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I was invited to be interviewed by Rajeev Nedumaran, the host of Photo Country Podcast, in Episode 62. I had never done that before and have to admit it was quite a bit of fun. I thought I would share the interview with you, should you be interested in listening!


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Lately, I’ve become fascinated by lights! Because I have found that ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) can transform simple lights into a myriad of interesting lines and shapes. It takes a bit of experimenting with different shutter speeds and camera motions, but the results can be very intriguing!

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I was recently interviewed by Bold Journey Magazine (yeah, I had never heard of it either :). But it was a fun experience. If you’d like to know what I had to say (the questions were actually pretty interesting), here is a link to the magazine interview:

https://boldjourney....


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“Neon” © Howard Grill

I have two ideas that have been rolling around in my head for several months, and I am hoping readers can help me get a sense of how much interest there might be for them. I hope you will take a moment to consider my ideas, one of which is aimed at photographers and the...


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Most photographers have a very intuitive feel for how the color mixer in Lightroom works. It's meant to be self-explanatory. You just pick the color(s) in your image you want to change, then move the hue, saturation, or luminosity sliders to achieve the look you're after within those colors. Easy!

On the other hand, most people have an inherent fear of playing in the ca...


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