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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Fitting Square Pegs into Round Holes
Most casual shooters don’t think much about aspect ratios when they’re out taking pictures, and even among those that do, how many do you think actually take the time and trouble to switch between 4:3 , 2:3, or 16:9 before … Continue reading
Posted in The Art & Craft of Picture Taking
Tagged 16:9, 2:3, 2x3, aspect ratio, cover photos, cropping 4:3, dslr, format, helicoptor photogaphy, yachting
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Biking through the Bokeh
Back before the leaves turned colors and fell away from the trees, I was out on my old Schwinn when I had an “Ah-hah!” moment. It had to do with a conversation I had a few days earlier with a good … Continue reading
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Tagged bokeh, diaphram blades, fast glass, Leica, natural, out-of-focus highlights, soft edges, Zeiss
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Nighttime. It’s the New Daytime
For the longest time the rule of thumb for taking sharp hand-held photographs was to never take a picture at a shutter speed slower than the focal length of your lens. In other words, if you were shooting with a … Continue reading
Sekonic L-308DC DigiCineMate for Metering Stills & Video
The original Sekonic L-308 was hugely popular light meter due to its easily pocket-able size, 1/10th-stop metering accuracy, and price. The latest incarnation of this little hottie is the Sekonic L-308DC DigiCineMate, which as its name infers has added film … Continue reading
Posted in Tools & Technology
Tagged DigiCineMate, f/stop, frame rate, HDSLR, L-308DC, Sekonic Flash Meter, shutter angle, shutterspeed
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Canon 58mm Filter Adapter for Canon G10, G11, & G12
My friend Allen Green from Visual Departures tipped me off about this honey of a gadget. The Canon Filter Adapter FA-DC58B allows you to use 58mm screw-in filters on Canon PowerShot G10, G11, and G12 cameras. Simply remove the accessory ring … Continue reading
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Epson Stylus Photo R3000 Packs Higher-Capacity Ink Cartridges
Epson’s newest 13×19” desktop printer, the Stylus Photo R3000, should reduce the angst levels at late-night print marathons, which usually begin when the ‘low ink’ light starts blinking. At 29.5 ml, the eight UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta ink cartridges … Continue reading
Sony CLM-V55 5″ Clip-on LCD for DSLRs
As anyone who’s shot video with a DSLR can tell you, DSLRs – regardless of how large the camera’s LCD may be, can be awkward in practice. To make life easier, Sony has introduced the CLM-V55, a 5”, 1,152,000-dot (800×480) … Continue reading
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Tagged clm-v55 lcd, dslr, field monitors, sony, sony 5" lcd
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True Stories: The Day Mother Nature Blinked
When people hear you take pictures of boats for a living, they start getting all sorts of pictures in their minds about sunny isles, gentle breezes, and all else that comes with the ‘good life’. Admittedly, there are times when … Continue reading
The Sweetest Light of the Year
One of the better metaphors I’ve come up with to describe the difference between mid-day light during the summer months and winter months is to compare them to an overhead lamp at full Wattage (summer light) compared to a desk … Continue reading