Neil vN. This lens is now available for pre-order from B&H: Canon | Nikon | Sony | Sigma The initial rumored price for this lens was around $1,500 but now that it has been officially announced, the price is a relatively moderate $949.00 There’s been an incredible buzz around this lens – the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART lens. The initial reviews are unanimously impressed with this lens’ optical performance. Right up there with the very best. If it is in the same league of awesomeness as the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HMS art lens, then we’re in for a treat. As soon as I get my hands on the 50mm, I’ll check it out for a proper review. After Dark is one of the very best experiences to learn more about photography, whether technique or business or to be inspired. Not quite a convention, it’s more of a slightly-anarchic experience. The After Dark Photo Education convention took place again this past week: March 30 – April 2.
Learn more inside… Learn more inside… Learn more inside… Learn more inside… So there it is. Dragging The Camera Shutter at the Wedding: WedPix Wedding Photography Article. Dragging the shutter is a basic photographic technique that is often put to highly creative use by the best wedding photojournalists. Whether depicting the bride mid-whir during a dance, or documenting a child bounding down the aisle at the church, dragging the shutter helps produce images that contain a sense of motion and bring an added dose of festivity to what, for some, already feels like a whirlwind day.
When photographers “drag” the shutter by slowing down its speed, they effectively lengthen the exposure in order to create a motion effect. Optionally, a burst of flash can then freeze the primary subject in the foreground. By keeping the shutter open that fraction of a second longer during a flash photograph, the camera is able to pick up more ambient light from the background, producing a warmer photo with more distant detail.
The overall result is a more dynamic photo, with more storytelling possibilities. Photo by Justin Ide Photo by George Weir Photo by Jennifer Sanford. Noise Ninja: The gold standard for image noise reduction. Strobist. Faux Holga Effect in Photoshop Photoshop Tutorial: Vintage Photo Effect dekePod Episode 007: Faking an HDR Portrait in Photoshop Simple Question on Camera Axis: Lighting Technique Forum. 3rdEye wrote: The advantage of camera axis light is that it cast no visible shadows. It's used frequently in fashion work where the contours of the face are modeled with the shading of the make-up. This I did not know. No visible shadows? I would think that this type of flash would be more desirable and maybe even used by wedding photographers, unless I'm missing something.
No you are right on the mark. The height of the bracket throws the head and body shadows down behind the shoulder line out of sight and puts the nose shadow directly under the nose and creates shadows under the cheekbones which defines the shape of the face in a flattering way, even with direct flash. When considering lighting keep in mind that its not harsh shadows which are a problem in a portraits, it is poorly placed unnatural shadows which are distracting and unflattering.
There are not too many options for flattering single light placement. I prefer adding a bounce card style diffuser to my on-bracket flash. How to Use a Gray Card. The Gray Card is a process control benchmark for color management. Without one our camera, monitor and printer are only as good as our eye's ability to discern color, and our eyes are easily fooled. Absent any external reference our eyes will accept a wide range of variation in color as being normal. That's due in part because in real life we experience things under a wide range of light conditions. For lack of a better tool the arbiter of when color is neutral for most photographers is the toolbar eyedropper tool in Photoshop. It should be set to 5 x 5 sample size for measurements which will average out any pixel-to-pixel variation. When a photo contains an image of a gray card which is known to be neutral, an eye dropper reading on the card will reveal from the RGB values how accurately the color balance in the camera was.
When the color balance is dead on the R, G, and B readings in Photoshop will be identical. That pretty much covers the gamut of basic gray card uses. ::: Bron Elektronik AG ::: Home > VISATEC > Tutorials > Light Comparison. HDR Photography: What is High Dynamic Range? » i Digital Photo. NEW: To get started with HDR yourself, download Photomatix and Get 15% Off with Photomatix Coupon Code HOTSHOTPHOTO.
There are dozens of articles and blogs on HDR on the Web, so why another one? We decided to write up HDR for you because each new item seems to be more complicated than the next. And those of you without the latest Photoshop or flashy dSLR often seem left out of the loop. So here goes. What is dynamic range? Let’s start with dynamic range. Compare the sound from your MP3 player head-phones: the difference between quiet which you can hear and the loudest is not very much. So, a scene with a high dynamic range is one with a big difference between the lightest or brightest part and the darkest or shadow part.
No – not high dynamic range – the darkness is very deep, but we don’t care because there’s no detail at all. Now, is this scene, of Sydney Harbour high dynamic range? Sorry, it is and it’s not. What is high dynamic range, then? Enter HDR By the way, this is not new. See? High dynamic range imaging. High-dynamic-range (HDR) image made out of three pictures. Taken in Tronador, Argentina. High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a set of techniques used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than possible using standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. HDR images can represent more accurately the range of intensity levels found in real scenes, from direct sunlight to faint starlight, and is often captured by way of a plurality of differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter.[1][2][3][4] Non-HDR cameras take photographs with a limited exposure range, resulting in the loss of detail in bright or dark areas.
HDR compensates for this loss of detail by capturing multiple photographs at different exposure levels and combining them to produce a photograph representative of a broader tonal range. Photography[edit] Dynamic ranges of common devices Any camera that allows manual exposure control can create HDR images. Software[edit]