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DSLR owners like to accessorize with the add-ons. It makes us look cool to our fellow shutterbugs. Tripods BMF lenses Bags Straps Grips GPS unit We all aspire to be just like this guy:

Alphabet Shapes Weekly Challenge October 28-November 9 This challenge was inspired by an assignment that every photography student must do. Patterns emerge in nature: around the block, on your way to work, when you look out the window. They exist as part of your daily routine. Your challenge...

I live in rural Ohio, in a county of roughly 50,000 residents. The county seat (in which I live) has a population of about 18,000. Scattered about are several smaller communities. As I have written here before, this past summer, I was a photography intern for the local newspaper. I have...

Check out my comments on this post regarding metering modes. When shooting outdoors, the sky is almost always going to be the brightest thing in your frame. Compare that against what you're actually wanting to shoot, and odds are high that it will be darker, at least in part. Below is a photo...

Update... Randy has been doing a lot of travelling (including his daughter's wedding in Hawaii) and just sent me these today. The ones shown below are favorites of mine, but there are a ton more. Incidentally, these rooms are both in the same house. Check em out:

Drunk ...next letter is "K"

I always shoot in color and convert to B&W. You can't shoot in B&W and convert to color. What I mean is, when you're trying to convey a certain feeling or message, color can often just get in the way. By taking a second look in B&W, it helps to figure out what is at the very heart of your...

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Monotone Weekly Challenge October 19-26 The winner of the Vanishing Point challenge was Johnathan Aulabaugh. He issued this challenge and will be judging the entries. Lets see your best monotones! From B&W to sepia, you pick the color, as long as there is only one. As always, this is about...

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. At least half of you were thinking about Bob Ross here.

I got a chance to play with my new backdrop on Sunday. Unfortunately, I can't color change it with gels like I wanted to. At least not with speedlights...they just don't have enough power to evenly distribute light. Looks like I have an excuse to pick up another AlienBees B800 so that I can...

May your coffers be filled with new camera gear!

Straps fall squarely into the "you get what you pay for" department.

Don't ever stop experimenting, Marcel. Trying different things is the only way we grow and get better. Sometimes we miss the mark, so you just have to move on to something else. Portraits are very easy to over-tweak. There is a fine line between just enough and too much. I've taken the...

Knockout ...next letter is T

Re: Is this lens/filter combo "overkill"? (Nikon 50mm, 3 filters + wide angle) I think you may be related to this guy:

New backdrop from SayCheeseBackgrounds.com arrived today. I purchased an 18% grey from the Classics series (#C1200), and I must say this is the most well constructed backdrop I've ever seen. They are dyed and sewn by hand and just reek of quality. The backdrop is so thick, it's more like...

I'm probably the last person on these boards you thought would posting this. However, it needs to be said... Steve Jobs was a megalomaniac. He was a tyrannical leader who belittled his employees and demanded perfection, often going off on obscene tirades and forcing them to work insane hours...

Vanishing Point Weekly Challenge October 5-12 The winner of the Commercial Photography challenge was jengajoh. She issued this challenge and will be judging the entries. A vanishing point is a point in a perspective drawing or photo to which parallel lines not parallel to the image plane...

I've been playing a bit of devil's advocate on this one. This one is most likely (95%) real: ELA (Error Level Analysis) compares areas of a photo against each other to determine anomalies. If something were amiss, we would see a sharp outline here or a stark contrast between black and white...