Here are the latest batch of photo related links I have come up:
- Most Popular Photography Hacks of 2009- LifeHacker; I don't agree with all of these, but there are some good ones in there. Solid list by LifeHacker.
- Tell Us What You'd Shoot Using a Camera With 158 Lenses- Gizmodo; I haven't the foggest. First show me what an image from this 'camera' looks like or can do!
- New iPhone App To Create Lighting Diagrams- DIYPhotography; Thats just too cool. I am such a photo geek.
- I have looked in to providing some sort of 'buy a print of my image' sort of functionalitly, and well- it isn't worth it. Just like having a photo-only website wasn't worth it for me either. I just don't generate enough traffic or interest to really justify that sort of investment of time and energy to get so little in return. A struggling/starving artist I am not.
- What the Duck- Damnit, that is about as close to the truth as I care to admit it is. Gotta get me some merch. Great shirts in there! Wish they had the stuffed duck again...
- If you need a Christmas gift idea for me, here is my B&H wish list!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Christmas card photos
I have been waiting a while to post this information about our Christmas card photos. We put our tree up two days after Thanksgiving, and the next day I did our photos with baby in front of the tree. I thought about for a moment but realized, it would be easy to light.
I needed two lights sources- one for the tree behind baby, and one for baby herself.
The strobe on camera left was a bounce umbrella at 1/2 power. Looking back I should have raised that to full power just to see the difference.
The strobe on camera right was a shoot through umbrella on camera right for lighting baby, 1/4 or 1/8 power depending on the lens used. I used my 17-40 f/4 and my 50mm f/1.8 as different depths of focus were attempted.
Over all I was pretty pleased with the results. Next year I am gonna try something different, just not sure what yet!
I needed two lights sources- one for the tree behind baby, and one for baby herself.
The strobe on camera left was a bounce umbrella at 1/2 power. Looking back I should have raised that to full power just to see the difference.
The strobe on camera right was a shoot through umbrella on camera right for lighting baby, 1/4 or 1/8 power depending on the lens used. I used my 17-40 f/4 and my 50mm f/1.8 as different depths of focus were attempted.
Over all I was pretty pleased with the results. Next year I am gonna try something different, just not sure what yet!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Links
Here is a collection of links and information I have collected since my last batch:
- Nova DSLR concept reminds us that cameras need not be boring- Engadget; Interesting design concept. No clue how functional it would be, but still interesting.
- The Touchscreen DSLR Is Finally Upon Us- Gizmodo; Oh good grief. It was bound to happen I guess. The biggest part is the tactical response I get with the Canon wheel on the back of my camera. How the heck is that gonna be replaced? What if I drag my nose across the wrong part of the screen? Eek gads!
- This Is One Classy Laser-Made Collapsable Lamp- Gizmodo; I saw this and the first thing that jumped in my mind was 'a way cool diffuser, grid spot, or even pattern for behind the subject!'
- Nikon Girl music video, The Photo Club- YouTube; Funny.
- Gifts for Aspiring Artsy Photographers- Gizmodo; Yeah, no thanks on most of them. Please use my B+H wish list as my true gift guide! Thanks.
I just love What the Duck:
- Nova DSLR concept reminds us that cameras need not be boring- Engadget; Interesting design concept. No clue how functional it would be, but still interesting.
- The Touchscreen DSLR Is Finally Upon Us- Gizmodo; Oh good grief. It was bound to happen I guess. The biggest part is the tactical response I get with the Canon wheel on the back of my camera. How the heck is that gonna be replaced? What if I drag my nose across the wrong part of the screen? Eek gads!
- This Is One Classy Laser-Made Collapsable Lamp- Gizmodo; I saw this and the first thing that jumped in my mind was 'a way cool diffuser, grid spot, or even pattern for behind the subject!'
- Nikon Girl music video, The Photo Club- YouTube; Funny.
- Gifts for Aspiring Artsy Photographers- Gizmodo; Yeah, no thanks on most of them. Please use my B+H wish list as my true gift guide! Thanks.
I just love What the Duck:
Monday, November 30, 2009
JJ jump
This was a bit of fun to do. I am not much of a post editing sort of guy, I don't even own Photoshop. However, I will use the open source equivalent in Gimp.
How it was done:
Position self.
Check settings on camera for Hi-speed shutter.
Shoot as subject doesn't break himself.
At home, research the heck out of Layer masking.
In Gimp, you can import several photos as layers. Nice.
To each layer I applied a layer mask, making it dark. Gimp made the last photo in the series, where JJ landed, the background image.
So when I went to each layer, I simply panted to reveal that version of him. It got tricky when they overlapped.
Turned out pretty good, and lesson learned on how to make the image!
How it was done:
Position self.
Check settings on camera for Hi-speed shutter.
Shoot as subject doesn't break himself.
At home, research the heck out of Layer masking.
In Gimp, you can import several photos as layers. Nice.
To each layer I applied a layer mask, making it dark. Gimp made the last photo in the series, where JJ landed, the background image.
So when I went to each layer, I simply panted to reveal that version of him. It got tricky when they overlapped.
Turned out pretty good, and lesson learned on how to make the image!
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