Photoshop Motion Blur
I’ve been experimenting with Photoshop to create less literal, more “impressionistic” images from my photographs. I first saw this technique when my friend Jesse Speer posted a few images on the Rocky Mountain Nature Photographers forum. I had seen similar images produced by panning the camera during the actual exposure. Photoshop’s Motion Blur filter mimics this process, but allows much greater control…
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Our house sets near the Tualatin River, and the accompanying Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. Although it’s just a couple of minutes away - and we’ve lived here 7 months - we hadn’t gotten around to visiting it until today, which is unfortunate; it’s a fantastic area rich with photographic opportunities and, of course, wildlife.
Image Details: Olympus C-8080; Motion Blur in Photoshop
It was a spur-of-the moment decision to go. We finished up landscaping our front yard yesterday, leaving us with nothing planned for a weekend day - something of a rarity these days…
Alvord Desert
I’ll kick things off with an image from my first outing in Oregon; ironically, I left the desert of Colorado behind, only to make my first pacific northwest trip to… the Alvord Desert in southeastern OR.
We headed here to celebrate my wife’s 40th birthday. I offered to take Jennifer anywhere in the world, and she chose to let me pick a place to go camping for a few nights. So we headed off to the Painted Hills in central Oregon (more to come from there, soon) and the Alvord Desert in the southeast corner, sleeping in the back of my truck as we traveled. ( I know how to treat a girl right, eh?!)
We had a grand time - an absolutely amazing camping experience near the Painted Hills, replete with secluded camp spot, our very own gurgling brook, a crackling campfire under star-filled skies, and a little red wine and chocolate to bring it all together! The Alvord Desert was equally stunning…
Welcome!
Welcome to Blog-tography! I’m Rick Dunn, a landscape photographer living in Portland, Oregon. I recently moved from the equally beautiful state of Colorado, in search of a cooler climate and more rain!
I launched Blog-tography to share my images of the American west , photo tips & techniques and travel experiences. My full gallery of images can be found at www.RickDunn.net.
Welcome to Blog-tography
I set up Blog-tography as a complement to my gallery-oriented website; as a place to focus less on nature photographs themselves, and more on the inspiration for making images in the first place - the outdoor experience and the rich rewards of travel and exploration.
