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You’ve just returned from shooting some of your best photos ever. You can’t wait until you can download them and see them on your big 21″ monitor. When you turn on your camera to get a quick peek at your prize winning shots you get a “Card Error” message. Or you get the dreaded “Card [...]

It’s not due to superstition that I’m off today. Oh No. I could break a mirror. I could step on a crack. I might even let a black cat cross my path. I could risk it all and turn off my Firewall and AntiVirus software and surf to lots of questionable websites!!
I just need to [...]

While I was visiting family in Kansas we took in the city fireworks display on the Fourth of July. I really like to shoot fireworks photos every year and have long been using the techniques I talked about a few weeks ago. Refresh your memory and read the Photographing Fireworks the Right Way article.
We arrived [...]

From the DxO website: “As a result of these efforts, DxO Optics Pro v4.5 is the first major photographic software application to start building a common workflow with Adobe Lightroom™. We’ve long been pioneers in establishing compatibility with Adobe technologies and this is no exception. We see Adobe Photoshop Lightroom™ as an important platform for [...]

The latest in the Lighting 102 series was posted on Strobist yesterday. This new unit discusses Apparent Light Size and it’s effects on your photos. The discussion centers around the light source compared to the subject.
The Matchbox car shot is a great example of how a single flash, normally thought to be a hard light [...]

Using your flash when doing macro photography is the best way to be able to use small apertures and get more depth of field. Even though you can use the onboard flash you’ll have much better results with off camera flash. Being able to vary the lighting angle will allow you to create more dramatic [...]