Repairing the Canon 580EX hotshoe foot
Repairing the Canon 580EX hotshoe foot
Since the 580EX has a plastic foot, it is very easy to snap it off in the camera's hotshoe. The photo above shows the typical damage sustained. The repair is simple, and the cost of the part from Canon's Service Center. The part nr is: CY2-1227-000 Replacing the broken foot is relatively easy: Read more inside...Using filters to protect your lenses
Using filters to protect your lenses
This, ladies and gentlemen, is why using a UV filter on your lens is a good idea. Usually. Some times. The strange thing is, I have NO idea when this happened during a shoot at a reception venue where I was doing room shots and detail shots. Most of the times I was using two cameras, with the other one slung over my shoulder. At some point I lifted the camera to my eye and noticed rainbow colored diffraction patterns across the image. My immediate reaction was .. huh? My lens is THAT dirty? And then I checked and saw the actual Read more inside...Photographic composition – Tilted compositions / Dutch angle
Tilted compositions / Dutch angle
I am not a huge fan of tilted images, and I see it as an unfortunate visual 'tic' when I notice entire wedding galleries by other photographers where pretty much all the images are tilted at a very specific angle. That just means that little thought went into composition, and that composition and holding the camera has become a reflex action .. which just happens to include a 30' tilt to the camera. There is a rationale though behind tilted compositions / the Dutch angle - the balance of the photo. I tend to keep horizontal and vertical lines Read more inside...Photographic composition – Rules & guidelines
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." - Ansel Adams
