Richard’s Ramblings

I took a picture this weekend at a children’s birthday party. It was unaltered from the original; there was no cropping, brushing, exposure correction, filtering, or any other editing done to the photograph. I know it’s not a great photograph, and certainly not an example of my best work; it was simply a candid photo [...]

Now that I’ve had my Canon PowerShot G2 for two months and have taken over 1,500 pictures with it, I can make a few more observations about the camera, only obtainable through such experience.

The topic of the cause of red-eye when taking flash photographs came up last night at a bridal shower slash barbecue. My explanation was that the light from the flash was reflecting off the back of the retina. Red-eye is more prevalent at night when the eye’s iris is widest open to let in the [...]