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Dropbox for Photographers

you — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:01:07 +0000

Every once in a while, something comes along that revolutionizes things. I think Dropbox fits this category. My mentor, Nancy Ori had an assignment to shoot hundreds of wine bottles for a product catalog. As we started discussing on how to go about doing this, we came up the following scenario: It was determined to setup [...]

Product review: RAW Developer

you — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:27:48 +0000

In this post - I wanted to introduce to you "RAW Developer", which is quickly becoming my "Converter" of choice for all Landscape and fine art images.

Lens Align Mark II

you — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:37:18 +0000

Since a few years ago, I had been using an excellent process to fine tune my lenses. It is a painstaking exercise, but nevertheless a very very useful and critical thing to do on a periodic basis. Recently — I felt the need for a faster way to do this. This past christmas, when Michael [...]

2011: Lessons from 2010

you — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:29:15 +0000

Based on my personal experiences, here is a list of things I recommend to you as a Photographer. Think seriously about these in 2011 if you still haven’t already done it… So, here goes: Backup: Excuse my language but S**T happens. When it does happens, all hell breaks loose. It is always better to be [...]

Travel notes…

you — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:45:46 +0000

When people turn to photography, there is that ever slight change in their behavior that I noticed.…These may or may not be typical of everyone, but just based on my observations from my most recent trip… I have noticed that Japanese photographers crouch (bend both their legs making their stature shorter) when taking photographers — despite them [...]

Backing up…

you — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:57:24 +0000

Lots have been written on the subject, and frankly — just like everything else, everyone has their “way” of backing up stuff. Every other type of backup probably works well, and there is no “right” way. It is important however to ensure that you are backing up your work and that it is a painless [...]

Limited edition prints..

you — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:26:55 +0000

In my opinion, there is no such thing. It is bogus and just snake oil. Back in the days, printing was technically challenging, labor intensive and reproducibility was difficult. Master printers made extensive notes on their test prints, trained a select few on how to read these notes and make prints. In most cases, these [...]

Photographer or artist?

you — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:59:08 +0000

Well, I have often felt that there is a stigma associated with the term “Photographer” in some social circles. The term “Photographer” means different things to people based on preset notions and social situation. Simply said, A photographer is someone/anyone who uses a camera to capture pictures. However, thats not the end of the story… [...]

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The Secret Law of Page Harmony - Retinart

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The Ultimate Wedding Photography Checklist « The Phoblographer

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HDRI Community - HDR then pano or vice versa

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Notes on ultra long exposures

you — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:40:26 +0000

A while ago — I had written about long exposures and have also provided a handy PDF cheat sheet (See references below for link). For a new series that I am working on, I needed to quickly figure out shutter values for for stacking filters. I thought I will share that table with fellow photographers who [...]

HDR Field notes: The middle exposure…

you — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:21:34 +0000

Well, I am talking about the exposure for the middle image — the one correctly exposed image So, whats so special about this middle image? For starters — this is the one exposure that determines the extent of the +/- EV data captured. Almost everyone who has attended a workshop knows that every photographer pointing [...]