This was shot over a year ago, 2008-07-17, then my camera was a little more then a half year old and I just had to try out if it was water resistance as Nikon said. This film was shot with a Sigma 10-20mm lens
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Archive for February, 2011
Testing water resistance on D300
08
Feb
Nice Visual Art photos
02
Feb
Some cool visual art images:
workshop with White Space students at Peacock Visual Arts
Image by Renée Turner
workshop with White Space students at Peacock Visual Arts
Image by Renée Turner
workshop with White Space students at Peacock Visual Arts
Image by Renée Turner
Creating a web gallery: Photoshop CS5 for Photographers from lynda.com
02
Feb
Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com PhotoshopCS5 for Photographers provides comprehensive Photoshop training targeting the needs of photographers. In this course, author Chris Orwig demonstrates the fundamental skills used to enhance digital photos, including managing and correcting color, sharpening, making selections and adjustments, retouching, and printing from Photoshop. In addition to teaching the techniques that enable photographers to refine and publish their photos, the course includes live-action segments that encourage thinking photographically, and shoot with Photoshops capabilities in mind.
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www.1stoptutorials.com – Sometimes when you are working on eyes there comes a time to add some more eyelashes to bring those eyes out. This is a more complicated technique but nothing you cannot handle. We have to do a few different stages to get the look that we want. In this tutorial it is best to get all the tools set up first. Let me know if you run in to any problems
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The Shell Game
02
Feb
Lotor gives the Voltron Force crabs. Giant Robeast crabs that is. The evil Prince springs his decapod-esque Robots in the middle of Planet Arus’ cities, and the Giant Robot team is hot to trot hoping to stop them. Watch hundreds of free full-length streaming movies and TV shows on www.crackle.com Crackle Twitter twitter.com Minisode Twitter: twitter.com Be a Facebook Fan! www.facebook.com Tags: minisode voltron defender universe lion zarkon allua keith anime animation 80s cartoon saturday free tv japan crabs watch free streaming television tv video crackle
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Karlsruhe im Januar
02
Feb
Letztes Jahr habe ich eine Fotoreihe, genannt Karlsruhe im Dezember vorgestellt. Und jetzt möchte ich quasi dasselbe tun, nur eben mit Fotos, die ich im Januar auf Karlsruher Straßen gemacht habe. Diejenigen, die meinen Aktivitäten auf Flickr folgen, werden die Fotos schon kennen, von denen ich ein paar ausgesucht habe.
Ich bin seit dem Winter dabei geblieben, so gut es geht, jeden Tag ein paar Fotos zu machen – und sei es nur auf dem Weg zu Arbeit. Manchmal gehe ich auch gezielt an einen bestimmten Ort, um ausgiebiger zu fotografieren, wahlweise an den Karlsruher Hauptbahnhof.
So bleibe ich in Übung – und es gibt in Karlsruhe unzählige Ecken, die ich persönlich durchaus fotogen finde. Die ich mit der Kamera erkunden möchte. Das erfüllt mich mit Freude – denn hin und wieder kann ich ein Erfolgserlebnis einstreichen.
Wie so oft habe ich auch hier darauf gewartet, dass der Mann mir ins Bild lief und dann abgedrückt, als er sich auf der Mitte der Straße befand.
Karlsruher Situationskomik.
Der Mann im Bild ist mein Freund Ulrich Linder.
Diese Dame hat mir einen ordentlichen Schrecken eingejagt. Das musste ich dann festhalten, wenn auch nur für mich aus reinen Dokumentationszwecken.
Dieses ältere Paar lief die Straße herunter und ich habe im Eilverfahren ein paar Fotos gemacht. Im Nachhinein hat sich dann wundersamer Weise herausgestellt, dass sich dort noch eine “dritte Person” aufhielt.
Hier wollte der Herr (wie viele Passanten) netterweise vermeiden, mir ins Bild zu laufen. Er wusste natürlich nicht, dass er sich trotzdem zwei Mal im Foto befinden würde.
Klassiker. Musste einfach sein.
Natürlich ist mir bewusst, dass ich mit meiner eingeschränkten Sicht keineswegs einen breitgefächerten Eindruck Karlsruhes zeigen kann. Doch das soll auch gar nicht Ziel & Zweck meiner Aktiviät sein – so fotografiere ich ganz bewusst Dinge, die mir “ins Auge springen” und lasse andere links liegen. All das gehört zum Selbstfindungsprozess und schlicht auch mit “Geschmack” zu bezeichnen.
Wie auch bei den letzten Fotovorstellungen meinerseits habe ich absichtlich keine Informationen zu minderwertigen kameradiversen Kleinigkeiten wie EXIFs angegeben. Und zwar aus dem Grund, nicht mit Technikfitzeleien vom Inhaltlichen abzulenken und Eure Aufmerksamkeit ganz auf die Bilder zu lenken. Aber ich denke, ihr versteht das 😉
Werbung > 2TB Western Digital externe Festplatte für nen knappen Hunni 😉
KWERFELDEIN | Fotografie Magazin
Windows 7 – Disable Automatic Error / Problem Reporting
02
Feb
Prevent Windows 7 from automatically contacting Microsoft or prompting you to contact Microsoft whenever a software / hardware / operating system error or problem is detected.
Depending on your Windows 7 configuration, whenever a problem or error is detected in software, hardware, or the operating system, a problem report may be sent to Microsoft. This way, if solutions are later available such as an updated hardware driver, you will be notified and possibly provided a download link.
For various reasons including privacy concerns, you may not wish this automatic or prompted sending of information to occur. To disable automatic checking for solutions:…
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An Emerging Fashion Photographer
02
Feb
William David Walsh Featured on the Fashion Photography Blog
A little belated, but Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that 2011 is a very healthy and prosperous year for all! The big news for me is that I moved to New York City over the New Year holidays and I’ve been settling into my new life! Unfortunately, it’s one of the reasons I’ve been off the radar……unless you follow me on Facebook!
I thought a great way to start off the new year would be to showcase one of my blog readers! I’d like to make this a permanent addition to the blog as well. Every couple of months I’ll be showcasing a young, up and coming fashion photographer who’s work I strongly feel shows potential. I’ll interview them and write up about how he or she is making it happen for themselves!
So let’s dive right in and introduce you to someone who I feel has a great eye and therefore, a tremendous potential to make it to the top, if he so desires! I actually met William David Walsh through Facebook. He sent me a friend request awhile ago, after sending me a message on how he follows my blog and is a supporter of the efforts I try to make in enlightening young photographers on the world of the fashion photography industry. I then found William’s updates either hysterically funny or the photography he’d post simply stunning and totally on the same page as my taste. I knew by seeing what William finds to be an interesting fashion photograph, that he too would have an interesting eye. After checking out his website one day, I proved I was right. While I can admit that William is still learning and experimenting, his tests prove to me already that he has “the eye” to begin with. And truth be told, whenever I’m doing research on an upcoming shoot and I am pulling images to put together a mood board, I actually send William a Facebook message and ask him if he can find a certain editorial that I’m looking for. I’ve never even met him, but I know he has done his homework and knows his fashion editorials and imagery and that’s a great way to learn how to become a better shooter.
At any rate, I wrote William and asked him a series of questions and to send me 10 of my favorite shots from his website. And here he is: William David Walsh! Truly a young photographer to keep your eye on:
How old are you?
22
When do you first pick up a camera and what prompted you to do so?
I picked up my first (working) camera late in life, actually. During my third year in high school I decided I wanted to go into gaming illustrating and as a result of that I purchased a Kodak point and shoot to capture images on the go ( for those reading between the lines yes my introduction to photography started with digital cameras, I’m an avid film lover now though and I work with the medium a lot ). Shortly after that a photography club was started and I entered my first competition back in Jamaica . After 3 merit awards I decided this was the road I wanted to down. Plus, being the impatient person I am I’d take two days in a digital darkroom vs painting for a week in an art studio any day.
When did you decide that fashion was the direction you wanted to go in?
I think it’s always been at the back of my head to go into fashion photography. I remember collecting Vogue covers and editorials to use for reference when painting in art class. Something about the glamour and drama behind fashion images always sucked me in. After about 2 years into photography school I came to realize that glamour and drama were far more painstaking than those glossy pages lead me to believe.
Do you have a day job? What’s it like to handle working and trying to find time to test for your book?
I do have a day job. Retail….The glamorous life of a college student! Where balancing them is concerned, I work 40 hours a week and during those 40 hours all I can think about are ideas for shoots on my days off!
What photographer (s) inspire you the most? And what about their work moves you?
My biggest inspirations from the old school era are Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon. I absolutely love how simple and powerful the photographs from those two are, not to mention the passion they had for the medium. Newton especially had a major impact on my work. Believe it or not, I hated black and white photography at one point until I was introduced to his work through my visualization class. I can go on and on about how I admire his approach to shooting: simple, to the point and straight in your face! He wasn’t afraid of anything.
What are your plans for the future?
Publications…….publications……more PAID work and eventually turning photography into a full time profession….A little New York and Paris here and there wouldn’t hurt either…..
(All Images © William David Walsh Photography)
My Final Question is: Are you SURE about Fashion Photography as a Career?
Yes I definitely want to continue on the path of fashion photography.. I live it and breathe it… Nothing gets me excited like fashion and photography do!
And it takes that kind of passion and dedication to not only photography but to fashion as well that determines the success of a young, emerging fashion shooter. I’m quite impressed with Williams hard work and diligence. I see his Facebook updates where he is at his “day job” all the time but posting ideas or recent pictures from his latest tests. He works now with top modeling agencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and has been published in Flasco Mag and Love, Sex and Dance Magazine. Here is a link to his website: http://www.williamdavidwalsh.com/#home
I’m a fan and I’m going to keep my eye on him! You should too!
In other news, there’s a lot to update you with but I’ll save that for the next post. I promise, though, it won’t take me a month to write it! Stay tuned! xoxo
Fashion Photography Blog – A Resource for Fashion Photographers, Created by One.
D90 – Hamburg St. Pauli at Night
01
Feb
Fluorescent lights – Test. The D90 has some problems with fluorescent lights. It produces waves, flickering, striped effects – mainly the older ones. The newer with high frequency are less of a problem. Nikon even says it in the manual. How to fix it: ca.youtube.com
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Look Ma No Photoshop: Revealed!
01
Feb
The answers to the questions posed in a previous post, titled Look Ma, no Photoshop!
First off, congratulations to Simon who was the first one to accurately describe all three techniques. Others (like Nick) were very close and even others should win for sheer creativity (like Carlie from Hogwarts).
Shot 1
2.0 sec at f / 3.5, ISO 200
The idea behind this effect is two-fold. The blur/movement effect and the crazy color combine to create an effect that looks mildly ethereal.
The movement is obvious, the long shutter speed combined with a front-curtain flash. Front curtain flash (usually a default setting) allowed me to push the shutter at the exact second she reached the top of her jump and the flash would freeze that moment, the two second drag gave some ghostly movement artifacts in the image.
The odd color is achieved by combining two separate light sources with different white balance, both light sources came from the same light. Most strobes actually have a modeling light and a flash, and each of these come from a separate bulb. Since the aperture was so wide the much warmer toned modeling light (set to maximum brightness) combined with the whiter light from the strobe (set to very low) sort of made any white balance setting look oddly other worldly.
An effect I exaggerated to it’s fullest! Thanks so much to Jillian for jumping around with such boundless energy.
Equipment List for Shot 1:
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM, Elinchrom 300RX Monolight, Rotalux Midi Octa by Elinchrome (53″), Pocket Wizard Multimax 32 Channel (2)
Shot 2
1/160 at f / ?, ISO 100
The blur here is not caused by putting anything on or over the lens, it is all caused by the simplest idea of a really, really shallow depth of field.
Obviously Jillian is standing up straight and looks to be completely parallel to the front of the lens, which is why shallow depth of field doesn’t seem to be the only thing responsible for the blur. However, that requires us to assume the lens was properly attached to the camera… it wasn’t.
The technique is simple, I detached the lens and was tilting it away from the camera body. Focusing was quite tricky, since you really can’t twist the focus ring very easily I just tilted the lens back and forth until the plane of focus cut sharply across her face.
This technique, called free lensing, is starting to get pretty popular… you can also create this effect with tilt-shift lenses or lens babies (which I think I’m going to review soon on my blog). This particular image was created with a 50mm prime lens from Canon.
Equipment List for Shot 2:
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 50mm 1.2L, Elinchrom 300RX Monolight, Rotalux Midi Octa by Elinchrome (53″), Pocket Wizard Multimax 32 Channel (2)
Shot 3
2.5 sec at f /6.3, ISO 160
This one looks just like multiple exposures on one negative. A common technique back when it was required to use film cameras, not just trendy. Zing! 
However, most digital cameras (including the Canon 5D Mark II) do not support multiple exposures on one frame, which means I used the other way to accomplish this. Multiple flashes.
In a completely dark room, with the modeling light off, I fired the flash three times during the 2.5 second exposure… poor Jillian had to make this movement right around a billion times before I was happy.
Jillian is such a great sport!
Equipment List for Shot 3:
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 50mm 1.2L, Elinchrom 300RX Monolight, Rotalux Midi Octa by Elinchrome (53″), Pocket Wizard Multimax 32 Channel (2)
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