I am Rhonda Tipton, a photographer and aspiring digital artist residing in the small town of Wenden, Arizona. My work includes a wide range of subjects; however, I feel my purpose on this Earth and specialty is telling the stories of those without a voice through my pet, animal shelter and rescue photography.

My entire Social Media existence can be found at the link below.

https://linktr.ee/RhondaTipton

Thank you and be blessed…

Noteworthy Link Roundup - AUG 10 2025

August 10, 2025 in Links, Research

Image Description: A digital art rendering created from a photo I took of a Western Bluebird

Here’s a roundup of recent posts I found worth sharing this past week — maybe you’ll find something helpful too.

10 Modern Cameras Under $600 That Produce Professional Results

9 Best Small Towns In Arizona For A Crowd-Free Summer

Don’t Miss: Venus and Jupiter Glow Together in a Rare Morning Alignment

Here's a Digital Photo Frame That Doesn't Need Wall Power | B&H Photo

5 Excel Custom Format Tricks You Didn’t Know You Needed

The secret to a great-smelling home — 5 easy tips you're probably not doing

Put your old DSLR to work and capture incredible wildlife!

Astrophotography guide to August 2025: what to shoot in the night sky this month

Kodak teases new bridge camera with monster 65x zoom

Adobe Adds 5 Hot New Features to Photoshop

This week we took a day trip to Prescott and visited the Museum of Indigenous People. They had an exhibit called Rez Dogs which really grabbed my attention. Below are some of the rescues that work with the reservation’s stray dogs. I think it is important to recognize these organizations.

Until next time… ✌🏼🐾🦋🌻🌠⚾

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My entire Social Media existence can be found at the link below.

https://linktr.ee/RhondaTipton

Thank you and be blessed…

Highlights & Shadows in Camera RAW

March 26, 2013 in Research, Tutorials

Using the new Highlights & Shadows sliders in Camera RAW 7.0, you can create images that have an HDR feel to them. As an experiment, I took the best exposure of a three exposure bracket and worked with the Contrast, Highlights, Shadows and Clarity in Camera RAW 7.0.

[Original bracketed images]

Once the image made it into Photoshop, it was at a good starting place to be processed by plugins, my favorite being Topaz Adjust. The finished single image looks very close to the 3-image HDR created previously. Actually, I kind of like the new one better and I only had to deal with one image...not three.

For this experiment, I used Camera RAW 7.0 and Photoshop CS6 with the Topaz Adjust plugin only. The original bracketed images were processed with Photomatix and Photoshop CS6 with the Topaz Adjust plugin.

Link Summary

1. What Happened to Adobe TV and Adobe Creative Suite

2. Topaz Adjust - filter plugin for Photoshop

3. Photomatix - HDR processing

Nikon D600 - Review Research

October 14, 2012 in Research, Reviews-Recommendations

I’ve been researching for a main camera replacement for my Nikon D90. “Go full frame” is what I hear from a lot of photographers, but I don’t want to spend the $$$ to get there. A few days ago the Nikon D600 was announced. The description I’ve heard over and over again is that it is a mixture of the D800 and D7000. Oh yeah…and the lower price point makes it more appealing for a full frame camera.