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May
31
2015
Do I need, in my kit, a Nifty Fifty?
Posted by on 31 May 2015 / 0 Comment

I never understood the hype around the “Nifty Fifty.” On a full frame (35mm) camera it used to be one of the ‘must have’ prime lenses in your kit. This was back in the day when Zoom Lenses just could not match the image quality of a Prime. Other ‘must have,’ Prime lenses were 28mm […]



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May
28
2015
Lightroom: Upgrading and Revisioning
Posted by on 28 May 2015 / 0 Comment

Its taken me a few lean years but finally I’ve just upgraded from LR3 to LR6. In the process I’ve learned that I could have been doing somethings better, and one large catalog is not so good. So I’m starting from scratch all over again. Now, I’m scrutinizing Kevin Kubota’s Lightspeed Workflow (from a CreativeLive […]



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Apr
30
2015
Pinhole Photography 2015
Posted by on 30 Apr 2015 / 0 Comment

Last Sunday was Worldwide Pinhole photography Day, so I decided to make a pinhole camera and play around with some exhausted Ilford Ilfospeed x.44M B&W Photographic paper as source material for some paper negatives. The camera I build out of a Chinese Tea Tin lined with black gaffer tape and trilled a hole in it […]



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Apr
8
2015
Phantom 3 Drone Camera
Posted by on 08 Apr 2015 / 0 Comment

Nice piece of kit. Might have to use the Chinese connections to get one of these…. But, at just over a 1000€ price tag, that’s certainly room to pause and carefully consider, the pros and cons… http://petapixel.com/2015/04/08/dji-announces-the-phantom-3-4k-video-in-the-worlds-most-popular-camera-drone/ For today, that’s what’s in my Line of Sight.



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Mar
31
2015
Wood Transfer Prints
Posted by on 31 Mar 2015 / 0 Comment

So, I was looking at this: and got to thinking: a) this is really cool b) the result is better than what I’ve seen for other videos, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv8wr-zKIRI c) nice segue into online editing, and d) what if the edges were routered after making the picture, and ferous acetate used to selectively […]



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Mar
7
2015
An alternative to the GoPro
Posted by on 07 Mar 2015 / 0 Comment

An alternative to the GoPro Hero, If you’re traveling in China, this might actually be worth the effort of picking up. Update: (15 Apr.) I’ve now ordered one of these complete with waterproof housing. Just waiting on the wife’s next visit to Chine to pick it up. Can hardly wait. For today, that’s what’s in […]



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Nov
10
2014
Mussing on comments by Dean Collins
Posted by on 10 Nov 2014 / 0 Comment

So, I’m watching DC@Brooks – again; and I pick up just a little bit more. Blowthrough on the background. i.e. in essence you don’t want your background to be brighter than 2 stops above 18% Grey, reflective… or in other words, no brighter tan 2 stops above the diffused value of your subject… I think […]



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