http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress Sun, 20 May 2012 20:14:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/journey-steps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=journey-steps http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/journey-steps/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:19:30 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=2270 Introducing "Journey - First Steps," a showcase of 24 photographs from Ralph Nordstrom and a chronicling of his discoveries in photography over the past five years.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/journey-steps/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/calendar/photography-workshops-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photography-workshops-2012 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/calendar/photography-workshops-2012/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:05:43 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=2124 Check out the Ralph Nordstrom Photography Workshops 2012 schedule. Sign before the end of the year for a nice discount.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/calendar/photography-workshops-2012/feed/ 2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/death-valley-workshop-map/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=death-valley-workshop-map http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/death-valley-workshop-map/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:09:33 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=1673 Death Valley photography workshop with a map of some of our shooting locations.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/death-valley-workshop-map/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot-2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot-2/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:26:42 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/08/08/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot-2/ Last week I published a post in which I presented a photographic situation and solicited input on what decisions might go into getting the shot.  The situation was to photograph the interior of the beautiful Cologne Cathedral in Germany.  Here’s a link to the post. Getting the Shot – Cologne Cathedral In this post I’d [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot-2/feed/ 5 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/eastern-sierra-photographs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eastern-sierra-photographs http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/eastern-sierra-photographs/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:59:50 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/08/06/eastern-sierra-photographs/ I finally got a chance to work on a few more Eastern Sierra workshop photographs from June.  It’s amazing how many things barge to the front of the line.  But I finally got to these.  I hope you enjoy them. Alabama Hills Vignette This one was taken before the workshop started.  It’s just one more [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/eastern-sierra-photographs/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:32:30 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/07/28/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot/ I have what I think is a fun idea that can lead to an interesting discussion.  Let me explain. I often think of art in general and photography in particular as involving two very important elements – creative vocabulary and interpretive decisions.  Creative vocabulary is the knowledge, skills and techniques we use as artists and [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-getting-the-shot/feed/ 4 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/family-vacation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-vacation http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/family-vacation/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:40:47 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/07/07/family-vacation/ We’re leaving tomorrow for a family vacation in Europe. We’ll be eight days on the River Rhein with a little extra time at the start and the the end. And yes, I’m taking my camera with me.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/family-vacation/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/honesty-in-photography/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=honesty-in-photography http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/honesty-in-photography/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/07/05/honesty-in-photography/ I just read a great email from Brian Peterson, founder of The Perfect Picture School of Photography.  He ran an unscientific opinion pole on whether photographers felt it was OK to dramatically alter photographs in Photoshop.  Now, by ‘dramatically alter,’ Brian means to add major elements to an image that were not present in the [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/honesty-in-photography/feed/ 3 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/lightroom-tutorial-lr-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lightroom-tutorial-lr-3 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/lightroom-tutorial-lr-3/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:30:21 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/07/03/lightroom-tutorial-lr-3/ Lightroom 3 came in the mail yesterday (along with CS5) so today I’m trying it out.  There’s not a lot of new functionality like there was when LR2 introduced local adjustments.  But there are some new things I’m really excited about. LR3 can publish directly to Flickr.  Boy, that saves a step.  With LR 2.7 [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/lightroom-tutorial-lr-3/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-moving-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photography-tutorial-moving-water http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-moving-water/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:15:58 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/06/20/photography-tutorial-moving-water/ Landscape photographers love to photograph moving water – waterfalls, rapids, even water quietly slipping over a rock. When photographing moving water the primary exposure consideration is shutter speed.  A very short shutter speed, say 1/500 sec, can produce the ‘ice sculpture’ look’ in which the water is suspended in shiny, crystal clear forms.  This can [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photography-tutorial-moving-water/feed/ 1