http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:01:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en               There have been few beneficiaries of the depressing "Spring" weather (the witty local press is calling it June-uary) in Seattle this year but the Calla lillies at the local p-patch (community garden) are on the list. Last year by this time they were completely destroyed by a variety of ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/06/09/calla-lillies-2/ ...or the 'fast track to carpal tunnel syndrome.' On occasion a type of noise appears in some digital images that is nearly impossible to remove using an automated process - in fact using "normal" noise reduction actually makes this type of noise stand out even more. I can't really reproduce ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/05/29/last-resort-manual-noise-reduction/ Olympic Peninsula, WA One of my favorite digital photography tutorial sites, Cambridge in Colour, has recently opened up a discussion forum for all things digital photography. There is already a lot of great information and I have no doubt that it will prove to be a great source of information ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/05/21/cambridge-in-colour-forums/ Dance - Toby Keller The DARKNESSDARKNESS night photography show will be on display at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center as part of the Solstice Art program between the end of this month through September 1, 2008. The opening reception is June 20. This is a great opportunity to ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/05/09/darkness-darkness-v20/ I recently came back from a trip to Amsterdam, Venice, and Lake Como - while it wasn't really productive photographically I did come home with a few images I really like. This is in Amsterdam across the street from the flower market. It's a reflection of some of ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/04/11/amsterdam/ Lance Keimig of The Night Skye has curated an exhibit of contemporary night photography which will be on display at the Three Columns Gallery at Harvard University beginning March 18. The reception is March 19 and at least a few of the photographers will be there - I am ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/02/05/darkness-darkness/ This image is featured in the second issue of the Inquiringmind Magazine FOCUS photography feature. I *gulp* actually had to write some stuff for it as well...so enjoy! Click here to see! http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/01/24/inquiringmind-focus/ I will have nine images in an upcoming group show in Bellevue, WA. Still working on image selection but I will be including the image in this post and at least three of the recent seagull images. Please stop by if you get a chance! Directions and more info ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/01/16/show-february-3-march-1/ I usually spend some time at Lake Tahoe over the holidays and most of the time I miss the "good" weather I'm always hoping for. This year is no exception. We maybe had an inch of snow or so during the week I was there...but this weekend they're ... http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2008/01/04/lake-tahoe/ Just got back from a weekend trip to the Washington coast...the seagulls were very entertaining. Check out my flickr site for images of a brave soul feeding the seagulls from her hand. http://www.brianchapmanphotography.com/blog/2007/12/16/washington-cost/