Category Archive: technique

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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22 Jan

Seven photographs that changed fashion

Seven photographs that changed fashion

You may have already seen it on the “What’s the jackanory?” blog, but I felt remiss if I didn’t at least mention the BBCs recent …

 
By Ed Z
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09 Jan

Making the Image #1

Making the Image #1

I wanted to start off this series with one of my favorite images, which was actually relatively simple to make.  The piece is titled “Sunshine …

 
By Ed Z
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31 Dec

Taking fewer pictures.

Taking fewer pictures.

As 2008 winds down and we begin another year, we get to do the whole “new years resolution” thing. One of my resolutions for …

 
By Ed Z
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