May 19, 2009 Ever since Tom Hogarty came on the podcast and I’ve had some time to dive into Lightroom, I am thinking more and more that this is a much better solution for managing all of my photo assets. Since I’ve found myself spending more time in LR and less time in PS CS3 (Extended), I started ...
Tags: Adobe, comparison, CS3, Elements, Photoshop, review, softwareAdobe, Content, NAPP, News, photography, Photoshop, Product Review, software May 18, 2009 In keeping with the last few weeks of hardware reviews, I am taking a look in my own bag one more time to bring you this weeks’ hardware review: the 70-200mm L lens from Canon. Canon has several variants on this lens, with different minimal apertures both with and without Image Stabilization (IS). So, in ...
Tags: 70-200, Canon, Flickr, gear, hardware, Lightroom contest, News, reviewAdobe, competition, Content, Contest, gear, hardware, Hardware Reviews, Lightroom, News, photography, Product Review, technical May 12, 2009 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 ...
Tags: Canon, EOS Capture Utility, information, News, review, softwareCanon, photography, Product Review, software, technical May 11, 2009 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, ...
Tags: hardware, photography, potd, reviewcompetition, composition, Contest, Flickr, Learning Digital Photography Podcast, News, photography, potd April 27, 2009 Happy Monday to all! Today is an exciting day here at the blog, because a new schedule of sorts is going to start, both to make reading more enjoyable, and to make writing more planned and easily executed. The reason behind the new flow is due to many listener questions asking a wide variety of ...
Tags: 10-22, Canon, hardware, maintenance, review, schedule, softwareAnnouncements, Canon, Content, gear, hardware, Hardware Reviews 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