Monthly Archives: October 2008
Geographic Composition Series
You all got to know Jason Moore from the most recent “Thursday Thoughts” session, and have also been referred to his Geographic Composition Series in the past from participation. Well, the latest in the series, titled Autumn, has been released today, so CB is giving a rare double post today! Here’s the shot I shared (which you’ve seen here before), but do stop over to see the other ones from notables like Michael Palmer, David Jones, Andy Smith, and Jeff Kuhns (of course Jason M. has a shot in there too). Excellent series of photos and I am honored to … Continue reading
Cactus Confusion
Well, I finally got the Cactus gear that I ordered online at GadgetInfinity last week. I had ordered their wireless trigger/receiver combo set and an extra receiver for the purpose of getting two lights to fire. I excitedly opened all the packaging and unwrapped it all, then – stop, hold the phones, and check this out – I read the directions! Yes, that’s right, an admitted geek read directions to make sure I utilize them right. After reading about these kinds of things on David Hobby’s Strobist site and over on the Flickr Colorado Strobist site, I wanted to make … Continue reading
Thursday Thoughts with Jason D. Moore
Jason D. Moore is a well known photographer and graphic designer, with ACE certifications on Adobe PS CS3, has extensive experience as a videographer, is a member of the Adobe Acrobat User Community, and also has some extensive experience in web development. Suffice to say, he is very well-known for his Photography and Photoshop Blogroll, and has had several mentions on Photoshop User TV. He also hosts photo walks in the Southern Tier of New York and is just a super nice guy. Last week he and I had a chance to exchange a few emails and I learned quite … Continue reading
What’s This? – Week 17
It’s a little late in coming (busy morning today at work), but here is the Week 17 edition of “What’s This?”: As always, those who correctly identify the image from this cropped portion win fabulous prizes, win fame and fortune, money, money, money, and lots of photo gear and software….yeah okay, that part’s not true…but you do get bragging rights! Some of you may have noticed that there is now a widget on the sidebar for my twitter account. It’s kind of fun actually and I can see how so many are addicted. I’m trying to post there more regularly, … Continue reading
Don’t fear the forums!
Today, I take a somewhat introductory look at the prevalence of photography forums across the internet. With communities cropping up for every nuance and interest, one literally has dozens, if not hundreds upon thousands to choose from. Everything from lighting, to portraiture, landscape, architecture, and even food photography has a community of avid participants. What to make of it all? Which ones are good and which are not as beneficial as others? I’ve referenced a few communities here from time to time, including ones that I still participate in on a regular and on-going basis. As my interests wax and … Continue reading
It’s All About ME!
Anyone know the Toby Keith song where he sings to his woman that most of the time it’s about her, but every once and a while he wants it to be about him? Well, today that is the theme for the blog – ME. Rest assured though, there is a relation to photography though… First off, thanks to the 27 people who participated in the last poll on whether the economic downturn was shaping their photo purchases. The results were pretty even: The new poll is now up and on the side panel, so for the RSS readers, be sure … Continue reading
The new blog headers
As we head into the weekend, for those who are picking up the blog via RSS feeds and never made it over to the site, I had enough email from you requesting to share these in a dedicated blog post. So, a little addendum post to get you through the weekend, here are the headers from this past week: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Any in particular jump out at anyone? Feel free to share your thoughts, views, etc. in the comments. In the meantime, Happy Shooting, and we’ll see you back here again on Monday!
Camera Profiles
So, today I had the day off work, and was catching up on a few things. I read through most of my piled up photo magazines, caught up on some NAPP tutorials, and some overdue email replies to various asundry things. One of the tutorials I watched was from Matt Kloskowski on installing camera profiles for ACR in both LR and CS3/CS4. It’s pretty cool stuff. Basically, Adobe has worked with various camera vendors to get the ACR to approximate the same colors that are shown in the vendor proprietary software (Digital Photo Professional for Canon and Capture NX for … Continue reading
Thursday Thoughts with Erik Bernskiold
The internet is a wonderful thing. Communication today is so much easier than it was even ten years ago. Collaborative projects can take place in real time across the globe, and the ways in which we can interact is truly amazing. As Photographers, this gives us access to a never-ending supply of inspiration from peers and colleagues across the world. One such peer I’ve met is Erik Bernskiold, who lives in Sweden! (We’re both members of NAPP.) He is truly a talented individual, with a very astute sense of photography, graphic and web design, and just an all-around great sense … Continue reading
What’s This? – Week 16
Before I get into this week’s edition of “What’s This?”, I need to go back and share the full size versions of some previous What’s This?” entries that had not been done yet (thanks to Andrea who emailed to remind me). So, here’s the last few weeks, cropped version and full versions: Week 15 – CD Stack Crop: Full: Week 14 – Turtle’s Mouth Crop: Full: As you can tell, each of these had some downsides to where I didn’t like the whole capture, but portions would be fun to isolate out for their textures or looks, to see what … Continue reading
New Podcast is Up!
That’s right, for two successive weeks now since our move, I’ve been able to find the time to record an audio podcast. Todays show had everything to do with the absolutely horrendus performance by the Broncos last night on MNF – their season turned to the toilet rather quickly. What ever happened to the fundamentals? Oh, sorry, this is a photo blog, not a football one! Okay, here’s the latest and greatest from CB. First and foremost, CB Episode #55 went up today. I took about twenty minutes to talk about off-camera lighting. I looked at the radio transmitters availabe, … Continue reading
Monday Myriad of Colors
Well, Fall is definitely upon us as the leaves outside are starting to turn. The Colorado skies are just rife with beautiful blues and a wonderful myriad of colors! I was thus prompted this weekend to go out and capture just a little of the color that is so vibrant around here. Naturally, photography cannot come close to the real thing, but I have endeavored to do my best. In other news, I’m also rolling out some new headers for the blog this week. I’ve finally had a chance to go through my archives with”blog header” in my mind, and … Continue reading
You can win a Drobo!
That’s right – a drobo is up for grabs. For those that already tune in to This Week In Photography, hosted by Scott Bourne, you probably already know about this, but he and his crew of friends (Steve Simon, Frederick Van Johnson and Ron Brinkmann) host a photo contest about once a quarter. The goal of the contest is to get you out shooting with a theme in mind. Well, this month, in order to motivate people they are also including a Drobo for some lucky participant. So, how do you get in on the action? Well, first, go to … Continue reading
Vivitar Auto Thrystor 550 FD
I got a few emails asking if they could see a picture of the flash as there apparently aren’t that many of them floating around the internet. Never one to deny an opportunity to take a picture, even if it is really old gear, here we are, the moldy oldy Vivitar Thrystor 550 FD:
Thrystor Thursday
Even though I primarily shoot with Canon gear, if a product comes along or crosses my path that can get the job done either better or more cheaply, then I will definitely consider it. Well, about a year or so ago, I was at this event in South Carolina called “Whale of a Sale”, where you can occasionally find some super good deals on merchandise that is either slightly dated, out-dated, or just no longer wanted. I happened across a Vivitar Auto Thrystor 550 FD and for the bargain basement price of $3, decided to give it a go. Well, … Continue reading
What’s This? – Week 15
The turtle mouth of last week kind of took us to a different place, so let’s bring things back toward photography and technology a little bit (or is it a byte?) with the latest edition of “What’s This?” Now in week 15, we’ve officially passed the two-week mark of image posts, and I would like to take a moment to thank those that have participated and shared their thoughts in the comments section. So, let’s see who deduces it first this time. Here’s your image:
New Blog on the Block!
For anyone who has been into photography for any amount of time more than 6 months, you probably already know about Scott Sherman and Michael Stein, hosts of the popular podcast, titled “The Digital Photography Show.” It has been a mainstay listening choice of mine for over the last year and my commutes would not be the same without it. Well, as it turns out, it seems I may have to adjust to a commute without hearing their friendly voices for a while. Their popular show has been temporarily taken off the air by the folks over at The Podcast … Continue reading
Monday Morning Quarterback
After a rather exciting weekend photographically I thought today might be a fun way to share my experiences with the readership in the form of an audio podcast! That’s right, I am going to try and get established again with a weekly podcast you can listen to. Today, I talk about my experiences with the Colorado Strobist group over on Flickr. Also, I hit on the subject of learning on your own versus in a community. It’s kind of an interesting mix of two related schools of thought, and hopefully will get me back on the band wagon for audio … Continue reading
Be careful with Adobe updates!
I was just in the NAPP forums (a great place to learn by the way), and learned about the ACR update. Since I already am good on the gear compatibility side, I went to the readme.txt file to see if there were any other updates to the programs that I should be aware of (Podpress has made me very cautious about updating too soon…) Turns out there are some LR issues with a few tools and with XMP sidecar files versus database entries. If this is all gibberish to you, then don’t worry you are probably fine. For the more … Continue reading
What’s This? – Week 14
If you post it, they will guess…that’s the theory I’m going with this week. Anyone have any ideas? I took a different approach to it this go around, hopefully a little more abstract… Good luck, and Happy Shooting!
Take your camera with you!
I was driving home from work yesterday with my camera bag in the seat next to me when I saw this on the opposite side of the road. So, I swung around, popped out of the car, set up and used the roof of the car for stability and snapped off a few shots wide open and about 800 ISO. As a full-size image it is a bit noisy, but here it looks pretty good. To me, that’s proof positive that it always pays to have your camera with you. That’s the “Tuesday Tip” for this week. Enjoy and Happy … Continue reading
Printing, matting, and framing your pictures
As I’ve recently moved to outsourcing my printing to Mpix, I’ve had to adjust my work flow accordingly. Prior to the Mpix migration, I had a set of sizes that I would print to, that allowed for matting and framing while not cutting into the picture itself. That set of procedures has been to print on the next largest paper size, which allows me to apply a mat to a photo before framing it. So, I had the following defined printing outputs: So, what does this mean when using an online resource like Mpix? Well, since they usually print borderless … Continue reading
Five Friday Freebies
It’s fun to share resources that can really help you save time and money in pursuing your photography goals, and because there’s not a lot of really high quality resources out there, posts like these are few and far between. However, I do have a few resources that may prove useful to wrap up the week: Online Price Calculator – So many people ask “How much should I charge for…” Well, here is a good starting point. For something more serious look FotoQuote Free Stock Photos – So many stock photo sites out there, yet none seem to offer up … Continue reading
Lucky 13!
Here we are into week 13 of “What’s This?” I know, it typically goes up on Wednesdays, but been having a few other issues going on so yesterday was a no-post day for me…anyway, here’s the latest edition for the watchful eyes of the readership. What’s This? As always, the winner…wins! Happy shooting and we’ll see you back here again tomorrow!
