Photoshoot and Beyond
If you are uploading photos and videos to facebook directly from your phone, you may have noticed that the quality is not on par as the photos you are uploading from your computer. The reason for this is that by default, the facebook app is set to uplo…
If you have a great camera and you took a great photo* there is really no way to show the resolution of that photo in the internet. Now, you may wanna ask why would you even wanna show off the resolution of such a photo, and I can think of several reasons. Potential buyers may […]
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Raise your hand if you ever lost/bricked/killed an iPhone or an Android*. Raise your other hand if that phone has lots of photos that you will never see again. That could be quite sad, and I have a friend who lost their iPhone today, so instead of going all “I told you so” on him, […]
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Here is a sweet tip we got from Adam Frimer about managing your cards while on a shoot. You start with a bunch of clean formatted cards. Place them all in a hard case facing up. This way you can see the data on each card. (Those hard cases are about $1…
By now if you have ever seen any of my images you will know I am a big fan of contrast! I Like to crank that shizzle up to 11! haha So this weeks article is going to be short and straight to the point (hooray I hear you shout!) I am going to show […]…
Here is a quick, yet powerful tip from Felix Alejandro Hernández Rodríguez. It is simple and all it involves is a couple packs of flour, and can really boost a photo. Here is how Felix describes it: Here is a simple technique that I “discovered” a while ago… It has been useful in some projects… With […]
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Here is a cool tagging idea we got from Roni Chastain. Roni uses dog tags for marking her gear. In an email to DIYP she explains: … I have them [dog tag ] on my cameras, bags, tripod. I had my daughter put them on their sneakers, when they go out running… … My thoughts have always […]
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If you, like me bundle up your USB and short power cables on travel, color coding them may be very helpful for getting them untangled quickly. If the cable are color coded, and you did not make too much of a mess when bundling them with a cable tie, yo…
If you are doing a lot of run and gun, you may be recording sound directly to your camera. Now, without going into the question if this is a good practice or not, most DSLRs will limit you to one stereo channel with a 3.5mm mic plug. But, there is a wa…
If you own a cyclorama you know that part of the job of owning such a wonderful thing is that you have to occasionally re-paint it. (If Amazon does not shut you down first). I was visiting Stefan and Rosi from RawExchange in Germany, and they showed me a great tip. (RawExchange are my partners in the […]
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