I am not a “professional” photographer. Professional means earning a living through photography. The title does not automatically indicate the “quality” of the photographs produced are any better than the “amateur” photographer can create. There is an implication that to be a “professional” one must be an excellent photographer since someone is willing to pay for your work. That is not true. Let me make this comparison: There are many “professional” race car drivers and...
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Wax Carving
I am experimenting with a new skill in manually carving wax. I can produce wax carvings very nicely with my CAD/CAM but have few options what to do with the carvings when finished. What I intend to do is expand into lost wax casting. The first step is learn all I can about manually producing and most importantly finishing a wax carving. I know the mechanics, now I am learning the art. This pix is...
Continue reading...Well Invested
My daughter Shelley and I became well invested in our craft projects last night. We are taking wax carving and lost wax casting workshops at the Craft Guild of Dallas. Investment is the plaster like material that surrounds our wax carvings and forms the molds for casting our work in silver. The wax is melted and burned out of the investment (the wax is lost) then the cavity is filled with silver, Sterling silver actually....
Continue reading...My Sony NEX-5 Camera
The 2 year report: I purchased the Sony NEX-5 camera slightly over two years ago. I liked the design as it was very similar to the Sony camera I bought about 11 years ago when I went to Alaska on a work assignment. More history HERE. <Link> I liked the feel of the NEX camera body and lens very much when I first received the camera, it was like an old friend. But I became...
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