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FotoFlexer Review

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000

a photo I took at the RedBull crashed ice event recently,
edited with the cartoon effect on FotoFlexer

If you're looking for a free online photo editor, then try FotoFlexer. It's an extremely powerful and free digital image manipulator.

You can upload a photo straight from your computer.

This website makes editing Facebook photos easy too, just grab the URL. There's even the option to sign in through Facebook.

Other services offer integration as well:

photobucket
myspace
flickr
Picasa
Smugmug

They've covered most everything you could want in an online photo editor and it is free :)

There isn't much else I can say - other than go play around with the buttons. Then come back and let me know what you think.

climbing shoes

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

This Friday I have a bit of film photography for you. This is a shot of my rock climbing shoes attached to a carabiner. I took this picture with a Pentax K1000:

La Sportiva Tarantula

I've always found outdoor gear fascinating. The designs are evolving and changing continuously and technology is becoming more and more involved with the simple act of going outside.

bus

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:31:00 +0000

greyhound

Here's a photo of an older greyhound bus in St. Paul Minnesota. I have been using GIMP a lot lately to edit photos since I have started transitioning to the Linux Mint operating system.

unknown route

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:39:00 +0000

This is an image of a friend of mine climbing a route in the South Seas area, just past Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota.

South Dakota Climbing

This is one of my favorite places to climb, based solely on aesthetics. The spires are scattered all over and many have multiple routes to the top. Too much fun :)

sandstone ice festival 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:26:00 +0000

Just got back from another great ice fest in Sandstone, Minnesota. We had some decent farmed ice, thanks to Jeff Engel, James Loveridge, and the MCA (Minnesota Climbers Association).

unknown climber at Robinson Park

gift basket winner

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000

..and the photographer's gift basket goes to Tracey, check out her blog:

A New Beginning

Her winning photo "Praying Mantis Perspective" was shot with a Nikon D60 and she will receive a gift basket containing some handy tools, and even some Nikon camera specific items.

Praying Mantis Perspective

I will post up a list of the items included after all details have been finalized.

Thanks for the entries, don't forget to subscribe to photography exposure in the side bar - you don't want to miss the next give away!

Happy Holidays

photographer's gift basket giveaway!

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:16:00 +0000

Last time I gave away a flexible tripod and we had some great responses. This time I want to see some entries in the form of photos.

This giveaway is a bit different - it is sort of like a contest for a gift basket, tis [almost] the season after all.

badlands, SD

The theme is unique. Either photograph something in a different way or with an interesting format (i.e. photos taken from the ground, or using a pinhole camera).

I will select the winner based on creativity. The winner's photo will also be posted on Photography Exposure!

badlands and the plague

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:21:00 +0000

Had a great time camping and climbing in the Black Hills. We stayed in Custer SP and climbed mostly in the South Seas area just past Mount Rushmore.

We almost t-boned a bison, climbed some scary routes and had to avoid gypsies. Instead of taking highway 90 the whole way back we decided to stop in the Badlands.

badlands

I learned from a sign that prairie dogs have the plague, interesting.

Sink Swim or Climb

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:14:00 +0000

Recently I went climbing at Palisade Head in northern Minnesota. This place has an air of seriousness about it that isn't found anywhere else in Minnesota or even the Midwest.

To access the climbs, you need to down-climb through a loose gully, then rappel over the cliff from an expansion bolt placed in a large boulder.

Once at the bottom, you have a couple options (because swimming really isn't one, Lake Superior's average temp 40º F) - either leave a fixed rope to ascend or pull your rope down and climb out.

Bowling Alley

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:56:00 +0000

Thinking about climbing Devils Tower again sometime, so I was looking through my photos of the last trip. Here's a shot from the base of the Bowling Alley - aka Durrance approach route.

I took this photo while a strange calming sensation came over me about the climb.

Coming down into the valley where the tower stands I couldn't believe how big it was. Once up close, I felt like it was more approachable - probably because only part of the climb was visible.

Capturing the emotion involved in climbing is something very difficult to do. I recently found someone who really blew me away: my hat goes off to those people that can take stunning images while climbing - like Simon Carter. Check his work out!

Fallen Arch

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:17:00 +0000

Not the flat foot type, but the rock type. My girlfriend and I went up to Tettegouche State Park to do some climbing on Shovel Point and saw that the arch had fallen. Sad stuff, here is what it looked like before

and after:

Picasa Review

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:28:00 +0000

Your computer is full of photos, they're everywhere. Some are accidentally nestled deep in strange folders, and some are on your desktop. Picasa can search your whole system and organize everything in an easy to browse format.

Picasa follows with all google tools, it is simple and easy to use. There's plenty of options to get your images online. There's even free hosting space available. If you want a bit more than the simple tabbed choices of Picasa, you can easily edit them with a click of a button on the free online editor Picnik.

Pioneer Plaza

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:23:00 +0000

While checking out the sites in Dallas not too long ago I got this picture of a cowboy.

Fort Worth has their real life cattle drive down the streets, so Dallas decided to go for an artistic take on the longhorns.

Dino Print

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:26:00 +0000

Recently stopped by Dinosaur Valley State Park and was trying to get some pictures of the Acrocanthosaurus tracks clearly visible just below the surface of the paluxy river.

After having problems with glare and reflection on the water I dunked my camera under the water for a few shots.

Easy Canvas Prints

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:15:00 +0000

I was recently given an opportunity to try out a new canvas printing service, easycanvasprints.com.

One of my favorite things to do with my digital photographs is to have them printed, framed or used in a unique way.

It was a difficult choice deciding which photo to use for the print, but after looking back at my photo blog and asking around I chose to go with the Lynx photo used in a post about two years ago.

E-Rock

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:37:00 +0000

The hike up the dome at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area is really fun. The large biolith is cool to hike around on and the views from up there are great.

We hiked over the saddle area dividing two of the largest domes and worked our way back to one of the climbing areas. All the exercise was worth it though, the rock climbing was fun and the dog slept like a rock that night.

Back Home

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:50:00 +0000

Just got back home to Minnesota after a trip to the southern United States.

Here is one of my favorite pictures from the trip:

I saw this carved in a cactus while we were hiking towards our climbing destination in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.

Rockaway Cabin

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:47:00 +0000

Got a chance to visit my cabin recently in Iron River Wisconsin. The cabin is in the middle of the Chequamegon National Forest.

Robinson Park Ice Climbing

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:05:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I went to an ice climbing seminar for the Minneapolis area. They had a giveaway for a one day lesson in the Sandstone, MN ice quarry/park and I won.

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artesian well water

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:45:00 +0000

This artesian well in northern Wisconsin is really cool to visit in the winter. It creates a little green oasis around its path.

Here's a photo of the trout stream it feeds into.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

HDR Macro

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:45:00 +0000

I've been trying out some different macro techniques lately and had the idea to try high dynamic range imaging with some macro shots. After some cropping and processing I got the result above.

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GIMP Review

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:55:00 +0000

GIMP layout

Can't afford an expensive digital image editor? No problem - just get GIMP.

Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open source image editing tool, similar to photo shop.

Since it's free, you would think the user interface would be a bit rough around the edges. Instead, the program is clean, easy to use and full of powerful tools! I have limited experience editing photos, but was able to figure the basics out fast.

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blizzard

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:15:00 +0000

We got some snow (~18"), so my friend said "lets go for a drive." About a block away we were stuck in a snowbank.

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Top 7 Photography Tips

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:43:00 +0000

Top 7?! I know the standard is top 10 photo tips, but these are really good.

1. Use a tripod whenever possible:

A tripod is your best friend. If you don't have one, then breathe like a sniper and steady yourself on something. Tripods can be expensive or cheap, but just get one that you'll use. Try using the time delay more often too.

2. Take more pictures:

This sounds like a no brainer, but it's really a big one. Get a large memory card, or get more cards. You don't have to pay to develop all the pictures, so learn from mistakes. Order spare batteries or get extra rechargeable ones.

Photo Funny

noreply@blogger.com (Evan Johnson) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:55:00 +0000

bottoms up

Bottoms up (circa 2008) is a throwback to the early days of my photo blog.

When I was trying to photograph these mallards, all I wanted was for them to stop diving under the water.

After many failed attempts, I just started laughing and figured, this is the shot I'm going to get. It doesn't matter how hard I try. So I made the best of it.

There was a great lesson to be learned here, sometimes you just have to go with the flow. I have a hard time doing this in both life and photography, but it often ends up being more fun than what you had planned anyways.

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