What Would You Have Done Differently?

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On my workshops, I am asked to offer suggestions on how to make a photograph better.

Well, I thought I'd turn the tables, so to speak. Here is one of my favorite photographs (long-skirt Miao women) from a workshop I organized to remote China last year. Scroll down on this page to see more images.

So the question is: How would you have posed the subject in this situation? What would you have done differently? Let me know. I really would be interested. (As you will see in the addition to this post below, I actually thought of some of your good ideas!)

If you post your comments here, all can see.

Explore the light,
Rick

P.S. An after-post addition.

Thank you for you comments. Here are a few pictures that address some of the good suggestions - applied to other photographs. Three from China, one from Kenya.

Above: Subject off-center.


Above: Subjects in context.

Above: Head and shoulder shot.

Above: Black background.

Again, thanks to all for playing along.

NYC SoHo Photo Exhibit: Travels

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What fun (and what work)! I just finished making most of the prints (on my Canon IPF 6350 printer using Canon Satin paper) for my NYC SoHo Photo exhibit, Travels, which opens on December 7th and runs for about a month. I hope you can stop by and say hello - and ask questions about printing, photography and traveling.

I'll be giving some free seminars around the exhibit, and I'll be doing a book signing on opening night. Shoot me an email at ricksammon at mac.com if you'd like to be on the list for info.

For some tips on printing, click here.

Explore the light,
Rick

Keyboard Shortcuts and Shorts for Today's Nik HDR Efex Pro Webinar

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Wow! We had almost 1,000 folks from around the world logged in for my Nik HDR Efex Pro webinar today. Great fun.

The one-hour webinar was recorded. Stay tuned for a link. Below is a screen grab of my HDR preso.


For info on HDR Efex Pro, click here. You can save 15% on all Nik products by using this code upon checkout: RSAMMON.

As promised, here are the keyboard short cuts.

Shortcut Descriptions:
· Ctrl-p: Toggle preview image and default image view while held down
· Space: Toggle zoom or pan
· Cursors left/right: Decrement/increment global slider
· Shift-cursors left/right: Decrement/increment global slider by 10
· F, shift-f: Toggle fullscreen
· Tab: Toggle side panels
· Ctrl-z : Undo
· Ctrl-y: Redo
· Ctrl-shift-a: Add a control point (ESC for abort)
· Alt-mousedrag: Duplicates a CP
· Ctrl-c: Copies a CP to clipboard
· Ctrl-v: Pastes a CP from clipboard
· Cursors: Move super selected CP
· Cursors left/right: Decrement/increment CP slider
· Shift-cursors left/right: Decrement/increment CP slider by 10
· Cursors up/down: Select previous/next CP slider
· Ctrl-g: Group CPs
· Ctrl-shift-g: Ungroup CPs
· Ctrl-d: Duplicate CPs
· Backspace, delete: Delete CPs

Hey, if you want to shoot HDR, join one of my workshops!

Explore the light,
Rick
P.S. My friends at Nik told me I did not have to get dressed up for the webinar :-)

iPad App Back to School Special Sale

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Well, it's back to school time once again. I can't believe how fast the summer fly by!

Many of the stores here in my neighborhood are having "back to school" sales. So, I thought it would be a good idea to put some of my apps on sale for a limited time.


Butterfly Wonders and Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature are on sale for $0.99 each.

For info on all my apps, click here.

Enjoy the fall!

Best,
Rick

Trying to Chill Out in NY

Man o' man is it hot here in NY! In an effort to chill out, I was looking at some of the photographs that I took in the sub-Arctic a few years ago. Here's one of my favorites.

And here's an article about shooting in the snow. Archive it so that when it is chilly and snowing, you are ready to get great shots.

Keep cool!

Best,
Rick