Archive for June, 2009
When does Image Stabilization help my photos?
I love technology. Especially when it is used in conjunction with my photography. To that point, I want to discuss Image Stabilization. Some manufactures call it Vibration Reduction (VR), Anti-shake, or a myriad of other product names. For the purposes of this article I’ll refer to it by it’s more common product name of IS. [...]
Fast way to Softer Skin via Lightroom 2
In portraiture we are always trying to figure out a way to prevent skin from looking too harsh. That is, the digital cameras with bright strobes tend to pick up so much detail that even the best looking skin can appear to look worse than it really is. In comes my favorite skin softening method. [...]
Studio 42 is open!
I’m happy to announce the opening of a local Locust Grove photography studio, Studio 42. Studio 42 is owned by my friends Mark Howard and Jason Morrison of JayMar Photography. It’s available for rent, so if you need a space to shoot then drop them a line. I know that they also intend to host [...]
iPhone 3GS & OS 3.0 are here!
I picked up my 32 Gig iPhone 3GS today. Closest store that had it was a BestBuy. I was happy that they had them in stock, but best of all there was no wait to buy. It made me feel sorry for all the people standing in line hours at the Apple Stores. The phone [...]
Dear Kristen
So, I’m pretty tired already. Not even a quarter as tired as I have been told I will be in the next 72 hours. I’ve been listening to your heart rate monitor for about 11 hours now and I’m trying to prevent it from lulling me to sleep. Your mom is resting at the moment, [...]
New Update to the CameraBag iPhone App
I’ve previously posted about CamearBag being my favorite camera App for the iPhone. Well now Nevercenter has released an update that has resolved the few pet peeves I had about the App. After these updates, it has more than secured itself as the best camera app on my iPhone. The most noticeable update is the [...]
Nikon D700 has no USB setting for Mass Storage
In what I would consider to be a very strange firmware decision by Nikon, I learned today that the D700′s firmware, through the current version 1.01, does not have have a USB setting for Mass Storage. In previous Nikon models, such as the D200, D300, and D3, the camera would allow you to set the [...]
How To: Shoot on White
It seems almost every product shot, CD cover, magazine cover, or other professional photo shoot is done on white background. It’s important for a photographer to be able to embrace what shooting on white can do for them. Of course shooting on white does not mean that all your images must have a white background. [...]
