The Central Maryland Photographer’s Guild will hold its first ever Photowalk in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on August 14th starting at 10am till approx. noon. The walk will include the Inner Harbor, Harbor East, Fells Point and Little Italy. At the end of the walk you are encouraged to have lunch as a group at one [...]
Click on the link below for a cheap film scanner. http://www.diyphotography.net/scan-your-old-film-for-the-cost-of-a-happy-meal?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Diyphotographynet+%28DIYPhotography.net+-+Photography+and+Studio+Lighting
From the Maccreate.com website. Last night I was a photo editor at the NBA Playoff game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns. I’m a staff photographer at The Oregonian newspaper. It was my responsibility to import, select, caption and send images via ftp to the newspaper. The tip off time was 7:50 p.m. [...]
Canon has taken it’s first steps with in-camera multiple flash control. Peter Carey from the Digital Photography School explains how it works with the Canon 7D at the link below. http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-control-multiple-flashes-wirelessly-with-a-canon-7d
For those using Lightroom for image editing, you may know of the power of presets, and that you can create your own presets relatively easily. It’s also possible to share presets. XEQUALS has made a whole series of their excellent presest available as free downloads, including their nearly famous “Smooth As Velvia” and “Ektachromeo” film-emulation [...]
A lens hood can be invaluable in cutting down on flare, an optical condition caused by shooting towards your light source. However, many lenses don’t come supplied with an appropriate hood, and a “real” lens hood from the lens manufacturer can be an expensive add-on (the Canon hood for the 20-35mm lens, for instance, is [...]
In January, 2008, Scott Simmons gave a talk on Macro Photography. Click on the links below to see the PowerPoint presentation, and to read the handout/presentation notes. Macro Photography Presentation Notes (PDF) Macro Photography Powerpoint Presentation (annotated) (32MB PDF)
If you use a modern Canon DSLR (including the EOS Rebel XTi, XSi, 40D, 50D and 5D), then you have access to Canon Picture Styles. Picture Styles are presets that allow you to control the “look” of your image, much like choosing a film stock based on its color or contrast characteristics. Picture Style presets [...]
The following is excerpted from a discussion on sharpness in the flickr.com Canon EOS 40D discussion group. As such, certain passages pertain to the 40D, or Canon cameras in general. However, the concepts represented here apply equally to all camera models and brands. The entire thread may be found here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/40d/discuss/72157607273602429/#comment72157607308552206 Thanks to “BoldPuppy” [...]
Here’s the slide-deck (in Adobe PDF format) containing the seminar notes from January 24th‘s talk on storing and archiving your digital photo data. Link to seminar notes (2.3MB PDF)
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