by btharp | Mar 25, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Plug-ins, Software, Special Effects
Poppy-scape, Italy I love to travel, and I am really looking forward to my tour in Morocco and then on to Spain and Portugal, but I have to be honest: I HATE missing Spring here in northern California. It’s a time when my spirits feel renewed, when my own...
by btharp | Jul 20, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, Software
I have a huge pile of transparencies (slides) from my film days, that I’ve been trying to digitize and archive on line, because a good image is timeless, regardless of what the medium, and I don’t want to lose them over time to fading, etc. in drawers....
by btharp | Oct 14, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, general photography, Photo Blog, Processing Techniques, Software, The Blog
I was recently watching a Masterpiece Theater program, produced by the BBC, and I saw lighting that reminded me of this image I had made back in early September while teaching in Maine. The BBC programs often have wonderful lighting in them, in the...
by btharp | Apr 9, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, general photography, Photo Blog, photography, Processing Techniques, Software, The Blog, travel photography
I was teaching recently at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, and gave my students an assignment of seeing and photographing shadows, while they were exploring the plaza downtown. Since they were to wander on their own, to find unique photographs, I wandered,...
by btharp | Dec 16, 2012 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Processing Techniques, Software, The Blog
I was on the road when Topaz announced Detail 3 but when I heard all the buzz I was excited to try it out! As usual the folks at Topaz have done a great job of adding and improving the plug-in. You can now selective target the details in shadow or highlight areas, or...
by btharp | Oct 24, 2012 | general photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, photography, Processing Techniques, Software, The Blog
ROCKS AND LEAVES ON THEM DON’T MOVE IN THE WIND! We were checking out this cove/harbor, looking at the larger landscape (some of us), but being me, I was gravitating towards a more intimate scene. I grabbed this leaf on the trail down when it caught my eye...