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Comment on baselining your strobe for quick exposures by Ed Z

Ed Z — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:52:54 +0000

Trevor – Indeed, that is true but when I start getting into careful light placement I usually just bust out the meter

Comment on The Nuts and Bolts of off-camer flash – part 4, miscellaneous topics by Micha

Micha — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:44:04 +0000

Thanks for the great tutorial!

Comment on baselining your strobe for quick exposures by Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:57:20 +0000

Very sound advise. My only addition is, if you wanted to change your exposure by, flash to subject distance, use the aperture settings as a guide. For example, If your flash is 8 feet from your subject and you want to double output by moving the flash closer, you would need to go to 5.6 feet. Double again would be 4 feet, then 2.8 feet. etc. A factor of 1.4 every time.

Comment on new site by Ed Z

Ed Z — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:11:16 +0000

Thanks unfortunately I can’t take credit for the blog design – it’s based on a wordpress theme called “autofocus”. it’s definitely one of the more unique blog themes I’ve seen

Comment on The Nuts and Bolts of Off Camera Flash – Part 3, TTL wireless by David Hardwick Photography

David Hardwick Photography — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:44:26 +0000

Thanks for the interesting article. I have only used massive studio type flash in the past. I think that I might have to get some slave triggers and start to use smaller and lighter regular flash heads from now on.

Comment on new site by Alberto

Alberto — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:35:12 +0000

Absolutely gorgeous! I especially like the design of the blog front page: very original.

Comment on Photography, Psychology, and Vision by Mallori Lazich

Mallori Lazich — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:23:47 +0000

this is amazing.. i agree completely with what you are saying. I am writing a paper on directing emotion in photos and this totally helps me with my paper would you mind if i use you in my paper?

Comment on San Francisco and Sonoma by Ed Z

Ed Z — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:48:06 +0000

Thanks Argos!

Cris – yeah, the GF1 is fantastic. My nikons have pretty much been relegated to studio work and weddings now

All of those images were processed in lightroom only. I use lightroom for 99% of my processing, going into PS only for skin/beauty retouching or serious compositing. If I recall those were processed using a kind of “cross-process” preset, and then some tweaking of tone/color and dodging&burning to even out exposure. Most of my processing is pretty minimal, generally just color/tone+dodge&burn+sharpen.

-Ed

Comment on baselining your strobe for quick exposures by Audrey Hall

Audrey Hall — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:17:54 +0000

Thanks for the post – very helpful!

Comment on San Francisco and Sonoma by Cris Mitchell

Cris Mitchell — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:50:29 +0000

Hi Ed,
I just stumbled onto your blog and was immediately drawn to this post and didn’t even realize you shot it with the GF1. I just recently purchased an Olympus EP2 and feel the exact same way about it. I haven’t taken my 5d Mark II out since i brought it home.

I particularly like the first 3 images on top, are those post processed in LR or Photoshop or does the GF1 do a art filters similar to the Olympus? Would love to know your trick there.

Thanks for sharing i’ll be back for me.

Cris…

Comment on the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review by David Axelbank

David Axelbank — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:59:06 +0000

I agree with much of your review. I have owned a Mamiya 6 since 2003 and it is quite simply the best camera I have ever come across. It is not flawless (no camera is) but the optical quality is simply unbelievable, and of course the camera is extremely portable.

Most of the work on my website is shot with the Mamiya 6,and scanned on an Imacon (Hasselblad) scanner.

My camera used to belong to Magnum photographer Ian Berry, who sold me the entire kit over the time. All three lenses are remarkable. The most often used is probably the 75mm, but the 50mm also gets loads of use. The 50mm is particularly well-corrected, so virtually no distortion. The 150mm might actually be the sharpest of the lot. At the very least it seems like the most contrasty.

I also own the close-up attachment which is great. A little tricky to get the framing right, but once you’ve got the hang of it, you can get to within 15 inches of objects. Plus its great for throwing the background out of focus.

If I could only have one film camera it would be the Mamiya 6. In a heartbeat.

Comment on Mr. Pixel and Mrs. Grain by Mr. Pixel and Mrs. Grain (en)

Mr. Pixel and Mrs. Grain (en) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:14:45 +0000

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Comment on the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review by Rick

Rick — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:38:31 +0000

Very well written review. My wife is moving up to B&W med format and since there are no camera stores in the area that would carry a Mayima 6 for her to handle your review answers a lot of questions.
Any idea what a used Mayima would go for in this day and age?
A great review thanks
Rick

Comment on new gear – elinchrom ranger quadra by Ed Z

Ed Z — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:46:52 +0000

Nige,
no problems yet ! both batteries seem fine on mine.
-Ed

Comment on The Nuts and Bolts of off-camer flash – part 4, miscellaneous topics by MarkZ

MarkZ — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:31:50 +0000

This is a really good and easy to follow introduction into off-camera flash. Many thanks

Comment on nothing is original by Tina Harris

Tina Harris — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:25:07 +0000

I love your photography — the editorial photo of the woman on the rainy street with the black umbrella is fantastic! I also loved your post about Jim Jarmusch’s Golden Rules (the Godard quote at the end of that was fantastic!) Thank you for sharing that.

Comment on new gear – elinchrom ranger quadra by Nige

Nige — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:19:23 +0000

Bought an A Head kit also a few weeks back. Had a few problems with one of the battery clips. any problems with yours.
Nige

Comment on the Nuts and Bolts of off-camera flash – part 2, manual flash by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:23:25 +0000

thank you so much for this! I love Strobist…but I was so confused that I couldn’t even get past the lighting travel page. I just didn’t really understand. This helped out a lot. One question though, if the pocket wizard is on your camera, and you connect the pocket wizard to the flash with a short cord…how far can the flash be off the camera? If I’m reading it correctly, the pocket wizard connects to the camera, the receiver connects to the flash via a cable. Is this correct? Thanks!

Comment on Moo business cards – a short review by Rickie

Rickie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:58:27 +0000

I’ve been telling friends this, so when I see reviews of Moo, I can’t resist: DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY. I had a absolute b*tch of a time dealing with them. Terrible customer service from the higher-ups and bad quality stuff. Go elsewhere.

Comment on The Nuts and Bolts of off-camer flash – part 4, miscellaneous topics by AlbertBurii

AlbertBurii — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:25:44 +0000

Приветствую всех

Хорошие люди подсказали тему для бизнеса с не большими вложениями,может кому тоже полезно.Бизнес сдавать квартиры по суткам,поделитесь информацией кто в теме.Сам я бизнесом ни когда не занимался информации ноль,поэтому будет важен любой совет,с чего начать,где надо регистрироваться в налоговой или лучше по черному,и главное где давать рекламу в каких газетах,журналах или сайтах (если такие вообще есть) Сам я из Перми.
Заранее всем огромное спасибо,надеюсь на помощь.

С уважением ваш друг Игорь

Comment on San Francisco and Sonoma by Argos

Argos — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:38:46 +0000

Great shots, Ed! I particularly like the beach pictures…

Comment on fantastic stop-motion piece by didymus

didymus — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:59:59 +0000

Just… Wow!!

Comment on the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review by Ed Z

Ed Z — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:22:14 +0000

The bag is by Naneu Pro, the “Lima”. It’s a nice “non-camera-bag” looking bag (I took off the logos etc…) It’s my go-to carry bag, the padded inserts are removable as well so it can be used as a normal shoulder bag too.

Comment on the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review by Arne

Arne — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:13:13 +0000

I am curious about the bag you have pictured…Nice review!

Comment on The Nuts and Bolts of off-camer flash – part 4, miscellaneous topics by Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:53:42 +0000

Thanks for the info Ed, most appreciated!

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ncaa baseball regional « brand new kind of photography — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:28:59 +0000

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Comment on the Mamiya 6 – a highly subjective review by Sam Milianta

Sam Milianta — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:52:23 +0000

I just bought one but haven’t recieved it. I’m a rangefinder junkie. Just curious….what shoulder bag is that you have it in? It looks perfect for the type of bag I need for everyday shooting.

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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:44:25 +0000

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Comment on could this be the camera I’ve been dreaming of? by Panasonic GF1 first impressions - Ed Z Studios

Panasonic GF1 first impressions - Ed Z Studios — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:04:59 +0000

[...] anyone who’s been following this blog knows, I’ve been very excited about the whole inception of the new micro four thirds standard… I decided not to jump on the EP-1, waiting to see the developments from Panasonic etc… With [...]