Overexpose for a Beautiful Surprise

Most people think that overexposing a photo is its death. Not so, says Mr. Digital Art Photography for Dummies.

If you put your camera in Tv mode, set the shutter speed to anything from a quarter to one second and snap the picture in a very shady place, you'll have an art piece.

If the image turns out too bright, just tweak the levels (Image>Adjustments>Levels, slide outside sliders inward and inside slider to the crest of the histogram) in Photoshop, and you'll have a perfect impressionistic picture for your home or office.

Mid-Century Modern Chair Test

Remember those days when you had to answer the question: "Which one of these does not belong?"

In the above picture I've represented that theme in this small collage with some artistic objects.

Just one more creative thing you can do with art photography and a little photoshop.

P.S. I made these images black and white so they'd look more similar to each other.

Do you know which one doesn't belong in the picture?

I'll take your questions...

This weekend only--I'll take your questions. Watch CBS 2 "Eye on the Desert " at 7 p.m. tonight and submit your questions about Palm Springs photography and the "Digital Art Photography for Dummies" here.

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