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Saturday, September 10, 2011Evaluating HDR capture quality with iPhone4Sara Frances | 09/10- 08:52 PMSurprising and enlightening results from a “golden hour” test
The iPhone4 is not news, but news to me. On my resourceful business side I bought the iPhone4 for the Chase Bank “Square”, which allows the small business person to take credit cards on location and bypass the hidden fees of card companies. On my imaginative side I was dying for the high pixel count, better apps and HDR facility. more »Wednesday, September 07, 2011Cinematic White Balance SolutionsSara Frances | 09/07- 01:41 PMUse cinematic techniques to get mood-rich color and tone in camera.
I’ve been using Kelvin as my preferred WB control for many years, along with White Balance Shift and Picture Style Preset combinations. As a Fusion mixed media HDSLR photographer and videographer I’m naturally using the Canon 5D Mark II, but the principles are equally valid, just different methods, for Karl and his Sony EX3 or FS100. more »Tuesday, September 06, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #7Sara Frances | 09/06- 08:49 AMThe rocky road of WordPress doesn’t mean ice cream.
It seems I’m both getting smarter with WordPress and finding out more and more layers of hidden details that I don’t know anything about. more »Thursday, August 25, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #6Sara Frances | 08/25- 11:58 PMIs it radical to hire a one-on-one Word Press tutor?
You’d do this for your daughter’s piano lessons. Why not for this important step for your business? more »Wednesday, August 24, 2011Lightroom Tutorial: Managing Catalogs On The RoadDan Carr | 08/24- 04:59 AMA Lightroom tip for the roaming photog!
I’m going to start a series of Adobe Lightroom tips and tutorials because it has become such an integral part of my workflow these days. The first one I want to tackle is a common scenario for those of us who travel to shoot photos somewhere. more »Thursday, August 18, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #5Sara Frances | 08/18- 08:14 PMBuying a WordPress template is just the tip of the iceberg
Designing the perfect website, even when you don’t have to know coding, has as many arms as… more »Thursday, August 11, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #4Sara Frances | 08/11- 11:34 AMIt’s OK to get angry! Then take these tips and get busy finding the template of your dreams!
Angry, disillusioned with what I consider to be simply unethical and incompetent purveyors of web design, I renewed my web search for WordPress templates. I thought there were loads of theme sites, but most are just compilations or directories. I found out right away that most templates are not suitable for photographers and artists. more »Monday, August 08, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #3Sara Frances | 08/08- 08:03 AMThe misconception about website design is that it’s not just one job, but six or more!
Have you, like ourselves, paid significant sums to get a new website built, only to find that your traffic drops off and you just don’t get as many live inquiries as before? Don’t blame the economy! Get wise about what is happening - or not happening - inside your website. more »Thursday, August 04, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #2Sara Frances | 08/04- 07:06 AMAre you willing to do whatever it takes to get the perfect website? I said yes!
Right from the start I knew it’s the most important job I could possibly be doing for the now and future life of our business. Sales is all about experience and relationships forged with old and new clients in new and creative ways. Your website is your business persona. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to get the perfect website? I said yes! more »Monday, August 01, 2011Designing a Photo Website in WordPress #1Sara Frances | 08/01- 10:36 AMIs it practical for a small business owner to do it herself in WordPress?
An impactful website, SEO friendly, is the backbone of business outreach for every small business, or in our case a micro business, with just two partners doing every conceivable task - and all that photo stuff in between. more »Saturday, June 11, 2011Last Opportunity to Study with Ken Whitmire: an American National TreasureSara Frances | 06/11- 07:56 PMIs your portrait business suffering? Do you lose clients over a matter of a few dollars, even though your artistry is great? This is how to change your approach toward profitability!
Here’s THE June workshop - now 28 years famous - that may very well save your business for all time. Spaces are still open to attend what may well be the last Wall Portrait Conference with Ken Whitmire. Sunday, June 26 - Friday, July 1 in Ken’s studio in Yakima, Washington. more »Wednesday, May 25, 2011Turn a boring insurance job into added value and revenue.Sara Frances | 05/25- 08:18 PMSatisfy bean counters and then repurpose imagery into an emotional family memory presentation.
Insurance photography is pretty repetitive, intensely detailed and not highly lucrative. Utilitarian but not sexy. Here’s how to easily give the owner something extra to show off his or her collection with a very modest investment of your professional time and effort. more »Tuesday, May 17, 2011A Black BoxMatt Brandon | 05/17- 12:13 AMDo you need a DSLR to be creative? This 14 year old didn’t.
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Nikon Launches The 36MP D800
Nikon has unveiled the new D800 today which features a 36MP full frame sensor along with all of the video function improvements we saw on the D4. In an interesting twist, Nikon will also be offering a D800E which is identical except for the omission of the anti-aliasing filter. This should provide increased sharpness in that variation, but at the expense of possible aliasing on patterned subjects. With the enormous processing power needed to deal with a 36MP image it comes as no surprise that the D800 is capable of a lower fps burst than it’s predecessor. 4fps in FX mode and 6fps in DX mode. It’s somewhat puzzling to see that they have also opted to go for two different flash card mediums and notably excluded the XQD format that was introduced in the D4.
Canon Launches Three New Lenses
New 24-70 L II and first wide angle primes with IS
The long awaited replacement to the Canon 24-70 f2.8 L workhorse has finally been unveiled alongside two unique new prime lenses. The new Canon 24-70 f2.8 L II is 10mm shorter than it’s predecessor as well as 150g lighter which will make a lot of people happy until they hear the suggested price of $2300! Canon also launched two new primes which are the first wide angle primes in the world to feature Image Stabilization. A 24mm f2.8 IS and a 28mm f2.8 IS. Both lenses appear to be very compact and will likely offer usable low shutter speeds which previously were only possible with a much larger aperture wide angle lens like a 24mm f1.4, but for half the size and half the cost.
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