did you know?

[kennykodak]

how about a tips thread? just short little gems, anything goes as long as it's useful. for example:

did you know that rechargeable batteries will recycle a flash faster than alkaline? true, they have less internal resistance. with a bride coming down the aisle you need the speed. furthermore, i may have said once before but a ready light on a flash pops up at about 75% charge.

[Pops]

Re: did you know?

Might not be in a position to offer much in the way of tips but I can always take them on board

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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That the camera works just as well upside down

Faced with the ladies wearing hats at weddings and having shadows on their faces, the pop up flash (adjusted as needed) gives just enough fill in flash to lift the shadows on the face, under the chin, etc..

It also introduces some great expressions that are also worth capturing

Great Thread

[Gina]

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I'd like to see a Tips thread for sure.

[Autumn]

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That the camera works just as well upside down

Faced with the ladies wearing hats at weddings and having shadows on their faces, the pop up flash (adjusted as needed) gives just enough fill in flash to lift the shadows on the face, under the chin, etc..

It also introduces some great expressions that are also woth capturing

Great Thread

That's a good tip.

[Ian]

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I'd like to see a Tips thread for sure.

I think, to quote a new-ish slogan from the world of pop music; this is it

Ian

[kennykodak]

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photoshop
fast, down and dirty spot color:
(make sure that foreground/background color has been reset.)
open image
create new adjustment layer (gradient map)
- image automatically turns black & white
select the paint brush tool and paint back the desired color.

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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Fancy trying long exposures but don't want to spend a fortune on a ND10 filter...

[ame]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Glass-Filter-Welding-Lens-Shade-10-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ170447711901QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_3?hash=item27af79ae9d[/ame]

Fits the "P" size filter holder as well.

[Ian]

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Here's one - exposing to the right; it seems natural to shoot digital like shooting transparency film, under-expose slightly to preserve highlights. In fact there is good reasin to do the opposite, and carefully expose more than your camera's meter might advise. This is because most digital cameras weight the dynamic range sensitivity to the mid and bright tones, instead of the shadows. If you under expose and then bring up the shadows, you risk introducing noise and you may lose dynamic range in the mid range and highlights. Look at the histogram and bring the exposure as far to the right as you can before the highlights risk being clipped. You may often find that you can increase exposure over the correct setting indicated by the camera. And highlights are more easily recovered than you might think too.

Ian

[kennykodak]

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Here's one - exposing to the right; it seems natural to shoot digital like shooting transparency film, under-expose slightly to preserve highlights. In fact there is good reasin to do the opposite, and carefully expose more than your camera's meter might advise. This is because most digital cameras weight the dynamic range sensitivity to the mid and bright tones, instead of the shadows. If you under expose and then bring up the shadows, you risk introducing noise and you may lose dynamic range in the mid range and highlights. Look at the histogram and bring the exposure as far to the right as you can before the highlights risk being clipped. You may often find that you can increase exposure over the correct setting indicated by the camera. And highlights are more easily recovered than you might think too.

Ian

Ian,
maybe you might want to go on to explain HDR imaging. if done right, gorgeous, if not, disaster (especially in jpeg).

[Patrick]

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Ian,
maybe you might want to go on to explain HDR imaging. if done right, gorgeous, if not, disaster (especially in jpeg).

Explaining HDR is relatively easy, doing it and doing it well is a whole different ball game, you would need a book.
What one person thinks is great, another will hate.

Patrick

[kennykodak]

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that's why i passed the baton to Ian. i'm not going there.
it's like choosing the "most" correct answer on a exam.

[Stephen]

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that's why i passed the baton to Ian. i'm not going there.
it's like choosing the "most" correct answer on a exam.

I really don't see what the issue is with HDR. Take plenty of bracketed exposures, use a program such as Photomatix Pro and tonemap to suit. They really don't need to look overcooked if you set things right. However if thats what floats your boat then it can be done. Personally I have got more pleasing results by altering the tonemapped image in Lightroom

[kennykodak]

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all color photographs are subject to fading. this is caused by the ultra violet rays in either sunlight or even fluorescent lights. big deal, you knew this. okay let's move on. they make special UV inhibiting glass which will block most of of this when used correctly with a frame. what's that mean? a print should have a spacer between it and the glass so that it doesn't stick to the glass by changes of humidity or temperature. why matting a print, that's a spacer but "Hinge" the print to the top of the print with archival tape and not tape all around the print causing to pull or wrap as seasons change.
now on to the did you know part:

do you have an old color print that looks okay but it looks like it has a couple on fly specks on it? that's not fly specks, it's dye. a color print fades the color dye used to cover dust spots from printing does not. if you see these, then the print has faded more than you thought.