Do-it-Yourself Tungsten OmniBounce

Do-it-Yourself Tungsten OmniBounce
Originally uploaded by carpe icthus.

This popped up on a recent “strobist” search on flickr. I’m constantly surprised by the ingenuity of the strobist clan.
Notes from the photographer:
I had to shoot a giant gala tonight — close to 500 people. I knew most of the action would be happening in a place with [...]

Fourth. Fireworks. Fotography.

Fourth on Lake Austin
Originally uploaded by Stuck in Customs.

With the 4th fast approaching (that’s Wednesday folks), everybody wants to get that great shot of the fireworks that has always turned out lame in years past. To get the most out of your 4th of July fireworks photographic experience, check out this post and send [...]

Photoshop “Airbrush” Effect

I’m a sucker for a good tutorial.  Here’s a great walk-through for a model shot.  It really shows the power of Photoshop and how a little gaussian blur goes a long way.
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Canon USA Urges America to Get Outside and Release its Inner Shutterbug

PRESS RELEASE
A Summer of Free Workshops at Three of America’s Most Popular National Parks and Canon’s Second Annual Photography in the Parks Photo Contest Return For a Season Filled With Photo Fun
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 20, 2007 – From the beaches of the eastern seaboard to the Great Plains, and from the wetlands of the [...]

The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes

I came across this excellent post today over at Andre Gunther Photography.  Take time and consider these.
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Digital Camera Shopping Guide

Check out this post over at Techasaur.us for the Top 10 things you need to know about digital cameras. The first point is golden:
1) Resolution is less important than you think
There is a popular misconception that more megapixels lead to better pictures. This is not the case.
Sure, higher resolution gives you the ability to [...]

Alabama Photography Laws

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High ISO in Compact Cameras

If you’ve not read this article over at DPReview.com, you need to.
It’s a very well written article that explains the problems and limitations of high ISO settings in compact digital camera.  It’s got some comparisons of the rather popular compact cameras that show just how these high ISO settings aren’t all they’re cracked up to [...]

Learning Adobe Lightroom

If you’re like me, you love Adobe Lightroom. If you’re not like me, you should give it a try. The learning curve is easy. The controls are intuitive. It blows through RAW files as seamless as iPhoto does with JPEGs. It’s not quite the power hog that Aperture is either.
I [...]

5 Things Photographers Should Do When Confronted by Police

This has been a real hot topic since 9/11. There have been some high profile confrontations between photographers and police, such as this one reported by Thomas Hawk (a follow-up post is here). There’s also a growing concern in the photography community that police are overstepping their bounds and interfering with photographers’ rights. [...]