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To HDR or To Not HDR

by Jonathan 8 May 2011 Outdoors

I have two version of the photo above. One is a single exposure, and the other is a composite created using High Dynamic Range (HDR) techniques. The HDR version is comprised of seven separate exposures of the same scene, each differing in shutter speed by one stop. The HDR was created using the local adaptation [...]

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Lighting Study: The Candelabra

by Jonathan 22 April 2011 Photography

Today, after I was finished with work, I started to experiment with some of the new lighting equipment I recently purchased. The nice UPS people brought me some new toys the other day, including two more SB900 speedlights to add to the one I already had, an SB700 speedlight for Jenny’s camera and as a [...]

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Theatre Headshots for Valley High School

by Jonathan 19 April 2011 Photography

This entry is being auto-posted for me by the magic of the internets. Around this time, I’m probably getting ready to finish my day at work, just like yesterday. Hooray for being finished with work! I did the senior headshots for Valley High School’s production fo Seussical this  year. I decided I wanted to shoot [...]

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Riverview School District Presents: Beauty and the Beast

by Jonathan 18 April 2011 Photography

This entry has been auto-posted for me. Right now, I’m probably getting ready to wrap-up the day at work, and waiting for my wife to meet me so that we can head home! For the past few years, I have been helping Riverview School District with their Spring musical. They put on a great show, [...]

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Corporate Portrait Shoot

by Jonathan 17 April 2011 Photography

This entry is being auto-posted for me. About now, I am probably finishing-up shooting the Valley High School Spring musical, and getting ready to retrieve my wife for some dinner and maybe a movie. My good friend CD works for the Pittsburgh branch of an investment and wealth management company. She recommended me for a [...]

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Busy bee…

by Jonathan 16 April 2011 Photography

Things have been a little busy around here lately. That’s definitely a good thing. The poor blog here, though, has suffered a bit. I’m trying to remedy that tonight by writing and scheduling a few blog posts over the next couple of days. That will let me stay busy, and the magic of the internets [...]

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The Scene and the Snapshot: Episode Two

by Jonathan 11 March 2011 Outdoors

I’m pleased to release the next episode in my odd little series called, The Scene and the Snapshot. Here in the second episode, Jenny and I visit a couple of areas overlooking the City of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is in a unique situation, in that it has a bunch of nice, tall hills around it, making [...]

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A Trip to the Sugar Shack

by Jonathan 6 March 2011 Outdoors

It started-off innocently enough. My Dad and I were out for the day on Friday. We had my truck piled high with cameras of all sorts, tripods for everything, and a box of Cheez-Its. Our intention was to go out somewhere, find some interesting photo opportunities, and make some interesting pictures of both the moving [...]

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The Scene and the Snapshot: A New Project

by Jonathan 22 February 2011 Photography

I’m happy to announce the first episode in what I hope will be a new series. I’m calling it The Scene and the Snapshot, and it is a bit of an experiment. The whole series is going to be an experiment in videography, photography, creativity, production, workflow, and who knows what else. The premise is [...]

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New Promotional Materials!

by Jonathan 31 January 2011 Photography

My Dryrose Creative promotional materials were in dire need of an update. I had printed a pile of business cards for myself a while ago, listing all of the things that Dryrose can do. That was too much on one card, for starters. It looked confusing, and didn’t have any of my current logo or [...]

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