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.

Wishes

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Cinderella’s Castle during a performance of Wishes .Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/15s, f/3.5, ISO 200, 18mm Focal Length In reviewing all my digital photos of fireworks at Walt Disney World, I didn’t have many to go over. I keep saying I’m going to bring a tripod one of these days. On my last trip, I used a … Continue reading "Wishes"
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Norwegian Architecture

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Replica of the Stave Church in Epcot’s Norway pavilion.Nikon Coolpix 995, 1/250s, f/5.2, 100 ISO My entry for the Disney Pic of the Week on Architecture can be found in Epcot’s Norway pavilion. The Stave Church is a replica of the Gol Stave church found in the Norwegian Folk Museum in Oslo, Norway. Don’t forget, … Continue reading "Norwegian Architecture"
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Finding Your Star Photos

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After having figured out a photographic naming system, organized digital photographs on our computer systems, learned about metadata and some powerful software to manage our growing library of photos, it’s now time to learn how to edit them. I’m not talking about editing like in Photoshop, I’m talking about selecting the best photos from a … Continue reading "Finding Your Star Photos"
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The Digital Darkroom

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Before I go on talking about organizing our digital library of photographs, I want to introduce you to the new breed of software that were released a couple of years ago I refer to as digital darkroom programs. These programs assist you in organizing, editing and outputting (either files or prints) your digital photos in … Continue reading "The Digital Darkroom"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Birds

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This week’s theme for our Disney Pic of the Week is Birds. Naturally, I went through my Animal Kingdom shots looking for birds. As you know, most birds fly. The subject of my photo, an Ostrich, does not. He is, however, the second fastest animal on Earth, and the fastest 2 legged animal, and can … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Birds"
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Meta What?

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The last couple of entries we’ve gone over naming all the digital photos we take and organizing them on our computer systems. This is all done in preparation of creating a database or library of our images. Anytime you have a collection of data on a computer, as our image files are, they are refereed … Continue reading "Meta What?"
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Tower of Terror in Black & White

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The Tower of Terror Lobby as it would have looked like in an episode of the Twilght Zone TV show.Nikon D70/18-70G, 1/160s, f/6.3, 200 ISO, +0.3 EV, 50mm Focal Length This week’s Disney Pic of the Week Black & White theme gave me an opportunity to show you what the lobby of the Twilight Zone … Continue reading "Tower of Terror in Black & White"
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Space Mountain Fall Colors

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Fall colors surround Space Mountain in mid-December.Nikon D70/18-70G, 1/160s, f/6.3, 200 ISO, +0.3 EV, 50mm Focal Length Normally, you don’t think of fall colors when you think of Walt Disney World unless some Disney Imagineers work their magic during a Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. For my Disney Pic of the Week Mountain theme, I chose … Continue reading "Space Mountain Fall Colors"
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Organizing Your Photos

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Last time, I went over how I name all the thousands of photos I take each year. Each photographer will come up with his or her own naming system. This week I am going to show you how to organize your image files on your computer systems. In sticking with my boring, yet simple, system, … Continue reading "Organizing Your Photos"
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What’s In A Name

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One of the first things I had to deal with when I first started using a digital camera was how to organize all the files I was creating every time I went out taking photographs. The camera manufacturers think their simple system of a strange prefix followed by a number is what anyone would ever … Continue reading "What’s In A Name"
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