Archive for May, 2009

Shooting tethered with Canon gear

May 12, 2009 15 Comments

I’ve not seen much coverage of how to shoot tethered using the Canon proprietary software, so for today’s post, I thought it might be useful to offer the Canon perspective here (since the blog bears the moniker of my camera vendor of choice).  For those who are Nikon shooters, I would highly recommend reading the ...

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The Sigma 70mm Macro

May 11, 2009 6 Comments

Next up in my gear bag is the Sigma 70mm Macro lens.  This is one sweet lens.  With an aperture that goes down to f2.8 this is legally classified as “fast glass”.  It’s got some super nice bokeh, and has an impressive range for it’s sweet spot – ranging from roughly f2.0 – f11.  Seriously, ...

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Photo Contest – Win Adobe Lightroom

May 9, 2009 2 Comments

Happy Saturday all.  It’s a rare weekend post here – since Friday was silent.  Two things – first off, Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there!  Second, as the podcast on Tuesday announced, don’t forget the first ever Learning Digital Photography Contest is under way – all during the month of May, submit ...

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News and Nuggets

May 7, 2009 No Comments

Hey all, just a couple notes and bits of maintenance for everyone this Thursday. The first ever contest for the Learning Digital Photography podcast is now underway, so be sure to post your images in the thread over at Flickr in order to participate.Some lucky listener will win a copy of Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom 2.0. ...

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Creative Vision – or not!

May 6, 2009 4 Comments

When looking at image composition, many of the things we use as our foundation are the typical rules of the trade – things like the the Rule of Thirds, Sunny 16, Golden Mean, etc., etc., etc.  While these rules are all well and good, and they definitely are some of the fundamentals that we all ...

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Win a copy of Adobe Lightroom 2.0!

May 5, 2009 6 Comments

Just last week, I had the distinct honor of interviewing Tom Hogarty, Senior Product Manager for Adobe Lightroom.  Needless to say, I postponed the podcast for a few more days so I could include the interview.  He really gave a good breakdown of the function of Lightroom, what to expect from it, how to incorporate ...

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Lightroom 4 Beta

Well, let the gadget hounds attack - Adobe has released a Beta version of Lightroom 4! There's a...

December Bonanza Winner!

As promised (though a day late, I know...), the winner of the December Bonanza giveaway has been selected, and...

The Can is Empty…

I've been something of a moving target for the past few weeks. As you can likely tell, the...

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