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Poor Man’s Brenizer Photoshop Technique – Video
A popular technique for getting a wide field of view but with a very shallow depth of field involves taking many photos and stitching them together – this “Brenizer Technique” is named for wedding photographer Ryan Brenizer. (He’s a bit of a strobist too!) It’s not always practical or possible to stitch many photos together [...]
Leica Summicron 35mm Takes on Home Depot
Sometimes life doesn’t leave as much time as we’d like for photography. That gap in time between one’s bachelor days and retirement can present a potential black hole of creativity and opportunity needed to exercise one’s Photography muscles and shoot like a boss…
Leica Summicron 90mm f/2 and Sony NEX-7 – Great Pair
Shooting Leica Boss doesn’t always require holding a Leica camera. Even the Boss of Bosses knows that you can get Leica goodness from a number of camera bodies. So the 90mm Summicron f/2 is an amazing tool. This is an early 1980′s Midland version. It’s compact, beautiful, sturdy, & deliberate. The problem is, on an [...]
Jersey Fresh – Mini photo projects help you focus
Heading back from a meeting in beautiful Buena NJ (home of Blackwater Pond Park and a big ass WAWA) I was happy to have my Leic M9 and Summicron 50mm f/2 in the passenger seat. I knew that I was in a beautiful part of the state on a bright sunny day but had that [...]
Sony NEX-7 with Canon FD 28mm f/2.8
Canon FD mount lenses represent some of the best bargains in the world in terms of optical quality and price. One gem in the lineup is the FD 28mm f/2.8.
Sony NEX-7 with Leica Summicron 50mm f/2
I’ve slowly been evaluating some of my manual focus lenses with the NEX-7. It’s important to get a good feel for how a lens handles on a new camera body because the whole “previsualization” thing isn’t just a buzzword. It’s important to understand how depth of field, colors, overall rendering, sharpness at various apertures, lens [...]
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN on NEX-7 First Impression Review
The NEX-7 Needed a Friend Sony kind of soiled the bed with its early lens lineup for the NEX system. Producing the NEX-7 with only one lens at the pro/enthusiast level was much like making a Ferrari and providing bicycle wheels. That’s where the Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN comes in. Consider it a nice [...]
Product Photography Lighting Video
Product photography can be quite a challenge. With megabrands paying for daylong shoots and hundreds of thousands of dollars of gear to get a single shot of a beer bottle… what can the rest of us do? In this video tutorial, I will take you step-by-step through the making of a product photograph:
Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT & ST-E3-RT Radio Transmitter Announced
So, the announcement came with two new Strobist toys… Speedlite 600EX-RT Great power -197 ft./60m at ISO 100 20mm to 200mm coverage. This is awesome. Any sports or even wildlife/bird photogs can appreciate having 200mm vs. 105mm coverage on a flash unit Radio triggering – well, let’s see how Canon implements this vs. Pocketwizards. Speedlite [...]
The Leica M8 – A Eulogy
Parting they seemed to tread upon the air… On April 4, 2011 I captured the first photo with my M8. It was the start of an aesthetic love affair that ended just days ago. While the Leica M8 was exchanged for even happier things, I can’t help but look back on the images and time [...]
