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In the past, I've shot parties by bouncing my speedlight off the ceiling. This weekend, the venue is a small outdoor patio. There is no ceiling, though I could bounce off the wall of the building, but that would mean bringing people to me rather than shooting them where they are. I prefer...

If you are shooting newborns, and if you want that trendy close up shallow depth-of-field as in the pic below, you might think about the 85mm 1.4. The 24-70 2.8, even shot wide open, might not produce the same result. This is not my pic, I just grabbed one from a Google search...

Taking classes and watching the B&H Photo Youtube videos has certainly helped. For equipment, however, getting a real Speedlight made a HUGE difference in taking people pictures. First, I realized that great light really helps with great photos. Second, being able to turn the flash head and...

We got a catalog from Cashs of Ireland today, a company that sells fine crystal decanters, snifters, and other glassware. The photography was great, so I tried my hand with the D800 and the Nikon 70-200 2.8. The first thing that you learn is that everything has to be REALLY CLEAN. Also, don't...

Shot from the pier in Santa Monica a few weeks ago.

Sure, there are lots of them in Dubois:

Thought the Nikonites might get a kick out of this: Here's a link to actual video I shot and processed, but I say up front someone was trying to hoax me, so I believe you are seeing a regular man wearing a ghillie suit who was trying to pose as the famous Sasquatch or Bigfoot of Lore...

And one more to show the wide side, shooting at 28mm inside the original Ellis Island processing room:

I used this lens for three days in Manhattan last year. Very versatile, and the lock does help keep the package tight when moving through tight spaces (coupled with a Black Rapid strap and the back part of the strap locked under my belt behind the 3 o'clock belt loop). It's definitely not as...

In tourist spots I'm always checking out the DSLRs the tourists carry. Normally there is a pretty even distribution of Canon and Nikon, but in LA this week (Santa Monica, specifically), I saw at least 4 times more Canon shooters. Strange.

I'll post two, also. My mother-in-law died July 5th after more than two years fighting pancreatic cancer, and some good friends sent over these flowers. This shot was in our kitchen, and it just came out in a way that I liked and at the same time is a reminder of what happened.. Then later...

So close to the classic dogwash pic.... Was debating whether this would be better in the "Almost" thread...

Please don't waste money or time with a DX lens, except in very specific circumstances. You're about to have FX digital capabilities in your hands! You will LOVE it! You can make photos look like movie stills. For walking around Europe, my first choice would be the Nikon 28-300mm, 3.5-5.6...

This thread only reminded me how few photos I took in June. One backpacking trip with a Nikon AW120, but my daughter did get married! For personal reasons, here's my pic(k). Took this with my Galaxy S4 a few minutes before showtime. The shades were my idea.

For camera metering, you are supposed to set that lens to 32 and then lock it with the little tab down by 4.5 that slides between white and orange. Make sure that is done first. It should look just like the photo below. Now, if it is still dark when you're at 32, it could mean there is...

I have the 105mm 2.8 and the 85mm 1.4D. Both are great, and I do go to the 85 in extremely low light, but 105mm is a great all around lens. In college (film days), that lens was the best all around lens for everything I shot, including sports and portraits. In fact, I prefer a longer lens for...

I got the Strato, one trigger and three remotes. They work great using TTL metering with my two Speedlights, and they can trigger my Paul Buff ringflash but everything has to be in manual mode. Using these triggers instead of the Commander mode on the built in flash lets me put a remote flash...

Okay, here was some very quick and easy work in Nik. I shot this of a friend at the NASCAR race in Charlotte last weekend. (And this was with the opacity of the gritty layer reduced...) Original: Nik Color Efex: Of course, he and his wife both hate this version...

I have searched on here for Topaz and Nik, and many folks seem to use them for noise reduction, but I'm curious about things like Topaz Adjust and Nik Color Correct. Does anyone use them here? I already have Photoshop, so it seems like these plugins are not doing anything I could not otherwise...

I bought the Nikon AW120 compact camera for a sailing trip to Bermuda next week. When we made the same sail 13 years ago, 3 different cameras were destroyed by salt water. In testing, I have been very pleased with both the still pictures and the video of this waterproof camera. The AW120 has...