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Archive for April, 2008

business: a primer on copyright and why it’s important

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The role of copyright and how it works is a mystery to many photographers. I can certainly understand why, especially with communication and digital image delivery constantly evolving. I'm not an expert on copyright but would really like to share my passion and basic understanding of the subject. When it ...

tech: update to RAW vs. JPEG

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Full-sized images have been added to the previous post so you can better compare RAW vs. JPEG. Now if you click on one of the small photos a full-sized image will open in a new browser window (except for the little detail shots, they are just sampled from the full-sized ...

tech: RAW vs. JPEG - the real story

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

In the "Keeping up with Joneses" Department: Apple just released this new iMac, 3.06 Ghz processor and all... There are lots of great reader comments on the tech article pages (the camera meter / histogram video, the battle of the bulbs shootout, studio color management, etc.). A couple of times ...

video: episode 6 , product lighting tricks for the DIY studio

Monday, April 28th, 2008

In episode 6 : create product photo backgrounds with no shadows and multiple colors using simple lighting equipment. Subscribers view video on the website. Here are the images, a little larger, with a bit more info. It's a challenge posting large images in a blog without linking to external sources but I ...

DIY lighting video preview (one background, four different looks)

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

A sneak peek at Monday's upcoming video: these photos were all shot using two cheap clamp lights on the exact same grey background. No colored gels were used and no color retouching has been done to the photos (these pics are straight out of the camera). So how did I ...

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