10 Tips for Cultivating Creativity in 2010Posted by drfl on January 5th, 2010

Get up and get out of your comfort zone.

1. Use a lens that you don’t often use.  For instance, if you shoot wide-angle landscapes, try a landscape with a telephoto.  If you shoot wildlife with a telephoto, try shooting wildlife with a macro (probably smaller wildlife).
2. Use a different filter. (Physical or Photoshop)
3. Shoot from your belly.
4. Shoot in different light.  Shoot into the sun, in midday light, in diffused light, in fog.
5. Shoot a different subject.  If you normally shoot landscapes, shoot portraits, if you shoot portraits, shoot wildlife.
6. Shoot different angles.  Shoot horizontally, vertically, diagonally, up, down.
7. Shoot with minimal Depth of Field by choosing the largest aperture on the lens (i.e. f/2.8, f/4, etc.).
8. Shoot everything out of focus.
9. Photograph with a friend and look through each other’s viewfinder/screen.
10. Stop reading this and get out!

Dreams Go OnPosted by drfl on July 20th, 2009

The last in the unofficial “Missing the Mountains” series.  This image was captured atop a hill in Banff National Park right off the Glacier Lake trail.  It as a quiet evening as the clouds rolled through, turning all colors of pink and purple during sunset before fading into night.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 17-40 f/4l @ 33mm, f/14, 1.4 sec.
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

This image can be viewed on my website at: http://www.journeyoflight.com/journey06/photo.asp?pictureid=DreamsGoOn&xmlfile=/journey06/xml/color/northwest.xml&x=9

Turquoise Flowing – Missing the MountainsPosted by drfl on July 7th, 2009

For the past few days I have been reviewing some old images from the mountains.  While I enjoy photographing the prairie and the plains, I do miss the majestic, rugged peaks and the native wildlife and nature.  I found this image from my 2007 trip to Banff National Park in Canada that I took at Maligne Canyon.  While not a large dramatic landscape, I find a special peacefulness in this image.  I can almost hear calming, rushing sound as the water flows past this lone rock.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d, 17-40 f/4l @ f/22, .3 seconds
Maligne Canyon, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada