December 2009
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DIY: Ring Flash
As you may already know from previous posts, I am a huge fan of DIY projects…especially when they save you $400. Last month I came across a very interesting DIY project on Flickr for making a ring flash. Since I have been eying up ring flashes and pushing myself to finally break down and purchase one, I thought I should give this a shot first.
Check out more photos of the building of...
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Gorillacam for the iPhone
This has been a good week for photographers who carry around an iPhone. A new app by Joby called Gorillacam is now available for you all to hurry over to the App Store and snatch up. It adds some fun and new features that are not available with iPhone OS’s current camera. Features and another screen shot are available after the jump. Features include:
Self-timer
Time-lapse
3 Shot...
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Lighting Diagrams, iPhone Style
You along with many other photographers can now stop drawing your lighting diagrams on napkins or whatever else you can scrounge up to share with your friends. Strobox has just been introduced to the App Store for all photo geeks to download. I have played around with the app a little, and the interface is very easy to use. It’s another great way to share your techniques with your...
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Giving Back, It's Essential
This weekend I will be participating in a world-wide effort in which people will be coming together to give back to their communities. It is a collaborative movement for the simple purpose of providing professional quality portraits to those who are less fortunate and even connect with them on a personal level. There are people participating in cities all across the U.S. as well as the rest of...
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Why you should start a photo project NOW!
In the summer of 2009, I looked back at all the photographs that I have taken in the past three years. I was not surprised to find that a majority of the images that I captured in that period of time are mostly of models. Prior to photographing models, I was taking pictures of just about anything that I found to be interesting. Right then and there, I knew it was time for an important change...