Archive for September, 2007
Recommended: Lighting 201 on Strobist
If you’re not following along with David Hobby’s Lighting 201 over at Strobist, you’re missing out. Each week Hobby attacks a different part of off-camera lighting and gives some examples of great photography.
This week’s lesson is on balancing flash and sunlight - an important concept for just about everyone to understand. Be sure [...]
The Photojournalist’s Secret? Get Closer.
Blame it on the camera manufacturers.
In 2006, the Canon Rebel XT was one of the most popular cameras in America. A ton of photographers were starting SLR photography for the first time, and what was their first lens? The EF-S 18-55mm kit lens that came packaged by the thousands with the Rebel XT.
Now, [...]
Photo Dissection - Hostage to Money
This is the first in what I hope will become an occasional feature dissecting how some of my photos - and those of the Cheapshooter community - were taken. These photo dissections will highlight how a photo concept is developed technically on a limited budget and will be geared for more advanced photographers. Cheapshooter’s [...]
Remote Photography: Thousands of Photos Came Down to This Shot….
Meet Bill Frakes. Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, you’ve almost certainly seen one of his pictures. Frakes is one of the better-known photographers at Sports Illustrated, shooting covers ranging from Peyton Manning to college basketball. All that’s good, but where Frakes really shines is at the racetrack.
This photo, showing [...]
Photoassignment.net Assignment - Night
Photo by Nuno Correia
Check out some more great examples of night photography and see this week’s assignment after the jump.
9 Quick Ways to Get Snazzier Snapshot Photos
I was sitting and trying to think how many snapshot photos I’ve taken during my life. You know, those quick photos of the dog in the backyard, the family on vacation — all those daily events we feel the need to preserve into perpetuity. They add up pretty quickly.
As I was thinking about [...]
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