Blog - Capture Life Through a Geek's Lens - Jeff Smallwood Photography

In Search of Bigfoot and Facebook Photo Quality

Jul 21, 2013

I've been asked why I frequently post only smaller size photos to Facebook and why I provide links to my photography website for the same shot. The answer boils down to quality. This is not about the content of the photos on Facebook, but rather the digital quality that Facebook uses to display them. To be straight with you, Facebook photo quality sucks. Here's a prime example.

Jul 14, 2013

equipment photography technique

From ISO to HDR to filters, this post includes lots of tips and tricks to help you capture high quality long exposure photos. This is the follow-up post to what we learned in part 1 from Ratatouille: that "anyone can cook".

Solitary Tree

Jul 13, 2013

photography poetry

A poem inspired by this solitary tree

A Walk in the Woods

Jul 6, 2013

adventures photography poetry

Being out in the wilderness for days on end can rejuvenate your perspectives on the world. I decided this image goes with a poem I wrote last year on that same subject titled "A Walk in the Woods"

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