I know everyone reading this has seen a Glamour shot. If by some chance you have not, then you are obviously like 5 years old. They were huge in the 90’s, and I have even seen some small boutique studios are currently offering them again. So you might ask yourself, do I need expensive lenses, maybe a Lens baby or some other old trick to achieve that dreamy feel? Not at all! Hit the jump to achieve the same effect in less than 60 seconds. Read more…
April, 2009
Tech: Digital Image Storage/Backup Methods
SO … you’ve been shooting digital for a while now. Perhaps you have thousands of images all saved to a single drive? What would you do if you suddenly had a hard drive crash? Short of spending hundreds of dollars for a professional company to retrieve your data, you are pretty much out of luck … and thousands of images. You might think, “Well, I can make DVD copies of my images as a backup.” Yes, this is true, and for short term backups it is a good option. However, if you shoot often, then your DVD backups are always going to be a few days, if not weeks, out of sync with your onsite collection. Not to mention spanning quite a few DVDs. Hit the Jump for three levels of photo backup from general backups to a data critical, ironclad, method of never losing anything. Read more…
FlashPost: Review of Blurb.com
So if you have been reading my blog since the start, you know that I recently published my first Photography book via Blurb.com. I made this decision because, in my opinion, it is a Green method of publishing and helps control freaks like myself main … well, control. Last week I recieved my first book in the mail and it has been waiting on me to go through and really scrutinize it. Read more…
Tech: Nikon, Canon, or ???
So, here I am again, and this time around I will be responding to a question that a few people have contacted me with. That question is the same one you will see on countless Photography sites all over the net … “Should I shoot Nikon or Canon or maybe something else?” Well, unfortunately this isn’t such a clear cut issue. The first thing that a person needs to know is they are buying a photography system, not just a camera. Each brand has things it is particularly good at, things it fails at, and various pro lenses that might be better suited for certain things. Hit the jump for a few basic tips as well as my take on this burning question. Read more…
