9.20.11 Tuesday's Talented Twitter Find: Elle Patarroyo

September 20, 2011 in twitter

This week's Tuesday's Talented Twitter Find is Elle Patarroyo.

I like this shot because it's a very different view of the subject - with very creative lighting. I also like the negative space

About My Tuesday's Talented Twitter Find: Each Tuesday (when I am not traveling) I will pick a talented photographer I find on Twitter - and promote the talented photographer here on my blog and on twitter, etc.

Nice work Elle.

Rick

P.S. If you are not following me on Twitter, click here to keep up to date with what I'm doing. And, keep posting interesting photo stuff on Twitter!

Photo Plus Expo: Speedlite Seminars and Sammon at SmugMug

September 18, 2011 in Canon Speedlites, Flash, PPE

If you are planning on going to Photo Plus Expo in NYC in Oct, swing by and check out my two Speedlite Shooting Sessions at the Canon Speedlite booth:

Thursday 1 PM
and
Saturday 10 AM

I'll also be speaking on the main stage at the Canon booth:

Saturday 1:45 PM

If you would like to master your flash, I give a course called Master Your Flash in Croton on Hudson, NY which is about one hour north of NYC.

For app learning, I have lighting info in two of my apps:
Light It!
and
Rick Sammon's 24/7 Photo Buffet.

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And look for me at the SmugMug booth, where Andy Williams and I will answer your questions for a special edition of the DPE Podcast. Juan Pons may even join us. Days/times:

Thursday 11 AM
Friday 3 PM

Explore the light,
Rick

The Photographer's Eye: Part I

September 17, 2011 in Adobe Photoshop, California Photo Workshops, Lightroom

This is Part I of a two-part post. Part II to come later this week.

As a photographer, you see the world differently than a non-photographer. That's kinda cool.

You look at the world around you, as opposed to someone who just sees the world - which is akin to listening to music as opposed to hearing music. Big difference.

You seek out interesting subjects, as I did when I looking for animals to photograph in the Costa Rican rain forest on a recent workshop that I co-lead with my friend Rob Knight.

Had I not been looking, I would not have spotted the well-camflouged Jesus Christ lizard in the scene below.

Yes, I used a few Photoshop enhancements to make the subject stand out in the photograph - because I wanted you to see this amazing animal.

So you should feel prod of yourself! You see light, forms, colors and shapes - as well as faces - in your own unique way. That's what makes you a photographer. Again, that's kinda cool.

If you would like to join other photographers who enjoy seeing and picturing their world, join one of my workshops. We see and shoot all day long. I can also show you some Photoshop and Lightroom enhancements that will help make your subjects stand out in a scene.

Explore the light,
Rick

P.S. If you can't make a workshop, my app, Rick Sammon's 24/7 Photo Buffet, has many examples of seeing.

Got an iPad or iPhone? Check Out My Apps!

September 17, 2011

Rick Sammon's 24/7 Photo Buffet

My flagship comprehensive how-to app: Rick Sammon's 24/7 Photo Buffet - iPhone and iPad. It's basically an interactive, how-to e-book that you can keep with you 24/7.

24/7 features more than 100 tips, lots on flash photography and lighting.

This app features my best tips for making pictures . . . indoors, outdoors, in bright light and in low light, with a flash and with a diffuser and reflector.

24/7 includes tips on creating . . . creative Speedlite photographs.

People, wildlife, landscape, city scape photography are covered.

Rick Sammon's Light It!

Light It! and Light It Light!: My basic lighting apps – iPhone and iPad.

Click here to see the into movie to Light It!

Rick Sammon's iHDR

My newest how-to app for the iPad is now available: Rick Sammon's iHDR.

This app (formerly called Rick Sammon's HDR Portfolio) is packed with HDR photos (my latest from around the world), info and movies. It's a great way to learn and experience HDR.

The app has the same great content as HDR Portfolio, but with an added Favorites section. So, if you already have the app, you don't need to download this version.

It's called iHDR because the app is all about how you can create cool HDR images using your imagination – combined with HDR photography innovations.

Click here to download and to start the HDR fun.

Rick Sammon's Underwater Wonders

Calling all moms and dads, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters - and friends and neighbors who have or know youngsters. Underwater Wonders, my first iPad app for kids (as well as scuba divers), is now available.

Underwater Wonders is not a photography how-to app/app book, like most of my other apps. Rather, it's an app/app book that falls into the Nature, Wildlife and Marine Conservation categories.

Here is a nice review of the app.

I took most of the photographs in the app while I was president and chief underwater photographer (1980 to 1995) of the marine conservation organization CEDAM International, an organization dedicated to Conservation, Education, Diving and Marine-research.

Underwater Wonders, designed for kids and for adults who are kids are heart, features underwater photographs of my favorite marine animals. The photographs are accompanied by fascinating and fun fish facts, as well as some of my personal anecdotes.

Butterfly Wonders

Butterfly Wonders: Beautiful butterflies and section on close-up photography – iPad only. Cool section on how-to take close-up pictures!

Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature

Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature: My favorite images with inspirational quotes – iPad only.

Skip Marini Golf Lessons

In Skip Marini Golf Lessons, I become the student – learning the best golf tips from the best pro in Westchester, NY – iPad and iPhone.