Douglasville, Georgia resident Jerry Frost, a former Eastern Airlines pilot who heads up the Douglas County Film Commission, recently spent a couple of weeks in Alaska. He and his wife Marge attended their son's wedding which took place about 30 miles from Fairbanks. Early in their sojourn, they visited Rosyln, Washington, the fictional home of the tv series Northern Exposure. As you will see, Alaska is quaint . . . and quiet, at least in this video it is.

Jerry animated this video was with Photodex ProShow Gold software from many still photographs.  He using the High Dynamic Range (HDR) capabilities of Photomatix software. Jerry's Canon Point-and-Shoot camera was placed on a tripod for each shot so he could use an automatic 3-shot bracketing technique. Combining the three exposures of each photograph, he captured tremendous detail in the highlights and shadows. HDR software exaggerates the range of tones in a photograph to simulate what the human eye usually sees.

This offering by Steve Taylor includes pictures of Douglasville, Georgia's major train wreck which took place on January 4th, 2011, and a major snow and ice storm that hit the Atlanta area less than a week later. Included inside this presentation are visual demonstrations of photographic lighting experiments created with a homemade lightbox and a homemade ring light (used to photograph this kitty). Amazing stuff!

Steve Taylor always shows up at DIG with some amazing work. The frantic competitive style and crisp, clear sports photography contained in this video succeed in drawing the viewer immediately into the excitement. At the Digital Image Group meetings we usually play each of Steve's creations at least twice because once is never enough!