Seagull in Flight
Category: Adobe
Patio Chair & Table with Parkbench on a Pavestone Walkway
Stylized Truck Cab Silhouette at Sunset
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and Dallas Skyline
This is a picture of the Margaret Hunt Hill and Dallas Skyline I took around sunset in October 2015 The composition felt good, but the colors always felt off and distracting. Although I worked on it several times over the years, the results were always unsatisfying. Black & White monochrome did not capture the mood of the scene. Finally, I went with what you see here and am happy after all this time to post a version of that shot from years ago that I feel works!
Adobe Lightroom adds video support and AI presets – 9to5Mac
Retouched Photos – Disclosure Law in Norway
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White Rock Lake and the Dallas Skyline at Sunset
Watching the sky colors change and shadows grow at sunset is one of my favorite ways to spend time.
A Statue at Fair Park and the Ever Changing Light
The statues along the Esplanade are some of my favorite photo subjects at Fair Park in Dallas. I went to the State Fair of Texas yesterday and took the picture below. I usually go when the weather is nice and sunny, but it was overcast yesterday and the first time I have taken a picture of the statues in the flat natural light that a cloudy day provides. It is much different than all my past photos of the statues I have taken in high contrast sunlight. These statues have stood in the virtually the same place since the Fair Grounds opened in 1936, but the natural and artificial light sources that illuminate their surfaces have been changing ever since and with that how they are perceived visually. I first saw these statues as a child, and see them differently today as an older adult than I did then. All this reminds me of the quote below from the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus. It is a quote that increasingly comes to mind as the years pass for me.
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”
This statue is the work of Lawrence Tenney Stevens and was created for the first State Fair of Texas when it opened in 1936.
Visual Communications and Lifelong Learning
In 2011, I returned to college after many years away to resume my education, this time in the area of photography. What followed was an education through a number of courses in a Visual Communications program at Brookhaven College that expanded my current level of knowledge beyond photography and digital imaging into Web Design, WordPress and Illustration as well as other areas of learning. Since completing those college courses, I continued my Visual Communication education through various courses offered through Lynda.com and CreativeLive, both of which provide excellent and well structured online courses in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and WordPress, just to name a few. Lifelong learning is vital to my well being and is something I enjoy immensely.