Friday Finds & Cemetery Shots

Photo Credit: Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits on Flickr.

I decided to search out some Creative Commons photos to include in my Friday Finds. After all, this is a photography blog so it would make sense to feature others’ works! Maybe one day when I actually get a readership I’ll be able to post a weekly theme and select some to showcase in the Friday Find post. The theme for this week’s photo finds is: cemeteries since that’s the DPS Forum Assignment this week and I’m likely not going to get out to one any time soon.

Photo Credit: nick.garrod on Flickr.
Bright and colorful; nothing like what I imagined a cemetery shot should be.

Photo Credit: andrew.deci on Flickr.
I love the repetition of the gravestones and shadows.

Photo Credit: Beverly & Pack on Flickr.
A very classic cemetery shot.

Photo Credit: drurydrama (Len Radin) on Flickr.
The orange glow really struck me!

Photo Credit: Stuck In Customs on Flickr.
Very eerie. Gotta head out to the cemetery when a storm is rolling in!

New or Current Assignments

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I Heart Faces: Barefoot Week
Scott Kelby’s “Old School” Photo Challenge
Photofocus: A Fun Photo Assignment: Give a kid a camera
Beyond Megapixels June Photo Challenge: Theme: “City”. Technical: HDR – I’ve really been itching to get out my tripod and try an HDR shot. I need to get Mark to install the software on the laptop I use to edit photos, if it isn’t already.
Creativity Boot Camp – Reminder! This starts Sunday! It’s still not too late to sign up.

Photography Tips

Focus on Singh-Ray Filters: Seven Rules for Effectively Using a Polarizer – Yes! I have a circular polarizer I’ve never used. Time to get out in this beautiful Texas landscape with it and shoot!
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What’s The Subject of This Photograph? « Photofocus
24 NOT photoshopped pictures – Illusion or delusion?

Photoshop Tips

I Heart Faces Photography: Tutorial: “Know Your History (…Brush)” Hmmm. For the purposes listed in the article, I’d still probably rather use layer masks.

Meta Photography

Talking about photography or inspiration

The Crazy Life of a Creative
Scott Kelby’s Third Annual Worldwide Photo Walk – July 24, 2010. I really want to do this, but I am terribly awkward socially. Could I even bring myself to do this without Mark? Also, I’d probably need to switch from RAW to JPEG (can only shoot about 130 photos RAW on my SD card) or get more SD cards first.