September 2010
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"Spiral Fern" Featured on The Photo Argus
I’m very excited, and humbled, that the folks over at Focussion and The Photo Argus decided to include my image (seen above) along with 29 other fantastic nature and landscape photographs.
Focussion is a Flickr-like community for photographers with one positive twist; users have to earn *points* in order to upload more pictures to their profile. This system encourages interaction between...
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Angry Dragon Face | Memphis Zoo Photography
This dragon statute is inside the panda exhibit at the Memphis Zoo and this photograph was taken and published just over a year ago. I’m in the processes of sharing some of my older photographs because it was this time last year that I decided to commit myself to developing my photography.
As soon as I made the conscience decision to rekindle my love for photography, I felt as though my...
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Old Pat O’Briens | Memphis Photography
I’m usually not perusing downtown Memphis in the early morning hours but, I had some time to kill ~9 months ago while I waited for my wife to finish the St. Jude half-marathon. While armed with my trusty Panasonic point-n-shoot camera and, an almost-dead battery on a very cold December morning no less, I was hunting around the downtown area for some great “cityscape” type of...
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“…if everyone wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel, they’d be screwed...”
– My sister encouraging me to strive to find creativity and inspiration in my every day life.
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One Year Ago: Surf, Sand and Sun
Just about a year ago I uploaded a picture to Flickr of our oldest daughter playing on the beach in the evening sun. And, since we just got back from our beach vacation, I wanted to take a look back not only at this photograph, but also asses how my photography has grown/changed over the last 12 months.
This image represent more than capturing a memory of a great family vacation, it’s a...
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Capture Memphis Editor's Choice "From The Garden"
I was pleasantly surprised late last week when I received an email from Capture Memphis stating that one of my photographs had won Editor’s Choice for the “From The Garden” series of images. I did receive a $50 Amazon gift card for the win but, more importantly, I was excited that other people thought enough of one of my images to award it the Editor’s Choice award over...
August 2010
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Sunset and Surfer on the Florida Beach
The family and I recently returned from a much needed vacation and, on the first night, we happened to catch this beautiful sunset. After playing in the sand and taking it all in, I noticed this guy, with surfboard overhead, walking out of the water to call it a day. I waited until he walked directly under the setting sun to press the shutter.
I’d consider myself a landscape/nature...
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Doctor's Office | Memphis Photography
I’ve always been intrigued at how stark and uncomfortable doctor’s offices can be and this image pretty mush sums it up for me. This photograph, taken on an iPhone 3G, was taken while I waited to see a doctor a few months ago. Originally the image was a little underexposed with muddy colors (the iPhone’s ability to shoot in low light is pretty atrocious). I had some time to...
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Mirror Images | iPhone Photography
I’ve been playing around with the Picture Show iPhone application for a few weeks now and, to my surprise, one of my favorite effects is the mirror-image setting. I first started exploring the effect when I created my cover image for my Blurb book, Connected.
I further explored the idea on some other pages within the book although they’re not exactly mirror images. Since then,...
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White Picket Fence - Downtown Memphis Photography
While waiting for my wife to finish the local half-marathon, I was wandering around downtown Memphis with my point-n-shoot camera and I spotted this fence close to the starting line. I took a few pictures of this fence but, not only was my battery running low (the cold weather didn’t help either), the back ground was very busy and people were walking all around me so I had to get creative...
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July 2010
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University Of Memphis Football | Tilt-Shift...
In the right instances, the tilt-shift effect can be really interesting and add an unusual sense of depth and perspective. I think, for this image, the effect works very well since I was looking down at the football players on the field from an elevated position. The tilt-shift effect really brings out the depth in this image and makes you feel more like you’re actually there than a...
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Keep Calm and Take Pictures
The Keep Calm meme has been around for some time now but I recently happened upon the D-I-Y Keep Calm O’Matic and decided to make my own version. There are many variations of the original poster so, why not make one for photographers?
I might have to look for a really cool, yet simple camera icon to replace the royal crown at the top. That way I could make my own version and get some...
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My Favorite Photos on Flickr
One of my favorite things about Flickr is the ability to add an image as a Favorite. This simple function is an easy way to bookmark the images you like so you have an easy way to retrieve them and look at them at a later date for inspiration.
I wanted to take the opportunity to share the images that I’ve tagged as favorites over the last few months. Hopefully you’ll find some new...
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TiltShift Generator Adobe Air App (Photography)
Thanks to my friend Brett over at Black Lab Creative for turning me on to the tilt shift generator iPhone app. While checking out the Art and Mobile website, home of the Tilt Shift Generator application, I found a link to an Adobe Air desktop version of the program which has the same functionality as the iPhone app.
I downloaded the Air app right away and began playing around with a few of my...
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My First Photography Book - "Connected" (Blurb)
Connected by Tyler Wainright | Make Your Own Book
Ever since I read an article on David duChemin’s blog simply titled “Begin”, I’ve been working on Connected - my first photography book. My goal was to have it completed by today so it could be entered into Blurb’s Photography Book Now competition. I certainly don’t expect to win anything but that’s...
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Yucca Plant: Memphis Botanic Gardens Photography
This is a fairly recent shot taken at the Memphis Botanic Gardens which I processed through Lightroom 3 using the Serengeti Chocolate preset from David duChemin. This awesome preset is only available if you download his new ebook, SAFARI, A Monograph, from Craft and Vision. The 62 page ebook is worth the $4 alone plus, you get a very cool preset - it’s an awesome deal and well worth the...
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Update: Getting published in Capture Memphis 2010
I logged into my Capture Memphis dashboard this afternoon and saw that they had updated the website to include my top 5 photographs which they say are the “most likely to be published” in the book. It’s still not guaranteed that any of my images will make it into the book but it’s fun to see which photographs have received the most votes so far.
It’s also exciting...
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WatchHow to: Convert images to black and white, as well as add tonal overlays, edge effects, and film grain textures from Adobe TV: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/getting-started-with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-3/converting-images-to-black-and-white/
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My Lightroom Beta has expired - Now what?
I’ve been using Adobe’s Lightroom photo editing program for a good 6 months now and I’ve become very comfortable with its interface and workflow features. It’s an understatement to say that I was bummed when I got the above error message saying that my beta trial version had expired. They could have at least given me a warning message saying that it was *about* to...
June 2010
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Small White Flowers | Memphis Photography
It has been quite a few posts since I actually shared a photograph taken with my D90. Not only has it been damn hot here lately which discourages me from spending time outdoors but also, taking and sharing images from my iPhone is so easy.
This is an image I took a couple of weeks ago near Memphis International airport. I happened to be riding around in the car, looking for something to...
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Update on my iPhone photography book
I haven’t given up on my putting together and completing my first Blurb photography book. Actually, I’ve been a little side tracked with two new photography apps that I’ve recently started using which will give me additional formatting options that Hipstamatic’s square image format couldn’t. I’m planning on creating a top-notch, affordable photography book for...
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Join my new Facebook fan page
Without trying to sound too pretentious about my photography, I finally got around to creating a Facebook fan page for Tyler Wainright photography. This will allow me to separate my photography posts from my personal posts while allowing more people to *like* my work. I know, if having a blog wasn’t enough, it feels a little odd to have created my own Facebook page but I plan on making the...
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The iPhone Photography apps I use now
I’ve recently embraced the potential of using my iPhone to take pictures that I’m not only proud of but, pictures that capture my vision when my D90 is inaccessible or inappropriate. In addition to putting together my first photography book with images solely from my iPhone, I’ve downloaded 2 new photo apps in the last few days that I hope will inspire my vision even more. I...
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Damn, it's hot outside
No seriously - it’s really hot outside and the only way the girls and I can beat the heat is to spend some time playing around in the water. Yesterday we were in the backyard playing around in our little splash pool which made tolerating the 100 degree heat a little easier. Once out of the water though, it didn’t take long to warm up and start looking for the cool water or a colder...
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More iPhone photography (plus Photoscape)
Lately, the weather around here has been in the upper 90’s which means I haven’t been out with my D90 much lately. However, I always have my trusty iphone with me and I eyed this couch late last week while walking around work. This old, blue couch is sitting in a somewhat abandoned area of the warehouse and, I was drawn to photograph it because of the amazingly soft light coming...
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iPhone, Photoshop, & PhotoScape (Mobile...
It’s pretty obvious that I enjoy taking/making photographs with my iPhone (I’m even making a photography book with pictures from my iPhone) and I snapped this picture the other evening while walking around with the family. I’ve been loving the Hipstamatic app recently but, I still enjoy the higher res images you can get straight from the camera and I like being able to choose...
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Joey L.'s behind the scenes documentary of the...
I don’t remember how I stumbled upon Joey L.’s blog for the first time but, I do remember that his photography left an impression on me and I’ve been following him ever since. I’m not sure how a 20 year old has the ability to travel the world, let alone get his hands on some of the gear he does but, I do know he takes fantastic photographs. Check out his portfolio -...
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Preview of my first photography book (Blurb)
I’ve been wanting to put together a photography book for some time now and, after reading David duChemin’s blog post simply titled, Begin, I decided to go through with it. I’ve had this idea for a book in my head for a few weeks and after reading his article I decided it was time to stop thinking and procrastinating and just get something done.
It’s only a small...
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Sleeping Beauty At Ballet Memphis
Not long ago, my wife and I took our oldest daughter to see Sleeping Beauty performed by Ballet Memphis at the new Playhouse on the Square. Our daughter takes ballet at her school and enjoys all types of dancing/princess/ballet related subjects and she was excited to go see “real ballerinas”.
I can appreciate what it takes to perform and put on a play like this but, to keep myself...
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700+ pictures on my iPhone!
Earlier today I noticed that I have over 700 pictures on my iPhone. Now, I haven’t actually taken 700+ pictures because apps like Photoshop and The Best Cam save copies of edited pictures in your camera roll. In any case, I thought it was a big milestone and I wanted to share one of the pictures I took earlier tonight before my Economics class.
My iPhone allows my to take pictures during...
May 2010
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Why I love the Hipstamatic iPhone App
When I don’t feel like traveling with, or lugging around my D90, I use my iPhone camera as a way to expand my creative vision. This picture, for example, was taken in the Minneapolis airport last week while I was drinking a couple of Summit beers and waiting for my flight back home. I used the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone to take these pictures and then I pulled them into Picnik to...
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Lightroom and photographing small purple flowers
I had a bunch of old slides scanned by Pixmonix a couple of months ago and I’m slowly getting around to publishing them. It’s funny because, for the most part, I can remember when and where I took photographs but, for this image, I have no idea the history behind it. I do know it was taken with an old Nikon N70 film camera and was probably shot on Fuji Velvia film.
I’ve always...
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White Water Lily: Memphis Zoo Photography
This is my latest submission in hopes of being published in Capture Memphis 2010 due out at the end of the year. I took this photograph with my Panasonic Lumix TZ5 point-and-shoot camera and processed it in both Lightroom 3.2 and Picnik. In Lightroom I did a simple crop, some sharpening, and a little noise reduction and then exported the image. From there I pulled it into Picnik and added an...
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Camille Seaman: Fine Art Landscape Photographer
While searching Youtube looking for videos on natural light portraiture (think Lou O’Bedlam style), I came across Marc Silber’s interview with fine-art, landscape photographer Camille Seaman. Her vision in capturing natural light in her landscape work is how I came across the video and I was blown away by her work.
Camille’s work inspires me in many ways; Her use of natural...
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Help me get published in Capture Memphis 2011
I’m trying to get published in this year’s Capture Memphis coffee table book and I could use your help by voting for my photographs. In the end, the book will showcase the best-of-the-best photographs from local photographers voted on by people like you; there’s no photography director choosing the pictures so the images with the most votes make it into the book.
With that...
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April 2010
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5 Awesome Photography Talks from TED
I’ve been a fan of Ted.com for months now so I decided to dig through the archives and find some videos that fellow photographers might enjoy. I’m always fascinated that people put themselves in the line of fire, or travel through some of the harshest slums in the world to shed light on issues facing our culture, our humanity, and ultimately our future on Earth. Hell, I can hardly get...
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