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Your Camera- A Tool, Not A Jewel
By Arthur H. Bleich– For those of you who are not professionals and take pictures for the love of it, technology is your most formidable opponent. Digital cameras have far too many features for you to become comfortable with, especially if you don’t (and I know you don’t) shoot a couple of hundred pictures a day....read more
Beginner’s Corner – Exposure Modes Part 1
By Charles MacPherson–   Exposure Modes Part 1 Beginner’s Corner – Exposure Modes I’ve been asked to explain something about the different exposure modes. I’ll go more into depth on these next month. Here are the modes that most cameras have: Green Box or Full Auto. The camera controls all exposure and autofocus (AF) settings. ...read more
Beginner’s Corner – Managing Your Shutter Speeds
By Charles MacPherson– Managing Your Shutter Speeds Managing your camera’s shutter speed is absolutely critical to making sharp images – or to create motion blur when you want to. This Beginner’s Corner article will give you a solid handle on how to eliminate or make motion blur. Think of the camera’s shutter as a window shade. ...read more
Printing Resolutions from Mirrorless Cameras
by Derrick Story– One of the areas that mirrorless cameras need to perform well to gain the trust of enthusiast photographers is in their ability to make high quality prints. During my testing of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 and the Samsung NX300, I’ve been pleased with the output from each. Here’s a look at...read more
Ask Tim Grey – Resizing for Large Prints
Today’s Question: I’m looking for information about the best way to enlarge digital files for printing. While I have an Epson 3880, I can “only†print on 17†x 22†paper, which is usually good enough but I’m looking at a couple of images for larger printing, hence my questions. I have Photoshop CS6, Lightroom...read more
Favorite Photo Locations – Alaska!
1. Lake Clark National Park Located just southwest of Anchorage and accessible by float plane, there are several great sites for Brown Bear photography. My favorite is Crescent Lake. When the Brown Bears are on the Salmon runs, there are lots of opportunities for great action shots. I advise staying focused on a single bear,...read more
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Framing Up with a Vignette by Tim Grey
Framing Up with a Vignette By Tim Grey For the Red River Paper Blog I’ve always found the notion of putting a frame around a piece of art to be somewhat interesting. After all, if the art is so great, why do we need to put a fancy frame around it? Eventually I realized that...read more
PhoozL Announces New Music-Themed Photo Contest: “Show the Song: Spirit of the ‘60s”
PhoozL Announces New Music-Themed Photo Contest: ‘Show the Song: Spirit of the ‘60s’ Photography education and entertainment site PhoozL announces its latest “super-judged” (and first paid-entry) photo contest: ‘Show the Song: Spirit of the ‘60s’. The assignment is to interpret 1960s Classic Rock song titles with your photography. And the judge is Elliott Landy, official...read more
Laurie Excell Tech Tuesday – Stopping Motion
Laurie Excell is a photography workshop leader and accomplished nature photographer.  Her vast experience with camera equipment and shooting in virtually any environment mean you’ll learn a lot in just the short space below! ========================== Last Tuesday’s Tech Tuesday was related to creating blur motion through the use of slow shutter speeds.  This week I’ll...read more
Favorite Photo Locations – American Southwest / New Mexico
In this series, Red River Paper Pro Ron Wolfe covers some unique (and out of the way) photo locations in his home state of New Mexico. Bisti Wilderness Area Would you expect to find a duck-billed dinosaur in the desert? Well, welcome to the Bisti Wilderness. The barren and seemingly lifeless landscape found today is...read more
Favorite Photo Locations – Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Paul Hughes lives “the best of both worlds,†summers on the rugged coast of Oregon, winters at Kaneohe Bay on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Paul uses a variety of Red River card stock for frameable souvenir cards he sells in galleries and craft fairs.  A stubborn mule, you might say, gets credit for discovering...read more
