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Photoshop CS3 vs Elements 7.0 – Part One

May 19, 2009 10 Comments

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 ...

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Hardware Review: The 70-200L f4.0

May 18, 2009 7 Comments

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 ...

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Shooting tethered with Canon gear

May 12, 2009 20 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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Hardware Review: Canon 10-22mm

April 27, 2009 9 Comments

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 ...

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Cactus, Trigger, Zebra, Oh My!

April 14, 2009 6 Comments

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 ...

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2011 Frugal Gift Guide for Photographers

Let's face it - the economy being what it is, the really high end items are likely out of...

Hardware Review: Sigma 30mm f1.4

For quite some time now I’ve been reviewing various lenses from the Sigma line, most notably (based on continued...

The Image Wizards Winner!

The November Contest was open a tad bit longer because of when the month ended, but we are now...

5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash, Pt. 5

The final installment of the off-camera flash series is here! All week, I've been posting various tips and...

5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash, Pt. 4

This week has been all about wrangling in your off-camera flash. We've gone a little more advanced, and...