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Photographing the Great Smoky Mountains Synchronous Fireflies

Posted on June 24, 2018, 5:12 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
One of nature’s most wondrous light shows occurs during the synchronous fireflies mating season, when the bugs flash at once in a silent symphony of sparks. Synchronous fireflies exist only in a handful of places in the world, with Great Smoky Mountains National Park being the most well known. In this article, I explain how […]
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New LED Lights for Stationary Light Night Photography

Posted on June 17, 2018, 11:22 am, by QT Luong, under Gear.
In the past few years, progress in LED lighting has resulted in devices that offer significant advances for night photography. Find out why you should photograph at night with stationary lights rather than light painting, and read my review of my new preferred lights for that purpose. Cannonball concretions, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 2013. Canon […]
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Quick Processing Tip: White Application Background

Posted on June 10, 2018, 12:58 pm, by QT Luong, under Techniques.
There is no denying that photos look great on a computer screen, because of the transmissive nature of it, like a slide or transparency. However, in an all-digital workflow, it is all too easy to produce images whose tones are too dark. Often, photographers who do not often make prints realize that their images are […]
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Quick Editing/Processing Tip: Camera LCD

Posted on June 3, 2018, 12:38 pm, by QT Luong, under Techniques.
Despite a few contrarian voices, the overwhelming consensus is that the RAW format should be the choice for creative photography. A drawback is that RAW images look flat by design, so if you are shooting in RAW, you need to process the image to restore some of its brilliance. Unfortunately, when you are sitting at […]
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