PENTAX K20D DIGITAL SLR REVIEW
When Pentax announced the K10D back in 2006, serious amateurs and professionals quickly started paying attention. In 2008, the company decided to update their line with the Pentax K20D, the most feature-rich DSLR currently available and more custom features than any photographer would need. This digital SLR camera boasts built-in stabilization, dust-reduction, weather-sealing, ISO up to 6400, 3 FPS continuous shooting, the largest viewfinder among cropped-sensor cameras, live-view and a wealth of unique photographic controls.
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FUN PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
In this digital camera age, the idea of filters is long forgotten. Photoshop has added camera filters to its list of tools available in the digital darkroom. But there are still things which cannot be replicated on your computer.
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Working with Nudes
Photographing nudes is much more complex than just photographing people without their clothes on. The photographer must pay close attention to detail. Things which you can get away with in regular portraits become intense and glaring errors when shooting nudes. Three things to be aware of when working with nudes are reflections, poses and facial expressions.
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Read More...Travel Photo Tips
Travel photography presents its own challenges and opportunities. Whether you are shooting for yourself or for a client, you want your travel photos to fall somewhere in between art and stock photography, creating a sense of place and drawing the viewer in to the scene.
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Portraits
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Managing your Digtial Image Files
Your shoeboxes are full of them. They are falling out of your albums. And now they are stuffed into one gigantic folder on your computer, eating up memory like a linebacker at Chuck-A-Rama. You need help, fast.
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CANON EOS 40D DIGITAL SLR REVIEW
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EOS-1Ds Mark III DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEWEOS-1Ds Mark III DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW
Long hailed by many as a rival to medium-format digital cameras for less money, the 1Ds is extremely popular in the professional portrait and fashion photography world. With the addition of nearly all the advancements and interfaces improvements of its higher-speed brother, the 1D Mark III, the 1Ds Mark III is likely to be even more popular with high-end pro photographers. The Mark III has down come in weight from a 3.5 lb anvil to a 3 lb dumbbell and has a resolution of 21 megapixels, producing superb 20x30 enlargements and acceptable 30x40 prints.
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CANON EOS 5D MARK II DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW
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Lenses
The first thing to recall when buying lenses is: purchase the biggest and fastest piece of glass you are able to afford! Bargain lenses are generally not deserving the investment, whereas a high caliber lens will serve you well for a years
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Read More...Black-and-white
Black-and-white imagery has a fantastic aesthetical value. Perhaps because we're accustomed ascertaining the cosmos in color we like the singularity of viewing something without it. Black-and-white pictures in some way transcend the snapshot in some respects that color never can. Here are a few hints of how you are able to improve your black-and-white photos.
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Read More...NIKON D300 DIGITAL
The D300 is a lensman's ideal photographic camera. There are no setting modalities, not even a Green Auto mode for the photographic camera to do the exercise for you. The D300 is a master grade digital SLR bundled with fresh, radically new characteristics. Nikon has inaugurated the full-frame sensing element, called FX. It shoots six-frames-per-second with the power to promote to eight-frames-per-second with the purchase of an electric battery handgrip. It has the fresh aspect identification scheme which blends information from the 51-point AF system of rules with information from the 1,005-point metering system of rules for more zealous accuracy and better tracking. It also has Live perspective, in-camera Lateral Chromatic optical aberration Correction, a self-cleaning sensing element, and optic-by-optic autofocus tweaking.
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Fashion Imagery
Fashion photography requires a merger of comprising a strong portrait lensman and the power to produce images for the advertising market. You must be cutting-edge on the newest design and fashion movements and be able to distribute your images to the fashion editor in chief of published works. Fashion photography is publicising and marketing high end apparel.
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Read More...Groovy cyberspace web site portfolios
Groovy cyberspace web site portfolios
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GREAT WEB SITE PORTFOLIOS
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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
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BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
Black and white imagery has a wonderful aesthetic. Maybe because we are used to seeing the world in color we like the uniqueness of seeing something without it. Black and white images somehow transcend the snapshot in a way that color never can. Here are some suggestions of how you can improve your black and white photographs.
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MEMORY CARDS
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HOW TO SET WHITE BALANCE
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HOW TO READ A HISTOGRAM
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HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH FIREWORKS
Photographing fireworks is easier now than ever with digital cameras because you can see the results immediately and make the necessary adjustments. Shooting firework displays is exciting because you really never know what you're going to get. Here are some tips on how to go about it.
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Read More...Has the term "edgy" Lost it's meaning?
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Scanning Services
Do you have a bunch of old photos hanging around, that you would like to convert to digital format? Do you have old negatives, slides, just sitting in a box? Well many folks know this, but I think many may not, there are a ton of scanning services out on the Internet that you can use. I did a quick search on Google for "photo scanning service", and came up with about 12000 hits, so yep there are plenty out there. Not too long ago I decided to clean out my closet and my negative files to see what I may want to convert to digital.
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Read More...Content is King
Content is King
Hey Folks we are in need of content for the site, so if you would like to write an article , just go to the contact form at www.digitalgranny.com and drop us a note.
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Read More...Apple's Aperture vs Adobe Lightroom
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Earn $200.00 per day
Think about this You could Earn $200+ Per Day Taking Simple Digital Photos Of Real Estate, Cars, Trucks, Boats, Etc. In Your Local Area!
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Read More...One of my photos just got published
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Cheap Memory Cards
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Tips on Portrait Photography
Portrait Photography can be a rewarding exercise for both the photographer
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iGeneration
Well, first let me explain, before I explain, I am in no way trying to offend anyone, I am simple going to explain a concept presented from someone who perhaps bridges the gap. Or maybe I cannot bridge the gap at all.
First I take you back to a time when life was simple, well maybe at the time we did not think so, but now looking back it indeed was. This was a time when people wore bell bottomed jeans, granted they still do but you certainly would not be caught dead in a pair unless it were purchased for an "in" name brand. In those days it was pretty much Levis and that was about it, maybe wranglers but those were for goat ropers as well used to call the drug store cowboy types back in Denver. Anyway back to the 70's if you haven't guessed. Yes, I am an old guy, but you know what? I totally relish that. There was a time I hated getting older, but now I realize that are some definite benefits to it, older, wiser, you know , all that BULL Sheet.
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Out of Photography
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Tattoo Flake
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TFCD
Here is an article from wikipedia on the topic - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time_for_print&oldid=216255589
While each photographer and model have different perceptions of what exactly this is. It is essentially an agreement between the model and the photographer to exchange services for some equal trade. This reason I write about this is lately I have had some models debate this with me.
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A Virtual Journey
I have allot of people ask me, why do you have so many domain names( at the time of this writing I have around 30)? Well, the short answer is, I am addicted to the net, and as hard as I try not to , I end up coming back to it. You see I am a frustrated Intreprenuer( Kind of a made up word on my part). Someday I may actually even make some money on this crazy thing( you know like "The Secret!")
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The Girls of digg
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Post Processing
Here is how I handle the entire process, so hopefully it makes sense. Do the shot of course ;}, process the images, all the images are shot in RAW format which means they hold the information on the images but you can't see it if you look at it. That is why I don't give any RAW images.
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The sound of color
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Working for Free
Anyway, I hope all that read this find it useful, I would be interested to get some comments for experiences others have had.
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Model Releases
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Riding a bike Riding a bike with no hands
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Trip to Jamaica
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OCD
Yep I have officially been diagnosed with OCD.Actually several years ago. I don’t know how or why, but it something I have had since I was a kid. I just did not know it then. What is OCD? Most people think is is the fear of germs, and while that is one element , OCD can manifest if in different ways with different people. My manifestation is once I get a concept or even something to worry about, it sticks in my head, and I run though it over and over. It is like I can never turn my brain off. You might say,hey that is great your brain is always working,but I will tell you it is an affliction that will make you brand new, and not in a good way.
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He Pooped
Well here is Wilbur’s story:
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HMFIC
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Mortgage Dilemma
How do I start this email/blog, I really don’t know due to all the frustration I feel right now. I guess I will start by saying, about 3 years ago we sold our old house and purchased the current one we are in. We like many, many other people got an ARM. I was well aware of the ARM requirements, however; I planned in short order to get the loan refinanced into a 30 year fixed . In my wildest dreams I never would have thought things would have played out the way they have.
First I tried to refinance both and was told due to the market conditions , my home had dropped so much in value my LTV was no longer conducive to a refinance, not to mention even if I did refinance Beneficial had a prepay penalty of about 10,000.00, so I decided to wait a while longer. By the way when we purchased this home it appraised at 425,000.00 we purchased it for 369,000.00 . We just got the house appraised, (which is a whole other issue I will address later ) it appraised at 315,000.00 despite having a brand new A/C unit that cost 11,000.00 new carpet, new paint, the entire house has essentially been completely upgraded. What I find hard to understand is how I read in the paper homes have dropped about 10% in my area, which by my math should be about 42500.00 which would put the house value at 382,500.00 . With the amount os the current appraisal , that would put the total amount of decline at around 30%
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Dead dog
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Diversity
Here's the deal, although I am a white dude from Denver(which just so you know, I never use that term to describe myself, i am more of a Broncos fan) I find it very hard to understand Diversity, my mom came from Tennessee, so you can imagine what her perspective is, while she is not a racist she for sure is s separatist, which really if you think about it, goes way back to the 50's or something. So she basically believes that people who are of color should date their within their own race, and go to their own schools etc.
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TRIPODS
As you're on your way out the door you think to yourself, Should I take my tripod? You ask yourself for two reasons: Do I really want to lug my tripod around with me? and Will I need it? If you are not hiking through the mountains with it strapped to your back and are just going to have it in the car just in case, why not? It is good to be prepared. But here are some rules of when you definitely should have your tripod with you.
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Read More...NAMING FILES
With film you could get away with being disorganized, of having that just-throw-them-in-the-shoebox attitude. When you needed to find an image you could just pull down the overflowing shoebox from the closet shelf and sift through the images until you found what you were looking for. This is not the case with digital photographs. In fact, if you have continued this practice of throwing your images into your digital shoebox, I call you to repentance. You penance, however, is not as simple as saying ten Hale Mary's and an hour of community service. You have some work do. But you'll thank me in the end (yes, Mother). When it comes down to it, there are really only two things you need to worry about when managing your digital images: editing and organization.
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Read More...FILE TYPES
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of file types out there. But for digital imagery, you only have to worry about a small handful. I'm just going to talk about the most common and universally accepted file types. Knowing the different types of files, what they do, and how you can use them to your benefit will greatly increase the efficiency of your digital work flow.
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Read More...EXPOSURE
Because photography literally means drawing with light, having an understanding of how light enters the camera is paramount. You cannot develop your photography skills nor your image quality without understanding exposure. If you don't, you're just guessing.
Exposure is how much light reaches the film (or CCD but I will use film interchangeably). “Correct” exposure is when the film has received the right amount of light, producing an image with correct colors and tones.
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BACKING UP YOUR FILES
I'm sitting at the coffee shop on a Sunday morning in a leather manhattan chair. My soy latte is cooling on the end table to my left. The Shins are playing in the background as I wave to a friend who just walked in the door. I'm working in PhotoShop, removing a few pieces of lint from the model's black blazer when my mouse freezes. I can't force quit. I can't ctrl+alt+del. I hold down the power button to shut off the machine. I wait 15 seconds and turn it back on. It seems to be booting up just fine. Then, the blue screen of death appears. I'm not too worried. I reboot. Blue screen. I reboot. Blue screen. I'm sweating now. I have 6 photo shoots on there which have not been delivered to the client. I don't have a backup of my contacts. I have dozens of emails which have vital information from my job search. I haven't backed up for months.
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Read More...LOW LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
Low light and night photography is rather tricky. It requires unique settings not available in the pre-programmed settings on most cameras, therefore, it's best to have a camera where you can shoot in full manual mode.
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Read More...Filters
in the Photographic Processby
William Lulow
Filters
are sometimes handy things to have around in your camera bag. They are usually used to enhance how film or digital media "see" a scene. In order to understand this a bit more fully, it is necessary to talk a bit about the difference between the human eye and various types of media (film, digital sensors, emulsions, etc.). Don't forget we have some really great deals on photo gear at http://www.prophotosales.com Read More...
Working with Flash
or strobe is a type of light that is produced when an electric current interacts with a gas to produce a short, but intense burst of light. Most of us are familiar with a point-and-shoot camera’s electronic flash because it is built in to the camera. We are familiar with the flash going off and temporarily blinding us while the photo is taken. There are some things about this type of light that are important for serious photographers, be they amateurs or professionals, to keep in mind.Don't forget we have some really great deals on photo gear at http://www.prophotosales.com Read More...
Digtial Camera Tips Part 1
use for the time spent in preparation before a shoot. Whether that be a day or a month, the more prepared you are for the shoot, the better your chances of it being successful. Pre-production is more than a simple checklist of items to put into your camera bag. It is also entails research and brainstorming, but that's a different topic altogether. For now, let's just focus on techniques rather than concepts.Don't forget we have some really great deals on photo gear at http://www.prophotosales.com
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Digtial Camera Tips Part 2
Now that you're more comfortable understanding the controls and functions of your digital camera (having read the manual and prepared yourself for the photo shoot) you can now focus on the production, or photo shoot.
Digital cameras
differ from film in that you now have to tell the camera what type of “film” you are using. Are you shooting outside? Are you in a low-light situation? What is the light source? These were decisions you made with your selection of film, whether you knew it or not. Now you have to answer all of these questions and tell the camera what settings to use. Cameras are smart but not infallible. Automatic mode does not always work. You need to have an understanding of film speed, light source, and color balance in order to get the most out of your digital camera.Don't forget we have some really great deals on photo gear at http://www.prophotosales.com Read More...
Digital Camera Tips Part 3
EDIT, EDIT, EDIT
If location, location, location are the three rules of real estate, then edit, edit, edit are the three rules of post-production. You don't not have to save and print every picture you take. You must go through your images with a sharp, critical eye. This becomes an even more important issue when you invite friends over for a slide show. Honey, no one wants to sit through 1,000 images of your family vacation to Disneyland, no matter how cute your kids are.
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Digtial Photography Secrets
out there, people readily assume that any problem – from poor exposure to bad composition – can be fixed later in Photoshop. This mindset is the downfall of many photographers and amateurs alike. You have to have a good image to start with before you turn it into a great image later in Photoshop. (When I say Photoshop I really mean any photo editing software. Photoshop is the industry standard and has become a universal term, such as kleenex or xerox.) The secret to digital photography is to do as much adjusting and tweaking in the camera, as opposed to on the computer, as possible. Don't forget we have some really great deals on photo gear at http://www.prophotosales.com Read More...
Studio Lighting Techniques
From the Greek word phos meaning “light” and graphis meaning “stylus” or “paintbrush,” photography literally means drawing with light. Photography
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Read More...Shooting Still Lifes
is “What do I want to show in the image?” If it is a product shot, you need to set up the product so that it will be immediately recognizable and stand out from its surroundings. Most photographers usually begin with a simple background such as a plain piece of no-seam paper or a piece of fabric that can be placed on a tabletop. Larger items may sometimes be shot on the floor but you need to have enough space to make a pleasing set-up and then to arrange your lighting.Don't forget we have some really great deals on photo gear at http://www.prophotosales.com Read More...