Photography

Lighting the Egg Photograph

Lighting a white egg on a white background is a fun strobist exercise. I [over]documented my attempt. Five slightly tweaked lighting setups with photos of the setup and produced image. You should give it a try and share your attempt!

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The Day I Really Lost My HDR Virginity

So I used Photomatix for the first time. Wow, it was good for me, now everywhere I look I see the opportunity for another HDR photograph. It’s like crack.

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26 Things: the alphabet game worksheet

26 Things for May 2005 PDF checklist download! The alphabet game. This is gonna be fun!

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Rosco Gel Samples Just Arrived!

How I made the Rosco gel samples I ordered easier to access to play with filtering light coming from my sb600 off camera flash.

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Setting Up Amvona AS-V306 Background Stand w/ Muslin Background

My first video entry, showing you how quick and easy it was for me to setup my new background stand I purchased from Amvona.com

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Searchers Choice I

I’ve seen how you end up here, now I’m going to help you find what you are looking for by custom tailoring my content to your search needs.

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Photographing Flowers – The Strobeless Approach

I’ll walk you through a still-life, flower photo shoot I did. Including reflecting the subject on glass and a mirror, and achieving a solid background with items I had lying around my place.

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Moo Mini Cards Are Being Printed!

I ordered my very first set of Moo mini-cards and I’m so excited. They should get here next week and I can’t wait to see how awesome they are!

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First Self Portraits with Impact 1 Light Umbrella Kit

My first self portraits with the new Impact 500w Brolly Kit I purchased. One light, black and white portraits.

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Upgrade Your Tripod: Bogen/Manfrotto 190XB Legs & 486RC2 Ballhead

Back in August I went on a B&H shopping spree and got myself a new tripod legs and ballhead. This was kind-of a big deal for me I went from my since I went from my old $40 Walmart Tripod that I was ashamed to use in public to my new beautiful $200 Bogen/Manfrotto tripod [...]

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