http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Sam+Zaydel Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=151504&ca=Arts+and+Crafts High Dynamic Range images are a fairly recent subject matter. It is fair to say that HDR should be an area of Photography all to itself. In case you, the reader are not familiar with HDR, I will be sure to give a recap. While HDR is primarily photography, I consider it to be a mixed medium art, beca... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=106594&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Perhaps just fifty or so years ago Black and White Photography was the only option, and people were fascinated with the possibility of capturing still images that were true to life, and often, due to the skill and patience of the photographer taking the shot, were much more interesting than the scen... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72630&ca=Arts+and+Crafts While reading some articles and blogs related to décor, by the way all written by interior decorators, I became very angry, because the common theme was: “Out with Black and White, and in with Color.” I have nothing against color; however, black and white has its place, and it should by no means be... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72632&ca=Arts+and+Crafts In the last few years, digital technology took photography by storm. Most every lab today processes digital photographs from CDs, DVDs, flash cards, etc. Only a few years back most of us only had one choice of getting prints of our photographs: Negatives, and Slides. Things changed quite a bit today... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72631&ca=Arts+and+Crafts There is a very common misconception about photography. People think that photography is not a strong enough decoration medium. Historically, paintings, drawings, and relief decorations have been used to decorate our homes. If you think far enough into the past, people have been doing this for thous... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60433&ca=Arts+and+Crafts I have been a huge fan of extreme macro photography for quite some time now. While experimenting with a lot of different equipment, and many different theories, I learned a lot about macro photography, and what it takes to assemble a high quality system, while on a budget. There several components t... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63279&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Whether you have priceless Fine Art photography, Giclee, or photos which you printed yourself, matting and framing them is an essential part of the display process. If you are planning on framing your photographs, you will need to get them matted first. It is important to keep in mind that many fini... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63276&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Of all the different genres of photography, Abstract must be the most interesting, and confusing at the same time. The word Abstract itself may mean a lot of things. By definition abstract photography is an aspect of photography that does not depict subject as they would appear in natural world. Thi... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63277&ca=Arts+and+Crafts There are Several Reasons to Mat your Photos Separation from the Environment A photograph is just a photograph, nothing more than a piece of paper. Even when the photo is compelling, and it draws your eyes into it, when it is mounted to the wall without any anything separating it from the environmen... Arts and Crafts Sam Zaydel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60428&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Whether you are still shooting film now, or you have many years' worth of negatives and slides sitting in a shoebox in the attic, the basement or the garage, it is time to organize and restructure your filing system. We often have some of our greatest photos stored with the rest of the "have-nots" i...