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Jewelry lighting tutorial and printed work

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

My photographs of Carol Hamilton metal clay jewelry in Metal Clay Artist MagazineThe Metal Clay Artist Magazine showed up on my doorstep the other day with some photo work I did for Carol Hamilton, a metal clay artist. So the hamster in my noggin dusted off his sneakers and jumped on the Dual-o-matic Hamster Memory Bank Wheel.  I have been wanting to write a tutorial for a jewelry lighting setup for three months now.  Life just gets busy sometimes I guess.  So, this is where I put my foot down; I will not write another post until I post a jewelry lighting tutorial.

On another note,  it never gets old seeing tangible work whether it be prints or publications.  It gets the satisfaction bubbles flowing.

It reminds me that Ansel Adams had a three book series: The Camera, The Negative, and The Print.  If republished today, Adams would have to rename his books to The Camera, The Digital Negative, and The Internet. Oh how the digital age has torn the photographer away from printing!

Here is my call to action to anyone with a camera:

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When should I upgrade?: Technical Limitations

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Earlier I urged the importance of knowledge acquisition over photographic equipment upgrades. I would like to continue the series of “When should I upgrade?” with the next topic of technical limitations.

Technical Limitations

More expensive, higher mega-pixels, bigger sensor, quicker frames-per-second is always better, right? I will argue that when considering the best photographic “upgrades,” equipment that seems lacking technically may be the most appropriate. Click to continue »

Elegant Grace

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Elegant Grace by John Robert Pennington Photography

Elegant Grace by John Robert Pennington Photography

This image concept has been lurking in my noggin for a month or so.  It was time to take the idea from the electronic receptors of my brain to the electronic sensor of the camera.  So here is how it was made. Click to continue »

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