by btharp | Mar 6, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Plug-ins, Processing Techniques, travel photography
Cuba Today, or Yesterday?? It’s alway amazed and delighted me how taking the color away from an image can give it a timeless feel. Such was the case here. I loved how the light spilled down the cobblestones and elongated the shadow of the car, while bringing...
by btharp | Apr 1, 2014 | Black-and-White, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, photography, Processing Techniques, The Blog
As the rain pounds the flat roof over my office, and the winds whip up the leaves through the trees outside, I am sitting snug and warm in front of my computer editing images – a perfect thing for a rainy day! We are celebrating the storms that are passing...
by btharp | Mar 24, 2014 | Black-and-White, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Photo Blog, photography, The Blog
Cuba is certainly a colorful place – both in the actual colors and in the figurative sense of ‘colorful’. But it’s also a wonderful place for black-and-white, too. Traditional street photography was usually in monochrome. In this way, you...
by btharp | Nov 26, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photography, The Blog, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
After much delay since arriving home, I am finally getting to my editing of the images from Myanmar. Other business, including plans for 2014, just had to get finalized before I could focus my time on this huge project. Now that I’m home through mid-January, I...
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...