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Should I copyright my work?

January 25, 2018January 22, 2018 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

I see social media posts from fellow photographers all the time with huge watermarks, because if I put my name on it nobody can steal it right? A watermark does little to deter a potential photo thief. A watermark is easily cloned out using Photoshop, and if you copy the…

Happy New Year

January 22, 2018 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

It is hard to believe that January is half over. I haven’t done a year in review post about the interesting direction that 2017 took for my art. First and foremost, February 2017 saw the debut of my Landscapes of the Body project at Access Gallery in the Santa Fe…

What is my photography worth?

August 26, 2017January 22, 2018 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

While writing my article on this year’s eclipse, I got to thinking about the real value of any given photograph. To start this conversation, I decided to define what kinds of photographs there are from my perspective. Snapshots: Images that you take on your vacation, or in my case day…

The 2017 eclipse

August 25, 2017January 22, 2018 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

August 21 this year brought a total solar eclipse to a large part of the United States. Where I live near Denver Colorado, we were expecting 92% coverage of the sun. Just a few hours away in Wyoming was the path of totality. I set my sights on going to…

Abstraction basics and workflow

August 22, 2017January 22, 2018 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

Many consider abstraction as the holy grail of creative photography. I love to embrace abstraction in much of my work, especially in my Landscapes of the Body project. There are as many ways to add abstraction into your work as there are subjects to shoot. My preferred way to going…

Isolate Earplugs from Flare Audio product review [not sponsored]

June 26, 2017July 16, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

It has been a while since I have done a product review, and recently I have been seeing the Flare audio earplugs on my social media non-stop – so I figured I would pony up the cash and buy a pair to give them a try. While I don’t…

Angle of incidence

June 12, 2017January 22, 2018 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

Whether you shoot portraits, landscapes or product photography, a basic understanding of the Angle of incidence and the law of reflection can help you figure out how to solve many different kinds of lighting problems in your photography. Now, I’m not a physicist, I approach my understanding of topics here…

Sharing a skill: Cyanotypes

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

I was recently asked to volunteer some of my time for a very worthy cause. May 19, 20 and 21 marked the first ever Heather’s Camp to be held in Estes park Co. https://www.heatherscamp.org/ from their website: Heather’s Camp honors the memory of Heather Suzanne Francis Muller, her love of…

One of the toughest things I have done…

May 25, 2017June 6, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

Back in February this year, I was focused on promoting the debut of my Landscapes of the Body exhibition at the VSA gallery here in Denver. I did interviews for local, national and international publications and TV, and in all of these spoke about my profound vision loss and the…

Set yourself apart

May 1, 2017April 25, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

A few years ago I attended a seminar with the incredibly popular wedding photographer David Ziser http://ziser.com/ - the one thing that I took away from that talk was that photography is a very congested field and you must find that one thing that will set your work apart from…

To Photoshop or not to Photoshop

April 25, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

This is an easy question to answer… The answer is: yes, but…. We have all been there, you take a picture of someone or something and inevitably during the editing process the question arises as to whether something should be removed from your photo. I struggled with this quite a…

New camera = better images?

March 10, 2017February 21, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

Got that awesome Canon Rebel a few years ago for Christmas from Costco? Have you been taking snapshots of family gatherings and need better quality images? Do you want to own a camera good enough to take award winning landscapes? Do you lust after that new wide angle lens because…

Exhibiting work

March 3, 2017March 20, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

I recently exhibited my six-year-long project called Landscapes of the Body in Denver. For years, my wife Carrie helped me with the project in all aspects. She worked with me in the actual taking of the photos (positioning lights and models etc.), helped me with printing, matting and preparation for…

Photo Challenge – 25 shots

February 25, 2017February 21, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

One of my favorite ongoing challenges is to find a mundane object like a park bench and take 25 good images with that subject as the dominant object or focus of your image. My version of this challenge is a bit tougher than most. I like to call a challenge…

When is a portrait not a portrait?

February 18, 2017February 21, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

Webster’s definition of a portrait picture is: “a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face” Do a Google search of portrait and you will see well over a million images which show a head-and-shoulders or headshot image depicting a person’s face. The portrait is an iconic style of…

Ideas to keep your photography fresh

January 28, 2017January 22, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

Like any art form, photography can get stale sometimes, and it can be difficult to get inspired for a new project. Let’s talk about some easy ideas that you can try to keep things fresh and keep those creative juices flowing, who knows you might find that next new big…

The dark art of printing

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

I thought I would take today’s post and discuss another aspect I had to contend with to bring my project Landscapes of the Body to it’s present state. Today will focus on how I choose the right paper for a project, and my process to get a final print. I…

Upcoming Show

January 12, 2017January 21, 2017 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

A project I have been working on for years is about to make it's debut. On February 17th 2017, my Landscapes of the Body project will be shown at VSA Gallery in the Santa Fe Art District in Denver. This is a show not a sale, the images will be…

Working with wide angle lenses

October 23, 2016October 16, 2016 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

So you did the research, you made the choice and you went ahead and bought that fancy new wide angle lens for your DLSR. You slapped it on your camera, took some images and you found that they are a bit uninspiring. This is likely because the wider angle lenses…

Considering a news lens purchase?

October 16, 2016October 16, 2016 by Ted Tahquechi

Ted Tahquechi

So you bought that awesome fancy new DSLR and now you are looking to up your photography game and buy a new lens so you can expand your creativity, but which lens? The answer to this question as is the answer to many questions in photography is: it depends. I…

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