October 13, 2009 With the October Contest underway where the winner will walk away with a fully licensed copy of Noise Ninja, courtesy of the folks at PictureCode, today is a great day to give everyone an idea of what makes this program one of the industry leaders. Since I have talked about the presence of noise in ...
Tags: 40D, Canon, noise, Noise Ninja, photography, PictureCode, processingCanon, education, Flickr, News, photography, Photoshop, potd, software August 12, 2009 Today the post is going to revolve more around a set of photos I took the other day – you see while en route back to the house, I noticed that the clouds were passing over the mountains and the sun was starting to set. It had the makings for a really nice sunset. Never ...
Tags: 10-22, 40D, bracketing, HDR, lightning, merging, News, photography, PhotoshopAdobe, News, panorama, photography, Photoshop, potd May 28, 2009 One of the more popular posts here on the blog has been two that consisted of explanations on how to bracket multiple exposures in camera in order to capture a wider range of exposure values than is typically permitted in a single frame. Typically, these various exposures are then seamed together in some editor like ...
Tags: 40D, Adobe, bracketing, contests, HDR, learning, Lightroom, tips, tricks, tutorial, VideoAdobe, Content, Flickr, Lightroom, photography, tips and tricks, Video April 14, 2009 Remember the old game of password where you said a related word to one on your card to get your partner to guess it? Well, here goes: What do the words cactus, trigger, and zebra all have in common? If you answered “flash photography” you’d be right! As you may have realized, that does mean ...
Tags: 40D, 550 EX, Cactus, Flash, gear, Lighting, review, ST-E2, technical, test, trigger, zebraFlash, learning, Lighting, News, photography gear, Product Review, technical March 24, 2009 In preparation for the next podcast, due in no small part to a technical difficulty with Garage Band, I’ve set up a dedicated computer and recording space (call it my dedicated recording studio) and the audio quality is off the charts better than anything I’ve done before. Ironically, the new topic for this weeks podcast ...
Tags: 40D, Canon, podcast, show notes, tips, tricks, web linksCanon, Content, learning, lists, News, photography, Photoshop, podcast, tips and tricks, web links March 5, 2009 It pays to review your web traffic periodically because I just learned a way that your bathtub can be used for photography! Not only is it a good place to mellow out after a stressful shoot, but it also makes a heckuva softbox! I was on a forum that had referenced the blog and a ...
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