Blurry Fireworks = Beautiful Bokeh (D307)

Posted by Tasra Dawson on July 4, 2010 · View Comments 

Special events and fireworks always create irresistible photo opps. But, why not take it even further by doing something different with the scene. During the fireworks show, I decided to deliberately blur some of the images to create beautiful bokeh images. It’s fun to change things up and try something new with an old scene. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Blurry Fireworks = Beautiful Bokeh (D307)", url: "http://tasramar.com/2010/07/blurry-fireworks-beautiful-bokeh-d307/"... [Read More...]

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Capturing the Color of Love (D248)

Posted by Tasra Dawson on May 6, 2010 · View Comments 

What color do you think of when you think of love? Red, right? Today when I thought of color, which is our Theme Thursday, I was drawn to the beautiful red rose my husband gave me this morning (he’s incredible, I know… if you read my “Feeling Anything but Bubbly” post yesterday, you can probably figure out why he got it for me). The rose is a brilliant red with deep green leaves and white baby’s breath. I figured it... [Read More...]

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Merging Blur and Bokeh to Transform Light Photography (D185)

Posted by Tasra Dawson on March 4, 2010 · View Comments 

There’s nothing like finding a good excuse to break out the Christmas lights in March. Today’s Theme Thursday of Blur or Bokeh was just such an opportunity. I got a few ideas for doing some studio photography shots from Chris Gatcum’s book, Camera Creative. Then I did what I always do and started something entirely different, but kept the Christmas lights. In fact, the lights became the focus of all my shots today… and what... [Read More...]

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