Yesterday I visited somewhere that I’ve never been to before, Baker Beach. What a fabulous place - my idea was to get some sunset shots there and see what I could come up with. The sunset was spectacular at this long stretch of beach with the Golden Gate at one end. I got some nice shots [...]
Continue reading...4. May 2008
I spent some time in the Sutro baths Saturday with my brother. He had never been there so I decided to take him. The ruins are simply an amazing site to see - you wouldn’t think the a the ruins of an old burned down building from the past would be that interesting, but the [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2008
As well as adding motors to its existing lenses, Tamron has also started building motors into its new Nikon-compatible lenses. The 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 VC lens offers a 10.7x zoom range with the company’s proprietary optical stabilization system. DX-format users get fields of view equivalent to 43-465mm (in FX terms). Jump to: * Press [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2008
The Sixties: Photographs By Robert Altman is a new photo exhibition at the Idea Generation Gallery. Running from 16th July – 29th August , the exhibition brings together 60 of the most powerful images from the chief staff photographer of Rolling Stone magazine. “The passion for what he was shooting is wonderfully clear, but there’s [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2008
Digital Workflow, Stage 1: backing up digital captures Shooting great photographs means little if you don’t handle your files properly. I’d like to share the outline of my digital workflow, one refined over the past few years at the photo studio. Workflow is a process that takes time and experience to implement and understand. We’ll be [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2008
Eye-Fi announces 3 new wireless SD memory cards, including the Eye-Fi Explore card, which will automatically add geographic location tags to each photo and will allow you to upload your memories from Wi-Fi hotspots. The original Eye-Fi Card, now named Eye-Fi Share, is to be used in case you only want to upload images directly [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2008
If you wanted to name the biggest complaint of professional photographers in the digital age, you’d have a lot to choose from. Demand is falling. Prices are dropping. Photography schools are growing just as jobs are disappearing. If it was always difficult to make a living taking pictures, it’s safe to say that times are [...]
Continue reading...11. May 2008
Over the last few weeks I got a few emails asking me what is the drive behind DIYP. That sent me to my deep observations state where I had some discussions with myself on the reasons I keep DIYP. When trying to understand my reasons, I also understood that the reasons for sharing your photographic [...]
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8. May 2008
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