Comments on: Receive My Photo Blog on your Kindle

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:25:07 +0000

Thanks Mo!

By: mo

mo — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:13:50 +0000

this photo is beatifull

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:21:46 +0000

Thanks Paul! Happy Holidays!

By: Paul Grecian

Paul Grecian — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:08:02 +0000

Ron, this image really stands out for me. I think it’s wonderful.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:12:46 +0000

It does show how many subscribers – it stood at 0 last time I looked.

Did realize photos didn’t displayed. No slam taken, without photos, this blogs doesn’t have much to offer.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:31:16 +0000

Ron, does Amazon give you stats on how many subscribers? As I understand it the Kindle doesn’t display images. No slam against your writing, but without the photos….

By: saad

saad — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:26:20 +0000

thank you -state of kuwait-i love malcom x

By: Carl D

Carl D — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:11:20 +0000

Hey Ron,

Interesting discussion on the magazine Vs blog thing – Ironic that magazines, traditional customers for photographers, might suffer from so many photographers having their own websites and blogs, etc posted online for free, in turn making it harder for photographers to sell their images.

Cheers

Carl

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:28:04 +0000

Thanks Joni!

By: Joni

Joni — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:59 +0000

Beautiful! I know I’ve never seen fog on the surface of Bear Lake before but figured it was just because I don’t get up there early enough in the morning. Guess lake fog like frost is not a regular occurance in Rocky. So glad you grabbed this image to share!

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:58:17 +0000

Thanks a lot everyone – this was definitely a very pretty morning. I me\et a local photographer who said the fog was very rare.

@ Dave Thanks for the great comment – so much to respond to!

I was really bummed to hear of NG Adventure’s demise, they produced a great product, and were a great customer. Just received an email from the photo editor. Her and her staff have been laid-off – nice, just before Christmas.

I think you are right, and the future of magazines will be on these readers. I hear (not surprisingly) that Apple may be releasing a color version very soon. Now that would be cool. Like you, I wouldn’t have a problem paying a $1 per month for a good blog.

To answer your question, I do both – but more and more I’m doing digital blends of two or more images in PS. For this image, I bracketed, and also shot one with a grad nd filter – it is nice to have all the options. If was can, we use the grad version.

Janine adjusted this picture and used the grad nd filter version. Had I adjusted it, I probably would have used a blend. The cloud in the reflection is a tad bright, and the lower right corner is a bit dark. Although I don’t think having detail in that corner makes it any better, and may even hurt this image.

Thanks again.

By: Richard Wong

Richard Wong — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:41:32 +0000

Man that is an amazing image Ron. The clarity of this is awesome. The one time I went there, the whole lake was covered with ice so this definitely looks a lot different and better in my opinion.

By: David Taylor

David Taylor — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:21:55 +0000

I’m looking forward to color e-ink readers. We may see a resurgence in “magazines” at that point. No printing cost anymore – just server costs and transmission fees. Paid subscriptions without/with minimal ads or free subscriptions packed with ads. No need for a 6 month lead time for publishing, it may be more akin to a blog. I must admit that I rarely buy a magazine any more – I can get comparable quality and very up-to-date info by reading blogs – yours for one! Blogs may be one of the single greatest educational values for aspiring and developing photographers. The breadth of the topics covered is unrivaled and there are so many sources to cross-reference with a quick Google search.
Apparently, one of my favorite magazines – Nat. Geo Adventure is shutting down. Very sad. The content and photography was always a great branch off from the full Nat. Geo magazine. Perhaps color e-ink readers will allow a comeback? Most writers and photogs have a hard time monetizing content published on a blog, so I’d prefer to get my content through an auto updating subscription on a color version of the B&N Nook or Amazon Kindle in the future. I’m happy to pay a reasonable rate for the quality – as well as help those talented people make a living.
As an aside Ron, I love this image. Beautiful light and comp. Can I ask a technique question? Do you use digital grads or grad nd filters or a combination of the two? Thanks.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:12:53 +0000

Congrats Ron! That’s pretty cool! I might have to look into that as well. Beautiful image as always!

By: Dennis Barton

Dennis Barton — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:26:35 +0000

Very beautiful capture from Bear Lake Ron

By: kyungmee

kyungmee — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:52:41 +0000

HI! I am catching up on all I have missed here:) Awesome photos..incredible as always! This image is reallt a wonderful shot..so much can be said for this image! Very surreal! You have a way of capturing these moments though without much added to the images;) Also, thank you for the info about Amazon;)