Archive For The “Photography” Category
I went into town this morning and came across this group of protestors on Princes Street. I didn’t know it at the time, but they were employees of O’Donovans Butchers, a 105 year old company with a premises on the street. They had all been let go the previous day. The Evening Echo has more [...]
There’s dust on the sensor of my 20D. I need to remove it. Here’s a few bits I found. Ken Rockwell has many tips, as usual This review of IMS DSLRClean looked very promising until I found the exact same one here too! Is it a paid-for product placement? Lots and lots of valuable information [...]
Looks like a win for photographers! Pro photographers who wanted to shoot in Millennium Park in Chicago had to have a city permit. That was only changed last month, so maybe I’m lucky that my 20D didn’t attract the attention of local security! I would have loved to get a few shots of the Bean, [...]
Good run-down of the Canon Digital Rebel and Nikon D70s in this article by Philip Greenspun. Digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras are the standard tool for serious photographers. With the recent introduction of cameras such as the Nikon D80 and the Canon Digital Rebel XTi the market for digital SLR cameras has expanded tremendously. A [...]
Mike Johnston asks are we getting used to paying a premium for new tech? I think it’s always been that way. Technology is expensive when new but rapidly goes down in price. Digital camera tech is advancing at such a rate that anything older than a few months old then it can be very obsolete. [...]
Weddings, From a Photographers Point of View – We’re trying to pick out a hotel now for the reception. Haven’t even considered a photographer yet, and I’m banned from camera work for the day! Several good points in this article, including things I hadn’t thought of yet.
Should you get your photos printed at home or elsewhere? I’ve done both, but the prints I’ve got from shops and online have been of much better quality. The author, Valerie Goettsch, runs digitalphotos101.com which looks like it has a few interesting bits and pieces!
Without marketing your business isn’t going to succeed. Roy Barker introduces some ideas for budding professionals to follow. Stock photography is probably the easiest way to ease yourself into the photography business!
In this (what looks like a promo) article John Grand explains some of the issues with organizing your photos. After reading this I went looking, and found Lodju (also available from Debian – apt-get lodju), and then looked into gThumb. It allows you to put photos into categories, and I spent an hour last night [...]
