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Photographing Death Valley – Part 1 (20 comments) Rosemary, you can read the draft of part II already – look for a link near the beginning of this piece. I keep hoping to finish it but other tasks have interfered. Mainly I need to add photographs to part 2… and split out some parts that I’m not qu [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-16 21:04:06
Canon EOS 5D Mark II: Live View and Night Photography (3 comments) Kelly, glad to hear the tips were useful to you. It took me a while to figure out some of these as well, and somehow I think there might be some other useful techniques out there waiting to still be discovered. Dealing with this issue in night photog [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-16 07:19:36
Man With Cell Phone, Maroon Wall (1 comments) Hmmm. Maybe a series of these walkers on the living room wall that is sadly nearly barren? And should I say anything about the wall above the fireplace? No. I shouldn’t. Anyway, I love this photo. The colors are great. :-) [...]	Patty 2010-03-15 12:19:54
Man in Suit Between Two Cars (2 comments) Hi, Joshua: Thanks for the post – and I’ll take the “pictures and blogging all you do?” comment as a positive, rather than – as some might suggest about me – a recognition of my obsession! ;-) Photography is obviously a pretty important thing to me [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-15 09:09:30
Woman Walking Past Wall (2 comments) Thanks for sharing that observation, Germaine. Also, good comment about the shot working “on it’s own, but she really adds to it.” That is in line with how I shot it. I first saw the scene of the yellow-ish sunlit wall, the leaning tree, and the whit [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-14 09:02:18
Brick Building, Ferry Street (2 comments) Only one cup? ;-) You are right that I do think about the clarity of the images a lot – both in terms of that “resolution” thing and in terms of trying for some sort of straightforward (at least superficially) composition in most cases. Sometimes, t [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-12 06:45:14
School Building Windows, The Mission (2 comments) Thanks, Ivan, I appreciate the comment! As to the methodology, this was done while out shooting hand held with only a couple of primes – a 35mm and a 50mm – on my full frame camera. (Roughly an approximation of old school street photography, thoug [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-11 11:44:29
Powerplant, Railroad Avenue – Mare Island Naval Shipyard (2 comments) Thanks, Cynthia! I’m looking forward to making a very big print of it before long. (Going for a small one later today.) [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-09 06:57:58
Hints for Night Photography (6 comments) Great tips! Thanks for taking the time to put these together and for sharing them! [...]	Chris Russell 2010-03-05 09:24:36
Horsetail Fall, Early Evening (2 comments) Thanks, Gary – I’m grateful for your kind words! Dan [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-05 09:20:44
A Question About Noise and Prints (3 comments) Charles, thanks for the point about paper – it certainly is true that it will be less visible, and perhaps less objectionable if you do see it on matte papers. Like you, I think that the chroma (“color”) noise is more problematic than luminance (cont [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-03-03 22:24:55
‘Ansel Adams: Early Works’ at the San Jose Museum of Art (3 comments) Hehe – thanks. That was another reason why I wanted to see the exhibit again. [...]	Ivan Makarov 2010-03-01 12:40:59
OS X 10. 6 “Snow Leopard” installed – and printer problems ensue. (48 comments) This thread seems to have generated some sort of email error and may be sending repeated copies of the original post. For this reason I’ve closed the comments on the topic – but feel free to contact me by email or other methods regarding the topic. [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-25 07:06:18
Horsetail Fall, Sunset (#2) (4 comments) Jesús, thanks for dropping by to comment, and I’m happy to hear that you are enjoying the resources at the site. I always appreciate hearing from readers! There were certainly lots of folks shooting Horsetail this year! I did talk to a few who were [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-24 07:21:28
My Backpacking Photography Equipment (14 comments) Hi Forrest : I usually use fewer batteries than I expect to. When I shot a 5D (with the PB 511 batteries) I would carry as many as four batteries – but I rarely if ever went through more than two, even on some quite long trips. That said, I’d rather [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-22 11:41:55
Winter Ferns and Log (3 comments) Thanks to both of you for stopping by and commenting! The curve is interesting, especially that little reverse curve very near the top of the large stem. I have made a 12″ x 16″ print already and I’m looking forward to make a larger one soon. Dan [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-20 21:04:12
Building 631, Mare Island (6 comments) Rajan, don’t know if you’ll make it back to read this or not, but it occurred to me today that the next photo in the series does a nice job of illustrating some of the thoughts I shared above. Even more than the “green building” photograph, this othe [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-17 06:54:54
Eighth and Nimitz, Towers and Wall (3 comments) Ernie and Cynthia, thanks for stopping by and commenting. It is easy to overlook these things if you aren’t paying attention – and I wish that I would always pay enough attention! Not sure what happened with this one, since the issues (especially [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-16 07:44:04
Big Sur Coastline at the Rocky Creek Bridge (5 comments) Yes, it does take many trips to get familiar with this place, and there is so much more, especially past the Big Sur point where most people don’t make it. It may take a life time to really explore that coast line. [...]	Ivan Makarov 2010-02-13 13:48:34
Brick Wall and Fence, Railroad Avenue (2 comments) Hah! Who knows at Mare Island! Many of these structures are very old and have been modified and boarded up and so forth over the years. As far as I know, the building in this photograph is essentially abandoned. A year ago I was shooting at night alo [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-13 10:14:23
About (4 comments) Hi, Neville! Great to meet you and get to talk a bit as well. Hopefully we’ll run into one another again at some of the future meet-ups. I’m using the Epson 7900 printer these days. Take care. Dan [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-12 16:39:36
Two Photographers: Two Videos (3 comments) Charlie, it reassures me to hear that photographers like you rely on the heart and the gut and the emotional response to the scene. My thinking is that much of the composition analysis that people talk and write about is really more about trying to u [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-11 09:15:19
Death Valley Delayed (4 comments) I just saw your post about leaving early and so forth! The adventure seems to be underway! Have a great trip, and I’m sure you have plenty to see and do. It does seem like we’re heading for a period of quieter weather this weekend. I’ll likely be hea [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-09 21:24:54
Visitors to the Ruins of the Sutro Baths (1 comments) I totally see what you are trying to do with the composition, I need to understand composition a bit better. [...]	cm photography 2010-02-09 16:41:34
Kudos to Michael Frye for His Weekly Critique Series (2 comments) I’ve enjoyed Michael’s critiques too and I had the pleasure of participating in one of his workshops last year (Firefall at Horseshoe Fall). I highly recommend it if you can make one. Michael is really down to earth and communicates really well. I [...]	Dave Miller 2010-02-05 09:53:47
Curved Windows, Stairs, and Reflections – Getty Center (3 comments) Thanks, Chris. That’s an interesting question about a BW rendition. I’ll probably have to give it a try, though I like the odd tint to the scene behind the class. On the other hand, I seem to be on a bit of a black and white trend recently! Dan [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-05 08:54:33
High Tide at Weston Beach, Approaching Storm (2 comments) Joshau, thanks for dropping by and leaving a note. Long exposures are one of my things and I like to work with them quite a bit. I guess that it is obvious that that isn’t a major feature of my “style,” but I love working with long exposures at ti [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-03 17:02:17
Photographing Death Valley – Part 2 (13 comments) Ivan, I usually camp, and most often in the larger campgrounds. I typically end up at Stovepipe Wells on the first night. (An exception was one time when I drove into the park and just kept going to the Racetrack. THAT was a long day!) Stovepipe has [...]	G Dan Mitchell 2010-02-03 07:56:49
Photographic Musing of the Day (3 comments) In art, there are different media that people can use, whether oils or acrylics or water color or even charcoal or whatever. I can’t paint but I can appreciate that different artists like to use a favorite media or maybe a combination of them for th [...]	Cynthia 2010-02-02 11:40:28
Apple iPad and Photographers (11 comments) I couldn’t imagine using it as my only computer on the road… but I think it would make a great portfolio: http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/2010/01/30/the-apple-ipad-your-new-portfolio/ [...]	Jeff Singer 2010-01-30 13:19:51