Welcome to HoneySicle Studios

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Welcome – we are glad you’re here. In these pages, you will find notes on what excites, propels, inspires, surprises and every so often frustrates us.  This is the journey of two friends,… Read More

All About Us

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We’re Honie and Charles, two friends who share a love of travel, exploration and experience.  We are doing our best to bring our discoveries to you through photography. We use SmugMug to post… Read More

WHERE TO FIND OUR IMAGES

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We love everything about photography – the anticipation and planning, the set-up, the location scouting, the composition, the satisfying click of the shutter, the first glimpse of the image on the back of… Read More

To Instagram Or Not To Instagram?

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Instagram has been on everyone’s mind this week – being sold for $1,000,000,000 will do that for you. But even before Facebook decided Instagram was worth a billion dollars, it’s been a bit… Read More

Bringing Them All Together (Part 5 in the Blackwater Series)

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When we left off this very long description of the steps we took to complete the Blackwater triptych, we had just described the way we separated the long panorama into four panels. Our… Read More

Planning the Four Panels (Part 3 in the Blackwater series)

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At this point, our Blackwater panorama was massive – over 14,000 pixels wide.  Even without up-rezing, it would print as an enormous image.  Stitching together 14 hi resolution images really results in large… Read More

Sometimes, It’s Not About the Technical Qualities . . .

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Most of the time, we approach pictures with a somewhat critical eye.  How is the composition?  Did we get enough contrast while still leaving some detail in the shadow and highlights?  What about… Read More

Quick Shoot with the Kids

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This afternoon, we spent a little time photographing the kids at home.  We have yet to edit (or even look at!) all the pics, but this one caught our attention. You would never… Read More

Enhancing the Panorama (Part 2 of the Blackwater series)

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OK, so that initial panorama looked a little scary.  Oddly shaped, strange lines, dark tones. Our first step toward bringing it where we wanted it:  cropping, drawing a frame around the picture that… Read More

Editing on the iPad with PhotoToaster

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There are some terrific editing programs available for the iPad these days.  With the new high-res display of the iPad 3, working with photos is even more fun. Yesterday, we pulled up an… Read More

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