This is a personal comparison of the Canon 24-70mm F/2.8 L USM lens (24-70) vs my other Canon wide angle lenses the Canon EF-S 17-55mm Image Stabilizer (IS) lens (17-55) and Canon 17-40 F/4 L USM lens (17-40). The 24-70 looks and feels like a heavy quality precision jeweled instrument that should last two life times. I originally purchased it as a backup to my 17-55 IS for wedding photography. I love the look and handling of primes but during a wedding many times you can not move so you need ...
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For this month’s DPS Writer’s Critique, I thought I’d turn things around. It has been suggested before that there should be the opportunity for blog readers to not only voice their critique of the monthly photos, but that they should also show the rest of us what they were thinking. And that’s what we’re going to try this month!
With that concept in mind, here is one of my photos I am releasing under a Creative Commons license. You are free to take it, play w...
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Butterfly Lighting is one of the most flattering and artistic ways of lighting the face. As it’s name would denote, Butterfly Lighting is created by the way in which you angle the light to fall on the face of your subject. Often used by celebrity photographers, this style of lighting can be achieved by a single off camera light and a reflector.
Image by Kathleen Thomas Photography
Here’s a step by step guide of how to achieve perfect butterfly lighting:
1. Face your subject at 7.8 v...
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Butterfly Lighting is one of the most flattering and artistic ways of lighting the face. As it’s name would denote, Butterfly Lighting is created by the way in which you angle the light to fall on the face of your subject. Often used by celebrity photographers, this style of lighting can be achieved by a single off camera light and a reflector.
Image by Kathleen Thomas Photography
Here’s a step by step guide of how to achieve perfect butterfly lighting:
1. Face your subject at 7.8 v...
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I’ve been asked a few times why I’ve decided to use flickr as my image hosting site instead of some of the many other options available to me. If I’m going to be completely honest, it’s that it was the only one I’d heard of when I got my account back in 2005.
But let’s forget about that for a second, and instead concentrate one why I stay at flickr. It’s because of all these additional things I can do at flickr other than just host my images. Keep in mind, this is written ...
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For this month’s DPS Writer’s Critique, I thought I’d turn things around. It has been suggested before that there should be the opportunity for blog readers to not only voice their critique of the monthly photos, but that they should also show the rest of us what they were thinking. And that’s what we’re going to try this month!
With that concept in mind, here is one of my photos I am releasing under a Creative Commons license. You are free to take it, play w...
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Many of the images that you take particularly cityscapes, like most portraits, can do with some spot fixing. I’ve been traveling through Europe a lot lately and because it’s considered almost de rigeur to smoke there, many of the photos that I have are littered with cigarette butts and assorted garbage.
And although you may not realize it, even small cigarette butts will detract from an image. A few minutes spent cleaning up an image can result in it having a way more polished look...
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This guest post on wedding photography equipment was submitted by F.C. from Camera Tech.
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So you’re desperately keen to go into wedding photography — or maybe you’ve made a start. The only problem you’re faced with is the equipment: and there are a lot of choices.
Firstly, the most important thing to realize is that the camera and/or lens isn’t going to cut it on its own; you’re not going to see a magical difference. Your equipment can limit ...
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