Scott Thomas

Scott's "Photographic Innoventions" blog focuses on intermediate to advanced photography concepts and techniques relevant for Point and Shoot and Digital SLR cameras.

Disney Pic of the Week: Dark Rides

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Dark rides are the most challenging for us Disney photographers. Light is only available directly on the places Disney wants it and, while our eyes have no trouble, our cameras get starved for light. For years I got blurry photos. In fact I still do but I’ve gotten better. Fast prime lenses like the 50mm … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Dark Rides"
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Japan Lantern

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Disney is known for it’s attention to detail. After watching Illuminations on my last trip, I stayed to photograph around some of the pavilions of World Showcase. In Japan, this lighted paper lantern hanging from a tree in front of the Mitsukoshi Department Store caught my eye as a strong icon of the pavilion. A … Continue reading "Japan Lantern"
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Flamingo Island

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Flamingo island on the Kilimanjaro Safari.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/125s, f/14, ISO 200, EV 0, 18mm focal length Flamingo island on the Kilimanjaro Safari in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is one place on the trip I go with a wide angle focal length and small aperture to take in the picturesque view which even includes an African elephant. … Continue reading "Flamingo Island"
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Fire Slide

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Last week I talked about using long exposures to show water as silky flow over waterfalls. The same technique can be used to show movement for other subjects. During the Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show is an exciting chase scene with motorcycles ending with the bad guy sliding through a wall of fire. I … Continue reading "Fire Slide"
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Spring Waterfalls

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It is Spring. Both on the calendar and in the air where I live in upstate New York. Most of the United States has had serious bouts with Spring fever. Spring is also the time of rain and melting snow. The old adage of April showers bring May flowers and all that. This is the … Continue reading "Spring Waterfalls"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Restrooms

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You just know this week’s Disney Pic of Week on Restrooms was suggested by Lisa. There was a famous thread on a popular Walt Disney World message board of photos of people leaving restrooms. Too bad Lisa wasn’t around or I would gotten her doing just that. I settled on taking a long exposure of … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Restrooms"
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The Red Beast

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Remember this photo? This is how my photos looked when I first attempted to photograph Beauty and the Beast, Live on Stage with my Nikon D70 camera. Up until then, the camera’s automatic White Balance setting was handling photographing around the Walt Disney World resort a breeze. I was able to save this photo via … Continue reading "The Red Beast"
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My Flickr Project Part III

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Hope you have enjoyed this series on how I used flickr, the popular Internet photo sharing community website, to improve my Disney photography. This is the last one for now. I am sure I will re-visit this concept in the future. It was both fun and extremely challenging. Especially this set of photos. Matt Pasant … Continue reading "My Flickr Project Part III"
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