I have long looked for a scene that embodied the mystery of the aurora in conjunction with the simplicity of wilderness living. This cabin, under a sky of wheeling and whirling color, needs little commentary. I accessed this location with a friend, and we both drove snow machines. While offloading my machine from the trailer,…
During the recent All Alaska Sweepstakes dog mushing race in Nome, Alaska, I took a few portraits that seemed good candidates for a sepia conversion. Not all images work for this color pallete, but I like the sense of time and history invoked by these few. Both Photoshop and Lightroom come with standard conversion parameters…
When printing from a digital source, sharpening is required for the most pleasing output. The technique we use may be familiar to anyone who uses Photoshop, but the degree to which we sharpen is often surprising. What you see on the screen is not what you see in printed media. This is the original file,…
One challenge with indoor photography is shooting under mixed lighting conditions. The camera, whether digital or film, tends to pick up color variations in light sources with a much more dramatic effect than is noticeable with the human eye. If there is just one light source, the photo can be white balanced to correct for…
A desire to maximize the quality of photos on the website prompted a marathon endeavor of re-processing and fine-tuning nearly all of our RAW format digital files. This was no simple task, and it occupied the office for weeks. Our tool of choice for this process is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. It offers the fine control…
Mount Augustine volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska. Stitched panorama photo made with two images. It was selected for the ATT Alascom Calendar for 2007. March 14, 2006 brought clear skies to southcentral Alaska, and I ventured to Homer to attempt some photography of Mt. Augustine volcano for a book project. I was aware of the volcano…