Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Posted on March 31, 2010 by Michael Willems

You all know you can sign up to the RSS feed, here? http://blog.michaelwillems.ca/feed/ That way you get notified of posts as soon as they occur – and I write one every day. But Wait! There’s more! Scroll down to the … Continue reading →

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My "two stops" technique

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Michael Willems

Here’s a quick start tip for using flash indoors. First, set your camera to: Manual mode f/4 1/60th second 400 ISO Now check the light meter in your viewfinder. You want it to read about minus two if you point … Continue reading →

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Is it the end?

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Michael Willems

Photography done as a profession? The New York Times seems to think so in this article today. They are right that the triple whammy of microstock, cheap digital cameras, and the end of magazines and newspapers are bad news for … Continue reading →

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Searches on this blog

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Michael Willems

Today so far, these have included: annie leibovitz aperture 2 can you shoot in black and white with th 1 street light site:.ca language:en 1 24-70 2.8l 1 turning off the beep on canon 7d 1 7d and monolights 1 … Continue reading →

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Assignment

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Michael Willems

Your assignment for today, should you choose to accept it: shoot a picture of a machine. Use, if you can, a 50mm lens. Tips (since this is a teaching blog): Try to fill the frame. Consider shooting in black and … Continue reading →

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Grey

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Michael Willems

Not quite Hopper perhaps, but it conveys the mood. Indianapolis, 25 March 2010.

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Light direction tip

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Michael Willems

Here’s a “quick start” for lighting a face: For a man, start with having the main light come from 45 degrees above, at an angle of 45 degrees left or right (“Rembrandt lighting”) For a woman, start with having the … Continue reading →

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Light is fun

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Michael Willems

..and there are still a couple of spots left for the small two-day intense light workshop that Joseph Marranca and I are organising two weeks from now, on 10+11 April at my country home in Mono, an hour north of … Continue reading →

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MBA RIP

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Michael Willems

Uh oh: my laptop, an old Macbook Air, just broke – the hinge. This means that Ill need to shell out $2k for another one tomorrow. Painful, very painful. But life without a good laptop is impossible to imagine, now.

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Accessorize.. accessorise.

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Michael Willems

Especially when it’s useful. Like in this case: the Honl Photo light modifiers’ carrying case. If you don’t have one yet, get one: Very handy bag to keep all your modifiers, like bounce cards, gels, and snoots in one convenient … Continue reading →

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