Author Archive for J Scott
James Scott is CBW (Chief Bottle Washer) of James Scott Photography. Involved with Digital Imaging, Photography, Video and Software Development for 30 years I've learned 14 things. As soon as I remember what they are I'll pass them on, because I think they are important. But I'm not sure.
Old West
I recently attended 2010 SASS Winter Range Championship. Here are a few images that I made while I was there. An article appears on Examiner.com covering the event.
Worldwide Photo Walk 2009
This past Saturday I participated in the Scott Kelby 2nd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk. Before the walk they were estimating 30,000 participants around the world. As of tonight I haven’t heard the actual number and haven’t seen any images on the official website yet.
Micklethwaite Wedding
Here are some of my favorite photos from the Micklethwaite – Beecroft wedding I recently photographed. The wedding was held at the Oak Creek Country Club in Sedona Arizona. The bride was beautiful and the couple was looked great together.
Senior Portraits
It’s Graduation time and the lovely Jessica was my subject on this momentous occasion.
Talk about a 4th Generation
The Four Tommy’s. This is a portrait that I made at Christmas of my new grandson who on his fathers side is the fourth generation named Tommy. This picture was one of several ad-hoc portraits that I took during a Christmas dinner.
The only gear I had with me was my Canon 40D, a 430EX Canon [...]
Photographing Extreme Sports
As you can see from my photo galleries one of the subjects that I cover frequently is Action Shooting Sports. It could be argued that these sports fit into the Extreme Sport category although they have among the best safety record of any sport short of possibly badminton or ping-pong. Even so because real guns [...]
2009 Mystery Mountain 3 Gun Photos
I spent the day photographing the 2009 Mystery Mountain 3 Gun Championship. As always the action was fast and furious. I did a little remote camera work as well as getting as close to the action as possible. For those of you who attended the match and fell under my lens here is a link [...]
Caution! Your New Camera May Cost You Dearly
The hidden cost of mega-pixels
The Mega-Pixel wars are upon us. Camera manufacturers sling about the Mega-Pixelosity of their latest models luring buyers in with promises of photo excitement, living the mega-cool Flickr© life-style. Are more pixels really the path to photo nirvana or are there hidden costs to this pixel orgy? …
Let’s See Some Skin
A few months ago I posted about the book Skin by Lee Varis. At that time I mentioned that I intended to purchase the book. I have since done so and I highly recommend this book. Even though some of the techniques in the book can now be done in other ways due to Photoshop CS4…
Adobe Fumbles with Photoshop CS4
Never before have I had such problems with Adobe. I pre-ordered my PhotoShop CS4 upgrade and was told that it would ship in a couple of weeks. A couple of weeks go by and no Photoshop.
I call Adobe and get a customer service rep whose accent was so thick I could barely communicate with him. I am told that my order is pending and will be shipping next week.
Next week goes by, no CS4. Call again, same situation. I can’t hardly understand the service rep,
