Category Archive: technique

14 Aug

Editing down a portfolio with Don Giannatti and yours truly – LIVE Webcast

Editing down a portfolio with Don Giannatti and yours truly – LIVE Webcast

This Sunday 8/4/2010 at 9pm EST (6pm pacific) Don Giannatti has been kind enough to do a live portfolio review with me on the air.  …

 
By Ed Z
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19 Jun

lighting essentials advanced workshop – a brief review

lighting essentials advanced workshop – a brief review

For those not familiar, Lighting Essentials are a series of workshops put on by Don Giannatti (you may know him as “Wizwow” on flickr).   I …

 
By Ed Z
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20 Mar

hand coloring in lightroom

hand coloring in lightroom

I’ve always loved hand-colored photos.   They have such a great look, very unique, very interesting.  For those who don’t know, “hand coloring” refers to any …

 
By Ed Z
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28 Feb

baselining your strobe for quick exposures

baselining your strobe for quick exposures

Digital cameras have been a great boon to photographers working with off-camera lights.  The ability to review an image instantly on an LCD (with histogram!) …

 
By Ed Z
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04 Jul

Back in the US and a quick post for the 4th

Back in the US and a quick post for the 4th

Back in the us for the 4th, and a quick oldie on shooting fireworks (one of the first articles I wrote for F/1.0): http://www.f1point0.com/2007/06/28/shoot-fireworks-like-a-pro/ Most of the …

 
By Ed Z
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27 Apr

the DIY 30 second light tent

the DIY 30 second light tent

Ever had an assignment that you needed a light-tent for, say a product shoot – but didn’t have one handy?  Yeah, me too.  I started …

 
By Ed Z
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11 Apr

how to load 120 film in the holga

how to load 120 film in the holga

Seems like more and more folks are getting curious about film these days – whether it’s new photographers who started out on digital and want …

 
By Ed Z
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24 Mar

Develop film using coffee(!)

Develop film using coffee(!)

Wow… 2 of my favorite things, photography and coffee.  Photojojo has a great article here on using coffee and vitamin C to develop film instead …

 
By Ed Z
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16 Mar

CNN Piece on Mario Testino

CNN Piece on Mario Testino

Very nice interview/piece on Mario Testino by CNN.  Even if you aren’t a fashion photographer, it’s worth a look. Tweet This Post Stumble This …

 
By Ed Z
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13 Mar

An old flame…

An old flame…

It’s funny, there seems to be a kind of “collective unconscious” in the photo community… All the buzz about film lately, from discussions on strobist …

 
By Ed Z
Also posted in art/creativity, images, interesting stuff, photo gear
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