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Photography Lighting 101
What looks like potentially a great resource, Strobist: Lighting 101 aims to teach lighting numpties a thing or two about photography lighting
Intimidated by the idea of off-camera lighting? Don’t be. We are pretty much starting from scratch, so no worries. The first posts will be about what kind of gear you will need to do the minimalist strobe thing.
One thing I have to disagree with is their assertion that “light gives you far more bang-for-the-buck than does fast glass”. My nifty-50 lense is the best bang for buck I have ever spent on photography!
I am glad I came across these posts as I am in the market for a flash. I have had my eye on the Canon 580ex flash unit, items like the following will help me in my purchasing decisions
we are going to assume a couple of things:
1) You have a strobe that can be triggered externally via your camera’s PC connection, as seen in the first photo. (This example is a Nikon SB-28dx, a circa “D1 era” pro flash.)
2) You have a strobe that can be set to manual power and “dialed down,” as seen in the second photo.
Well it turns out the 580ex, despite being a leading model, does not have external PC control …
Technorati Tags: camera, flash, lighting, photography, tips, tutorials
Posted in Flash and Lighting, Lighting, Photography Gear, Photography Techniques
Also tagged camera, Flash, Lighting, strobist, tutorials
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New Tips Blog
We like our photography tips here at DSLRBlog, we are here to learn and even the most experienced photographer can all learn something new. I was pleased to read in my inbox this morning that Darren the guy behind Digital Photography Blog has started a new blog just for photography tips…
Over the two years of that site I had a lot of emails from readers asking for tips on how to use their cameras and came to the conclusion that while there are many millions of digital cameras being bought each year around the world that a very large proportion of those that buy them could be using them to achieve better results.
While I think many of his tips will be beginner level so might not apply to the majority of our DSLR owning readers (people tend to learn the ropes with point and shoot before lashing out the cash on a more complex camera) I would still encourage you to take a look as you never know what nuggets of inspiration might be waiting.
To give you one example, his post on Getting Horizons Horizontal was something I was pulled up on early by Mark and looking over my contacts photos today should be required reading for many Flickr users!
Technorati Tags: learning, dslr, digital, photography, tips
Posted in News and Commentary, Online Photography Community, Photography Techniques
Also tagged blogs, digital, DSLR, learning
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Memory Card Data Recovery Tool
Download Squad points to a tool that allows you to recover lost photographs from dodgy memory cards, CD-ROMs or your hard drive
PhotoRec is an open source multi-platform app intended to help you recover photos from corrupted media like memory cards
Luckily for me I have yet to experience this problem, I’m glad I heard about this software now rather than when I really need it!
Technorati Tags: digital, camera, memory, card, data, recovery, photography, tips
Posted in Photography Gear, Software
Also tagged camera, card, data, digital, memory, recovery, tools
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Beware eBay Memory Card Scam
Buyer beware, as always. First there was the “buy the box, not the contents” scam where people thought they were buying a product at a knock-down price where what they were really buying was the packaging. Now dodgy eBay sellers are changing the labels of memory cards to artificially boost their value. Standard advice, if it seems too good to be true it usually is.
Counterfeit Flash Drives Plague eBay
Lately there has been a huge increase in the number of counterfeit flash drives on eBay. Sellers claim to be selling large drives (e.g 8GB) from name brand companies, like Sony, but they are actually 64MB drives that have been re-labeled. These drives usually break within a few weeks of being purchase. Please digg this to stop the scammers!
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Posted in News and Commentary, Online Photography Community, Photography Gear
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Flickr Sudoku
I’m not a big fan of Sudoku. In fact, to be honest I can’t see what the fuss is about. Since when has maths been fun? This though is an interesting twist and contains two of my favourite ingredients; Flickr and technology – Play Sudoku with Flickr pictures!
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Are you a Professional Photographer? Camera Insurance Warning
What constitutes “professional photography”? You might be surprised what the insurance companies definition is …
Lens Craft: A Word of Warning about Insurance
It doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that they will do this but it’s pushing it to say because he had used his photographs on a couple of cafepress t-shirts that he was now a professional. How many insurance companies would even take the time to look at a customers website? How could they be sure that the customer and the website operator were the same person even if their names check out (my insurance company doesn’t even have my email address).
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