{"id":7316,"date":"2015-10-30T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T04:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2015-10-31T15:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T22:47:37","slug":"ccatp-410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/ccatp-410\/","title":{"rendered":"CCATP #410 Mark Pouley of Twin Lakes Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/podfeet.com\/NosillaCast\/NC_2015\/NC_2015_11_01\/duck_mark.jpg\" alt=\"duck_mark as described\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\"\/>This week we&#8217;re joined by photographer Mark Pouley of Twin Lakes Images where he explains how to take a photo in a place everyone else has taken shots and get something unique.  <\/p>\n<p>You can find Mark&#8217;s work at <a href=\"http:\/\/twinlakesimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">twinlakesimages.com<\/a> and you can find him on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TLI_Mark\" target=\"_blank\">TLI_Mark<\/a> and check out his other photography on Flickr at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/switchermark\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/switchermark\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7316-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2015_11_01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2015_11_01.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2015_11_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"mp3 download\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nosillacast\/traffic.libsyn.com\/nosillacast\/CCATP_2015_11_01.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">mp3 download<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>How to take a photo in a place everyone else has taken shots and get something unique<\/h4>\n<p>Notes from Mark:<\/p>\n<p>Think like a photographer and not like a tourist.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been shooting &#8220;seriously&#8221; for about 5 years and exhibiting my work regularly for about 4. I have no formal training, just lots of great help from Bart, Victor, Antonio, Steve Stanger and others; and Internet resources available to all of us. I have worked hard at improving my craft, but I don&#8217;t have an extensive background and there are photographers with much more knowledge. That&#8217;s not to downgrade my advice, but to suggest this is something the average shooter, with some practice, can accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the photos we will discuss:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twinlakesimages.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/chit-chat-across-the-pond\">http:\/\/www.twinlakesimages.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/chit-chat-across-the-pond<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently took a trip to Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thousands of visitors a day most with cameras and a painful number of selfie sticks<\/li>\n<li> Vantage points confined and crowded <\/li>\n<li> Probably Millions\/billions? of photos of the falls by amateur to highly skilled professional <\/li>\n<li>weather was overcast, a little dreary <\/li>\n<li>I was going to take photos no matter what, but how about getting something unique and &#8220;shareable&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I noticed two mallards on a small &#8220;island&#8221; and log surrounded by rushing water. Later I noticed since it was late afternoon\/early evening and overcast I was able to take a slow shutter speed shot without any filter or special gear.  I returned to the spot where the ducks were, they had moved, but I still captured slow shutter of the water with a possible post processing image in mind. I ended up with two usable images<\/p>\n<p>     1) ducks sitting on the logs &lt;&lt;image &#8220;good duck&#8221;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>     2) water slowed down to give a smooth\/dreamy effect &lt;&lt;Image &#8220;slow shutter&#8221;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>     3) Photoshop compositing (rough lesson)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">     a) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">start in camera &#8211; try to compose same shot <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">          &#8211; didn&#8217;t do it here b\/c different time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">          &#8211; this also works to fix group photos<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     b) <span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Initial processing in LR to try and match exposure etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>     c) Import into Photoshop as Layer<\/p>\n<p>     d) Place photo that will be partially visible as bottom layer<\/p>\n<p>     e) Reduce opacity of top layer to about 50%<\/p>\n<p>     f) Move bottom layer into position you want it<\/p>\n<p>     g) Here I &ldquo;deleted&rdquo; much of the edges of log etc. on top layer because I didn&rsquo;t want them and they didn&rsquo;t line up right<\/p>\n<p>     h) Return opacity of all layers to 100%<\/p>\n<p>     i) create layer mask on top photo<\/p>\n<p>     j) mask is white, paint black on the layer mask on the part you want to show through &#8211; as you paint the lower image will show through only in the part painted black<\/p>\n<p>     k) Click on the layer mask to bring up the &ldquo;properties&rdquo; and increase feathering (here about 10 pixels) to smooth the edges<\/p>\n<p>     l) Save back into LR for any final edits to clean it up<\/p>\n<p>The result here is the top layer &#8211; the photo of the flowing water is the top layer and is the majority of the image. The lower layer is the good duck and only appears where I let it show through the mask<\/p>\n<p>     &lt;&lt; Final Image &#8220;Ducks on the Falls&#8221; &gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Lessons: Look for something unique (duck location)<\/p>\n<p>              Think about opportunities the situation presents<\/p>\n<p>This subject comes up a lot for me shooting Tulips during the annual Tulip festival<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twinlakesimages.com\/blog\/2014\/4\/shooting-flowers-during-the-busy-skagit-valley-tulip-festival\">http:\/\/www.twinlakesimages.com\/blog\/2014\/4\/shooting-flowers-during-the-busy-skagit-valley-tulip-festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Change your point of view (get low for instance)  &lt;&lt;Image &#8220;Early Bloom&#8221;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Open your eyes &#8211; be observant (ducks on the log, yellow flower in field of red) &lt;&lt;Image &#8220;Over Achiever&#8221;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Be aware of the background and surroundings &lt;&lt;Image &#8220;Flower in the Backyard&#8221;&gt;&gt; <\/p>\n<p>Incorporate people &lt;&lt;Image &#8220;Visiting the Tulips&#8221;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Arrive at less popular times (sunrise at the tulip fields)  &lt;&lt;Image &#8220;Tulip Sunrise&#8221;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re joined by photographer Mark Pouley of Twin Lakes Images where he explains how to take a photo in a place everyone else has taken shots and get something unique. You can find Mark&#8217;s work at twinlakesimages.com and you can find him on Twitter TLI_Mark and check out his other photography on Flickr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts","category-podcasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7316"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7326,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions\/7326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}