I decided to stay up late and catch the lunar eclipse. The picture above is the fully eclipsed moon as of 2:52 AM or so. I’ll post again tomorrow with a full series of images and a breakdown of the methods I used, but to summarize: I shot at f/11 at varying ISOs & shutter speeds with my “cheapie long” EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 with a remote shutter release cable, mirror lock-up enabled, using EOS utility while directly wired to my laptop. I played with some time lapse shooting as well. Stay tuned for the full write-up tomorrow.
Via UK website techdigest.com. One of their contributors caught up with Steve, a Development Consultant at Canon, who gave them a brief video run-through of the 40D’s standout new features.
After a long hiatus, here I am back with some hot review action for your pleasure. My first (but I assure you not my last) Canon “L” lens review is about the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L. Ryan wrote earlier about his first “L” lens, and I must say that my experience emotionally mirrored his a great deal when this arrived from B&H. It was the first “L” I owned, and it is to date my favorite lens that I have used.
After much delay, and lots of threats on my life from friends who really wanted to read about the Average Joe Kit, we are back with the third part of our "Ultimate Guide" series. If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 before continuing.
And so we begin Part 3: The Average Joe Dream kit. This kit was put together as a well-rounded mid-range option, some may call it pro-sumer as the camera and lenses are more feature rich and of higher quality than entry-level consumer bodies and lenses. Like all three of the kits we are recommending, it contains the following items:
The first of hopefully many guest photographer galleries on Cameraporn. I’ve put together a flash-based photo gallery of all the work Alex Smailes sent me for the interview. This is some serious photo-porn. Enjoy!
And now for the conclusion… Part III brings it home with Alex’s insights on the creation of his book, a breakdown of his kit, and some really excellent advice on how he makes his subjects comfortable with the camera.
If you haven’t read Part I, or Part II, click the links below, if you have, read on!
We are back with Part II of our interview with photographer Alex Smailes. If you haven’t read Part I yet, we suggest you do. Part II brings us further along in Alex’s journey as a photographer, where he shares more amazing stories and insights on how he survived the crazy life of a conflict photographer…
Hello there fellow camera nymphomaniacs! Today we are very excited to bring you part one of a three part interview with Alex Smailes, a Trinidad-based professional photographer. Alex began his professional career as an underwater photographer, but quickly found an obsession with photojournalism…to be more specific, conflict photography. A small disclaimer before you continue, some of the stories to come are a bit graphic, a little scary and for the most part un-friggin-believable. In Part one, Alex tells of his beginnings, and early experiences as a young photographer trying to make a name for himself.
So grab a a cup of coffee, close your office door and get comfortable, this one’s a doozy…
This time of year usually means tons of posts about taking shots of fireworks, so most of you guys have probably already read about three posts at othervarious spots online about this very subject. That being said, I’ll keep the chatter low, and the fireworks porn high…
Recently, the The Chris and I were lucky enough to travel to Seattle to represent our company at a conference we sponsor. Though officially we were there to attend and throw a party for the conference, we were able to spend a bit of time shooting the beautiful city of Seattle. Despite our worries leading up to the trip, Seattle greeted us with awesome weather, making the trip that much better. In fact, I was told by some locals that the "it always rains in Seattle thing" is a rumor they make up to keep the crowds from moving to their awesome city.
Being that it was our first time visiting, we squeezed as much as we could into the short period of time we had available to shoot. For me, the favorites of the trip included the Seattle Waterfront, the legendary Pike Place Market and the wonderful food. Read on to see the shots and learn a bit about Seattle…
D-D-D-Digic IV? HD Video mode? 19 Point AF? Full Weather Sealing… I just got chills. Looking mighty fine to me. I of course will bring you more info as I see it.
Canon officially announced the release of the Canon 50D, the successor to the wildly popular 40D. I’ve been following the rumors closely on Photography Bay and it seems their rumored specs are correct and are as follows:
Via Strobist, Phoenix Photographer Blair Bunting shares his lighting techniques to make a subject “The scariest person imaginable.” And amazingly, 95% of this is achieved completely in-camera with just basic retouching. Check it out!
Note: Image Copyright Blair Bunting. All Rights Reserved.
Came across this list over at Smashing Magazine, and its HUGE. 70 different links for retouching portraits including skin, eyes and lots more. Even some stuff to make your subjects fatter, skinnier and younger! If you’re looking to learn how to retouch a portrait, you’ll find just about everything you’ll need to get started right here.
