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As I learn about photography there are many mystical things that are becoming (kind of) clear to me.  One of them is how the heck people manage to focus on something that isn’t in the center of the picture. 
With my Sony DSC-H5 it is pretty easy to switch your focal point, as long as you are […]

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It is about 5 am.  I have been up for a few hours.  I did stay up all day yesterday and went to bed at a decent hour so I think it won’t be too tough of a day as I start my course. 
 I thought I might go back to sleep but then at […]

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My camera is a Sony DSC-H5, which is called a ‘Prosumer’ camera, meaning that it blends some aspects of an upper end camera but is roughly as easy to use as a consumer model. One of the things that I have learned about it recently is that it has a Macro mode, meaning that […]

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It is about 2 pm.  I am done with the setup for the class.  I checked into my room an hour or so ago and the king-sized bed is calling me.  I also ate a good sized lunch and now I am starting to feel a little groggy. 
The trouble is that if I go […]

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I got to the hotel at 6 am, just in time to grab some shut eye before going over to setup for the class. Unfortunately, my request for an early check-in did not work out. There are no rooms! This is a nice hotel (The Swissotel Stamford) and so they put me in a […]

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That actually is not that unique. I have received odd looks since the day I was born but now that I am taking pictures everywhere I go I have people staring at me all of the time. In a way it is kind of liberating, like the guy in junior high who […]

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Did I say that Singapore Airlines is cool?
I am about 1:30 minutes outside of Singapore and even though we have been in the air for over 15 hours I feel pretty good. The seats are comfortable and have a lot of leg and shoulder room. They call this type of seat an ‘Executive Economy’ […]

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4 hour layover in LA.
17 1/2 hours on a flight from there to Singapore. 
3 hours after I arrive I will go and setup for my class.
The joys of international business travel.
The final student count is 11, which is a good class.  I have two sets of rechargeable batteries and my camera case…  and a […]

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We talked about simple shapes in the last tip.
Now let’s talk about the freeform shape tool.  This is a pretty cool tool. 
Here is a laptop that I did pretty quickly by using the freehand shape creator. 
  
 It is easy to use, let’s take a look by making a car.
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The SnagIt Image Editor has a few basic shapes: the circle, the square and a square with rounded corners. 
 In addition to these basic shapes there is a tool that lets you draw shapes that it then fills in.  With this tool, which I will demonstrate in the next tip, you can make just about […]

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