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John Patota
Feb 21, 20203 min read
Photo Friday - The Art and Theory of Taking Pictures of People You Do Not Know, by Diane Wehr
Sandhills Photography Club welcomes Photographer and Blogger Diane Wehr Monday, March 9, 2020 from 7 to 9 p.m. Theatre of the Hannah...
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John Patota
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Don’t trash that photo! LightRoom It - Getting Ideas for a LightRoom Boot Camp
Is LightRoom a verb? Google is, right? Sometimes, try as we might, we just can’t get the perfectly exposed shot, as was the case with...
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John Patota
Feb 18, 20202 min read
Use Aperture Priority Mode for Creative Control
If you have new camera, or even if you have been shooting for a while and want to learn the basics, this Blog is for you. Of course, you...
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John Patota
Feb 17, 20201 min read
Japanese Flowering Apricots
With above normal temperatures in North Carolina, it's no wonder that trees like this Japanese Apricot, found on the NC State Centennial...
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John Patota
Feb 14, 20202 min read
Shoot From Your Heart
A close look at any photographer's work will reveal something about them. That’s because most of us make photos of what we love. We want...
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John Patota
Feb 13, 20202 min read
Shooting Panoramas is Fun
Here's some practical advice on capturing your next great landscape shot, and the free software to use to stitch them together. What is...
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John Patota
Feb 12, 20202 min read
Expose for the Highlights
See It, Hear It, Do It In my Fundamentals of Photography class at Sandhills Community College, we start a new topic my showing an...
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John Patota
Feb 10, 20201 min read
Sports Photography is About Capturing Emotion
Sports photography is all about freezing the moment, getting the shot at the peak action and capturing emotion. Not as easy as it looks...
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John Patota
Feb 7, 20201 min read
Carolina Double Cupola
The copper-clad, double cupola atop the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst represents classic southern style. The hotel opened its doors on...
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John Patota
Feb 7, 20202 min read
Photo Friday - Benefits of a PhotoWalk
How many times do you get to be part of a worldwide event? Last October, I had the privilege of leading a group of 15 photographers thru...
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John Patota
Feb 6, 20201 min read
A River of Daffodils at Dorothea Dix Park
Any visit the the City of Oaks must include a stop at this downtown Raleigh attraction. Today, I was surprised to come across this mass...
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John Patota
Feb 5, 20204 min read
Photo Friday - Some Things are Harder Than Others
A Trip to Pungo "Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward" - John C. Maxwell Travel on Highway 64 eastbound from Raleigh through...
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John Patota
Jan 30, 20201 min read
Market House Sunrise
Despite cold temperatures, hardy photographers greeted the sunrise thru the Fayeteville Market House arches yesterday morning. As you can...
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John Patota
Jan 29, 20201 min read
Delighted to donate my work
I was at Rude Awaking in Fayetteville this morning to deliver my original art work, Market House Sunrise, created from a photo I took...
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John Patota
Jan 15, 20201 min read
Early Spring in North Carolina?
Found these Japanese Flowering Apricots in Raleigh today. They where introduced to this area by Dr. Raulston, the person that the JC...
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