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Article Archive for May 2010

Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed Sync Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed Sync

One of my favorite features of speedlites is High Speed Sync. This feature allows you to work with speedlites way past your camera’s normal sync speed (1/160 – 1/250 depending on camera). By shooting …

LiquidImage Explorer snorkeling mask with 5mp Camera Review LiquidImage Explorer snorkeling mask with 5mp Camera Review
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So you want to go snorkeling or diving and you want to take a camera underwater with you but don’t want a loose camera flinging around or maybe you just want to have your hands …

Simple Yet Effective On-Location Portrait Lighting Setup Simple Yet Effective On-Location Portrait Lighting Setup

I often get asked to do portrait shots during local charity events and getting a simple lighting setup is the key to having a successful event. If you just use on-camera flash you will get …

Scott Robert Lim’s Mentoring Workshop – An Attendee’s Opinion Scott Robert Lim’s Mentoring Workshop – An Attendee’s Opinion

I want to start off by admitting that I do not think of myself as an artistic person. I know the technical stuff pretty good, I understand exposure, aperture, shutter speeds, ISO, lighting geometry, and …

Podcast #82 – Conversation with Tad Crawford – Legal Issues for Photographers Podcast #82 – Conversation with Tad Crawford – Legal Issues for Photographers

In this show Kerry’s guest is Tad Crawford, author of the books Business and Legal Forms for Photographers and Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer. Tad and Kerry discuss common legal issues for photographers …

Choosing a travel lens Choosing a travel lens

I get asked a lot about what kind of lenses to use for different situations and since I needed to select the lenses I would be traveling with here to Maui, I decided this would …

Two Great Workshops This Weekend in Los Angeles Two Great Workshops This Weekend in Los Angeles

Although the topic of workshops is a big topic of debate these days, there are a couple of workshops that I highly recommend (and will be attending myself). If you have time on Friday …

Directional Lighting with On-Camera Flash Directional Lighting with On-Camera Flash

Buuuut Kerrrry…..If you use your flash ON your camera (not your pop-up flash) you can’t get directional lighting, its going to look horrible. Well…yeah, and that’s why so many people don’t like to use …

CameraDojo Launches iPhone/iPod/iPad Podcast App CameraDojo Launches iPhone/iPod/iPad Podcast App

Camera Dojo – Yup, there’s an app for that!
We are thrilled to announce that we have just launched a new application for the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad! The new Camera Dojo application will automatically …

Using the PocketWizard ControlTL Wireless Flash Triggers Using the PocketWizard ControlTL Wireless Flash Triggers

Before we can really look at whether we need a product like the PocketWizard ControlTL system, we need to understand the limitations of our existing Canon speedlite system. The Canon system has a good …

Ovation Framed Art Race 2010 Ovation Framed Art Race 2010

Albert Kahn left his mark by commissioning the best photographers to capture the world in the early 1900′s using the autochrome process. He collected over 72,000 images. Now Ovation (Formerly Ovation TV) wants to …