February 2006

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February 1, 2005
 
Face Reflection Analysis in Flash Photography

Kenneth Hoffman writes, "The proper position of the flash is directly over the lens. This will ensure that any shadows from the flash will occur behind the head and body and not to one side. Of course, when shooting square format like Hasselblad, the flash can be fixed in that one position. For shooting with a rectangular format like Bronica ETR or Canon DSLR, the flash must be mounted on a swinging bar so that the flash can be positioned over the lens in either a horizontal or vertical shot."         Full Article

February 2, 2005
 
Sony Announces New Scrap Booking Software for Kiosks

Sony Press Release Excerpt:
It also offers creative photo cutouts for mattes right on the photos. The customer chooses the size, shape, thickness and color of the matte using easy to follow touch keys. The cutout can be applied to any PictureStation print size, and even to edited photos. This new software also includes a set of seasonal borders. With this addition, there is now a scrapbook icon on the PictureStation kiosk, which includes 35 pre-designed layouts, as well as 50 new seasonal border designs for 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and 8 x 10-inch prints (both horizontal and vertical orientations) - totaling more than 250 borders.          Full Article

February 2, 2005
 
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T9 Review by Steve's Digicams

Steve's Digicams reviewed the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T9 and said: "Image quality is very good. Noise is essentially absent at sensitivity settings of ISO 80 and 100. At ISO 200, you have to look hard to find noise in shadow areas, but it becomes more evident at ISO 400. Noise becomes detectable in highlight areas at ISO 640, but the overall image is more than acceptable and quite usable."

Read More Camera Reviews of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T9

February 3, 2005
 
Night Photography Tips and Pointers

Gary Hendricks writes, "Tip 3: Try to Capture Motion -With a long exposure, you have many creative options when it comes to photography. This includes capturing motion. For example, have you ever wondered how those professional photographers shoot pictures of trails of car lights as they zoom down the highway at night? It’s all due to long exposures. Try to keep this in mind the next time you’re taking a night photo – you don’t have to restrict yourself to still images."         Full Article

February 3, 2005
 
Camera Lens Selection Information

David Peterson writes, "The most common lenses are : Wide Angle, Normal and Telephoto. The type of lens is determined by the Focal Length of the lens. See below. A Zoom Lens is simply a lens that can change Focal Length from a Wide Angle to a Telephoto (or somewhere inbetween)."          Full Article

February 4, 2005
 
Pentax Valentine's Day Colored Waterproof Cameras

Pentax Press Release Excerpt:
The colorful PENTAX OptioWPi also offers a 2.0 inch LCD monitor, a quick 0.6 second start-up, a recover function to retrieve erased images and overall operational ease. While the traditional silver model is available from a variety of dealers, the red and blue versions are available exclusively at www.h20camera.com. Orders must be placed by February 7, 2006 to ensure delivery by February 14, 2006.          Full Article

February 5, 2005
 
Light and Shadow Photography Tips and Techniques

Maricon Williams writes, "Light creates shadow and shadow in return, enhances the appearance of the subject. The interaction of the two is fascinating. Light can make the subject feisty or dull while shadows can make it mysterious or terrifying.

Shadows add facet and meaning to an image. Without shadows the object may appear plain and boring. Lights and shadows establish the correlation of one object to another and their place in the full scene. The position and strength of the lights and shadows also set the general mood of the subject."          Full Article

February 6, 2005
 
Hyperfocal Focusing Techniques for Landscape Photography

Gary Nugent writes, "When should you use hyperfocal focusing? Well, sometimes when shooting a landscape, you want everything sharp from the front to the back of the scene. Setting a small aperture such as f/16, f/22 or even f/32 can help, but if you really want to maximize depth of field, hyperfocal focusing is the technique you need to use.

To do this, you need a camera where you can switch to manual focusing and a lens inscribed with a depth of field scale (not all modern lenses have these markings, especially zoom lenses). If you're not familiar with these kinds of lens markings, here's a quick explanation:"           Full Article

February 6, 2005
 
Preparing For Portrait Photo Shoots

Eric Hartwell writes, "The golden rule when taking pictures of people is to always think about what you are doing before you press the shutter release. What do you hope to achieve? Is the image being taken for record purposes (that would make it a formal shot) or is it to display the personality of the sitter?

Pressing the shutter release in a haphazard manner will lead to uninteresting and poorly thought out shots. Neither you nor your subject will be pleased with the results."           Full Article

February 7, 2005
 
Group Portrait Arrangement Tips and Techniques

Kenneth Hoffman writes, "There are some general ‘rules’ of group portraiture that have been around since Rembrandt. Never line up the faces vertically or horizontally. The reason for this rule is that curves, triangles and diagonals create a more dynamic flow and are more pleasing to the eye.. Straight lines are static and tend to line up with the edges of the picture. Another rule is never to have faces look straight into the camera for if they do, unsymmetrical features are more easily apparent and the eyes take on a stare. Now, rules were meant to be broken, but first you have to know the rules."           Full Article

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