Monthly Archives: August 2007

26 Aug

Avoiding cliches in landscape photography

Avoiding cliches in landscape photography

I love landscape photography. It is an amazing feeling to capture the majesty and splendor of the world around us in a photograph. Of course, …

 
By Ed Z
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24 Aug

Pentax lens reference guide…

Pentax lens reference guide…

Pentax has a long history of K-mount lenses. This is useful since even their current cameras work with all legacy k-mount lenses ever …

 
By Ed Z
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23 Aug

25,600?!?!?!

25,600?!?!?!

Holy…. just in case you *hadn’t* already heard, Nikon countered Canon’s big release with the announcement of their own flagship camera, the D3. 12.1mp, full frame, yadda …

 
By Ed Z
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21 Aug

The dark side of photosharing sites?

The dark side of photosharing sites?

There is no question that digital imaging and the internet have revolutionized the art of photography.  Now everyone with a camera and a computer has …

 
By Ed Z
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20 Aug

Apologies…

Apologies…

Sorry for the dearth of posts recently – life, the universe and everything have kept me swamped. Stay tuned for several new articles this week! Tweet …

 
By Ed Z
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20 Aug

Canon’s new flagship…

Canon’s new flagship…

Well, the fateful announcement came… the Canon 1Ds III and it’s pretty darn impressive: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=15710 looks like the bar has been raised pretty high for pro-level DSLRs… on …

 
By Ed Z
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14 Aug

Image of the day.

Image of the day.

Another lighting experiment… I liked the drips and spatters on my encaustic paint pallette (actually an electric griddle). This shot was lit with …

 
By Ed Z
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13 Aug

Well, that’s one way to light an event…

Well, that’s one way to light an event…

This past weekend, I was at an old friends wedding.   Now being the camera nerd that I am, I am always checking out the photographer, …

 
By Ed Z
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10 Aug

Image of the day.

Image of the day.

Playing with just a single strobe. Shot was taken with a vivitar 285 fired through a white brolly, from upper left. A large …

 
By Ed Z
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09 Aug

The creative side of stock photography…

The creative side of stock photography…

Here’s a great article by Rasmus Rasmssen (of rasmusrasmussen.com) on stock photography.  I feel like all to often people get so caught up in the …

 
By Ed Z
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