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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Off topic
After I said yesterday that Apple should write the Canon UI. I am not so sure, having just discovered there is no way to set MONDAY to be the start of the week in the iPhone’s calendar. I can never … Continue reading
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Hold it.
In the last couple of days I used two new strap systems while shooting events: the BlackRapid R-strap (which I’ll review later) and the new Ezee Strap, pictured here: That strap sits on your shoulders (the leather part on your … Continue reading
Menu
As a teacher of photography, I am struck time and time again by how difficult it is to explain camera menus to people. Canon is better than most, but all are difficult. All sorts of buttons, and different ones all … Continue reading
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Picture Styles: useful?
BKKphotographer asks: “Are Canon’s Picture Styles important in your workflow? Do you, for example, create your own and download them to your cameras? I started to get interested in them, until I started using Lightroom. LR does not understand them … Continue reading
"What lens should I get?"
“What lens should I get?” I hear that question a lot from students, and I am always delighted to help answer it. Of course “help” is all I can do. And I will, over time, in this blog. I can … Continue reading
3200 on a 7D
This is what the cat looks like, when shot using my 7D, hand-held using the 35mm f/1.4L lens in available Tungsten light, slightly cropped, at 3200 ISO: I am not going through the trouble of showing the full crop because … Continue reading
Yellow and blue
We have seasons in Ontario. Grey (now), then brown, then white, then grey, then brown, followed by green, and then grey again. White, unfortunately, with brown , is the longest. But in between, you get some nice pictures. I always … Continue reading
Street
Today’s post is a picture of the day. Recent, in Toronto. 24mm on a 1Ds MkIII full frame camera. 1/60, f/5.6, 400 ISO. In photos, it is important to think about foreground and background, and the interaction between them and … Continue reading
Planning Phoenix
So I am planning an “Advanced Flash” workshop in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 3. Read more about it, and sign up for it, here: http://www.cameratraining.ca/091203-Phoenix.html If you are a pro or emerging pro in Phoenix, and flash is not your … Continue reading
