Category: Tutorials / Learning

• The Wreck of the Jeanie O

  The Wreck of the Jeanie O Originally uploaded by chris_rutkowski In the Port of Ilwaco, WA. Barbed wire waves, St. Elmo’s fire glowing electric in the rigging, the stain of neglect on her bow; run aground on reefs of time: there she sits, high and dry. My son said, half-jokingly, that he’d like to live…

  Chris Rutkowski

  November 6, 2009

  All, Flickr posts, HDR, Tutorials / Learning

• A Cautionary Tale (Chapter 947 of “Don’t do what I do.”)

  I ran into yet another in my long list of “Doh!” moments after a shoot at the beach last weekend. Reviewing the shots later, on the computer, I noticed that a whole series of shots were badly lacking in contrast and saturation. The post-storm light on the beach was very bright and flat to begin…

  Chris Rutkowski

  November 5, 2009

  All, Tutorials / Learning

  cleaning, equipment, filters, technique

• Chillin’ (New Jersey Lake)

  Chillin’ Originally uploaded by chris_rutkowski This is Dennis. Dennis is reading a book, waiting while his wife rides her horse around the wildlife preserve surrounding this lake in central NJ. I rode my bicycle within a half mile of this spot a hundred times when I lived in NJ and never even knew the lake…

  Chris Rutkowski

  October 9, 2009

  All, Flickr posts, Tutorials / Learning

  art, assunpink, blue, book, chair, cirrus clouds, clouds, country, countryside, dock, documentary, fishing, flickr, grandfather, lake, learning, man, motivation, new jersey, nj, photographer, photojournalism, reading, ride, trees, waves

• How Filters Change Tonal Separation in B&W Photos

  I posted a B/W (monochrome) shot on Flickr a few weeks back and mentioned that I’d used a particular B&W color filter effect to get it right.  Later, it occurred to me that not everybody might know what I meant by that; how it works. So, while I’m no big expert filters, I kind of…

  Chris Rutkowski

  October 2, 2009

  Tutorials / Learning, Uncategorized