Pixel Pete on November 29th, 2008

Canon 40D with 50 mm lens on a tripod. Since our faces were in the same plane, f8 was more than enough to keep us all in focus. Thanks Eric for taking our picture.
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I dragged out my portable studio for the Thanksgiving get-together.
Since I’ve made it a point to ask my [...]

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Pixel Pete on June 27th, 2008

As a freelance photographer I tend to photograph people mostly. After 20 years I am fortunate to still come across interesting people like freelance writer/author Rebecca O’Connor, a UCR alumni.

She hunts ducks at the Salton Sea with her dog “Booth” an American Brittany Spaniel.
But she doesn’t use a firearm, only her 5-year-old peregrine falcon, [...]

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Pixel Pete on June 27th, 2008

It’s the 3rd meeting for my digital photography class at UC Riverside’s California Museum of Photography.
As with our previous meeting, we jumped right in with our cameras.
We met Brittani our gorgeous, drop-dead model outside, walked around the pedestrian mall.
Our first stop was a small sliver of light between two buildings reflecting off the windows of [...]

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Pixel Pete on June 19th, 2008

Everyone knows that in every picture there is always a center of interest. It may not be in the center per se but it should be obvious what the subject of any photograph is.
Chances are that subject is usually sharp and in focus. If it isn’t, it might be framed in such a way that [...]

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