I’m trying to learn how to use my flash better in my photography. I can’t seem to make it work the way I want it to. Here’s some of my results using my favorite model test subject. The photo on the left is with flash, the one on the right is without it. Personally I like the look of the one without flash as it retains more shadow and...
Read MoreNight Trails
Last assignment for the photo class I’ve been taking is to go out and take a night shot. I was looking forward to this because I had long ago wanted to take my camera and tripod down the street to the overpass and try to get these long-exposure freeway shots. I walk over this way sometimes to walk my wife home and I’m always telling myself...
Read MorePhotosketch
So say you wanted a beautiful wedding shot with a perfect sunset, some sailboats sailing past and some lovely birds flying overhead…what do you do? Hire a pro photographer and wait for it to never happen? Well, according to a group of Chinese developers, you can get this program called Photosketch. With this program, you can sketch out the way you...
Read MoreCatch a star
Here’s the King again studying some of his favorite plastic toys. Funny how you can buy him all these expensive doo-hickies but he ends up enjoying playing with boxes, cheapy plastic cups, newspapers and plastic bags the most. (yeah, plastic ziplocks. Not safe I know but the little buggah cries and cries every time we try to pull it away) I like how...
Read MoreStormtrooper camera
How’s this blood-red camera from Pentax huh? I can’t quite say I like it or not…one second I think it’s hideous, the next minute I’m like, “hmm…that’s kind of sexy” I tell you what though, if you shoot with a blood red camera you better be sure you’re taking good shots. This camera is supposed to...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.