As everyone knows, photography is 10% photographer, 10% equipment and 80% lighting (or something like that) proving again the 80-20 rule I suppose. Then again, lighting’s 80% can largely be answered by equipment or more precisely its correct application. Anyway, the point is that there’s not much difference between shots with an SLR and a good […]
This is “sensible” gearlust though! Still waiting for these to be available in Europe for something like a reasonable price. UK: £350 (c. $700!) when it’s under $500 across the pond.
Of course, there’s always been gearlust for the big Cintiq, but this puts it tantalisingly close. Pretty cool for playing Hordes of Orcs as well, no doubt. Ahem… [Update: Gizmodo has a video review of it, heaping praise, and ramping up the lust!]
So, because all my friends are too chicken to pose for me, I decided I’d have to do a bit of tethered shooting to try some lighting out. This is a first time I’ve used EOS Capture on the Mac, and it’s quite workable. Pretty good, even, if I wanted to get effusive. All these shots […]
I saw this on John Nack’s blog and he doesn’t know much about where it’s from, or who it’s by, so I’ve no idea. But it’s very nice!
Not a new phenomenon but certainly more and more in the collective consciousness, taking pictures (gasp!) of children (gasp!) even when they’re your children is deemed “inappropriate”. [photo: from MEN, but I assume by Steve Brook]