A major ice storm hit northwest Arkansas on Monday and Tuesday. It is estimated that many areas have 80-90 percent of households without power and that it could take 2 days to a week to restore power. The ice was up to 1 1/2 inches thick and snapped trees like they
Read more →I participated in an Arkansas Strobist Meetup, (an informal group of photographers who correspond through the Flickr photo sharing website) at Fort Chaffee Sunday. What is a Strobist you ask? A Strobist is a photographer that uses a “strobe” (flash) for off camera lighting. The term Strobist came from a website run
Read more →Note: All information is based upon Windows operating system and Lightroom 2.2 Keywording in Lightroom is a great organizational tool for your photos, however for it to function at peak performance there will be regular maintenance that needs to be done. Without proper keyword management you will soon have duplicate
Read more →Just because the sun goes down does not mean that it’s time to stop taking pictures, yes there is the “Magic Hour” at sunrise and sunset that all photographers love, but that often means working fast and with constantly changing lighting conditions. I enjoy shooting at night, there is
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Description: Sam’s throne is primaliy known as a premier rock climbing area in the Ozarks. The legend dates back to the 1820s. Buffalo hunter and farmer Sam Davis roamed Arkansas valleys in what is now Newton County, searching for a sister he claimed was kidnapped by Indians. Davis climbed the
Read more →Working in Lightroom, as most graphics software is a constant struggle between the mouse and the keyboard. Lightroom offers keyboard shortcuts (A keyboard shortcut is a key or set of keys that performs a predefined function) for almost any task. I prefer to use the mouse for most things since I
Read more →Note: All information is based upon Windows operating system and Lightroom 2.2 In part 1 we learned about keywords and about creating a hierarchy for your keywords. The reason this was covered before adding keywords to your photos is that you should create your basic top level keywords before
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Description: Outstanding among the many natural features of the Ozark Natural Forest is the huge stone arch that forms a natural bridge at Alum Cove National Recreation Trail. The natural arch is all that remains of what was a quartz sandstone cave. The arch is 130 feet long and 20
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Tarpon Springs Florida The Sponge Industry helped build a Greek Community that is now famous not only for the worlds finest sponges, but for some of the finest Greek Restaurants, Markets, and Bakeries in the Country. What you will find at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks: Greek Restaurants, Bakeries, Natural
Read more →Note: All information is based upon Windows operating system and Lightroom 2.2 Keywords (or Tags) are probably the greatest organization tool for photographers. Implementation of keywords may seem to be very time consuming and complicated. Well it is time consuming, if you have a properly set up keyword hierarchy
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