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Sunday morning.  I’m at Washington Park.  The tulips have just started blooming. In two weeks, every photographer and shutterbug worth his or her salt will be all over these flower beds, looking for that great photo. I didn’t feel like waiting two weeks. Besides, I wanted to test out some extension tubes – metal rings…

I’ve been testing out a few different photographic techniques, and at some point in time I should use them for simple photos.  You know… ones that don’t involve rolling two strips of film into one camera, or using a camera that’s so old, my Grandma Betty could have taken a selfie with one. So yesterday…

Background. Years ago, someone suggested that I tweak one of my photos by purchasing a digital plugin called Silver Efex to make one of my pictures ultra-sharp.  I thought about it, and actually considered downloading the Silver Efex plugin – until I discovered that the plugin and its entire software bundle, called Nik, was $500.…

So my original plan was thus. A few years ago, my modeling friend Lauren helped me create an illusion called Her Stolen Heart, in which she would hold a frame and I would photograph in such a way that the frame appeared to show what was behind her. I entered it as one of my…