Welcome

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Hello and welcome to our website. This is the place where I share my photography, goings on of family and my own musing using my blog. I use this space as a playground on the web. I very often change the look and feel or try some new idea for content. If you have any ides on some cool content, let me know. 

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My Photography 

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My Photography has come a long way in the several years since I started. I am mainly a landscape  and nature photographer. I usually spend one day a week heading out looking for photo opportunities. I have been mainly focused on High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. While this is a sore subject for many photographers, i find it very pleasing and more true to what my eye sees when done properly. 

HDR Photography is used to create images  with a higher dynamic range. This allows one to see in the shadows of a scenes and also see the highlights just like your eye would. To accomplish this, one takes several photos, overexposed, normal and underexposed and then combines the photos together using software to produce a single HDR image. I am currently using Photomatix from the company HDR Soft to combine and tonemap my images.  My post processing is done with Apples Aperture.

Photo(s) of the Month

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This is the spot that I use to feature a photo{s) that catches my my attention. As I stroll through the countless galleries that thrive out on the web I will see one that stands out about the rest and I will write about it here. I might write a short review or even write a story about what my mind conjures up when I look at their work. No matter what happens, I feel that others hard work and efforts should be celebrated and mention made.  Enjoy!

My World Blog

 will use this blog to communicate the goings on in little world. Our hope is that this written word will be used by our family and friends to keep tabs on us as we are going about our lives separated by the many miles. 

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I might post a story about a  photo shoot that I went on or even some random thoughts that pop into my head. You might even see comments about news or world events. I have even posted spiritual thoughts and events as they relate to the Bible. I find this blog therapeutic at times. I even rant and rave about stuff.  Anything could end up in here. 

Spotlight

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I use this section of the site to shine the spotlight on various things, places, websites or even people. There could even be words about some server rendered, good or bad.  Its possible I could even write about a good restaurant that I have eaten at, or even a movie that we have seen to give a thumbs up or down on.  The sky is the limit, so who knows what might show up in this space. 


© Troy Cross 2011