If you have a love for bold images with punch to the colors and details, then you might be drawn to High-Dynamic Range (HDR) software. The HDR effect is often overdone and can look garish, but done with a certain deft artistic eye, can look wonderful.
I'm drawn to the look of HDR, but found the software options that I've tried, to either be clunky or limited. Now combine this with my preference for things that work, and is easy to use, or at least, easy enough to delve into right from the start ... and it will help explain why I immediately liked Trey Read more inside...
A versatile lighting tool that is always in my camera bag - a video light. With a video light you can localize how you light up something like details at an event. Unlike bounce flash, it doesn't light up the entire scene - just where you point the video light at. Eg: bounce flash vs video light
My favorite LED video light is the Litepanels Croma LED video light (B&H / Amazon) – it is compact, doesn’t run hot, and works off 6 AA batteries. The color balance can be continuously changed from 3200K tungsten (Incandescent) to 5600K Read more inside...
Backblaze is part of my back-up system which I use to ensure that data loss just isn't going to happen. For me, it isn't the only thing I rely on sure my data is safe. There are a number of things I have in place for my overall workflow to make sure I don't sadly cry when a hard drive dies on me.
I've posted a few times now about back-up plans for disaster ...
Workflow – back-up plans for your computer
Workflow and back-up plans for disaster
... and Backblaze is an important part of this. And if you don't have Backblaze, Read more inside...
Video tutorial on flash photography / Webinar: Don't fear your flash
In conjunction with the Clickin Moms forums, I presented a webinar on April 12, 2011 on the topic of flash photography. Don't Fear Your Flash. It centered on teaching how to get great results from your on-camera bounce flash. The webinar was recorded, and the video can now be purchased for $30.
program description:
A photo session is often a rushed, fast moving event with less than ideal light. But that doesn't mean you can't have great light indoors that approaches studio-quality lighting. Join Neil as he Read more inside...
