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    February vacation coincided with Julie's Global Sales Meeting, so we were able to spend a few days in the warm weather of Florida.

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    It was a combined NYE celebration, housewarming, and oh yeah the 50th birthday party. A great time, and my gratitude to the family, friends and neighbors who made it so is sincere and heartfelt.

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    Chris Hug: Man, Myth, Legend... at 50... My God do I feel inadequate...

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March 07, 2008

Cochran Chapel Ghost, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Ann Beha Architects executed a magnificent and respectful renovation of this Andover, MA landmark.

Some Phillips Alumni have requested prints, so I have partnered with Imagekind to help them get a high quality printout.  Let's see if they meant it!

November 23, 2007

What is the right size for the images in these posts?

Westparish2_2

Testing image widths for PhoBlo posts...

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Great-Blue


Great-Blue, originally uploaded by TimDD.

Ah Flickr. I started out with a far smaller Great Blue Heron when I originally posted this photo... but the beauty of the Flickr Gallery is that there are critiques galore to help you refine your technique. Here I was able to tighten up considerably by layering the bird, using LucisArt Exposure to bring out the under-wing detail without too terribly generating digital artifacts, add the vignette... and here you have it.

November 21, 2007

Neighbor-Mod


Neighbor-Mod, originally uploaded by TimDD.
The near-final result.

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Process step 3: building "Neighbor-Mod"

By creating a layer for the house alone, I could call up another great processing tool: LucisArt (www.lucisart.com).  This plug-in for Photoshop has a couple of effects -- I use Exposure, Sculpture, Whyetha and Winslow -- and each has setting buttons and sliders that I just had to experiment with to understand.  It allowed me to bring much more light and life to the house, while I dealt with issues in the surrounding areas separately.

Neighbormodhouseonly The house is starting to emerge from the shadows.

Process step 2: building "Neighbor-Mod"

Neighbormodfotomatix

This is already looking better, but there is still much work to be done.  I have traded an overall shadowed image for one which fails to highlight the house itself, much less that fabulous roof line.  So I get to work in Photoshop... first cropping the image down, then establishing layers: one for the house itself, one for the remainder of the shot -- both the lawn / foreground and the trees and sky.

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AHS Soccer

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    Another season on the turf for Andover High School's varsity warriors.

Sam's Prom

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    What a beautiful May evening for Sam's Junior Prom!

Conn80 Reunion 2004

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    As we prepare for reunion 2010... Some memories from our 25th...

Sarah Yum Yum

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    How proud we all are of Sarah's performance at Laguardia Arts!

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Ski Teams

AHS Hoop

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    Brought the camera to a recent contest and decided, what the heck, let's let the kids have 'em if they want 'em. Back to synopshots.com

Faces of Iceman 2007

Iceman 2007

  • 55: Finishers three
    "The Iceman Cometh Challenge," a 27.5 mile off-road bike race through the Pere Marquette State Forest in the greater Traverse City, Michigan area. Email me to request a print of your favorites.

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