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.

Fun at MagicMeets

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It’s hard to cover an event like MagicMeets with so much going on. I enjoyed photographing the Main Ballroom events and some of the Breakout sessions with speakers like Deb Wills, our wonderful webmaster of AllEars.net, Shontell Crawford of DVC by Resale, Disney’s first CMO Justin Muchoney, Johnny Zotto training young animators and Steve Barrett, … Continue reading "Fun at MagicMeets"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Main Street RR Station Office

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What sets a Disney themepark apart from the all the others is the attention to detail. Some details are little and some large. Some go unnoticed until pointed out or stumbled upon. The latter is what happened to me a couple of years ago. Thus I introduce you to this week’s Disney Pic of the … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Main Street RR Station Office"
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Back to the 50’s

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Pop Century Resort’s 1950’s building and bowling alley pool area.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/60s, f/4, 200 ISO, +0.3 EV, 18mm Focal Length As an avid bowler, when I came upon Pop Century’s 1950’s area, I was thrilled. The huge bowling pin stairwells, the sock-hop icons on the buildings and the bowling pin and alley themed pool put … Continue reading "Back to the 50’s"
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Tower of Terror Garden Statue

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One of the creepy statues in the Tower of Terror gardens framed by American Sycamore trees.Nikon Coolpix 995, 1/125s, f/4.4, 200 ISO, 0 EV It is my opinion the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is the best themed attraction at Walt Disney World. A few years ago, and before Disney invented FastPass, I spent a … Continue reading "Tower of Terror Garden Statue"
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Backlighting

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Backlighting is light illuminating from behind the subject. This is very tough to correctly expose for and causes havoc with your camera’s light meter. If you are outdoors and the light source is the sun, the best way to meter for backlighting is to point your camera to one side of the sun or the … Continue reading "Backlighting"
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Sidelighting

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Sidelighting is light illuminating from a 90 degree angle to the subject. This gives an almost three dimensional effect to the subject being photographed. As seen below in this photo of The ESPN Club at Disney’s Boardwalk Resort, the sidelighting creates shadows in the restaurant’s exterior features showing depth in a two dimensional medium. Sidelight … Continue reading "Sidelighting"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Chimpanzee Puppeteer

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This week’s Disney Pic of the Week theme is Parades! Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/100s, f/4.2, 400 ISO, +0.3 EV, 35mm Focal Length The chimpanzee puppeteer entertains guests during Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The colors, costumes, music and floats with Disney characters and guests makes for one of the “fun-est” parades at Walt … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Chimpanzee Puppeteer"
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Frontlighting

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Almost as important as the amount of light for a photograph is the direction the light is coming from. In the next three weeks, I’ll show you how the direction of light effects your photographs. It doesn’t matter what kind of camera you use, light properties and direction remain the same. Frontlighting is light illuminating … Continue reading "Frontlighting"
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Epcot’s Morocco at Night

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The Morocco pavilion in Epcot’s World Showcase at night.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/10s, f/3.5, 1600 ISO, -0.6 EV, 18mm Focal Length The Koutoubia Minaret (prayer tower) in Epcot’s Morocco pavilion is beautifully lighted every night and makes an excellent Disney Pic of the Week for our Night theme.
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Test Track High Banks

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At speed on Test Track’s high banked turns in Epcot.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/40s, f/8, 200 ISO, -0.3 EV, 18mm Focal Length I’m a big NASCAR fan. I even did Richard Petty’s Driving Experience once at Walt Disney World. For my Disney Pic of the Week featuring a Ride, I picked the next best thing to feeling … Continue reading "Test Track High Banks"
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