Thoughts On Painterly-Type Images

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I had an interesting, but not unexpected, experience today. I was giving an HDR presentation, and several folks in the audience kinda complained that some of my photographs looked more like paintings than photographs. They wanted to see straight shots - many of which I have in other presentations, in my books and on this blog.

Hey, as my dad used to say, "To each his own," which stems from the 1946 drama of the same name starring Olivia de Havilland.

Above is one such HDR image, below is the photograph.

To create the painterly-like image, I first used Photomatix (to created the HDR image) and then used Topaz Adjust (first selecting the Spicify filter, and then greatly reducing the noise).

Click here for info on Photomatix and Topaz - and a discount on Photomatix.

I'd like you to weigh in: Do you think photographs should look like pictures - or painting - or both? Post your thoughts here - so all can see.

Explore the light,
Rick

P.S. If you like HDR photography (realistic or artistic) you may like my HDR book. I gotta warn ya, however. Some of the pictures look more like paintings. :-)

Here is a realist HDR image from my book. One could argue, however, that it's not really that realist – because the color has been removed from the scene.

DPE Podcast Interviews: The Year In Review

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Man o man - what a year for interviews on the Digital Photo Experience podcast!

Juan and I had a blast recording the interviews and sharing them with you.

You can find and listen to the podcasts here.

Below is a list of the cool guests who have been on the show - to date. We have about six interviews in the hopper - including: Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski from NAPP, and Mark Fuccio from Drobo.

Thank you to all our guests for being on the show, and thank you for listening.

Rick Sammon & Juan Pons,
DPE

P.S. Yes! We will continue to answer your questions. That is fun, too!

Our Guests

- Chris MacAskill, Smugmug
- Chris Klapheke, Outdoor Photo Gear
- Andy Williams, Sumgmug, pro shooter
- Hal Schmitt, Light Institute
- Jennifer Wu, Canon Explorer of Light
- Tim Grey, digital expert
- David Wells, digital expert and photojournalist
- Marc Muench, landscape photographer
- Paul Bown, Canon Explorer of Light
- Stephen Schlow, University of Central Florida
- Tamara Lackey, lifestyle photographer
- Joe Brady, MAC Group
- John Isaac, photojournalist
- Rudy Winston, Canon USA
- Rosh Sillars, Social Media Expert
- Parish Kohanim, Canon Explorer of Light
- David deChemin
- Will Burrard-Lucis, wildlife photographer
- Eddie Tapp, Canon Explorer of Light
- Judy Host, portrait and fine-art photographer
- Vincent Laforet, Canon Explorer of light
- Tim Smith , Canon
- Bernie Keach, Marshall Electronics
- Mike Wong, onOne Software
- Eric Yang, Topaz Labs
- Richard Harrington, HD SLR video expert
- Larry Becker, NAPP
- John Paul Caponigro, Canon Explorer of Light
- Peter Krogh, digital expert
- Rob Sheppard, digital expert
- Julieanne Kost, needs no introduction
- David Ziser, wedding photographer
- Jack Rezniki, studio shooter
- Dr. Russel Brown, again, no intro needed
- Jim DeVitale, Canon EOL
- Helene Glassman, digital artist
- Harry Benson, LIFE magazine photographer
- Al Satterwhite, digital artist
- Michale Zide, black and white shooter
- Mike McNamara, McNamara Report
- Trey Ratcliff, Stuck in Customs
- David Brommer, B&H and wonderful shooter
- Katrine Eismann, SVA

Plus: (thanks to Kevin Michael for sending us a list of the folks we omitted):

Lee Varis, photographer
Karen Ballard, photojournalist,
Eileen Gitens, Blurb
Jerry Ward, Canon USA
Liz Quinlisk, X-Rite
Michael Grecco, photographer
John Eakin, photographer
Victoria Schmitt, Light Photographic Workshops
Terrie and Beth, Maui Photo Festival
John Williamson, Westcott
David Turner, photographer
John Nordell, photographer
Lewis Kemper, photographer
Adam Jones, photographer
Kevin Ames, photographer

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