by btharp | Aug 29, 2012 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Insights, photography, The Blog, Thoughts on Creativity
It might not be photography that I’ve been up to the past two weeks, but I’ve still been creating – as in applesauce from our backyard tree,apple crisp, apple pie, blackberry jam from the wild bushes around town, marinara from our tomatoes,...
by btharp | Aug 24, 2012 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Photo Blog, photography, Photoshop tips, Processing Techniques, Special Effects, The Blog, Thoughts on Creativity
While teaching last week in Maine, we went to the Olson House, the home made famous by Andrew Wyeth. It stands empty now, with just a few pieces of furniture, tattered wallpaper, old stove and such. But it’s in that emptiness that you often can find and...
by btharp | Apr 12, 2012 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo equipment, photography, Processing Techniques, The Blog, Thoughts on Creativity
I can’t recall where I shared the iphone Hipstamatic version of this lampshade, but it struck me as interesting enough that day that I also made a picture with my Panasonic Lumix. I love this little camera! It’s almost always with me when the big cameras...
by btharp | Aug 13, 2011 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, nature photography, photo tips, photography, The Blog, Thoughts on Creativity, workshops & photo tours
I’ll be posting just a few more from our Palouse Photo Tour that just ended, as I’m finally getting time to review what I created and do some post-processing. This morning we set out to photograph a red barn, with windmill and white fence in morning light....
by btharp | Aug 12, 2011 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, photography, Thoughts on Creativity, workshops & photo tours
I love to paint with light, and this morning was a great time to do that on the rolling hills we found. The sweet light of sunrise added warmth and shifted the colors of the wheat fields, blended with the still green fields, and the shadows were just yummy. I panned...
by btharp | Dec 27, 2010 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, creative ideas, Insights, photography, Special Effects, The Blog, Thoughts on Creativity
The above image was created on my iphone 4 using a bunch of processing ‘apps’ I downloaded to the phone. One added a dreamy blur effect; another added the vignetting, another the color shift. The original was shot using an app that shoots HDR! I’ve...