Twice the storage for a quarter of the price
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Elinchrom's Latest, The Ranger Quadra
Here is the Elinchrom site with some details and specs. B&H has these 400 w/s battery operated strobe lights listed for approx. $2300 here
These babies certainly are light weight and the battery is dwarf size with a quick recharge time. The Ranger Quadra is another option for Elinchrom quality lights and will appeal to those with frequent location shoots and for outdoor events.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Brian and Emily's Wedding Day
Wedding picture show of Brian and Emily's Wedding day. As the Father of the Groom, I couldn't resist captuing a few images. As a Wedding photograher and Father, I never confuse my primary role in my childrens Weddings - Father of the Groom. Hence I give the couple some advise and guidance, then step back and let them pick their own photographer. So we now have 3 down and 3 more to go. PS: They went with a Cannon guy.
Images captured with the Nikon D700 DSLR with Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8. For the Wedding service in tight quarters, the Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 was fantastic. Nikon Speedlight SB 800 was used during the reception. So it was a great day and I managed to squeeze off a few shots to capture some great images of family and friends. One happy Dad/photographer.
Images captured with the Nikon D700 DSLR with Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8. For the Wedding service in tight quarters, the Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 was fantastic. Nikon Speedlight SB 800 was used during the reception. So it was a great day and I managed to squeeze off a few shots to capture some great images of family and friends. One happy Dad/photographer.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Elinchrom Quadra Battery Pack System
Elinchrom has a new portable power pack at 400 W that would appear to promote moving your studio light capabilities to outside location shoots. Here is a video of its operations. Currently B&H is offering pre orders, so it may be some time untill they are readily available. Keep an eye out for the two headed kit and comparative Elinchrom Quadra to Ranger reviews.
Another preliminary source is the Flickr Stobist group, where early users are providing some feeback and examples of the Quadra units. Good hunting.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Exposure
Learning the basics of photography is all about (lighting, known as) exposure. For those developing their skills, I highlighted just a few reading links as a quick reference. It's also easier to understand exposure with some examples rather then simple explainations or text alone. The uh-huh factor or "now I understand" improves with image show & tell approach. Here are a few links you can use as a starting point or as a refresher: Shutterbug
and Picture Correct and Photo Net and Luminous-Landscape The key is to familiarize yourself with the various exposure options and simply go shoot in the backyard (your Exposure Lab) purposely using various exposure settings. Today with dgital cameras and image editing software, you can quickly learn by trial and error and get a much better grasp of lighting/Exposure. Shoot and view the results with the intent of observing how the different exposure settings impact the image. Exposure changes can provide a range of results from suttle (acceptable) and/or dramatic (disaterous). See and learn in the backyard lab before you tackle the rest of the world and you will be pleased with your results and more importantly understand why. Also, after you clearly understand the relationships between Shutter speed, aperture (f/ stops) and ISO, you will better appreciate the flexabilility RAW capture affords vice the JPEG option. The key is not to depend on the altering powers of RAW captured files alone, but instead to nail your exposures from the start. So shoot, look and learn. Shoot, shoot, shoooot!
and Picture Correct and Photo Net and Luminous-Landscape The key is to familiarize yourself with the various exposure options and simply go shoot in the backyard (your Exposure Lab) purposely using various exposure settings. Today with dgital cameras and image editing software, you can quickly learn by trial and error and get a much better grasp of lighting/Exposure. Shoot and view the results with the intent of observing how the different exposure settings impact the image. Exposure changes can provide a range of results from suttle (acceptable) and/or dramatic (disaterous). See and learn in the backyard lab before you tackle the rest of the world and you will be pleased with your results and more importantly understand why. Also, after you clearly understand the relationships between Shutter speed, aperture (f/ stops) and ISO, you will better appreciate the flexabilility RAW capture affords vice the JPEG option. The key is not to depend on the altering powers of RAW captured files alone, but instead to nail your exposures from the start. So shoot, look and learn. Shoot, shoot, shoooot!
Monday, June 29, 2009
New Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
The New Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 prime "G" standard lens can be a replacement for the 1993 "D" model but at a big increase in price (Approx $180=D and $470=G). Certainly this lens capitalizes on new technologies however, are the improvements worth the price? Here are some thoughts by Ken however, I would suggest you also get some unbiased views DPREVIEW.com
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
CSA 2009 Golf Awards
Client Solution Architects (CSA)
2009 Golf Outting Awards in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Nikon D700, SB800, 24-70mm f/2.8 Edited Lr2
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Wedding Photography & Multimedia Show
Recent Wedding results from Nikon D300 and D700 DLSR using Nikkor 14-24mm and 24-70mm f/2.8 glass with SB800 Speedlights. Final video editing for Multimedia show using Photodex Pro Show Producer.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
NAVICP Employee Appreciation Day 2009
Navy employee awards, celebrations and the Phillies game. Nikon D700 DSLR, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikon SB800 Speedlight, processed in Adobe Lr2, Animoto and Photodex Pro Show Producer ver 4.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
How to organize 300 M images from Flickr
And I thought I had a lot of images.
Analysis of Flickr photos could lead to online travel books
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos taken by more than 300,000 photographers from around the globe, using a supercomputer at the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC).
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
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