tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234757267164617182012-01-25T17:34:08.951-08:00I bought my first DSLR in November of 2008. I am not a professional photographer, but have been spending hours upon hours scouring the internet for useful advice and tips.JRnoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-91948782399376913252009-08-23T10:05:00.000-07:002009-08-23T10:06:32.721-07:00

I switched my blog platform. You can catch me at www.mississippitokorea.com!!!

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For various reasons, I have decided to not continue with this blog. I am looking to consolidate all my blogs under one Wordpress or something like that. Until I make the switch, I will only be updating at Mississippi To Korea. Thanks!

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Sitting Pretty, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.I took this photo at a Cosplay convention a few weeks ago. These days I have been spending a fair amount of time reading up on strobist type shooting and even tried some water drop shots last night that all came out looking like crap, but hopefully I will be able to try again tomorrow night and the results will be a little bit better. I was

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Millions of Animals, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.Went out with some friends to a market this past weekend and couldn't pass up this stand of small animals.

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Frazier Meadows waterfall taken by Paul XlandThis Friday's favorite was taken by Paul Xland and it is a beauty. I love the movement of the water and the natural framing in this shot. A couple of Paul's other photos that I like are this shot of Lookout Mountain and this photo of tunnel number 6. Check out his photo stream for more

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Mini Dongtan, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.I actually did this about a month ago. I read a few tutorials, but the main one I read was this one from the Visual Photo Guide. It definitely works best if you are shooting from above. I was actually on the 25th floor of an apartment when I took this shot. I have had a problem lately that I have been reading too much and not going out to

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Night Flower, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.I bought a SB26 and a cheapo flash trigger about a month ago. I have been experimenting and trying to read up on Strobist as much as I can. I keep waiting to buy umbrellas until I get back stateside. I took a bunch of photos tonight of my wife's birthday flowers. I got a couple of keepers but I thought that this one came out nice.

JRnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-61853736327331209792009-05-22T08:49:00.000-07:002009-05-22T09:10:34.583-07:00

don't look back taken by plastic nicoIn my second round of photos that inspire me is this great shot taken by Flickr user plastic nico. Not only do I love the perspective in this one, but the sky is unbelievable. Plastic nico has a lot of great photos in her photostream, but the other one that I really like is gone fishing.Each photographer appearing on Friday's Flickr Favorites has agreed in

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Oceanside RUSH by realkuhlWhat a way to start off this new feature on my young blog. The first Flickr Favorite is titled "Oceanside RUSH" it was taken by Flickr user realkuhl. It is truly an inspirational shot. Not only do I love the colors in this one, but the capture of the movement in the waves is awesome. The sun just barely

JRnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-16451688379141957392009-05-21T21:25:00.000-07:002009-05-21T21:33:43.658-07:00

I always seem to spend some time on Friday nights trying to decide where I am going to go photograph on Saturday. Due to my schedule, Saturday is really the only day that I have to go and take pictures.I tend to gravitate towards Flickr's Interesting Section to get some inspiration. Over the last week, I have been emailing photographers and asking for permission to post their photos here.I

JRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-74471548009163255942009-05-20T06:36:00.000-07:002009-05-20T08:31:00.859-07:00

I follow about 20-30 photography sites through Google Reader. I don't know which site I saw this on, but you should really check out The New York Times new feature "Lens" Photography, Video and Visual Journalism. From the New York Times: Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and

JRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-69416873366117597042009-05-19T09:21:00.000-07:002009-05-19T10:42:20.363-07:00

I am still making my way through DPS's Photography Composition Tips. I also stumbled across a great blog with some great resources. If you have never checked out Epic Edits, you should give it a read. There are a lot of great tips and tutorials there as well. I also just went through their PhotoDump section and there were some great photos in the pool. I am off to practice with CS4 and try out

JRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-48875672733662921382009-05-18T07:34:00.001-07:002009-05-18T07:41:15.219-07:00

Sky Phone, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.Last weekend the weather was pouring down here in Korea. I really didn't want to take my camera out neither did I feel like getting drenched. I had read how to make a DIY LightBox on the Photography on the Net Forums.(POTN} and decided to make another one. I had tried this before with limited success.I know that having a proper custom white

JRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-52566858157694336772009-05-17T11:11:00.000-07:002009-05-17T11:39:53.894-07:00

I came across this website and have heard his name before, but have never really seen any of his work. I really like his portrait portfolio. If you don't know Art Wolfe, he is a wonderful photographer and key photographer on the Travels to The Edge series that I haven't ever had a chance to watch. I spent some time on Sunday night going through his all of his portfolio. 1 word I can use to

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IMG_2897-2, originally uploaded by JR-Mississippi.I like this photo that I took a few months ago, but I really wish that I would have slowed down and waited for her to move her left hand. I also blew out the highlights on the rice. I may try to go back and re-process this one. I think that I took this before I got CS4.I have recently been reading some of Digital Photography School's list of photo

JRnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-60474031504968164812009-05-17T09:26:00.000-07:002009-05-17T11:13:15.576-07:00

I really didn't have hard time doing this. I should have, but I didn't. What I mean is that I should have done more research into camera bodies before I purchased mine. The 50D was released about a month after I bought my camera. I owned the Canon S3 IS and from that experience went with Canon and knew that I wanted to buy a Canon EOS 40D that I had read a couple of reviews on. I knew that I

JRnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623475726716461718.post-15694611448327242462009-05-17T08:10:00.000-07:002009-05-17T08:43:04.908-07:00

Ansel Adams said, " You don't take a photograph, you make it." Well, I started this website to document my journey of making photographs. I didn't have a camera until about 2 years ago when I moved overseas.(can't wait to move back to America in November 2009) I bought a Canon S3 IS and took a lot of great snapshots with it and then got ready to upgrade to a DSLR. In November of 2008, I

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