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Camera Tutorial: My Menu Settings, Part 2

February 17, 2012

Yesterday, I wrote about the Quick Menu settings that I shoot with on my Canon 7D and 5DMII. Today, I’ll be going through the big menus on both cameras! And you thought yesterday’s post was wordy…. A few notes before we begin. I’m only going to address the settings that I’ve changed – if I [...]

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Camera Tutorial: Want to Know What My Camera Settings Are?

February 16, 2012

My blog post a few weeks ago about changing a setting on your camera to improve focus generated some questions about my other menu settings. What a fabulous idea for a tutorial! Camera configuration is a work in progress – as you learn new techniques, tweak your style or learn about your camera, you can [...]

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The Difference Between the Canon 7D and 5D Mark II, in Plain English

February 10, 2012

My Canon 7D has been an incredible friend for the past 2 years. And I’m looking forward to the same type of relationship with my new 5D Mark II. (Thanks again, Photovision.) As I’ve been getting to know this new camera, I’ve paid special attention to what’s different about it compared to the 7D. Since [...]

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What to Do When You Get a New Camera (Do This For Your Old Camera Too)

February 3, 2012

Do you want to hit the ground running with your new camera? Or what if you don’t have a new camera? I suspect that most of us haven’t done all this anyway on the cameras we’ve had for a while, so these are good tips for everyone. Read the manual. Read all of it, cover [...]

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Photography Tutorial: Change This Setting on Your Camera NOW!

January 26, 2012

Pin It Consistently good focus in my photography is something I’m always working on. When I take photos, I look at the back of my camera for feedback on focus as well as exposure. Some (rude) people call this chimping. Of course, you have to zoom way in to verify that focus is good on [...]

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The Best Photography Workshop. Ever.

November 17, 2011

As far as photography workshops go, I’m a junkie. You guys know that. So I’m pretty sure I have the requisite experience to list the factors that go in to making a successful workshop: Pin It Students choose who to shoot Students choose shooting location Ability to ask for advice at any point, [...]

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Photography: A Cruel, Ironical Art

November 11, 2011

“It is a cruel, ironical art, photography. The dragging of captured moments into the future; moments that should have been allowed to evaporate with the past; should exist only in memories, glimpsed through the fog of events that came after. Photographs force us to see people before their future weighed them down, before they knew [...]

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Makin It Work ~ In Tight Spaces

July 26, 2011

Today, wayoutnumbered is visiting Texas Chicks with another excellent post in her Makin It Work series. Thank you, wayoutnumbered! So if you’ve read the first two posts in my Makin It Work series, you may have sensed a theme here? As much as I would love for all my photo sessions to be filled with glorious [...]

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Overexposed Plus Out of Focus and Completely Happy

April 4, 2011

Is this image a digital photography mistake, or is it art? One skill that I continually practice is the ability to view my photos with an embracing and kind, thankful and non-critical eye. What I create is my own art, whether anyone else likes it or not. And if I create an image like the [...]

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Find the 2nd Catchlight, then Shoot

March 28, 2011

Catchlights, as we all know by now, are one of the most important elements in any portrait. And lighting your subject from the side is a common portrait technique in natural light photography, but one that can be a bit tricky. The problem, when shooting with side lighting, is that one side of your subject’s [...]

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Makin’ It Work ~ Using Window Light

March 24, 2011

Quick, where do you think these shots were taken? A. A fancy downtown studio with dreamy floor-to-ceiling windows bathing the model in lucious natural sunlight B. A fancy uptown studio filled with the coolest backdrops and high tech lighting equipment C. A swanky outdoor set-up styled by a designer on a perfect spring day with [...]

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Valentine’s Photo Ideas and a New Free Action from MCP

February 14, 2011

Details on the brand new free action from MCP are at the end of this post. I think that photo Valentines are a new tradition in our house. This is the card we’re passing out today. I saw a similar picture somewhere on the internet recently, but can’t for the life of me remember where. [...]

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The Most Enjoyable Photo Shoot Ever (Hiccup)

December 16, 2010

Food photography has a sub-genre that I had never thought about before. Cocktail photography. I think I could become a specialist. My friend Janis has written a book called Take a Shot. It involves a woman trying to find balance in her life after introducing marriage and children to a successful career. Sounds familiar, right? [...]

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Priceless

December 2, 2010

Shirt: backwards, inside out and unbuttoned Socks: mismatched Heart Shoes: on the wrong feet Beautiful soft light coming in from a window perpendicular to my subject A two year old who insists on dressing “BY MYSELF MOMMY” The biggest most beautiful brown eyes in the world. . . . . ….. yes, all priceless! What [...]

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