Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
How I Took My Baby’s Latest Studio Portrait
I’ll start by saying that I am not a child photographer by trade, but I have taken my fair share of baby portraits. Since my wife and I had our own child last summer, I’ve had a lot of practice. To set proper expectation up front, I don’t intend on this being a be all [...]
Everything NOT to do when shooting with a Holga
So I joined the cult of the Holga in early November. I’ve shot 3-4 rolls since then, and I’ve really enjoyed the camera. I’ve only shot B&W since I got it, but I’m looking forward to shooting some color Fuji C-41 I picked up recently. I’ll be sure to post the results. That said, I [...]
How to take AWESOME photos on Christmas using off camera strobes
I started to write an article on how to take the best photos on Christmas morning. I was going to suggest a method that I have used at events for as long as I can remember. As I started to sit down to write, it seemed as though I had already read what I was [...]
How to correctly bounce your hot-shoe flash
Most people buy their hot shoe strobe and think that it is just a more powerful substitute for the popup flash on their SLR. NOT TRUE my friends. This handy little strobe can be so much more than that. Aside from the whole Strobist off-camera flash movement perpetuated by Dave Hobby, these little strobes can [...]
Book Review: The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You – by Chase Jarvis
I recently reviewed the iPhone App Best Camera, as well as the like-named iPhone community website thebestcamera.com. The brain child of world-renowned photographer Chase Jarvis, the set reviewed thus far is actually only two-thirds of the pie. The last slice is completed with Jarvis’ iPhone photography book, The Best Camera Is The One That’s With [...]
CameraBag Desktop: Review
I’ve been waiting awhile for this application to release. I’d even visited the Nevercenter website and signed up for their email list so I could be notified when it was available. As it turns out, I found out from following CameraBag on Twitter before I received their email (only a few hours apart, but gotta [...]
Best Camera iPhone App: Review
Being a photographer, it was only natural that after buying my iPhone I started using its camera a lot. Since it’s always with me, I likely use it more than I use any of my other cameras. The more I use it, the more I love it. I started downloading photography apps like crazy. They [...]
The Importance of Color Calibration: 5 “Must Do” Steps to Ensure Proper Color
You might be asking yourself, what the heck is color calibration? In really simple terms, it is the process of making your computer monitor and printer display color correctly. In other words, when you look at a red rose on your screen, you want it to look the same when you print it. I know [...]
Focal Plane Shutters, Camera Sync Speed, and High Speed Sync….Oh My!
In the lighting class I taught last weekend, Jay asked me a question about high speed sync on his Canon Speedlight. This is also called Auto FP on Nikon cameras. Well, I promised to answer the question later in the class and it completely escaped me before the end of the day. So to try [...]
Everything you ever wanted to know about Memory Cards, but were afraid to ask…
What brand of card should I buy? How large of a card should I buy? What can I do to prevent corrupting my memory card and losing photos? I, along with some of my colleagues, answered a lot of memory card questions like these in a photography forum earlier this week. I thought now would [...]
