Nikon D300 custom settings
Nikon D300 custom settings
The Nikon D300 (which superseded the highly-regarded D200), offers great image quality and offering many of the same features of the Nikon D3, but at a more affordable price - all of which will make the D300 a camera that many professional photographers will chose as their main camera. Many of the custom settings of the D300 are the same as for the D200, but there are a few differences. (eg, Auto ISO is now set in the Shooting Menu.) Here are my preferences for the Custom Settings .. and why. Read more inside...off-camera flash photography: what are your camera settings?
off-camera flash photography: what are your camera settings?
What are your settings? - a question that I am often asked about various images. Sometimes, the answer is surprising - it doesn't really matter. Sometimes the specific settings are of importance, but usually much less so than the method of getting to correct exposure of the ambient light and the flash. This is the photographic equivalent of teaching someone to fish, versus just slapping a fish down on a dinner plate. Just telling my settings will reveal very little about the how. And yet, the how is far Read more inside...cross-processing …
Many photographers who have entered the industry in the last several years aren't readily aware that a number of the digital techniques and special effects available today in Photoshop, are actually based on processes that were available to film shooters of past years. One effect that seems to be a particular favorite of photographers recently is cross-processing - an effect where colors are made more vivid, and the tonality and contrast are skewed to create a high-fashion or slightly surreal effect. Fuji Sensia 200 exposed at 125 ISO - processed as C41 print film. Nikon F90 camera; Read more inside...
gear for destination wedding photography (Canon)
gear for destination wedding photography (Canon)
I enjoy photographing destination weddings- and I've been fortunate to photograph weddings in Aruba, Bahamas, Miami and Las Vegas. These are weddings are often in exotic locales. (Well, nearly everything will seem exotic outside of New Jersey, but I digress.) Even even though it sounds exciting to photograph in faraway places, there is a challenge that comes along with that - packing enough of my gear and getting it safely to my destination. It is even more of a challenge with restrictions placed on air travel. Since I Read more inside..."Dragging the Shutter" revisited
1/100 @ f1.6 @ 1000 ISO "Dragging the Shutter" is a term used to describe the technique of using a slow enough shutter speed to allow a measure of ambient light to register when using flash. This term originates from an era when photographers would determine correct flash exposure for on-location photography by : - setting the ISO speed according to the film used, - setting the aperture according to subject distance (depends on flashgun's guide number), - then using the shutter speed as the ONLY way of independently allowing more ambient light in, slowing the shutter speed far lower Read more inside...
using slow shutter speeds with a hand-held camera
(1/20th @ f2.8 @ 1250 iso)
