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If you find yourself shooting in low light situations then digital noise is likely to bedevil your results. That is to say, as you push the ISO higher to make the sensor more sensitive to light, you will get … Continue reading
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There are many different ways to shoot a portrait. Environmental portraits show a subject in context, like a potter in his studio. Then there are dropped background portraits wherein the characteristics of a wide aperture are used to blur the … Continue reading
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Sorry, the captions don’t seem to be showing up for these photos. Some show examples of noise, over-smoothing from noise reduction and other issues. I’ll try to get the caption issue worked out. Shooting under stage lights is a … Continue reading
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If you use off-camera lighting then you may occasionally find yourself in a situation in which a traditional lighting stand is impractical or inconvenient. If you don’t have the options of having an assistant hold your remote flash in … Continue reading
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—Original, straight out of the camera You can click on any of the images in the body of the post to scroll through and compare. Dappled light falls through a canopy of trees, tinting everything in a sunny, green … Continue reading
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—This was an hour long exposure that ended up a little blown out and with lots of hot sensor noise, but otherwise one of my better star trails. Taking photos at night is challenging. When the light source you … Continue reading
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This one goes out to all you budding photographers out there. Today has been a backup day. I had been waiting to get a patch cord to connect my laptop to an external hard drive and then export some image … Continue reading
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One of the nice things about doing a 365 project is that your friends all start calling you with ideas for shots. Many times I am already in the middle of something when people send me these ideas and I … Continue reading