Chris Combs: Life in Frame http://ccombs.wordpress.com A photojournalist straight out of school, wide-eyed and wandering Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU en Madonna http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/madonna/ http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/madonna/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:36:08 +0000 Chris Combs http://ccombs.wordpress.com/?p=138

It is hard to find a picture of Madonna looking sad!

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I’m going to Artomatic!

 

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A lot of hot air has been vented about how Photoshop CS3’s “Save for Web” makes everything look like Technicolor candy. Turned out in my case that it had imported the CS2 color settings… and added one:

This is after clicking More Options in Color Settings

What the hell, and why?? “Desaturate monitor colors” by 21% of my dead body!

Same problem? Color Settings, click More Options, gonuts.

Sorry about the nuclear-colored Express these last few days! Computers rock! (And blogs do too. I forgot that for a while. Hello again!)

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Come check out the zany efforts of me and my cohort at Scrapple Spring Rolls.

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]]> http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/fort-hunt/feed/ Chris Combs Fort Hunt, Va. Click to enlarge. Copyright 2007 Chris Combs. Dunbar Senior High School http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/dunbar-senior-high-school/ http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/dunbar-senior-high-school/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:21:34 +0000 Chris Combs http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/dunbar-senior-high-school/

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Leeds Pond Preserve
Leeds Pond Preserve Click to enlarge. Copyright 2007 Chris Combs.
 
]]> http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/sunshine/feed/ Chris Combs Leeds Pond Preserve Click to enlarge. Copyright 2007 Chris Combs. Oded Balilty - “Inside the flag, he looked so comfortable.” http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/oded-balilty-inside-the-flag-he-looked-so-comfortable/ http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/oded-balilty-inside-the-flag-he-looked-so-comfortable/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:21:03 +0000 Chris Combs http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/oded-balilty-inside-the-flag-he-looked-so-comfortable/

Today's Express, page 15.

“They came to pay their respects to those people that were killed there — not exactly for the country. That is why it was very interesting to see this guy cover himself with his flag.”

I interviewed Pulitzer-winning AP photographer Oded Balilty for the “Afterimage” section in today’s Express. Here’s more from the interview.

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]]> http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/seen-downtown/feed/ Chris Combs Sixth and C NW, Washington, DC Click to enlarge. Copyright 2007 Chris Combs. More from Hains Point http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/more-from-hains-point/ http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/more-from-hains-point/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:30:58 +0000 Chris Combs http://ccombs.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/more-from-hains-point/

Hains Point - Southwest Washington, DC
Hains Point - Southwest Washington, DC Click to enlarge. Copyright 2007 Chris Combs.
 

Wine with that?

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