Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Feb 2, 2012, 8:34 pm
Kodak Automatic (vectorized image) I was recently contacted by Lavenderworld about a new landscape themed amateur photography competition they're doing. The prizes sound great and landscape photography is always a fun subject to shoot. I would encourage anyone interes...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Jan 27, 2012, 11:47 am
a photo I took at the RedBull crashed ice event recently, edited with the cartoon effect on FotoFlexer If you're looking for a free online photo editor, then try FotoFlexer. It's an extremely powerful and free digital image manipulator. You can upload a photo straight from y...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Jan 20, 2012, 10:00 am
This Friday I have a bit of film photography for you. This is a shot of my rock climbing shoes attached to a carabiner. I took this picture with a Pentax K1000: La Sportiva Tarantula I've always found outdoor gear fascinating. The designs are evolving and changing continuously and...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Jan 12, 2012, 2:31 am
greyhound Here's a photo of an older greyhound bus in St. Paul Minnesota. I have been using GIMP a lot lately to edit photos since I have started transitioning to the Linux Mint operating system. Read more »
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 30, 2011, 9:39 pm
This is an image of a friend of mine climbing a route in the South Seas area, just past Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota. South Dakota Climbing This is one of my favorite places to climb, based solely on aesthetics. The spires are scattered all over and many have multipl...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 12, 2011, 4:26 pm
Just got back from another great ice fest in Sandstone, Minnesota. We had some decent farmed ice, thanks to Jeff Engel, James Loveridge, and the MCA (Minnesota Climbers Association). unknown climber at Robinson Park Read more »
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 5, 2011, 4:49 pm
..and the photographer's gift basket goes to Tracey, check out her blog:  A New Beginning Her winning photo "Praying Mantis Perspective" was shot with a Nikon D60 and she will receive a gift basket containing some handy tools, and even some Nikon camera specific items...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Oct 31, 2011, 6:16 pm
Last time I gave away a flexible tripod and we had some great responses. This time I want to see some entries in the form of photos. This giveaway is a bit different - it is sort of like a contest for a gift basket, tis the season after all. badlands, SDThe theme is unique. Either photo...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Oct 26, 2011, 8:21 pm
Had a great time camping and climbing in the Black Hills. We stayed in Custer SP and climbed mostly in the South Seas area just past Mount Rushmore. We almost t-boned a bison, climbed some scary routes and had to avoid gypsies. Instead of taking highway 90 the whole way back we decided to stop...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Sep 2, 2011, 2:14 pm
Recently I went climbing at Palisade Head in northern Minnesota. This place has an air of seriousness about it that isn't found anywhere else in Minnesota or even the Midwest. To access the climbs, you need to down-climb through a loose gully, then rappel over the cliff fr...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Aug 10, 2011, 4:56 pm
Thinking about climbing Devils Tower again sometime, so I was looking through my photos of the last trip. Here's a shot from the base of the Bowling Alley - aka Durrance approach route. I took this photo while a strange calming sensation came over me about the climb. ...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Jun 21, 2011, 10:17 pm
Not the flat foot type, but the rock type. My girlfriend and I went up to Tettegouche State Park to do some climbing on Shovel Point and saw that the arch had fallen. Sad stuff, here is what it looked like before and after:
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - May 22, 2011, 6:28 pm
Your computer is full of photos, they're everywhere. Some are accidentally nestled deep in strange folders, and some are on your desktop. Picasa can search your whole system and organize everything in an easy to browse format. Picasa follows with all google tools, it is simple and easy to use....
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Apr 28, 2011, 12:23 am
While checking out the sites in Dallas not too long ago I got this picture of a cowboy. Fort Worth has their real life cattle drive down the streets, so Dallas decided to go for an artistic take on the longhorns. If you're looking for things to do in Dallas, I would go check this out. It is a...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Apr 15, 2011, 1:26 am
Recently stopped by Dinosaur Valley State Park and was trying to get some pictures of the Acrocanthosaurus tracks clearly visible just below the surface of the paluxy river.  After having problems with glare and reflection on the water I dunked my camera under the water for a few shots. W...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Apr 3, 2011, 3:15 pm
I was recently given an opportunity to try out a new canvas printing service, easycanvasprints.com. One of my favorite things to do with my digital photographs is to have them printed, framed or used in a unique way. It was a difficult choice deciding which photo to use for the print, ...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Mar 25, 2011, 3:37 am
The hike up the dome at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area is really fun. The large biolith is cool to hike around on and the views from up there are great. We hiked over the saddle area dividing two of the largest domes and worked our way back to one of the climbing areas. All the exerci...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Mar 13, 2011, 9:50 am
Just got back home to Minnesota after a trip to the southern United States. Here is one of my favorite pictures from the trip: I saw this carved in a cactus while we were hiking towards our climbing destination in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Jan 20, 2011, 4:47 pm
Got a chance to visit my cabin recently in Iron River Wisconsin. The cabin is in the middle of the Chequamegon National Forest. I love going up there and roughing it in the old cabin, even though my grandma built a house near by it is still fun to go the nostalgic route. The cabin was b...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Jan 7, 2011, 2:05 pm
A few weeks ago I went to an ice climbing seminar for the Minneapolis area. They had a giveaway for a one day lesson in the Sandstone, MN ice quarry/park and I won. I had done a little ice climbing previously, but this was a great learning opportunity. The ice was amazing, with blue, green and...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 27, 2010, 1:45 pm
This artesian well in northern Wisconsin is really cool to visit in the winter. It creates a little green oasis around its path. Here's a photo of the trout stream it feeds into. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 22, 2010, 6:45 pm
I've been trying out some different macro techniques lately and had the idea to try high dynamic range imaging with some macro shots. After some cropping and processing I got the result above. Does anyone know what these growths are on this tree branch? They looked amazing in person and I'm re...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 17, 2010, 9:55 am
GIMP layoutCan't afford an expensive digital image editor? No problem - just get GIMP. Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open source image editing tool, similar to photo shop. Since it's free, you would think the user interface would be a bit rough around the edges. Inste...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 13, 2010, 6:15 pm
We got some snow (~18"), so my friend said "lets go for a drive." About a block away we were stuck in a snowbank. This was the biggest blizzard I have ever seen, it even collapsed the Minneapolis Metrodome - you can watch the video here. Speaking of freezing, I just took five rolls of fi...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 8, 2010, 8:43 am
Top 7?! I know the standard is top 10 photo tips, but these are really good. 1. Use a tripod whenever possible: A tripod is your best friend. If you don't have one, then breathe like a sniper and steady yourself on something. Tripods can be expensive or cheap, but just get one that you'll use. Try ...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 5, 2010, 12:55 pm
bottoms upBottoms up (circa 2008) is a throwback to the early days of my photo blog. When I was trying to photograph these mallards, all I wanted was for them to stop diving under the water. After many failed attempts, I just started laughing and figured, this is the shot I'm going to ...
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Evan Johnson posted an article on photography exposure - Dec 1, 2010, 12:16 pm
Here it is, part three of a three part series of HDR images. This image was a perfect candidate for HDR, the middle ground was illuminated by sunlight. Most of the other areas in the photo were shaded and dark though - so the ability to properly expose all areas brings this photo to life. Than...
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