Articles by William Ardrey

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  • williamardrey
  • Bowling Green, United States
In my photos, I try to capture the true essence of the object I'm photographing. I have completed a course of study with the New York Institute of Photography,but I'm still learning. I hope to greatly improve my photography skills in the future. I also plan on continual upgrades of my equipment, and on trying different techniques for achieving the look I want my pictures to have.
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New skills

I've been exited about the last few months. I have been taking a formal course in Photoshop, and have begun to realize what a powerful tool it is.
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New equipment

I have finally decided to invest in better equipment, and today I went out to Best Buy and bought the Nikon D7000 SLR camera that seems to produce better quality images than my Olympus E-510 does.
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Upgrade

I'm looking to upgrade my digital SLR to a more professional model.I have looked at some cameras online and like (on paper) the Sony alpha A850, and some of the Nikon cameras.
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First sales?

Somebody actually downloaded two of my images!I can't believe it!I'm so happy I don't know what to do!This will boost my creativity even more.
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Time For Photos Again

This weekend I plan one or two photo shoots and will be sending in the photos.I've seen a lot of things that have inspired me and I'm ready to start fresh!
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No time like Christmas time

I really love the holidays: beautiful light displays, gifts, parties with friends, beautiful music, friendlier people...but even though I enjoy the season a lot, I'm usually glad when it's all over.
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A minor milestone

I just received notice that three more of my images have been accepted.I had originally submitted 58 images and they were all rejected for various reasons.
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Firmware

Well!! The past few weeks have been eventful.Among the things that have happened to me includes the fact that I have had a virus or some bacterial infection that left me weak and not wanting to do ...
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Pixel mapping

I was reading my news letter from Olympus Inc. the other day and I saw something that piqued my interest.There was an article about pixel mapping.
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This, That, or The Other

I have decided to upgrade my basic equipment by Christmas, but don't know exactly what to do.I currently use an Olympus E-510 DSLR and I love the kinds of pictures it takes.
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Vector images

I have just begun experimenting with vector images.I have to say it's a lot of fun and I have a tendency to let my imagination run wild when I'm creating images.
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Enlightenment from a television show

Last week, I was surfing through the television stations and stopped at one that was showing old reruns of Bewitched.
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Focus

I have been having trouble with accurate focusing lately.I have the Olympus Evolt510 SLR digital camera and mostly use the kit lenses it came with for most of my pictures.
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Back From Vacation

My wife, my son and I just returned from vacation in the Eastern Caribbean.We saw Grand Turk Island, Half Moon Cay and Nassau in the Bahamas.
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Investing inThe Future

I just discovered a site that sells quality professional lighting equipment that's very inexpensive (not cheap).
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Learning Curve

I'm learning so much from reading other contributors' blogs.I almost feel like I should be paying for this.
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What Does it Mean?

I just looked at my most recent rejections and the reasons for the rejections.I could understand most of them, which were things like: "poor lighting setup", "poor contrast or incorrect exposure", ...
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New To The Game

One of my photos has just been added to the upload file of Dreamstime. This is exciting but also very humbling, as 14 other files have been rejected.