RAYMEDphotography Blog http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog - A World of Shots - Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 September 2010 Wallpaper http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/september-2010-wallpaper/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/september-2010-wallpaper/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/september-2010-wallpaper/ The following photograph was taken in Shark Valley  National Park in Florida. It was taken on the Observatory Tower.

This tower is located inside the Shark Valley and it’s a 65 foot  high overlooking a large gator hole with 10 to 20 alligators congregating together. (alligator hole behind camera).

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To download the small image file (1280×1024), click on the here. If you prefer the larger image, download this (1600×1200) image here

Hope you enjoy the image and please feel free to comment.

]]> http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/september-2010-wallpaper/feed/ 0 FARA Car Race http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/fara-car-race/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/fara-car-race/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/?p=1173 On Sunday, August 29th, I had the pleasure of hanging out with ShootMiami at the FARA car races in the Homestead Speedway. This is my first time photographing a car race and I can say that it was hard… Not a little hard, but EXTREMELY hard.

I have been preparing for this event for about 2 weeks now, and by that, I mean, reading about motor sport photography, specially, the awesome blog of our friend Scott Kelby. Overall, I am very happy with the photographs I came out with.

These are some of my all-time favorite from this event.

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Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/photo-promo/feed/ 0 Running Away http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/running-away/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/running-away/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:36:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/running-away/ This little guy was trying to run away from me… well, maybe because I was pointing a 70-300 lens at it and a speedlight. If you were to point that thing at me, I’m sure, I would be running away too!

I found him about 10 inches from the ground, so you can imagine me laying on the floor with my tripod, hoping people would see me and don’t actually step on me or trip.

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Enjoy!

]]> http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/running-away/feed/ 0 Metallic Selection http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/metallic-selection/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/metallic-selection/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/metallic-selection/ For some reason, this has become a tradition with me. Every year in the month of August, Fairchild Tropical Gardens has FREE admission to their grounds (Every Sunday of August) and of course, instead of me taking advantage of this, I always forget and go only once and usually it is the last Sunday of August.

After a quick edit of the photographs today, these two photographs jumped at me. Actually, both of them jumped at me the moment I released the shutter. 

I am sure that you have had that moment. The moment when you chimp at your LCD and go… “Exactly what I wanted… This is a PRINT”… Right? Yes, I’m sure you’ve been there.

I’ve decided to send these two photographs to print to MPIX as my PhotoLab of choice. Both of these images will be printed in their incredible Metallic Paper.

Hope you enjoy the selection. If you like any of these prints and would like to own a copy of it for your wall, please feel free to let me know.

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Thanks!

]]> http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/metallic-selection/feed/ 0 The Magic of Black and White – Part III http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/the-magic-of-black-and-white-part-iii/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/the-magic-of-black-and-white-part-iii/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/the-magic-of-black-and-white-part-iii/ BW3-cover-large

The folks at Craft&Vision are at it again, it seems that every time I get an email from them, another eBook has been released.

I mean honestly don’t think they sleep! I mean, seriously with the quality of their eBooks and the content of it… Who can really sleep without quality been jeopardized .

Andrew S. Gibson did a wonderful job explaining, detailing his post-processing and his whole thinking behind these 9 photographs presented here. 

The Magic of Black & White – Part III, Nine Photos, takes us through nine gorgeous black and white images with the goal of teaching more advanced techniques to give our images more subtlety and power. Clearly taught in Photoshop, and 5 of the lessons in Photoshop Elements, Andrew takes us through Toning, Split Toningk, Exposure Blending, Textures, and the creation of Diptyches and Triptyches, all without losing sight of the idea that our work should be driven by intent with the goal of creating photographs that honour the Artist’s need for expression and the Geek’s need for excellence of craft. And all that without getting mired down – the examples and the illustrations Andrew provides compliment his clear teaching style and make this book a pleasure to read.

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Special Offers

For the first four days only, if you use the promotional code  WHITE4 when you checkout, you can have the PDF version of The Magic of Black & White – Part III for only $4 OR use the code  WHITE20 to get 20% off when you buy 5 or more PDF eBooks from the Craft&Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST August 22, 2010.  Click on any of the images to purchase

]]> http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/the-magic-of-black-and-white-part-iii/feed/ 0 Steep http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/steep/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/steep/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/steep/ The following photograph was taken in Dominican Republic heading west to Santo Domingo in the “Autopista del Este Highway”

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Canon PowerShot D10 -  8.3mm, f/3.2, 1/320 sec @ ISO 80

Buy Print

9×12 Lustre Print $45.00

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/steep/feed/ 1 Business Card Design Contest http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/business-card-design-contest/ http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/business-card-design-contest/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.raymedphotography.com/blog/posts/business-card-design-contest/ I need to order more business cards and I thought it would be a great idea to get a different design.

businesscards_original I have always done my own design and to be honest, I’m getting sick of my own designs so maybe if I have few people designing and giving me choices, it will be better and I can probably keep those for a longer period of time. The winner of this contest will receive a 9×12 Metallic Print of their choice from my Facebook Page

So in order to do this, I have decided to make this a contest.

 

This is how the contest works:

  1. Create your Photography business card design and submit it to ray@raymedphotography.com by 08/31/2010
  2. I will select a winner based on concept and design by 9/6/2010
  3. Once the winner is chosen, the winner can choose their selection of image from my Facebook Page

I hope you take part of this contest and I can’t wait to see the designs.

Thanks!

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Ingredients:

  • Dill
  • Oregano
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Carrots
  • Potatoes

Dish was made with Brown Rice and Avocado as side dishes.

These 3 photographs are right before I put these babies in the oven.

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Now for the final dish…

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Enjoy!

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