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"Expose to the Right". I only just heard about this technique this morning, then watched a couple of videos on the subject. Seems like a pretty neat trick. Anyone here shoot this way?

In case anyone is interested, one of B&H's items in today's "Deal Zone" is a Slik Lite travel tripod. Until midnight tonight it's 50% off, marked down to $49.99. I don't need one myself, but if someone here does it looks like it gets good reviews so I thought I'd mention it. You can find it here.

I ordered a TC-200 (2x) teleconverter from Roberts Used Photo Pro on a whim the other day when I saw they put it on clearance ($38), and it just arrived today. I know the limitations of this thing: 2-stops less light, and no auto-focus with my D5500. But I was surprised by one issue. The...

I've wanted the NIKKOR 105mm Micro AF-S f/2.8 ED VR for a while, but it's way outside my budget. Cruising around Craigslist I found this D model. Can anyone tell me if this is a good deal for this lens, and if they have any positive or negative feelings about it (for my D5500)? Thanks!

I only recently heard of these, and it looks like something I'd use a lot in the woods around my house. Does anyone have one? Is it well made? Does it live up to the hype I've seen in online reviews? Thanks!

Figured it was time I started a Member's Folder, since I'm both a member and a folder. First up.... This week's photo contest theme was "Wood Grain". There is a LOT of wood around my place, both inside and out. I had trouble deciding between these: My favorite shot may be the second...

This week's Photo Challenge was "Color Select", something I'd never tried before. I knew my camera (D5500) had that function available in the "Effects" dial, but I'd also read it could be done in Post Processing. I decided to compare the two methods to see if there was any difference, and...

If anyone is going to be around Northern New Jersey in mid-November, Unique Photo is holding their "Nikon Takeover" event the 15th thru the 17th. You can bring your camera body in for a body and sensor cleaning, and attend classes - two hosted by Joe McNally. The classes aren't free, being 20...

I just found out about this feature today, via a video from Anthony Morganti. Sure seems a lot easier than manually exporting your pics to a separate site. Does anyone here do this?

I've never taken a panorama picture before, so of course this week's competition theme is...panoramas! To compound things, while researching "How To Do Panoramas For Dummies" I discovered that my camera (D5500) does not have a panorama setting. Of course. So... Anyone have any general tips...

In a recent Weekly Challenge where the subject was "Books" I posted the following picture, a diptych I titled "Married Life": The first part of the diptych was composed using two softboxes, one to either side of me, and a reflector that acted as a halo light and also lit up the globe...

My apologies if this is a ridiculous question, but I'm really struggling with it. I'm finally getting the hang of some of the basic operations of Lightroom after only recently having downloaded the program for the first time. My problem is this, though: when I'm done with my work and export the...

Hi everybody - Even though I'm very new to DSLR's, I somehow landed a job as product photographer to a California winery. They are shipping me out an example of every bottle they release this year, and I get money plus the bottle for every shot they accept. I just got my first shipment last...

I purchased my camera + macro lens primarily to do product photography for my wife. She needs 1:1 shots of very small objects, like single threads in a stitched piece. This presents no problem as long as the object is flat, like a sampler. But some of her pieces are 3 dimensional, and there I...

Although I haven't used it in years, I still have the Olympus OM-2S setup I used through college. Not long ago I discovered lens adapters, and got one so I could fit its lenses onto my new Nikon. For the most part, it's worked great. It's good to be shooting with some of my old, familiar glass...

I purchased my Nikon because my wife needed high quality macro shots of her products for inclusion in magazines, catalogs, and sales sheets, and neither her phone nor her little point-n-hope were cutting it. Because we were (are) on a budget, I got a used D3300 body, a used Nikkor 40mm micro...

Hi, I see in the "Weekly Photo Challenges" and "Monthly Photo Assignments" forums that one is asked to include EXIF data with each shot. I gather from responses I've seen that EXIF is the list of settings used to make the photograph, along with what equipment. Can anyone tell me where I can...

Hi there, it's nice to meet you all. I'm a former film hobbyist who just recently got into the DSLR game because his wife needed macro shots of her small business's products for inclusion in catalogs and magazines. My god, what a different world photography has become since I left it! I'm...