Photography Rulez

Meteor Shower This Weekend

2011-08-10T11:04:00.001-05:00

The Perseid Meteor shower peaks this weekend.

Some links to Meteor Photography Tips:

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Digital Photography Bootcamp

2010-09-30T08:56:00.000-05:00

"Big Bucks Selling Your Photography" was not at all what I expected from the title. However don't get hung up on that! The subtitle on this fourth edition nails the book contents. "A Complete Photo Business Package for all Photographers" is a more apt title and this book does deliver that.

This book is geared towards anyone who is thinking of getting into photography as a full-time business but knows nothing about this business. If you have been researching photography as a business for some time a lot of this material will be familiar. If you are successful in the photography business you are already applying the contents of this book. For the rest of you contemplating photography as a business this book may change your mind. However, if you seriously want to consider this field of business then read the book.

If you want to go to the meat of "Big Bucks", marketing and selling your photos, start at chapter 9 and finish the book out. More importantly though not as exciting to read (Lawyers, IRS and CPAs! Oh my!), the first part of the book covers the back-end of the business. Cliff Hollenbeck, like most photographers, is not a CPA nor a Lawyer. He's not a Marketing Agent nor a Stock Agent. He's a successful photographer! Therefore you're not going to find much depth on these subjects, but the subjects are covered and Cliff tells you where to find the expertise.

If I were to summarize "Big Bucks" in one line it would be - Familiarize yourself with the whole business, concentrate on producing images and your creativity, and leave the business side to the experts.

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Digital Pinhole Anyone? (part 3)

2010-09-27T14:00:00.075-05:00

Part 3 and final in the how to make a body cap pinhole series.

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Originally uploaded by cyber-photography

Here are some sample photos taken with the pinhole lens built in this series. I think I made the hole too large as the images are not as sharp as the last pinhole I made.

The first 3 versions are straight out of camera (OOC) with only crop/sizing performed in post processing.

These are 2 second exposures taken on a light overcast day with sprinkles of rain falling from the sky.

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Originally uploaded by cyber-photography

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Originally uploaded by cyber-photography

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Originally uploaded by cyber-photography

These next 3 images have had an Auto Color adjustment to improve the contrast of the images.

Here is the exposure table for f 152 (0.3mm hole at 45mm from film plane).

F22         F152
1/1000   1/30
1/500      1/15
1/250      1/4
1/125 1/2
1/60   1 s
1/30   2 s
1/15       3 s
1/8   6 s
1/4        12 s
1/2        24 s
1 s        48 s
2 s        2 m
4 s        3 m
8 s        6 m
15 s      12 m
30 s    24 m
1 m   48 m
2 m       2 h

At these apertures you will need to use a tripod or place the camera on a firm surface so the camera won't move during exposures.

Make several lenses of different pinhole sizes and different body cap hole sizes (for vignette effects).

Make a large(er) pinhole size to let in more light so you can frame the scene. But that goes against the nature of pinhole images. Practice framing by using looking over the top and by the sides of the camera body instead.

Other than that go out and have fun using your digital pinhole.

If you decide to make a pinhole lens for your K10D (or other cameras too) leave a link to your images in the comments so we can see them.

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Originally uploaded by cyber-photography

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