Recent content by DonnieZ

A few shots of the Las Vegas Strip in HDR with my D7100.

Link to the Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHskrgAovh Edit: Added photos directly to this post!

I'm hoping I can get some advice here. I'm working with a D7100 / Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX OS DC combination and I'm having difficulty getting sharp images all the time. I was beginning to think it might be the lens, but I know better - because occasionally I get a great shot that's tack sharp...

So for the first time since I got my D7100 I needed to bust out my flash to get a few shots in a bar where our homebrew club was having our annual Christmas party. I put the SB600 on the camera and every time I'd go to take a picture, the flash would seem to fire two or three times at less...

Can anyone recommend a good photo gear bag? My current photo sling is literally falling apart. It's been with me to Jamaica a couple of times and for about 8 years now. Currently my kit consists of: Nikon D7100 Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 Nikon 55-200 VR Nikon 50 f/1.8 Nikon 35 f/1.8 SB-600 A few...

I went downtown Joliet, IL last night to take a few night shots of the area. I came upon this sweet neon sign for a guy who is making a go of a cheesecake store. While I'm composing the picture, at least two couples walked out and said how good the cheesecakes were. Naturally, I go in for a...

Decided to come home and put work away and take a photo that tells a story. Kind of been envisioning this shot for a while and finally took the opportunity to put it together. My first pair of Birkenstocks - 17 years old. We've been through so much together, I can't stop looking at this image...

There was some high school post season football going on near me this weekend so I went over and took some shots with the 70-200 while I had it. Any feedback appreciated!

I got my hands on the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VRII this weekend and found an hour or so to do some portraits. Let me tell you - shooting portraits isn't exactly as easy as I thought. There's about 40 things that have to go on to get a great image - Is the aperture set right? ISO? Shutter Speed high...

I have the 70-200 f/2.8 VR II on rent for next weekend. I just found out the local photo store has gear for rent and at $30 for the weekend I just rented it to play around with - figuring I could line up my niece or a friend or two for some portrait practice. Well, it turns out that my cousin's...

So here's about the best field of view I could get with the desired look of the OOF areas using the 17-50. I did a little post in Lightroom with this image. Not entirely what I had envisioned in my mind, but I don't think it turned out horrible. If only I could get the entire brassiere in the...

So I'm trying to understand the relationship between DoF, Focal Length, and focus on DoF - not only to expand my knowledge, but for an upcoming photo project I've got brewing. So I've got my wife somewhat on board with doing a private boudoir shoot in the next month or so. As a hobbyist and...