Monthly Archives: August 2011

All Lighting is Not Created Equal

Posted on August 30, 2011 by asislen

What do the following have in common: Guggenheim Museum, NYC Muse d’Orsay, Paris National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Art Institute, Chicago Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Sislen Fine Art Studio, Bethesda, Maryland Answer: SoLux Lighting Photographers know that the … Continue reading →

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National Parks from Space!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by asislen

I’ve visited a number of the National Parks featured in this article in Wired Magazine, but my photographs never look like this! It’s fascinating to see these incredible places from a new perspective. View Wired Magazine Article.

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Assume You Can’t Go Back!

Posted on August 22, 2011 by asislen

For a number of reasons, I often go back to locations where I have previously shot. The first time I visit a location, especially a non-local location, often my adrenalin is pumping and it takes me a little while to … Continue reading →

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An App a Day … Part 3 of 3

Posted on August 15, 2011 by asislen

For this post, I’m going to discuss two very useful, but very different apps. “Tide Graph” provides tide information for virtually any location in the U.S. “f/8 DoF Calculator” provides everything you need to know to determine and properly set … Continue reading →

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An App a Day, Keeps the … Part 2 of 3

Posted on August 7, 2011 by asislen

In the first post in this series, we discussed that knowing the direction of sunlight (or moonlight) has an enormous impact on your photograph, and suggested some fantastic apps that can help you plan ahead for where the light will … Continue reading →

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Artists Giving to Charities – To Give or Not to Give

Posted on August 5, 2011 by asislen

I have been donating my work to a number of charities for many years. Each year, I get at least a dozen requests to contribute photographs for charity auctions. I have selected three charities that I strongly believe in, and … Continue reading →

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An App a Day, Keeps the … Part 1 of 3

Posted on August 3, 2011 by asislen

I am an avid iPhone user. But the telephone capability has been the least used application on my iPhone! There are thousands of photography applications for the iPhone, and as a landscape photographer, I have searched and found apps that … Continue reading →

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