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If you're talking about earning a living from photography, no way, I'm not even close.

 

If it's just simply making money, yeah, I sell prints, do occasional odd jobs, such as product/commercial photography, portraits, that kind of thing. And I've also unfortunately done two weddings as well, not my favorite thing. And I win money or items each year from winning photography contests, and since I have to declare that on my taxes, that absolutely also counts as earnings.

 

Unless it's a family member who asks, I don't hand out my original or full-res TIFFs of my photos. Those are my photos. No one gets my full-res TIFF files unless they pay for the rights to use it. If they want a print, I upload the file to my photo store website and they can order prints from there; if they want a low-res web-ready photo, they can have that.

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For this last shot of the night, I brought on the freak.

 

I went really over the top with the light painting, highlighting the red cross and star and tires. I had fun doing this, letting it all fly. I actually was laughing a bit through part of the light painting. I like the demented haunted feel that this photo has. This is the old M*A*S*H site, where the TV show was filmed.

 

Title: Haunted Ambulance

Photography: Ken Lee

Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens, Feisol tripod. 391 second exposure.

 

http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/MASH-malibucreekstatepark-2013-12/images/5346kenlee_mashtvshowmalibu-hauntedambulance-391sf8iso200-343am-flat2.jpg

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Thanks, Mike!

 

http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/india2013-himalayas/images/partone-begtodahhanu/8603kenlee_india-shantistupa30sf28iso200-2-700px.jpg

 

 

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That's an appealing photo, and it doesn't have to be fancy or processed.

 

A lot of my stuff has very little processing, such as that last couple I posted. I'm not that into heavily processing my photos (and I'm also not that great at it! :D ). The most processing I do is "stacking" for star trails, and I think that's not even really considered heavy processing in terms of "fakery" because, well, it's not since it's just a means of capturing movement over a long exposure.

 

I have a lot of admiration for people who do digital composites. It's art, to be sure, and some of it looks utterly amazing and obviously takes a great deal of talent and vision and creativity. It's just not my interest.

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Cool. Doesn't need it. It's great the way it looks. Gorgeous, and nice composition.

 

Most processing I do is contrast, sharpening, some color correction (if necessary), that kind of thing. I consider this necessary, especially since I shoot from RAW, and all RAW files can use a little massaging.

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I really like the multi-colored light painting, Ken! Another technique I'd like to try out sometime.

 

So is anyone here making money with photography?

I'm not. I would like to set up a website where people could order prints, but I have no immediate plans in that regard.

 

I occasionally get requests to photograph events from people I know, but I turn them down, because it's not my idea of fun. I know a couple pro photographers, so I'll recommend one of them when people ask.

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No processing here:

 

Nice photo. You have some interesting luminescent moss in St. Louis. Or have you been visiting Pandora?

Thanks, Mike. It's a type of blue LED fungus that only grows between Thanksgiving and Christmas....

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BTW, Bill, your photos on Flickr are all good and sharp, nicely focused and all.

Thanks, Ken. I do get finicky with precise focus which gets tricky when I shooting close-ups.

 

It does.

 

When it's closer, you can either stop down the camera or use "focus blending", which is essentially taking several photos while varying the focus and blending together the desirable "in-focus" parts in post-processing.I know how to do this latter one but have never actually done it, preferring to stop down instead. I try and avoid fussy processing quite often. :D

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It's funny to play with focus, here's a virtual photo (computer graphics with a few textures, but mainly artificial spheres and light), made such that an averaging of a (big) number of frames made by "shuffling" the objects creates the illusion of depth of view:

 

http://www.theover.org/Diary/Ldi97/calforg77mc.jpg

 

The example is a bit famous in the cg field, but this rendering I made myself (it's part of Nvidia's Cuda).

 

I was experimenting with involving artificial (preferably photo-realistic) graphics with actual (digital) pictures, like the grass, but this is an interesting focusing example.

 

T.

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It's funny to play with focus, here's a virtual photo (computer graphics with a few textures, but mainly artificial spheres and light), made such that an averaging of a (big) number of frames made by "shuffling" the objects creates the illusion of depth of view:

 

The example is a bit famous in the cg field, but this rendering I made myself (it's part of Nvidia's Cuda).

 

I was experimenting with involving artificial (preferably photo-realistic) graphics with actual (digital) pictures, like the grass, but this is an interesting focusing example.

 

T.

 

That's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks so real!!!!!

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Alright, since we have this thread, I thought I'd share some cool news....

 

My photo of the "Kill Bill" Church has been featured on the cover of "Location California," a publication that showcases locations for film, TV, commercials, and more!!!!!

 

You can flip pages in full screen mode as you would a paper magazine. However, it's probably not as good for swatting mosquitos.

 

I am on the cover, and my credit is on Page 6.

 

http://issuu.com/lionsdailynews/docs/location_california_pt/1?e=1881560/6361968

 

http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/tronapinnacleskillbillchurch-2013july/images/2235_kenlee_killbillchurch3-mojave.jpg

 

 

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I do so hate to disappoint...

 

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'

Into the future

 

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'

Into the future

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Thanks, Ken. Flap wings, turn on camera, launch, follow, shoot. Repeat as necessary. And St. Louis Public Radio wants to use the photo on their Facebook page.

 

Wow, cool, that's awesome! Congrats!!!!!

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Well, Fujifilm gave me a nice GAS attack today. I love the old school look and all the dials. Of course, I need another camera like I need a hole in my head :D

 

Nikon is also coming out with retro digital SLRs.

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This past Sunday's sunset was particularly striking. Here's how it looked at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, MO:

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/12174254956_fb9dfcd73a_c.jpg

Sunset by wjw0608, on Flickr

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/12173877603_9925a04cb2_c.jpg

Sunset by wjw0608, on Flickr

 

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2860/12173656835_77553c1d28_c.jpg

Sunset by wjw0608, on Flickr

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