateria in Romes
Mint or menta in Italian! (my favorite gelato), Giolittis! (my favorite gelateria), in Rome (my favorite city)!!
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Often clients and friends have asked why I get out early to capture images and my answer is usually something like this. Early mornings have the best light of the day and often give us special effects. As the sun was rising on this wonderful fall day a soft mist lingered over the lake giving it a surreal look. Most mornings the early morning fog burns off before the sunrises.
At the sun was starting to make the horizon glow I captured this image at 1 seconds at f/11, ISO 100
Misty Morning Sunrise – Munising, Michigan
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Train tracks are great subject matter for photographers. In this Northern Michigan image the lines lead you through this great fall scene.
This line not only lead my eye through the image, but then my imagination takes over and leads me to more great shooting locations somewhere down the tracks.
In May I will be teaching a Photographic Workshop in Italy, we will be riding a train from Venice to Florence. Working with the group for a couple of days before heading into the Siena Province and then onto Rome; the fun will be when imagination takes over as we head down the tracks.
Train Tracks in the Autumn processed with Lightroom and Topaz Clarity
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Most photographers, I find are young at heart but need a little coaxing. I would like to think that I would go out and lay on the ground looking up at the sky through the trees on a beautiful fall day, but it only seems to happen when I am out capturing images. On nice days at home, when I am not preparing for an art fair, I am out mowing the lawn and gardening a little which is probably true for most of us. Luckily I am out shooting more than ever and the garden is a little more natural.
To capture this image, my camera mounted on the tripod, lying flat on my back, I composed the image of the treetops and the sky. Nature in all its glory! The raw image was nice and just needed to brighten the shadows and darkened the highlights in Lightroom. Then I used Topaz Clarity to enhance the color while popping the highlights and shadows.
Northern Michigan’s Poplars processed with Lightroom and Topaz Clarity
This unprocessed image would work but has less detail. Topaz Clarity brought out the details in the leaves and clouds.
Northern Michigan’s Poplars unprocessed
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The last couple of days have felt like spring and I have been looking through some of my floral images from last May that I have been wanting to process. In Topaz B&W Effects I was able to create a beautiful Infrared B&W with a negative edging border from the color image file. The right software can be extremely helpful when you return from a shooting trip because there is never enough room in the camera pack to bring all the equipment.
Spring Poppies processed with Topaz B&W Effects to create an infrared image
The Color image is the Raw image with just a bit of healing on a few darks spots on the Poppies.
Unprocessed file of Spring Poppies
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Wondering the side streets of Rome you will find wonderful shops and cafes where you can spend a few minutes to have a bottle of water and enjoy the beauty of Ancient Rome with your fellow travelers.
Rome Cafe processed with Topaz B&W Effects
All of these cafes in Europe will allow you to rest and use their facilities for the price of a bottle of water.
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