PHOTOGRAPHY

Understanding how softboxes work.

Before you shell out the money for a new camera, you’ll most likely want to learn about what the camera is capable of doing. “Will [...]

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Studio Photography and Lighting article at Photo.net.

Studio photography is easy because you can get exactly what you want. Studio photography is hard because you can get exactly what you want. Soft [...]

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World Press Photo 2008 winners gallery.

World Press Photo 2008 Winners Gallery.

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Studio Lighting on a budget.

If you want to take ultra modern style portraits with the pure white backgrounds, but think you can’t because you only have one studio light [...]

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Flash light zoom settings with umbrella's.

The first thing you have to ask yourself before choosing the flash setting for your umbrella is, how big do you want your light source [...]

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Dg28's photography and lighting techniques and tips.

A lot of news photographers don’t think that they are allowed enough time to light pictures, so they rely on their hot shoe mounted flash [...]

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Dave Black's Workshop at the Ranch photography set-ups and tips.

Hi and welcome to this edition of Workshop at the Ranch. When I get excited about a piece of equipment that allows me to make [...]

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4 light sources, dark setting photography outcome.

check what Tom did here with 4 sources of light to create a low-key dark settting. Dutch text, yet clear graphical explanation to be found.

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Interior photography interview and how-to.

Set the ISO to 400 – this gives you much greater latitude with the strobes. Set the aperture to f/6.3 as a good starting point. [...]

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Flash gels for correcting color temperature.

A lot of people been asking me what are Color Temperature (CT) flash gels for and where they can find it. On the first part [...]

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Annie Leibovitz meets the Queen video and annotations.

I have seen a couple versions of video from Annie Leibovitz’s Queen Elizabeth shoot. But this is the full segment, and has lots of interesting [...]

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580ex and 550ex speedlite flashes bounced in silver umbrella and modified by softbox set up and sample photos.

Click here for speedlite flashes in softbox and umbrella set-ups with sample photos.

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Magnum Photos blog directory.

There are blogs about family vacations, cooking, knitting, little dog puppies, cats, hidden sexual fantasies, about photography, art and so much more. Despite the fact [...]

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Studio Lighting – a beginners guide to lighting.

Studio lighting can be broken down into two categories, continuous and flash. While continuous lighting has two main advantages there are many disadvantages. The good [...]

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Flash mounted do-it-yourself softbox.

If you are a photographer and using flash (either for studio pictures or for outdoor shooting), you are probably aware of the problems that a [...]

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Common obstacles in night photography.

Night photography has the ability to take a scene and cast it in an unusual light– much like the golden hour surrounding sunrise and sunset [...]

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Gigapan billion pixel imager for digital cameras.

The Gigapan imager can capture incredibly high-resolution panoramic images with a standard consumer digital camera. It accomplishes this by precisely manipulating the camera’s pan and [...]

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Lighting ratios in portrait photography.

An important concept to understand when dealing with studio lighting for portrait photography is contrast. Contrast is the difference in the amount of light that [...]

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Digital photography tutorials at Photoxels.com.

Exposure bracketing Fill flash Area focus

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Digital Photography One On One Episode 2 – Using a Light Meter.

Digital Photography One On One Episode 2 – Using a Light Meter.

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550ex Speedlite flashes in softboxes lighting set up.

Set-up photo : Thanks to Gerard

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Mixing desaturations, colorizations and contrast boosts.

light : monoblock in large softbox close to model, no reflectors post : mix of desaturations, colorizations and contrast boosts.

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New ideas for photo journalism today.

The Innovation Curve “We can only do it the A way. We can’t do it the B way. We can only do it the B [...]

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Light forms in photography at Photo.net.

The hardness of the light will generate dark shadows. The direction of the light will place those shadows in unattractive positions underneath the subject’s eyes [...]

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Digital Photography One On One E001 – Key Shifting and Shutter Speed

In this episode of Digital Photography One on One, Mark Wallace [SnapFactory.com] explains Key Shifting and how your shutter speed affects exposure when using an [...]

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Few new photos with lighting set-ups.

light : Monoblock flash head in large softbox .Set almost at zenit , inclined.Single light source. Monoblock on medium softbox, mid-high, single light source, reflected [...]

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Photo Synth Technology.

Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip [...]

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Aspect Ratio.

How to match the dimensions of your photos and your prints Aspect ratio has a technical name, but is really pretty straighforward. It can be [...]

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Guide to Macro Photography.

Looking at the world on a smaller scale opens up whole new possibilities for photography. Unique and interesting images are easily achievable by taking a [...]

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Understanding histograms

Possibly the most useful tool available in digital photography is the histogram. It could also well be the least understood. In this article we will [...]

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Do-it-yourself solutions from Strobist.com

DIY $10 Macro Studio DIY:Macro Strip Lights DIY:Digital EOS/Holga DIY Heaven:The “Make” Photo Blog How-To: One Synch Cord Fires Two Flashes Get Your “Tinker Tubes” [...]

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Black and White adjustment tools in PhotoShop cs3

Learn how to use the amazing black and white conversion tools in Photoshop CS3. This new tool makes turning a color photo into a stunning [...]

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High Dynamic Range (hdr) in photography.

Definitions What is Dynamic Range? What is the unit of Dynamic Range? What is an HDR image?

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On Assignment: Light Like a Pro @ Strobist

Welcome to On Assignment, where you can build on your Lighting 101 skills by learning exactly how real-world assignments were lit. The object will be [...]

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Understanding exposure

Are you a beginner to photography ? Check the links below : Understanding exposure : part1 – part 2 – part 3 Aperture, shutter speed [...]

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Multiple Flashes

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  On-camera single light. Wired Off-camera single light. Wireless Off-camera single light. Hotshoe FILL + Wireless KEY light. Wired FILL + Wireless KEY light.

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Photography lighting tutorials by Strobist – Learn the basics.

Explore the world of off-camera lighting thanks to Strobist Links to Strobist articles out of the Lighting 101 ( © Strobist ) : Two Things [...]

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About flash photography

check the links below for introductions and techniques on flash photography : http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/ http://strobist.blogspot.com/

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