tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10208590227626413102010-01-31T10:23:34.609+01:00Just another photography-related blog. ;)daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-42561342882577579592008-09-01T16:40:00.001+02:002008-09-01T16:42:11.050+02:002008-09-01T16:42:11.050+02:00

I have created new web for myself. I'm pretty satisfied, so have a look.

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Interesting rule about tilt shift lens. Theodor Scheimpflug (1865-1911) stated that ‘when the extended lines from the lens plane, the object plane and the film plane intersect at the same point, the entire subject plane is in focus.’More about this type of lens.

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I know, I know, this is not very rush blog. Sorry for that.Do you like the photo in the previous article (gymnastic girl)? Canon has international contest running and I have submitted my photo there. I would be very pleased if you can vote for it. It would be really great. Every country has its own gallery and four groups (portrait, sport, macro, landscape) and you can vote for any image you like

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-76133948026929761952008-04-20T10:41:00.004+02:002008-04-20T11:05:40.807+02:002008-04-20T11:05:40.807+02:00

I have uploaded some new photos to my web gallery. Two albums, one contains photos from walk and in the other are photos from gymnastics contest.When I was shooting at gymnastics contest, I learned a lot. I learned to unavoidable shoot with higher ISO to make some motions stop (no flash was allowed), I learned to charge my batteries and to bring my portable hard drive. I learned to prefocus and

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-41760140426808304642008-04-18T09:05:00.002+02:002008-04-18T09:07:49.191+02:002008-04-18T09:07:49.191+02:00

I got following text from newsletter from popphoto and found it interesting.Apochromatic lenses focus all three colors of light on the same point. Other lenses focus red and green light accurately but only approximate the focus of blue. Because atmospheric haze is actually scattered blue light, APO lenses are better at haze penetration. They're also highly corrected for chromatic aberration and

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-45590805245467833462008-03-24T21:12:00.005+01:002008-03-24T21:45:43.237+01:002008-03-24T21:45:43.237+01:00

There are some new albums in my online gallery:1) our cats. We have two new british shorthair tom-cats. They are amazing, but to photograph them in home is somewhat challenging. Some photos are made with natural light only (most of them with Nikon 50/1.4), but there you need fast exposure time. Or you can make photos with blurred movement (and I really like them).Some of the photos are made with

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-88827667283572349652008-03-16T10:19:00.005+01:002008-03-16T10:43:27.995+01:002008-03-16T10:43:27.995+01:00

I have posted two new albums to my gallery. One is from Minimundus show and the other from liming of dam.In Minimundus show I used two lenses, Nikon 50/1.4 and Sigma 10-20. I love those lenses. Nikon's 50 I used primarily for details with blurred backgrounds and Sigma for overall views of miniatures. Those mini-buildings were just amazing. Very elaborate details and because they are miniatures,

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-5271941912437541772008-03-07T08:03:00.004+01:002008-03-16T10:19:18.580+01:002008-03-16T10:19:18.580+01:00

There are two types of light metering. You can use reflective or incident metering.Reflective metering is used by your camera. It measures light bounced off of scene. This type tells you, what amount of light reflected by the surface of the scene will result in middle gray, so type of surface is included (e.g. reflective surface versus velvet). You can also simulate incident meter with reflective

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-20186000199959550302008-03-06T18:32:00.004+01:002008-03-07T08:03:07.474+01:002008-03-07T08:03:07.474+01:00

Do you know, what parallax is? Parallax (or motion parallax) is difference in views of the same object from different positions.Just try to put your finger horizontally and really close to your eyes and try to look at it with your left eye closed and then with your right eye closed. You will see different parts of your finger, i.e. different images. But if you put your finger far enough, you will

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-472025774783504292008-03-06T13:01:00.004+01:002008-03-06T13:15:22.259+01:002008-03-06T13:15:22.259+01:00

I'm on Shutterstock now. Ok, it took me three attempts, but now I'm accepted. From 10 photos, 8 have passed.I think it's really good from Shutterstock to have this tough acceptance process. Now, when I look at my first two attempts, I feel ashamed. I would not add them to my portfolio now. Not all were that bad, but some of them were really inappropriate. Bad lighting, noise, out of focus, etc.I

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-30156400699792239712008-03-02T21:06:00.004+01:002008-03-02T21:26:29.949+01:002008-03-02T21:26:29.949+01:00

I have uploaded new album to my online gallery. It's only few photos from one little walk, but it was nice weather (really rare in last few months) and I like these photos. All of these were captured with 50/1.4 lens. I love this lens, its depth of field is amazing. And you can have really fast exposure time with 1.4.What I like the most about these photos are colors and shadows. Especially

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-52944235064131346672008-02-17T13:28:00.019+01:002008-02-18T08:05:23.820+01:002008-02-18T08:05:23.820+01:00

Today I'm going to write something about Photoshop technique known as High Pass sharpening. It's very useful and effective way to sharpen your photos. I have to say it's not the only way, of course. You can sharpen your images more quickly with Unsharp Mask or Smart Sharpen filter, or more sophistically with custom masks, channels etc. There are many ways to sharpen an image and I think none of

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-24694538116008600412008-02-13T22:39:00.005+01:002008-02-13T23:32:06.197+01:002008-02-13T23:32:06.197+01:00

In my previous post I mentioned I'm using five microstock sites. Ok, now I'm using six of them. :) I have seen some stats of other users and must say, that these six are top sellers: Dreamstime , iStockPhoto, Fotolia, Stockxpert, Shutterstock, 123rf. Today I would like to discuss each of these from the uploader view. I would like to compare upload procedures and for this reason I will be using

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-36392248658357856252008-02-11T07:12:00.000+01:002008-02-11T09:55:00.299+01:002008-02-11T09:55:00.299+01:00

What photography-related blog would it be without notification of World Press Photo 2007 winners. Congratulations.

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-72632219874589036072008-02-08T23:55:00.000+01:002008-02-09T20:05:06.399+01:002008-02-09T20:05:06.399+01:00

I love taking pictures. But it doesn't stop there. Unfortunately I need to download photos, sort, edit, export, categorize and archive them. I don't like this process as much as I like shooting, so I've tried to speed it up as much as I could. I would like to take you through all this process, because (and yes, I'm sure about it) it is absolutely unique process in the world and maybe you will

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-69322382459030721872008-02-03T21:04:00.000+01:002008-02-05T19:07:33.885+01:002008-02-05T19:07:33.885+01:00

World of photography is divided into two camps. One camp is microstock shooters (or wannabes) and the other camp is anti-microstock shooters. I belong to the first one. I'm developer in my profession, photography is my hobby (read obsession). Microstock is good for me, because I can earn some little money, but I'm not dependent on it. If it's going to work, fine, but if it is not, nothing really

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-85889711366213931582008-02-01T20:20:00.000+01:002008-02-01T20:38:46.376+01:002008-02-01T20:38:46.376+01:00

I have uploaded some new photos to my gallery. If you wanna look, here it is.There are eight new albums:New Year's EveWalkingRemotes by the Christmas treeChewing gumsDecorationsApple in mandarine peelStreet photoTexturesSome of these photos are also available at microstock sites (Dreamstime, iStockPhoto, Fotolia).As you can see, themes of photos are very different. I shot some of them for

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-64713925140431342392008-01-29T10:08:00.000+01:002008-01-29T15:00:11.598+01:002008-01-29T15:00:11.598+01:00

PMA2008 is starting on Thursday in Las Vegas. There you can find a lot of new gear, Nikon D60, Canon 450D, Nikon PC-E 24mm F3.5D ED, etc. If you are interested, you can go to dpreview for details.When I looked to comparison for example between Nikon D60 and D40X I think next upgrade (from D60 to D65, because D70 is already used) will have only new strap. Maybe more yellow (wow!).What I would like

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-76250885495250765722008-01-27T17:11:00.000+01:002008-01-29T10:44:26.427+01:002008-01-29T10:44:26.427+01:00

I have collected some inspirational tips. Maybe you would like to use them if you are bored or if you are having hard time to think something new. If you have some tips, you can write them to the comments, so everyone reading this can use them anytime. I will post some more later.Here it is:you can watch films for finding great shots. There are some really cool scenes in almost every movie, you

daffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03362032978598605755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020859022762641310.post-26433550061345760422008-01-25T20:02:00.000+01:002008-01-25T23:59:12.944+01:002008-01-25T23:59:12.944+01:00

Welcome to brand new blog about photography related stuff. I would like to write about everything -- techniques, tips, tutorials, lighting, interesting articles, nice photos, critiques, lens etc. There is so many things happening...But first things first. I would like to say hello and invite you to look at my gallery. You can make some comments or rate my photos there (thank you for that).I know

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