I just picked up the Shortstache Filter (a polarizer and 1/2 black mist filter) by PolarPro to use at this summer’s Concours d’Elegance in Cincinnati (a vintage and exotic car show), but I was curious to see how it might perform for macro photography, too.
For my birthday, I treated myself to a self-guided tour of the Ohio State Reformatory, the filming site of The Shawshank Redemption.
I was very fortunate to have been able to spend last week working in Brussels. Each day was filled with new experiences (almost to the point of being overwhelming) and tons of walking and exploring.
If you’re using the Photonic plugin to display galleries from SmugMug, Flickr, or other sources in WordPress, you may have noticed there isn’t a built-in option to randomize the order of photos.
There are moments in my creative process when I feel completely stuck. It’s not the kind of stuck where I don’t have ideas. Sometimes it’s worse than that.
This tutorial covers template customization, shortcode options, and integration with YOOtheme Page Builder’s dynamic elements.
Within ChatGPT, you can create custom versions of GPTs with specific instructions tailored for unique tasks. I’ve been having some fun experimenting with my own custom GPTs and wanted to share what I’ve created with you.
My son and I participated in the Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance annual Countryside Tour, a scenic driving tour from Ohio into the hills of Kentucky.
A quick and easy way to extend the Events Calendar Pro WordPress plugin to list all events based on a tag (in a series) without a plugin.
Taking photos with an orange lens filter at East Fork’s Kain Run Creek.
I was moving my artwork into a storage box when I found an old sketch that I used for the basis of “Bloom,” a large acrylic painting that I created back in 2013.
Near the end of each year, I begin working on a new and updated art book that includes all the artwork I’ve created for that year. I’m doing things a bit differently for 2023.
How to add comment notifications for users and update the moderation notice without a plugin (using the functions.php file).
The irony of receiving more meaningful engagement from a machine than from human followers on social media.
I took nearly a year off from creating artwork to focus my efforts on learning more about photography. In a nutshell, this is what I’ve learned so far.
A couple of baby earthworms just doing their thing (accompanied by a binaural/528Hz “happiness” ambient background tune). Watching the blood pulse through their skin is so mesmerizing.
I have a grow light that automatically turns on for me each morning. The light alternates from blue to red, which casts a neon purple glow on everything I shoot (unless I use a flash) which make for some interesting effects.
I found this little worm (not sure of the species) crawling around my moss and Venus Flytrap plants this morning.
A little wet and fighting the cold this morning, I ignored work for a few minutes and rushed out to take some snapshots of my pussy willow trees which had just started to bloom.
As a way to help me on my path deeper into macro photography, I brought some moss in from the cold and have been watching and caring for it daily. It’s fascinating stuff to observe.
As I venture down the rabbit hole of macro photography, one of the neatest subjects has been a dead mosquito that I pulled from a web in my basement.
A time lapse macro video of moss “drinking” water over a 5-hour period (approximately 300 captures).
Trigger a little dopamine hit anytime you’d like, without an internet connection, free from ads, all while protecting your privacy. May also help with overcoming FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder).
I had an old mix of green ink that was perfect for what I was hoping to portray for this piece. Typically I would use this color to indicate life or growth, but in this case, it was a better indicator for the toxic energy that I find myself dealing with from time to time.
Balancing creativity, production, marketing, and sales on a day-to-day basis is no easy task, and artists who work hard to make a living at their craft deserve some attention and a HUGE amount of respect. And no…I’m not talking about me.
Life seems busier as the season of decay begins to really show up for work on time.
Before the sun, before the birds, before I look down at my phone, I build a fire.
The so-called “creative block” that I’ve run into over the years has come from anxieties over my work not being good enough, telling myself that I didn’t have enough time, comparing myself to other artists, and so many other things.
I try to avoid using plugins as much as possible. And the fairly simple process of adding an image to my RSS feed is something I wanted to share with you to help you avoid this.
I was a bit surprised that this didn’t automatically happen out-of-the-box, nor was there good documentation on how to add Toolset’s custom post types to WordPress’ RSS feed. Here’s how I did it.
I had a nagging feeling and some sort of vision repeating in my mind for the past few days that I needed to create this. And through my sloppy mistakes and fumbling around and uncertainty, it seemed to have created itself.
I spied some great water drops nested in a web, but in the shade. So I sat down next to it and waited for the sun to peek through before taking some pictures. After several minutes, I discovered that I wasn’t the only one waiting for the sun.
Inspired by the song “Into The Mystic” by Van Morrison, a quick sketch/painting demonstrating Artgraf’s Water-soluble Graphite on Yupo paper.
I always like to have a different favicon for the frontend and backend for the websites I manage, as it helps to easily distinguish which tabs are which.
Some photos taken on a clear blue autumn day.
It’s not as easy as it looks, and there are references from Beatles songs, The Crow, Forrest Gump, and Matrix movies, and also pulls from some of the advice given from my book.
I’m leaving this here for me to read…to remind myself as often as I need to.
I’ve struggled in the past with creative blocks and finding ideas on what to create. Overcoming this has not only fundamentally changed how I do art, but how I feel about my art.
A slow and quiet war has been waging between the trees and vines in the woods near my house.
Moonflowers are vining plants with flowers that only open at night (in the early evening), and we got to see her bloom for the first time this week.
You and I were born without choosing to, to parents we did not choose, into bodies we haven’t chosen, into a region of this planet we did not get to choose, during a period of evolutionary history we also did not get to choose. And we were given a name.
My first camera was the Pentax K1000 and I still use it today.
Released in 1997 for Windows, Winamp was (and still is) the best audio player out there. These are some of the skins that I’ve made.
How to add random hero images for WordPress’ YOOTheme Pro.
My frogs pose for their final photo shoot before they turn into “frogcicles” (frozen, but alive frogs) for the winter.
Didn’t really have the heart to clean out the gutter after finding this.
Captures in black and white of some of the life and decay of the upcoming season.
I had so much fun capturing the pieces for this video.
Playing with my Fuji XT4 and its black and white video capabilities.
Slow motion macro of bees on a sunflower (no audio).
