Chase Jarvis has created a photographic subculture from the concept that the best camera is the one you have with you. Your 5 grand DSLR with 10 frame per second shutter rate and ISO 64,000 noiseless performance is of no use to you if its in its case while you are out in the world [...]
Category Archives: Rain
White Blossoms with Green Tail 0
White Blossoms with Green Tail by Richard. This is the last of them for today. Linda held the light above and forward and feathered it away from the background. The rain was over, the wind had abated and this was shot at 1/100 @ f/32 at ISO 400. If anybody knows what plants these are, [...]
Macro photography challenges 0
Spider Guarding his Water Drop, by Richard. For this shot, the softbox was held a bit more forward to make sure that we had enough light to get the spider exposure. Because the source was significantly larger than the subject, even though the Lumiquest diffuser is only about 5 x 7 inches, we were able [...]
Orange Spikes, Yellow Flower, Green Background 0
Orange Spikes, Yellow Flower by Richard. We warned you there would be more! This is another shot from the series of macro flower pictures. It’s very nice when nature provides such an easy palette of colors to deal with. The warm oranges and yellows automatically advance while the cooler greens recede towards the back, helping [...]


