And so begins the 365 Project. I received a set of extension tubes and a macro reverse ring in the mail today, so what better time to start the 365? For this image, I used the 75-150mm f/3.5 E Series, reversed, and attached to 49mm worth of extension tubes. The subject is a set of …
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The 5 Elements of Photography – the Lens and the Camera
Ok. The Light is perfect, there’s a Photographer, and a Subject worthy of capture. All of these things are, I believe, necessary to the creation of a photograph, but there are two other things that we need to have at hand to make the photograph a reality: a lens and a camera. The lens and the …
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The 5 Elements of Photography – the Subject
Ok. First, there is Light, and, second, a human to capture that light (by accident or with purpose). But light, in a void, is meaningless, and, indeed, it takes Two to Tango. So we need something to take a picture of, a fleeting moment or static to capture, to fix in a more permanent form than …
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The 5 Elements of Photography – the Photographer
So we have light. But light, while necessary, is insufficient: other elements go into making a photograph. Regardless of the importance and primacy of light, a human being with some amount of technical skill and an idea or desire to capture a scene is equally necessary, and other equipment, while necessary, can vary widely in …
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Hipstamatic Disposable update – the MegaZuck 84 camera
Here are the shots from my first MegaZuck 84 camera. Check out my full Hipstamatic D-Series review for more thoughts on the app.
Hipstamatic D-Series
So Synthetic, LLC released its new app last Tuesday, the recently-rumored Hipstamatic D-Series. I didn’t download it right away due to the review in the app store and the 2-star rating, but went ahead and succumbed to curiosity late Wednesday. So Hipstamatic D is a strange and interesting sort of camera app for the iPhone. …
The 5 Elements of Photography – Light
In the beginning was (and is) The Light. This is true of all photography, without question and indeed of all human sight. I could probably stop right here, but let’s not be hasty. So. Of the five photographic elements, light is—along with the Photographer—of primary importance. But why is this so? Well, in the case …
