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I recently returned to the Salton Sea (one of my favorite somewhat local places to photograph) but this time with Pearl and a her friend Isabelle. Neither girl has any real experience modeling, and though Pearl and I have worked together before, Isabelle had never been in front of the camera...

I know the best solution is prevention, so thank you in advance for that suggestion but the moment has now passed. If anyone has any helpful suggestions for removing Racoon Eye's, I'd appreciate it. I have access to Lightroom and Photoshop and NIK Tools, though my Lightroom skills are next-to...

Placeholder post for my 365 for 2015... Thinking I'm crazy for even considering this! ...

Well I've been considering going full frame for some time now and I mean a looooong time. I was tempted when the D600 came out but it just didn't seem to be the camera for me. Then the oil spot issue broke and I watched one of our own struggle with getting the issue so much as acknowledged, much...

Have you been naughty? Have you been nice? What are you hoping Santa Claus brings you this holiday season? Personally, I wouldn't mind finding a shiny new D750 waiting for me... ....

The desert is a place of spiritual renewal for me and one of my favorite places on earth. These shots were taken over the long Thanksgiving holiday in one of the many high desert regions of Southern California. Most of these were shot with a Nikon 50mm f/1.8G on my D7100 although I think my...

At the urging of some of my faculty I dropped the required dinero on a monitor calibration tool; more specifically the Spyder4 Pro which came highly recommended. The box arrived yesterday but I haven't had time to perform the operation yet. Will probably tackle it this weekend. So... Those of...

Quick question that Google is not helping with... Will a circular polarizing filter have any impact on getting correct exposure when using on-board flash? More specifically, what about when the flash is being used outdoors for "fill"? ....

5GB for free, 50GB will set you back $25/year. Free, unlimited storage, if you have Prime. Look! Up on the screen! It's a bird... It's a plane... No! It's Amazon Cloud Drive!!! /have Prime, not sure I'll use this... //choice is a good thing... ...

I've always been told that it's better to use the sRGB color gamut for digital photography as general rule and for posting photos online in particular. Recently I've been tempted by the wider gamut of Adobe RGB and wanted to see for myself if there was any reason NOT to use it. Below are three...

While it is *not* free, I am finding Lynda.com to be an excellent educational resource for all things photography related. Youtube videos were great for me for a long while, and I'm the first to admit you can't beat the price, but the courses on Lynda are just soooo much more. Not just a...

I'm a big advocate of the CPL and have been for a long time but I learned a few things from this video and thought it worthy of passing along. Based on my own experience I now use Hoya HD Circular Polarizing Filters because, 1. They're not outrageously expensive and 2. They transmit...

What is it? It's Photogrammar and it willl change... your... life! "Photogrammar is a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI)."...

You have to jump through a hoop or two but for the next 48 hours you can get a free, unrestricted, lifetime license to ACDSee Pro 6 (link will take you to Download (dot) com). I've used ACDC in the past and it's pretty damn powerful. ACDSee Pro 6 Download.

The girlfriend and I are going to be spending a few days in Lee Vining, CA visiting and, of course, photographing Mono Lake. Neither of us have ever been there before so we're wondering if anyone here on the forums has been there and if so, could you suggest some specific locations or give us...

I've been trying to identify and improve my photgraphy skills in some specific areas I know I'm weak in so I took an Outdoor Portraiture class yesterday and learned a lot. Wow did I learn a lot. Things like... How much I have to learn. Still it was a lot of fun and our model, Jacquelyn, was very...

Manfrotto 498-RC2 Ballhead w/Plate, $60 Up for sale: One Manfrotto 498-RC2 ballhead with QD plate. Head is in great shape, though it does show some minor cosmetic wear. Functionally it's very solid Asking $60 which includes shipping anywhere CONUS. Thanks! List Date: 8/23/2014 For more...

While the production values are not the greatest I think the information put out in this video is truly excellent. It gets behind the oft-repeated Rule of Thirds and explains not just what the rule is and how to apply it, but more importantly *why* our brains respond not only to this particular...

Hi all... Here to do short review on the Sigma f/1.4 DG HSM that I recently had delivered. I’ve been in the market for a new 35mm prime ever since the girlfriend latched on to my Nikon 35mm f/1.8G some time ago. After having some problems with two copies of the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DG HSM that I had...

As I type this, I'm looking over a friend's D7100 because I was told the images were looking soft with a variety of lenses. I've seen the images and I had to agree, they looked soft. Long story short, I found the "Fine Tune Autofocus" setting had been tampered with on his camera. I don't use...