Logan Lamar

YES! @buddingphotographer is right, that IS a ferrite choke. I actually just got my amateur radio license, and we learned about those in class.

As that looks a lot like an audio cable (maybe a flash cable?)…
I believe—skimming through my textbook here—you’d want to use that if for some reason your signal in the cable was getting interfered wit…[Read more]

@bensharpeningcharacter, good to see you back out! I might have to try shooting for this verse!

@jamesstaddon, @dfrazer,

Huh, I’ve never experimented with extension tubes! What have you learned so far?

So far—which isn’t very far, I’ve only used them a couple of times…

First thing: Tripod. Use one. It helps. A lot.
Second thing: You’ll likely be working pretty close to your subject—at least with the lens (50mm 1.8 prime) I was using…[Read more]

@hannahm, your pic doesn’t appear to be attached to your post? Did you just dropbox the DNG to @jamesstaddon?

If anyone has any tips and wants to contribute them that’s fine—but after getting to play with them a bit, I think I understand how they work now (I got an amazing macro shot of one of the only flowers in our house—it’s winter—right now!)

Yeah, I had a question about that too. I wanted to chat on my iPad, but it wasn’t working until I got off of the YouTube mobile site and requested the desktop version of YouTube the chat bar even showed up. I probably wasn’t signed into lenspiration, though.

Personally, I’ve never really thought about this before, and I’m not sure the Bible has much to say on it. Just where there is no law, we shouldn’t be making one (we don’t want to be Pharisees…). We just know that whatever we do has to be glorifying to God, which implies loving our neighbor (which includes the infant being photographed).

I…[Read more]

@bennet-family (I tagged you because you were talking here)
@creative-click-photography… this LightStock site intrigues me… is it worth it? I see you have a modestly sized portfolio… how often does someone purchase one of your pictures off of LightStock?

I don’t think I’ll be shooting this one, actually—but thanks for holding the door open! If anyone wants to submit images, now is the time!

Hey @creative-click-photography!
I find it good to work in extremes when I am wanting to see exactly what a specific slider does on my own. So I would try cranking the noise reduction slider to the maximum on an image with a hideous ISO number (like 3200, 6400, or 128000) and seeing what effect the details slider has.

That said, I don’t use L…[Read more]

@creative-click-photography—will you be needing more photos later? It looks like I’ll be missing this assignment (and I have six sisters…) (not kidding).

@creative-click-photography,
I understand why you’d want full rights to an image under the royalty free license—but I’m a bit concerned (healthy attitude on the net). Is this ONLY going on your clothing website and nothing else? I think that probably should be part of the agreement (because if I submit a photo of my little sister, I don’t think I…[Read more]

Okay, not a person, but a looking up shot.
I think it might work if you don’t want any people in the picture.

@jamesstaddon, I uploaded the .CR2 file and a original size JPEG of my edit. I use Luminar, so no DNGs from me, unfortunately.
The one uploaded here is downsized and watermarked.

@kina… real quick, and in no particular order of importance.

9 tips off the top of my head:

1. Have everyone close their eyes. You count to three, say “open!”, and take the shot. That way everyone’s looking at you and nobody’s blinking.

2. Idea: have the parents sit on two chairs in the middle, and have all the kids go around them. If they…[Read more]

Again, the-digital-picture.com talks about these:
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Filter-Wrench-Review.aspx

Personally, I don’t use one and haven’t needed one… yet. I think if your filter is high quality (like from B&W—and Hoya looks like it’s of good quality), you probably aren’t going to need one as much as if you have one of lower quality. If you have a cheap filter, though, it might get stuck on your lens, and that’s why those people are saying y…[Read more]

All things Affinity (Photo, Designer, iPad app) are 30% off in the Apple App store and on their website (Affinity Photo going for $35, normally $50).

Thanks for the headsup!

Oh, and I don’t believe I’ve needed a tripod for my CPL—yes, it does reduce light, but I’m generally the type of guy who only shoots handheld.