Practice, practice… I’ve been very frustrated lately because I haven’t been able to get out of the office and up to Yosemite for waterfalls, reflections in the meadow, corn lilies in the high country. Fortunately, my water lilies are in… Continue Reading →
William Neill’s Yosemite: Volume One iPad App I am happy to announce that my first app for the iPad is now available in the iTunes Store! Check it out, and perhaps post a review if you buy it! Share with… Continue Reading →
Last week, I was in the Toronto area with my family for a wedding. I brought along my camera and a few lenses in case I found inspiration. Staying at our family’s home, I took a short walk about their… Continue Reading →
For the past couple of months, I have been watching this calla plant growing in my living/dining room area. The light comes through two different windows to light the leaves to various effect. This past Sunday, I finally saw a… Continue Reading →
I have been watching my crop of sunflowers carefully now for several weeks, observing the flowers closely. They say timing is everything, and yesterday morning I “harvested” this flower bringing it into my “studio” which in this case was the… Continue Reading →
I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest ebook, William Neill’s Yosemite: Volume One. I have compiled 52 of my favorite images created using film cameras. The majority of the photographs were made with my 4×5 view camera,… Continue Reading →
I have a small pond adjacent to my backyard patio, and the lilies are in bloom! I made this image on Sunday, using two frames stitched together in Photoshop CS5. To fulfill my concept, I cut the flower, then placed… Continue Reading →
I continue to edit my Cally Lily images. I made a few new Impressions of Light images. Here is one of them. Would love to hear your comments! Cheers, Bill I haven’t had time to fully edit my Yosemite images… Continue Reading →
Here is another image in my new Cally Lily series, this one from the third day of this setup. As with the previous image, this photograph was made with Photomatix, this time with seven exposures. The morning sun is coming… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, I received three calla lilies to photograph. For three days, I left them in a corner of my dining room where I have found magic light in the past (see blog post from October 2009). I hung… Continue Reading →
This last weekend, I was mowing my grass (electric mower, not gas!). I noticed a mushroom and picked it. Then I plucked out the stem so I could photograph the radiating pattern. I tried various framing options including full mushroom… Continue Reading →
Yesterday afternoon, and early this morning, I took about 550 frames of my purple plum trees which are in bloom. I know about quality over quantity, but this is what happens when I get excited making Impressions of Light images!… Continue Reading →
On Sunday morning, I discovered these great ice patterns in my bucket of landscape pebbles. The “bucket” is a rectangular cement mixing bucket which I bought when I was building my waterfall feature on my back patio 9 years ago. … Continue Reading →
New photo! I made this image yesterday evening. My purple plums are just started blooming, so out comes the camera! I used my Canon 90mm TS lens with two Canon 2x extenders. It’s a bit like have a Lensbaby, and… Continue Reading →
John and I have been working on more scans from my 4×5 film archive. It has been rewarding to finally make use of these images, but also frustrating to see how many good images are languishing in my filing cabinets. … Continue Reading →
The bark of a Gumbo Limbo tree, Everglades National Park, Florida Photographed in 1992 with a Wista 4×5 Field Camera John and I continue our efforts to scan film in my files. Here is an old favorite, never scanned or… Continue Reading →
I made this image yesterday on my patio. The water reflects my ochre-colored wall. I have been watching the light for when the stones and water were in shadow but the wall remained lit. I was trying to find a… Continue Reading →
Last weekend, after we had an icy storm that knocked our power out, I made this macro photo. I had never noticed an “ice drop” of water like this before. Amazing patterns. This drop was on a young oak tree… Continue Reading →
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