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Use These Tips to Unlock the Art of Abstract Photography - Have you ever paused to marvel at the intricate details hidden in plain sight? The sunlight filtering through tree branches to create a web of... The pos...
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The Power of Photography You’re Missing Out On - "It's not that I don't care about content, but content is not the only way a photograph has meaning," says photographer James Welling. He's known for makin...
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The latest Nikon market share in Japan according to BCN: Nikon is moving up - The latest 2025 BCN Awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Here is the la...
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A Guide to Octabox Lighting (+ 5 Easy Setups) - The post A Guide to Octabox Lighting (+ 5 Easy Setups) appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Neil Creek. Octaboxes are a great...
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How to add a watermark in Adobe Photoshop - Adding a watermark to your photos can serve many purposes. It can help protect your images from unauthorized use, promote your brand, or even serve as a ...
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07 May 2022, Saturday - *$100 Off:* Nikon Z 7II: $2,896.95. *Now at Crutchfield:* Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR.
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NIKON’S TWO NEW LASER RANGEFINDERS BRING A GOLFER’S GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL: COOLSHOT PROII STABILIZED AND COOLSHOT 50i - Powerful Laser Rangefinders from Nikon Put Pinpoint Precision in a Golfer’s Palm Melville, NY (April 05, 2021) - Today, Nikon Inc. announced the COOLSHOT P...
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Monday Coffee Thingie: sipping Twisted Tulips companies Gradiant Blend - In these work from home times, I can’t get through my Monday morning, hell most mornings without a good cup of coffee and a bit of photography. This Mond...
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Hot-Shoe Go-To: The Godox TT600 - How best to put this? The Godox TT600 is, objectively, a screaming bargain. It is a full-sized manual-only speedlight with power comparable to OEM speedl...
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This blog has moved - This blog is now located at http://blog.johnlund.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, ple...
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GServo's Photography & Art
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
My first portfolio bucket list Ver 1, looking for suggestions and ideas
I'm Working on my first Portfolio. I figured it’s good to have a plan.This idea was Inspired by :: My Photography “Bucket List”by Darren Rowse
This is a list of photos I want to take to create my first portfolio.
Friday, January 29, 2010
lens culture: Buddha Project
Images of Buddha can remind us to take a breath, to look around, to feel calm and compassionate, to be here now. You can notice Buddha almost anywhere — laundromats, store windows, barbershops, farmers' markets, souvenir stands, tucked away on someone's night table."
Rule of Thirds
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting, photography and design.[1] The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.[2] Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Nikkor 28-80 f3.3-5.6 g
PhotographyBB Online Magazine
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
My favorite image of the weekend
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Comic trade show, the attempt
Friday, January 22, 2010
another product experiment
Cambot mk3 /Lens: 28.0-80.0 mm f/3.3-5.6
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Window Shade back ground
Florescent lighting
some product image experimenting
This experiment consisted of taking product photos with a 35mm prime lens with Exposure set to 0.025 sec (1/40) using florescent lighting and a Aperture set between f/1.8 and f/2.5. I just wanted to see how things would come out with the 35mm lens. i actually wanted the blurriness. If i wanted it clearer i would of increased the aperture to f/5.6.
Cambot MK3 was on a Tripod, angled down on the subjects, with a remote to keep camera as still as possible.
Now to start thinking about next experiment.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Architectural Photography
It is something i have been thinking about. I keep coming back to it in my head, must learn more about it
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/architecture-photography/
http://www.amateursnapper.com/category/architecture
http://digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-architectural-photography
Monday, January 18, 2010
Photo Saunter of Blue contemplation, Part 2 Manhattan New York
Read me, see my pictures. When you come out the Tunnel or over the Bridge, into Manhattan New York , you know where you are. For Photography it’s it a rich place to learn, the concrete jungle. It breathes it moves, Always growing. You can walk around for hours, seeing pain and poetry and not really know how to capture it, in an image. I could never get tired of taking pictures. It streets keep calling to telling me “turn left and tell me what you see.
And on the afternoon of January 15 2010 that’s exactly what I did, furthering my photo fu training . The things I learned, overall, on this Photo Saunter was more than I could have hoped for. I made mistakes, like the picture of the Bridge with the blobs. I changed lens too much over the course of the day and did not blow out the camera or reset it, or run the auto cleaner, in a DUSTY dirty air city like New York. SO there were a few pics with noticeable blemishes. On Photo walks in the future I will limit myself to two lenses. A standard in a zoom and if I ever earn the money, I will one day buy a Sigma 18-250. I dream of using this lens again. When did I use it before you ask? There will be a post on that, but I digress.
Now with what I learned, I shall take a step back re read some things and work on my composition some more. I have to do the best I can with, what it is, I now have.
A Key to Creative Photography
FARTing helps us remember to make a strong, meaningful photo instead of just snapping away and winding up with a lot of boring, thoughtless snapshots.
FART is a mnemonic for a creative process.
Photo Saunter of Blue contemplation, Part 1 Early Morning and the Beach
This is a bad #coffee Photo , i know
but i put this photo up as a reminder to myself that i can do better, if i just take a little more time.
This makes me want to do a Quick Coffee house photo walk in Greenwhich Village, New York, some time in the spring or summer, i know enough places to make it interesting and get a lot better Coffee shots
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Introduction to the Nikon D90 , a class at Unique Photo (@uniquephoto )
Christopher Knapp, Nikon's North Eastern Technical Sales Representative, as he takes you on a tour of the D90, demonstrating the key features and controls of this amazing camera including Picture Control, the Retouch menu, the D-Movie mode and more!On Thursday January 14 2010, i attended Introduction to the Nikon D90 , a class at Unique Photo. The overview was correct. It was a great class with a great mix of people attending. I did not go in as a complete newbie. This class basically affirmed that I was on the right direction with my PhotoFu training. I spent some of the class thinking ‘I know that’ parts of the class going oh ‘I did not know that’, and the rest of the class going ‘oh nifty’. I now have a better understanding of Nikons D-Lighting System . I really want a Nikon MB-D80 Battery grip. I also learned I truly need to put aside cash for a speedlight/flash. I fundamentally learned a lot. The class was well worth it.
The Staff at Unique Photo were good people also. I got there early, and they let me annoy them. I will defiantly doing another class there. http://www.unique-university.com/e/index.php
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Photo Fu Training Session 1-12-10
“In optics, particularly as relates to film and photography, the depth of field (DOF) is the portion of a scene that appears acceptably sharp in the image. Although a lens can precisely focus at only one distance, the decrease in sharpness is gradual on each side of the focused distance, so that within the DOF, the unsharpness is imperceptible under normal viewing conditions.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field The Entry on Wikipedia is a great learning source for this
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
"Capturing the big picture is great, but don’t forget to zoom in on the details."
Sent via the Nikon Learn & Explore
http://www.nikonusa.com/mobile/iPhone/LearnAndExplore
Sent from my mobile device
Monday, January 11, 2010
Making a great photo via Ken Rockwell
NEW: What Makes a Great Photo.
"The most important thing I've ever written. Oddly, I don't know if I got it out."
Sunday, January 10, 2010
tweet from: NPRPictureShow (NPR Picture Show)
photo archive: (http://www.shorpy.com/) Buckets of fun for us photo
history nerds. /c
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/NPRPictureShow/status/7611050186
Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com)
Sent from my mobile device
A quick photo tale of South Orange Living and Photo-Fu 1-8-10 - a set on Flickr
Morning GasLight, in South Orange NJ Gaslight never goes out...
...As the Birds Fly By...
...And people go to work, Making their way east into New York...
then Coming home in the darkness, tired of the crazy people at their jobs.
Silencing the cray voices in their heads, probably developed over years of breathing New Jersey/New York Air
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Photofu - Coffee 1rst Moevemens t 1-7-10 - a set on Flickr
Working on composition of coffee photo's , more to come, Notes on these pics
used Camera: Nikon D90 and my 28.0-80.0 mm f/3.3-5.6 lens on a tripod with a wired remote, back ground was custom cut unbleached muslin.
what will make a good coffee photo???& coffee - a set on Flickr
Friday, January 8, 2010
My attemtpt at 10 Photu Fu goals for 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Planning The Photo Saunter of Blue contemplation, I need a proper day with my Camera
After I received my new Camera, Nikon D90 aka Cambot MK3, I wanted to go on a crazy photo walk, by myself. I wanted to do this to get to know my camera better, play with exposure settings different angles etc and take a crazy amount of pictures in new places, but Things kept getting in the way. In January I finally get to do this. I am calling it the "The Photo Saunter of Blue Contemplation"
Updates -So far the points of interest consist of
Long Branch NJ, live in NJ all my life and I have never been here. For beaches I have usually gone all south of Blemar NJ , I need winter beach shots. When I'm done at the Jersey shore I will venture to a spot for lunch, something involving Craft Beer. Slow it down some, contemplate the composition of a good beer image and make an attempt .
After that, and due to the weather, I am probably going to go to Manhattan. It’s really easy to stay warm in Manhattan, New York. I am going to start off at south street sea port I think. Then work my way up town to Central park. And from there I will play it by ear. I will basically drift afer I hit those two points.
It shall an epic EXP (experience point) grind, a chance to disconnect and learn, really learn more about Cambot MK3.You'll probably find me drifting through the New Jersey shore, holding my 28-80 mm lens toward the horizon of the ocean. I will also lug my tripod with me that day ,my 70-300 lens and maybe18-105. Occasionally referring to my cheat sheets to find out what else I could do.
The whole purpose of the day is to fine tune my image making skill, well the stuff I have learned so far anyway.
Goals for The Photo Saunter of Blue contemplation
--Purely shooting in Manual mode,
--Beach shots, I love the water , with the 70-300
--Beer shots
--Coffee Shots
--Something with a Wabi Sabi vibe (beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature)
--No Driving, all NJ Transit
--Have fun
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
In maplewood NJ
Evening
by William Lisle Bowles
Evening! as slow thy placid shades descend,
Veiling with gentlest hush the landscape still,
The lonely battlement, the farthest hill
And wood, I think of those who have no friend;
Who now, perhaps, by melancholy led,
From the broad blaze of day, where pleasure flaunts,
Retiring, wander to the ring-dove’s haunts
Unseen; and watch the tints that o’er thy bed
Hang lovely; oft to musing Fancy’s eye
Presenting fairy vales, where the tir’d mind
Might rest beyond the murmurs of mankind,
Nor hear the hourly moans of misery!
Alas for man! that Hope’s fair views the while
Should smile like you, and perish as they smile!
7 Ways to Create Powerful Photos with Colour
Colour is everywhere. We're surrounded by it, we can't avoid it and therefore we tend to take it for granted when we take photos. But take it for granted, and you're likely to end up with mediocre photos. Just because colour is everywhere doesn't mean you shouldn't pay attention to how it affects your images. We see so many average photos each day - in magazines, on the internet, in books - that sometimes it's easy to forget that colour photography can be a magical, evocative medium.
We've put together seven tips to help you get the most out of colour. At the end of the article is a section of links to photographers who use colour to create powerful photos. With a little bit of thought, so can you.
Nikkor 28-80 f3.3-5.6 g
Wow, for such and old discontinued lens, i am impressed, It might become my everyday lens, i have to take it out into the Field. I used it for light box work last night, and really enjoyed it. I am I have some more light box shots to take with it. They pics from this will be seen.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
30 Photographic Goals for 2010
These are not my goals, but they were good to read through, i may have to add a few to my own goals. Working on mine today.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
I ordered a AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3 - 5.6G lens
This lens strangely appeals to me.It will be used mainly for stock photo's due its Sharpness and its affordability. I first read about it on Ken Rockwells Site. Interesting note on my D90 this lens becomes a become a 42-120mm lens. Read here for the reason
Most digital camera sensors are smaller than film, so any image you see from those cameras is created from a smaller area than film.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 28-80 mm f/3.3-5.6G AF Nikkor lens is designed for Nikon's range of 35mm and digital SLR camera bodies. This lens is a kit lens that comes packaged with the Nikon N80/F80, Nikon D100, and other kits.
This lens replaces the 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D. Its designation as a "G" lens means it has no aperture ring and cannot be used in manual or aperture priority modes on older bodies such as the Nikon F90. They do work fully with these cameras in Shutter Priority or Program mode.
Specifications
Lens construction 6 elements in 6 groups (1 aspherical lens)
Picture angle 74° - 30°10' [53° - 20° with Nikon digital cameras (Nikon DX format)]
Focal-length scale 28, 35, 50, 80mm
Number of diaphragm blades 7 (rounded)
Minimum f/stop -22
Closest focusing distance 0.35m
Maximum reproduction ratio 1/3.5
Zoom control Manual, via separate zoom ring
Weight (approx.):195g
Little Gouf mobile suit My Travelng Companion
I will set up a a flicker set calledGouf Servo teh mini mobile suit, and try to take pictures of it in strange and interesting places
Photo Book Review – Business and Legal Forms for Photographers
Nothing is more boring for a photographer than paging through a form book of contracts. Nothing is more important for a photographer who derives income from his pictures than having written agreements with his clients.
Top Tips From Your DPE Team
By Rick SammonHi Gang
We all love making pictures here at DPE . . . and we enjoy sharing what we have learned over the years. In this post, our team (at the time this article was posted) shares with you their top tips – in the order in which they arrived in my in-bin. I’ll update this post as new DPE writers are added. Stay tuned.
Cold Poem
Poem: "Cold Poem," by Mary Oliver, from American Primitive (Little, Brown and Company).
Cold now.
Close to the edge. Almost
unbearable. Clouds
bunch up and boil down
from the north of the white bear.
This tree-splitting morning
I dream of his fat tracks,
the lifesaving suet.
I think of summer with its luminous fruit,
blossoms rounding to berries, leaves,
handsful of grain.
Maybe what cold is, is the time
we measure the love we have always had, secretly
for our own bones, the hard knife-edged love
for the warm river of the I, beyond all else; maybe
that is what it means, the beauty
of the blue shark cruising toward the tumbling seals.
In the season of snow,
in the immeasurable cold,
we grow cruel but honest; we keep
ourselves alive,
if we can, taking one after another
the necessary bodies of others, the many
crushed red flowers.