Hi Trey

Season greetings from Singapore! My name is Thain Lin, and I’m a great fan of your work.

Thank you for sharing your images, and your HDRs are simply awesome and truly inspiring. In fact, I visit your blog everyday ever since I came across your name from Ferrell McCollough’s HDR book (I hope you got your complimentary and autographed copy). btw, your recent Christmas family photo is simply stunning!

Your work has spurred me to get serious with HDRs and photography. There is still lots of things to learn, and I’ve not even ventured in the various tools you recommended, such as LucisArt.

I notice that you do not have “Singapore” as your Categories. If you’re ever in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia, please contact me so that we can invite you to meet your fans here for a talk; there’ll be fees payable to you of course.

Cheers, and keep up the great work. Keep ‘em coming!

Rgds
Thain Lin

Because of your HDR photos of Walt Disney World I decided to give HDR a try. It seems as if this is what Ansel Adams and others were always looking for, some means with which to fit the full range of a scene into a print (or display). Now we have it!

Thanks for introducing me to this new world of photography! Here is one of my recent ones, a drawbridge in operation:
http://www.suzieandbob.com/misc/lions_0872_1.jpg

boB

Hello from New York. You have some amazing pictures here.

Dear Trey,

What an awesome drawing esp the Scarlett one. Hope I got the title right, I saw a sign in the lower right side.
Do you sell it?

I love your pictures as well, the ones of Jogjakarta, the Kali Codet(right?)and the Sujatmi.

I am an Indonesian, live in Northern California. Looking at your pictures bring back thousands of memories.

Have you ever visited the city nearby Jogjakarta named Surakarta? There is a candy close by, near the mountain. Maybe you can capture things other people can’t from that forsaken candi.

Good luck !!

Eny

Very random, but I went to the same high school as you, and work in Austin

Dear Trey:

I am media editor with ABC-Clio, a history reference publisher near Denver, CO. I found a photo of yours on Flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/189321498), and wonder if we might use it in a web story we’re doing on Julius Caesar. Thank you for considering my request!

Best,

Ellen Rasmussen
Senior Media Editor
ABC-Clio
2655 W. Midway Blvd.
Suite 320
Broomfield, CO 80020
Tel: (303) 385-1607
Fax: (303) 385-1640

Hello:
Just dropped in. You have some interesting photographs!
Best wishes,
Tom

I got a new 21″ flat panel (monitor) to replace my old 17″ tube. I was looking for just the right wallpaper to show it off.

I found “Times Square at Dusk” via Google. I just had to see more.

Trey, your work is AMAZING. Deviant Art has lost a fan for a while. I’ve got lots of viewing to do on your site.

Thank you so very much.

Hey Tray,

while I was surfing through the www i found your site and the article:
bad Art at Austin Airport …

It would be great if you could send me your pictures you took.
they are not linked anymore

I am very much interested in Art Exhibits at Airports – that´s why

Greetings from Germany
Carina

carinakuempel@gmail.com

Hello from a fellow Austinite (but now residing in NYC). I stumbled across your site this morning and was as awe at the amazing hdr pictures you have taken from all over the world, and then I saw the picture of the fireworks at the Austin Country Club and thought to myself “hey I know that bend in the river”. The pictures on your site are amazing, I’m beginning to experiment with hdr imaging with my newly aquired nikon d60 and think that your tutorials will help a lot with this.

Thanks for the great pictures, and for the good half-hour distraction from my design homework haha.
-Clark

Hello,

A few months ago, we announced you a photo competition organized by PIKEO and LONELY PLANET.

This competition was very succesful so we decided to organize a photo exhibition: the winners and the jury’s choice will have their photos exhibited at the HOST Gallery in London from March 9th to March 15th 2009. The exhibition is free, so don’t hesitate to tell your readers!

We would like to invite you to an exclusive preview of the exhibition on March 10th! Do you have any email address we can reach you at and send you the invitation?

Kind regards,

“It was nice to make it there after dodging all the modern art that just takes up a lot of space. I’m sure that’s sort of a heretical thing to say, for someone so deep into the digital mediums, but I find most modern art to be inane. Any piece of modern art that requires a douche in a black turtleneck to describe what I am seeing is something that probably simply represents two minutes of my life I will never get back. Anyway, I’m sure some people like it… that’s fine… just not for me.”

Trey…based on this subjective observation I would guess there is no need for art history. If it’s representational one can understand it? All art was modern at the time it was made, it becomes art because it stands the test of time.

I love the triangle of the Kemper, Amon Carter and Modern in Fort Worth. In a days time one can find the roots or witness the evolution of visual art without bias.

Otherwise I’m good with your work. I just thought this a bit of an inane comment.

You’re much appreciated.

Thanks,
Don Lee

thank you for inspiring me in this time

I, too, am a computer science graduate, been working for three years now and have had no interest but in art and photography and writing

Perhaps it is not too late to pursue such desires

thank you

Hi Trey, I would like you to have a quick chat about possibly using some of your pics on a brochure I’m designing, what’s the best contact method to discuss this?

You wouldn’t happen to have amblyopia in that eye would you??? If so, we have something in common that only 1%-5% of the world has.

i just wanted to say i love your stuff. im a former art major and i just am obsessed with travel and art. i love that you get to do both . im a waitress in los angeles and i bet i mention your website to at least 5 people a day if not more. i think its inspiring and for a few moments you can look at your pictures and forget that your sitting at a desk!! Thanks!

Hi Trey

just came across your blog! Your work is wonderful, congratulations. I have always wished to start in HDR and never got the time so far…

Anyway just to tell you that me and my family (partner & 2 years old daughter) are living in Kuala Lumpur as Belgian expats since almost 4 years. You are more than welcome to come and visit us – as you state you find this city great right?! Let me know!
Please also feel free to check out our web site (in French, shouldn’t be a problem as you know a bit ?) made for our friends and family. No HDR but some good shots from the various places we went to!
Cheers

Pascal

Is there any chance that you could (or already do) provide a link to your latest photo that is generic? ie, http://www.stuckincustoms.com/daily.jpg or some such link? I’d like to write myself a script to grab it and use it for my display background. It would be a nice surprise each morning.

Just a thought.

One of _the_ best ‘About Me’ pages I’ve ever read.

Oops. Nevermind. I get it now…”Angles” as in “Non-MySpace” perspectives.

Hi Trey,
I would like to discuss permission to use the photo “Metallic Clouds” on a booklet cover. I work for a medium-sized Christian publisher. We have a donor who wants to fund the free distribution of a booklet for Christian motorcycle clubs and bikers across the U.S.A. We saw your shots on flikr and thought it would be perfect for “The Ride of Your Life”. We’d like to keep the cost reasonable enough for us to be able to give the booklets away for free. Please let me know what you can do.

Thanks for your prompt response.

Ron J. Pride, graphic designer
Review & Herald Pub. Assn.
Hagerstown, MD
301-791-7000

Hey Trey,

You may have done it on purpose, but if not, the Smithsonian links above in the “Awards & Miscellaneous” section don’t link to your images, but others in that group instead (shot by other ppl). Keep up the great work.

(If you’re going to be in the DC area, drop me a note on flickr or gmail.)

hi!!!!

We are Efraín Eliú López Serrano and Juan Sebastián Henríquez Henríquez “Lobo”, from Guayaquil – Ecuador.

This year, at Copenhagen – Denmark, will be taking place the United Nations Summit to take actions on the climate changes, so we decided to help this Summit by doing the best we do, Creativity.

We have entered The YouTube 48 Hour Cannes Lions Ad Contest with a video that we know it should be viewed by as many people as can to put some pressure on the leaders that will assist to sign the agreements that will benefit us all (and future generations).

We are sure that the importance of this Summit will inspire you to get involved in this cause by feeding this news (see: message) to your Blog so more people around the world could join us too.
We really appreciate your interest on this subject.

Sincerely,
Efraín López and Lobo.

MESSAGE:

Subject: The world needs your help.
Body: Put pressure on your leaders to focus their efforts on climate change, sign to get them sign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQTg_wAU50U leave your comment and rate the video.

Tags: YouTube Cannes Young Lions 48 Hour Ad Contest viral advertising video brief rain dance oxfam summit copenhagen mysteryguitarman paint light lighting PiKAPiKA mystery guitar man susan boyle rihana evolution terrorist fox cnn msnbc bgt britain got talent republican democrat obama clinton what the buck black eyed peas boom gripe porcina swine influenza

You haven’t completed your travels until you have visited Sisters, Oregon.

Hello Trey,

Needless to say your work is beautiful. I would really like to speak to you about your work in detail. I run several stock agencies and would like just a minute of your time to present a collection in Macro RM represented by the largest agencies in the business that I think you would find great interest in. Please take a moment to contact me.

Best,
Jonathan Ross

Do you sell your photographs for personal use? I would be interested in having one hanging on a wall in my house. They are amazing.

Thanks…Carrie Jordan

Intemporelles salutations,

mes yeux n’ont jamais été autant flatté de voir… Je suis parti avec vous, grâce à vous, et toujours pas revenu de chacun de vos tableaux… Tous les adjectifs superlatifs ne suffiraient à décrire ce que me suggère vos photos.

Je suis un de vos fans !

Bonne continuation. Fred.

Good day, Trey! I happen to see some of your HDR pictures before, but I did not know they were taken by you. I’m a Filipino, currently living in Singapore, and work in a multinational IT company for a bank. A fellow Singaporean colleague in the office referred me to your site (actually, first in your Flickr account before this website). I was already awed and hooked at looking at your great shots. Truly inspiring! More power and more great pictures! As we say in our language: “astig ka talaga” (so cool!) ^_^!

Hi Trey,

First of all congrats on the fantastic work, beautiful and inspiring.

Also I have manipulated and traced some of your Amsterdam Photography for a University (non-commercial) Project. Hope you don’t mind. It is on the web here: http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Hydrophonica/273772

I have credited you and linked to your site.

Thanks for your time.

Link to your Facebook page points to wrong location since it don’t have “http://” in the beginning.

I can’t help but ask; is “Englsih” spelled that way intentionally?

I just stumbled on this website….I’m just speechless at some of this photo art. I have a camera and I love taking pictures but I would in no way say I’m a photographer. I have resigned myself to the fact that I may never ever get to travel. I usually do all my traveling via PBS. When I look at these pictures I feel like I am actually standing there and looking at the scenery. It is so surreal. I’m awed. I was so awed that I looked at the equipment you use. Sorry not gonna happen…..i’ll just look at your website every other day from now on. Its cheaper. I can’t wait till the book comes out. I’ve never bought a photography book but yours I will buy. Have you ever been to South Lake Tahoe? I went last month and was just amazed by it’s beauty. My camera could never capture the beauty of actually being there. Like I said, this is my first time on your site so I have a lot to peruse. I’ll look for Tahoe and see if you have photos. THANK YOU

Hello,

I’m writing just to inform you that we’ve mentionned your widget on our communication’s blog : http://blog.netvibes.com/

Kind regards,

Diane

oops! The website should be .org, not .com!

Your updates are really good Trey – interesting page – Like all the photos too!! Whichever one you choose for the book will be good!

Isn’t this your photo on Kodak “Picture of the Day” for Sep-08-2009?

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10419&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=6355

Stolen?

Excellent work posted here, I was wondering if you were on Flickr?
here is my Flickr sets page, let me know what you think about my work. Stay well

http://www.flickr.com/photos/quiet_storm_422/sets/

Oscar

Hi Trey,

We met in 2007 at the JW Marriott Gym in Hong Kong. I was working in Hong Kong doing securities lending and had just finished going to school at HKUST. If I remember correctly you were doing something with software, maybe video games. I left the gym and you ran after me to give me the name of this website.

I cannot tell you how many people since then I have given your website too. It is often my favorite thing to give out as a talking piece to people I have just met. Your hong kong photo from TST is on my computer background and the peak one is on phone.

So here comes my questions 1. do you remember me at all? 2. Is it possible to get either of your Hong Kong pictures in black & white? I just moved to San Francisco and I want your photo for my room, but color just won’t work. I know this is a crazy request… but for some reason, just had to ask.

Talk to you soon,

Megan

Just curious as to what plugin you use for the photos that enable the drag to share option. While on the subject of plugins, the comment one seems kind of cool too…

Since you’re line of work involves dealing with hundreds of photos, on a daily basis, I wander if you would need a solution to eliminate the repetitive and mundane tasks (like watermarking, resizing, converting, and so on)? I humbly suggest our own solution, BatchPhoto (www.batchphoto.com). If interested please contact us from our site.

Trey, I just LOVE the new look and design of your website and twitter page.. AWESOME.. I adore your customs seals all over the page.. Very charming, and really gives a travel feel.. Always been a fan of you and your work, and now i love the blog and twitter page as well. Here is wishing you all the best. Hope to see you achieve so much more..

Hi there,

I really enjoyed your website! Great Stuff! I love the HDR! I take lots of HDR myself, but yours are really mind-blowing! Great stuff! Keep up the good work!

Cheer from New Zealand

Oliver Eitel

hi, im studying your work for my a level.
i was just wondering if you could mail me anything that i could add to my work like what inspired you to do HDR and anything else that you make think that will be relevant. any help would be amazingly helpful thanks =]

“… I think they say that a photo will steal their soul. That might be true; I just don’t know…”
Actually, Trey, I don’t think they’re that kind of superstitious. The Amish folks in my community (and the ones you visited, I’m pretty sure) get the “no pictures” thing from the second of the Ten Commandments, in Exodus 20:4.
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.”
According to their understanding of that, a “likeness of any thing” includes a photo of one’s self. Different interpretation than I would give it, but then isn’t most religious difference based on interpretation?

You wanted to be advised of great museums. That is you isn’t it?

Best kept secret in Napa Valley, The DiRosa. One man’s collection , some 2000 pieces of Northern California Art form 1950 to Now.

The De Young in San Francisco.

Lani

Hi Tray! I just enjoyed your “tour de bags” on video. I found out that my laptop-passport-and-selected-camera-gear-bag is not really monsoon proof and I fear the consequences while my next trip to S/E asia starting April. Your bag looks like it’s quite ok with a few (or more, that is..) raindrops and of quite good size. Could you tell me the name of the bag? I will try to get my hands on one of those and put it to the snow-test, here in Switzerland, for a start.

Thanks a lot! I enjoy your website very much.
Oli

Yo. Just been scanning through in the middle of trying to research HDR photographers, I really like your work man, really cool approach to life too bru.

Keep it foolish and keep it well rural yeah.

Believe

Love your website and thanks for the resources. I was looking at your review on Topaz as I use it. Just a couple of questions.

1. On the photo “The River runs through the Andes” is that HDR plus Topaz Adjust? If it is “Adjust” do you typically use the “photo pop” preset and tweak or what? It’s a great shot. Many times I’ll see a shot like that and someone will over kill it with Adjust. I tend to under state it and I’m trying to learn how to get it “up there”.

I know my next step is HDR. Just trying to master Topaz right now.

Same question with your shot of “The Andes”.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Blessings,

Tom

trey,
i am building a website for my service project, working with clients using a mind-body psycho-structural approach to counseling. i would like to use one of your photos for my main image. can i have your permission?

Hi!

We just opened a new photography studio in Miami, FL. We’re actually part studio and part school. Starting in July we will be holding 5-day and 2-day intensive workshops in photography and videography. We’ve been looking for an HDR teacher – would you be interested in working with us?
I’d love to discuss this with you further. Please e-mail or call (305.318.5816) at your convenience.

Tina

From Peter K. Burian, Contributing Editor, Here’s How magazine

Trey: I am writing an article about HDR and will test Photomatix etc. using my own images.

On your site, you say anyone can use YOUR HDR images free of charge. Is this correct? Please drop me a note to discuss.

Thanks, Peter

sooooo… When are we gonna see a photoshoot from an African safari? That would be swell.

Hi Trey,
Just purchased your “A World in HDR” book. So many photography, photoshop, HDR book I have, but this is the one and only book that can be “finished” in one night. Soooo….interesting and prevent me from sleep. And when I jump to this site, absolutely amazing !!! Kind Regard Karyat Anggaswara

Hey Trey,

I have been looking at your site for years now and always find something beautiful and provoking, Thanks. Check out Salon’s slide show pic#26 of the northern lights and the volcano erupting in Iceland, wow what a picture. cheers,hm

T

Hi Trey,

I think, your HDR photos look amazing, they have your personal touch in texturing and detailing, so it only point of view of photographer, who likes them or not. I like them. Keep up your good work!

With regards,
Boris Mitendorfer

Trey, I just wanted to thank you for being such a great inspiration to me, as well as the many other photographers and artists that follow your site. Your work is truly amazing, and I enjoy your philosophy even more.

Thanks for sharing your art (life) with all of us!

“I’m quite a humble person, really…” but then I decided to make a huge About Me page with lots of pictures of me and unimportant stuff about me. LOL.

Trey:

I’ve been told that you recently talked about having a picture used on an iPad, or licensing rights for use of a picture on an iPad. If that is true, I would like to learn a little more about how the picture was use and what you charged. I’m working on a story on pricing for iPad use as a few photographers are starting to get request. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Jim Pickerell

I guessI was very lucky that I foundyour blog here.
Indeed you are a GREAT artist with FANTASTIC art works.
http://www.flickr.com/people/kombizz/

Hi Trey, I would like to ask where can i ask for permission to use your pictures on my website. I have a small bike company and I loved some of your pictures. I want to use it as a background for my website. Its a small company and our consumers are just mostly our friends. Please get back to me.

Hi Trey, I follow you on Twitter on my iPhone and love getting my daily dose of art. The problem with that is when you link back to your sight it takes FOREVER to load because your sight is graphics rich. Would it be possible to make a mobile version of your sight (m.stuckincustoms.com)? It sure would make it easier to see all the great stuff you post. As of now sometimes I just don’t have the extra time to wait for the pages to load.
Thanks.

Trey,

GREAT site. Amazing.
I’m buying Photomatix TONIGHT… but

I’m torn between the standalone for Mac or the Aperture plug-in.
Just got Aperture this weekend.

Any place to read up on the differences between the two choices?

Thanks.

Bohdan

Trey – I love your work and if I weren’t needing to make some money I would offer to be your sherpa just so I could learn and travel. However, I can’t since I am opening a Coworking space here in Austin. I wanted to contact you for a couple of reasons.

1) I want to see the art installation of the edge to edge monitors and I can’t find it via google search. Can you please tell me where you saw that? I want to do a very tiny version in my conference room

2) I would like to talk to you about offering you a one year “Austin Celebrity” membership to Link. The only thing we ask in return is that you use the space when you can and that you try to attend our Grand Opening on October 15th (the space will actually soft launch in September).

That’s it!

Your fan – Liz

Hey,

Why don’t you come to Malta and take some beautiful photos of our temples, our silent Imdina and Valletta? Would like to find some of my country’s photos on your site!

You are my inspirator…
(my site still in Dutch, but English version soon!)

Excuse me sir but I must tell you something about your website…my god man your images have given me back faith in this world. This truly is life as seen by the human soul. Many have used a lens to capture life, but so far you are the only person to have used the Human soul as your looking glass into this life.

Smart, exquisite, fantastical, captivating, enthralling, enticing, grab-you-by-the-___lls, choose a word or a phrase but can’t describe it still. Only way I can sum up how I feel now that I found your website…blessed.

Thank You.

I am looking at setting up a website which ultimately will offer some of the same things you do (ebook, dvd, printed book) would you be open to a discussion of how you got started with your site? Just looking for some feedback. Let me know if you have time or inclination to talk. Our site is focused on empowering parents.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Tracy Crowley

Hey Trey, Really love your HDR stuff. One of my favorites is the fireworks shot from Disney World. I was wondering, are you aware of any efforts to produce an HD videocamera with automatic HDR processing? That would be totally cool. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I recall you mentioning a plugin that can do HDR with a single RAW shot. If that is possible then it seems like it should be theoretically possible to create a camera that can do that in real time. What are your thoughts on that?

Hey Trey, I got into HDR photography because of your work. Great stuff! I’ve gone my own route with it and have tried to set myself a part from the usual HDR photographers out there. How hard is it to carve out a niche for yourself from your experience? I would love to do this full-time, but as of now, my increasingly boring “career” will have to do. My kit: D90 w/ Nikkor 24-70mm and 10.5mm fisheye lenses and looking at the 80-400mm VR2. Thanks again for the inspiration Trey .

simple Super my friend, I’m glad to follow you on twitter

My best regards…
Oscar

Hey Trey! I admire pretty much everything you do!
Your photography is fun, breathtaking, and AMAZING.
Please keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your HD tutorials with us!:)

Trey, Wonderful pictures and tutorials, info, etc.

However, I cannot figure out how to navigate your site. I added the 2 pack of IPAD photos to my cart and then could not find out how to actually purchase anything. Also, there is no HOME to go to when the reader gets confused.

Hey Trey, gal from The Venetian, Las Vegas – okay – I hated HDR. Thought the only way was film despite many years of using digital for work (staff photographer). Well, you won me over. I love HDR and appreciate it from all photographers. Is it something for every photo – I would say no, but I see it from a different eye now. I’m a big fan, follow your work and signed up with SmugMug. I’ve have put several of my photos on it, and I have found it to be easy, affordable and, well, I love it. Thank you Trey for your hard work and research!

Suddenly I can’t find the list of newsletters, used to show up when I logged onto the site. Anyone?

I have only been doing HDR photography for about 3 months now. I LOVE IT! I really did not like it before I read through your website and tutorial. I hadn’t seen anything much that I REALLY LOVED. It all just looked too fake. Also I live in Knoxville, TN and am 25 years old. I don’t know of any photographers here who specialize, excel, or even really practice HDR photography. I’ve been working on some HDR and trying to get it completely down. I’m glad for all your advice.

Thank you,
Johny Hoffman

I mean… “a” great artist + photographer.. woooooot!

Didn’t think I would be replying, but I read your bio, looked at your work and I am really inspired by how good it is/how good of an artist you are. Keep up the great work.
I was most impressed by the drawings I think

Hi Trey,
When will you visit Holland for a workshop?
Love to have one from you to improve my photos!
(Trey, Please take a look on my site, i’am curious what you think about my photo’s…)
Best regards,
Ron

Travel has been a life long passion for me and my husband too. I love photos and photography. Never documented our travels adequately. Thanks so much for posting your photos and esp for the tips and tutorials.
Eileen

Great website, wonderful photos, and good taste in books and tv…. May I suggest The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond (and there are others, too)? HDR may be what I am looking for. Thank you.

Cool jacket you are wearing in Japan with the Denmark patch. Who makes it? Stylish photos and stylish guy.

The cool jacket with Kiliinjaro on it–searched for three hours on the web! any other identifier would be helpful. BTW, the The World in HDR (I am an early adopter) is spot on. Nothing out there in the market as good, and I have bought four so far. Thanks for this site; it is inspiring. jacket wanna be guy

While I have read endlessly about HDR, including every image that you have published and written, I finally took the plunge into reality and shot some legit HDR images, tripopd, seven shots, aperture priority etc. And lo and behold, its great. Thanks for the good and inspiring work. Now I just need the maker of your cool (Tokyo bought) jacket. Ted

Bad news for Mac users from ICT & Lucis Pro

Their website announced – Starting at midnight PST on January 1, 2011, Image Content Technology LLC (ICT) will become a Windows only software company. At that time Lucis Pro 6 DVD’s will have the Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit software only on them.

http://www.thomascook.be/community/mijnfotowedstrijd.aspx?member=0e318193-5f17-462e-965c-d2b895287088&contestpicture=4e5cdfb7-7ad5-4950-bf0b-6040bf908c1d&DisplayReactionList=1

This woman has violated the copyright of your taj mahal picture, in order to
participate in a photo contest. Thomas Cook Belgium

Kind regards,

Trey,

here is the direct link to the page i designed for you…

http://www.somethingnewnow.net/trey-ratcliff

Dear Trey hello!

My name is Natalia, I am photo editor of Afisha Mir magazine, based in Moscow/Russia. We are an established publishing house, with 4 magazines and a series of travel guides. Afisha MIR is a travel magazine with quality photos. Please have a look at it online: mir.afisha.ru

We recommend different travel destinations to our readers. In our next guide we write about Kiev, that’s why we need images to illustrate the article.

Could you please give us permission to use your image of Kiev with credit, or your condition?:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/380368394/

Our deadlines are today now, could you please answer us as soon as
possible?

Thank you in advance!
Kindest regards,
Natalia
natash@afisha.ru

Hey Trey,

I love your work, I’ve been checking out your site for years and you are always an inspiration! Thanks!

Bryan

Hi Trey!

I am from Brazil, currently living in the USA (Austin, Texas).

I started in photography 6 months ago, since then I have learned a lot. Since I saw your work I am in love with HDR. I ready your HDR tutorial and after that I have done some of HDR photo. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
I would love to see you doing some HDR photos in Brazil, maybe Sao Paulo, or Rio de Janeiro. Hve you been there?

Thanks,

Jackie

Hi Trey!

I stumbled upon your blog today and I fell in love with all your photos. I’m currently a 20 year old student from California aspiring to travel the world and photograph every part of it, and you’ve become a true inspiration to me. I’m also going to try out the HDR technique. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and being such a big inspiration to me!

–Melissa

Hi,

I was just checking out your app in the App Store. Found it among the New Releases. Congrats, looks pretty good.

Happy with the amount of downloads so far?

I’ve worked with a few app developers over the last few months, and I’ve learned that there’s two aspects that you need to focus on to be really successful promoting apps in the App Store. I’d be happy to share what I’ve learned if you’re interested? Just let me know and I’ll send you over a quick overview. (I’m not trying to sell you information, just don’t want to bother you if you’re not interested in what I have to share.)

Best of luck,
Ed Turner

Wow that painting of yours is almost an “HDR” piece of art in itself!

Cheers!

Hiya,

I lived in Kenya and Tanzania for five years and if you really do want to get into Africa one of these days, shoot me a line. I know how to do it on the cheap and avoid all the tourist frufru.

Trey – a quick question! Saw your testimonial on Jack’s (China) website. We have booked time with Jack to visit some of the minority areas. Did you travel to the Yunnan region? If so, wondering if in our few days there we should just concentrate on the area with Jack (Guilin, Guangxi) or try to do this and Yunnan. So glad we discovered your website – beautiful! Babs

hey Trey.. great stuff as always.. saw you on the Nik website in a video talking about their hdr software and i was wondering.. have you switched from photomatix to nik’s program? would you recommend the nik over Photomatix?

thanks
greg

Hi Trey.
Today I have seen for the first time and I’m really impressed by your warmth as a person, the volume and quality of your work, not saying your vocation to share, I surrender to your feet man.
I’m Venezuelan, I travel and take my pictures with my Casio Exilim and I love them, but for some time I have wanted to go beyond, with my same camera but with more detail for better pictures and support as well as you do, show them .
I would like to start there and move forward consciously to reach your level, if God wills.
You can please guide me about it, my twitter is @ richalazuarte, I’ve subscribed to your newsletter and I am amazed to see your photos and reading all your information.
Now I’m in your hands men.

Hey Trey -

My company makes an inexpensive 3D camera rig (see Mini 3D Rig at http://www.3DFilmFactory.com) that several HDR photographers have purchased to shoot with. It aligns 2 cameras so the frames match up and 2 identical photos are taken at once – using a beam-splitter.

Anyway, we are considering the idea of making a even smaller rig just for HDR photography.

Any thoughts ?

thanks in advance,
Karl Kozak

TREEEEEY! I noticed that some of your movie preferences are in the fantasy realm . You should watch Kazuaki Kiriya movies: Casshern and Goemon. He has a very decadent aesthetic in these movies, as he is also a fashion photographer. Hope you have the time to see them !

I was sent a wonderful Power Point presentation of B&Ws that were taken by a Russian photographer 100+ years ago. He used red, green and blue filters to extract the colors and fused them somehow. The final product is colored prints. I would like to send it to you if you have not already seen them.

My best regards,

Patrick in India
but from Austin Tx

I’m amazed that you don’t seem to have visited Egypt yet, especially now after the youth revolution.
Email me, if you ever pass by.
Joseph
Cairo – Egypt

Hi.

I’m interested on the HDR pst processing …. Sometimes my HDR are not very good and I can find some mistakes (as you have explained).
Could you let me know if in your ebook (10 HDR mistakes ….) is explained (step by step) how is possible to fix these mistakes (High white area, Halo, poor white area like dirty white, clouds and sky and so on ….).
Thank you very much for your kind reply, Antonio

Hi Trey,
Just a quick question, I’ve noticed you’ve done a bit of low light video with the d3s and I’ve been trying a bit myself lately with the same body. How do you keep the noise down in it though? Yes the d3s sensor is great for low light stills but I find for low light video I cant help but think it could be better.

Any tips? Would shooting in hand held work better instead of tripod live view?? I dunno, I’m a bit stumped.

Cheers

I tried to purchase the VIDEO “Best Value Package” there was no checkout or payment option “I DO NOT USE PAYPAL” PAYPAL CHARGES MY CREDIT CARD WITH ADDITIONAL FEES AND I DO NOT WANT THAT.

JERRYSUE@PACBELL.NET

Disregard my previous message I found it
silly me.

I could not get “in” on Google yesterday. I was in the stream with others, but never saw the video.
It stated only 9 were in. Is that correct? You should have a minimum of 900 to let in.

What’s he plan for the next one?

There are so few libertarians out there. So glad you’re one of us!

Hey…bought the groupon and it says invalid code. What’s up?

Hi Trey,

Thanks for your website and promoting HDR.

I also try to do some HDR pics. But I have one issue: when I try to have a reproduce bracketing from a single RAW photo, my HDR software (Hydra) shows really weird and not satisfactory results.
When I use Hydra with RAW files directly from the camera with automatic bracketing, the results are really fine.

Would you have any idea about the issue?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Nicolas

Uzivam pregledavajuci tvoj sajt. Cestitam ti, divan je

I just recently purched a Nikkor 14-24 lens and took some really nice pictures with it. But I am
having a problem at the bottom of the photographs, it looks like a dark half circle. Any ideas
what I am doing wrong to get this artifact?
Thanks ,Dave

Hi Trey,
First of all, LOVE ur awesome works!! U’ve made me an HDR addict!! tho i’ve still got a lot to learn but.. i hope to get there one day

May I ask u some photography questions? specifically at the moment regarding cam gears.. btw, I am a videographer doing mostly corporate videos n hv done 1 documentary. still a lot to learn.. anyway, my question is this.. wat’s ur opinion on Pistol Grip ballheads? I want to get something more versatile so that i can also shoot a bit of video wif my simple 1100d such as time lapse n stuffs.. is a pistol grip a good idea? it’s hard to get gears here in Borneo so i’v found a few online n really wanna make the right choice. the ones that i’v narrowed down to are 1. Vanguard GH-100 Pistol Grip Ball Head and 2. Opteka SW-1 Sidewinder Joystick Pistol Grip Ball Head. I do hope that the Opteka is good enuf as it’s way cheaper…

Thanks a lot. And, mate, U really are a man of a lot of talents!!!!

Thanks for so willingly sharing ur knowledge! Much appreciated

Best regards from The Land Below The Wind, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Robert

Being a travel agent in Costa Rica, I am a little embarrassed that I am only now discovering you and your amazing eye on the world!!! Since connecting with you on Google + you are igniting my own travel desires, wanting to see the world that we all share.

And your soOO CUTE too!!!

Thank you for sharing your vision and bringing a smile to my face daily. You are by far my most favorite on Google + and I look for your posts daily

Continuing the cruise. Now that I see your profile I just realized we are fellow Mustangs. A few years younger I can see. I am class of 1987, Finance and Mathematics. Great to bump into other ponies out and about. Good luck and safe travels.

If I recall correctly you said you have been influenced by impressionist art and some of the great masters of the past. There is a modern day artist by the name of Dale Turbush. His paintings, to me, are like HDR photography. Your landscape at the bottom of this “About me” looks somewhat like one of his paintings. You might ennjoy looking at his work. http://www.masterslight.com/

Mon cher Trey,comment vas-tu ?
(I know you know French (enough not to get sneered at by the French themselves) – I am French)

I know also that you don’t need any promotion, or don’t need to be better known. You are already too much known.
I know that the whole world knows you and your fantastic work. I know you don’t need to be marketed and don’t need to be published.I know that you know that you are one of the best photographers of the last and next century.
But despite of this, I want to publish a book of your 200 best photos in the form of an App in Apple Apps Store / iTunes. This is one of our specialties and I know it will be incredibly successful.
I have already written to your email address “business at stuckincustoms.com”. But they are out there too busy to have time to respond.
We are a German Publisher of PhotoBooks: http://www.magnooks-apps.com
Please contact me at : md (at) magnooks-apps.com
Merci et bonne journée,
cordialement
Michel

Hi Trey,
Great site, love your photos and enjoyed your sense of humor. Thanks for the HDR tutorial, I need to learn how to do it for shooting home interiors for real estate. I used to do a lot of underwater photography and actually used a Hasselblad Superwide in a housing of course. The difficulty and stress of using and transporting the equipment got to be a real pain. Anyways, thanks for sharing with us and keep on doing what you’re doing.

Hello. Thank you for your amazing photos. They inspire me. One question that I continually had as I viewed through your pictures… the Sky. Can you provide information on how you create the skies? This would be an amazing Ebook I would promptly buy. Until then, any pointers ??

Thank you!

Wow… the whole HDR thing is new to me, I’ve never really understood what it is. But these are some of the most breathtaking and thought provoking images I have ever seen. Please continue your work.

Hare Krishna!

Excellent, I’ll be sharing this with my bloggers.

You should be able to use the “select level” option. It will even go as far as remembering the highest level you’ve gone.

Hey Trey, I’m a newbie to photography, but I really like the HDR concept. I know you didn’t recommend this camera, but what do you think about a Canon T3i?

i m still seeing the photograph lying back you )…..very u really work hard for every bit u have :) gr8t job boss …keep it up <3

Hi Trey! Just want to ask a quick question…..Do you have any Aurora Borealis photos? Or did I miss them? You are awesome! Keep on trucking on and Thank you for giving me the inspiration to keep doing what I love.

Amazing works and dedication!!!! God bless you and family..
—A.Gangadharan Pillai, from Kerala, INDIA.

Incredible stuff here!  Inspirational.

talent at its best!

an inspiration for new photographers.  thank you for being you.

Damn… you’re awesome. I’m now officially your fan!