Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Understanding Depth of Field in Photography
The range of distance within the subject that is acceptably sharp is called the depth of field. This technique often depends on the camera. The factors that usually affect the outcome of a depth of field technique are focal length of the lens, distance of the camera to the subject, and aperture size.
Focal length of [...]
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
NYC CITY VIEWS
Kudos to Hossein Farmani, Cat Jimenez, Susan Baraz, Sherrie Berger, Pilsner Urquell, and all the creatives and sponsors that pulled out all the stops at the Fifth Annual 2007 IPA Awards. The evening’s festivities were hosted by actress, Lili Taylor at a sold-out ceremony held at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in NYC this past [...]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Why Do We Get Noise in Our Images?
Noise is a fact of life in the electronic world; there is no escaping it. Remember audio cassette tapes? Remember those noise charts printed on their labels? Noise is something engineers have wrestled with. Noise is built into all electronic circuits; it’s a physical limitation. The objective is to make the medium (audio tape or [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Canon EOS 450D
Canon has recently released EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi), a new compact digital SLR. Its design may look like EOS 400D, however there are a range of significant improvements especially when it comes to quality and performance. It has a whopping twelve megapixel CMOS sensor, 3.0″ LCD monitor, Live View with both AF modes (contrast-detect [...]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
7 Tips for Wedding Photographers
From Lee Llamas
Shoot in bursts.
Lee always shoots in short bursts during a wedding, never single shots. He figured that if the subject blinks in one frame, chances are he didn’t blink in the other frames. Constantly chimping the LCD screen is a waste of time, which Lee never does during a shoot anyway. Burst shooting [...]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Sony Cybershot DSC-T2
Another compact camera from Sony, the Cybershot DSC-T2 amazes everyone with its beauty and unmatched features that live up to the expectations not just of the consumers but if every discerning photographer as well. The Sony Cybershot DSC-T2 is unlike regular compact camera. What separates it from the ordinary is the cool design available in [...]
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
In Living Color
Photographer Maggie Goudsmit was thrilled to receive a nomination from the prestigious International Color Awards 2nd annual Master Cup. Her entry in the fashion category was a single image from a 10-page story titled “Pause and Play“. Goudsmit used this particular image because of its color palette. The Michigan Native moved to New York City [...]
