Becoming a Master Photographer
This is a dream of many of us photographers. To be called a master, to have other photographers yearning to create like we do, to have clients lining up outside our studio doors, to make images that stand the test of time, to be remembered. But how do we get there? What are the steps involved to achieve all of these things?? Scott Bourne at PhotoFocus made a great post today about becoming this master photographer, and several of his point hit me hard. These are things I’m constantly struggling with, haunting reminders that I am human...
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Selling studio lights!
Hey guys, I’m selling some of my studio lights! I’m just not using them as much as I used to. Doing most of my shoots on location and using my speed lights instead. This is a fantastic kit to learn on though. Its how I learned! Its my opinion that everyone needs to know how to use studio lights. So you call yourself an ‘ambient light shooter’ and tell yourself ‘I only shoot photos in ambient light’. Which isn’t a bad idea (Look at my Finding and using Fantastic post) But what do you when the light is...
read moreCharging Bag
How many of you have batteries that require charging? How many of you have more than one, more than two? How many of you are sick and tired of dealing with all of the tangled mess of cables that always seem to intertwine while in storage? And on shoots, how many times have you tried to find an outlet for each of your batteries only to discover the venue doesn’t quite have enough? Especially on video shoots where you have multiple batteries for cameras, monitors, lights and who knows what else! All of us! This is how I started to deal...
read more500px Account for Missions!
Social sites are all over the place. Selecting the best ones to subscribe to can make marketing a breeze! Choose wrongly and you’ve wasted a lot of time on a sinking ship.. 500px is one of the sites I believe will be around for quite some time. 500px is to Flickr as Vimeo is to YouTube. All will exist, but 500px and Vimeo seem to have attracted a higher class cliental by rewarding the best of the best by being featured and publicized, while the ‘just ok’ images and video get shuffled to the search engines. That being said...
read moreFX vs DX (Full Frame vs Crop Sensor)
Fstoppers posted a great question we’ve all heard many times.. If you were forced to only use one lens for the rest of your life, what would it be? Check out their full post here http://fstoppers.com/poll-the-one-lens-to-rule-them-all and let them know what you think! Personally I chose the 50 prime. Arguably the best lens for your money on the market, no matter what brand you shoot with! Relatively cheap, plus super light weight, great F/Stop range, and amazing macro lens. But thats not the only reason I chose the 50 prime. I chose...
read morePhotoshop CS6 Recovery Information
Although it doesn’t happen a lot, eventually your software will crash. This time around I was working in Photoshop CS6, after a couple hours touching up an image I hit save. Probably because of an overload to my computer it crashed before the file finished saving. (I was rendering some video in Premiere, typing an email, and had about ten other apps open. Not the best idea when spending that much time in PS…) Regardless I re-opened photoshop after running around the house kicking and screaming and to my surprise it brought the file...
read moreHe is Risen!
Easter morning, always a fantastic day! I remember waking up at 4 am growing up to participate in our local Easter patent. I was a beggar! Let’s keep in mind what today is all about. Christ rose from the grave after dying for all of us!! What a reason to praise! Have a wonderful day everyone! Keep Shooting! Chris W ‘WhonPhoto’
read moreWeekend Survival Kit
Headed up to Michigan to visit my wife’s grandmother. Absolutely love the woman. Full of life, happiness, amazing stories and infinite kindness. Truly a model human being worthy of all respect and adoration. However there are a few negatives I discovered upon my first couple trips up there a while back.. To avoid the sting of some of these negative attributes of visiting Mildred I’m preparing a survival kit. Here is a list of everything I’m bringing and why Its coming along. (In all honestly its not that different from any...
read moreF/Stop Math
1, 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44 … Ever wonder why the F/Stop numbers are what they are? Of course you have. Here is a fantastic video by Dylan Bennett explaining why the F/Stop values are what they are. If anything in this video is a little confusing please Contact me and I’ll break it down for you! Caution! This video contains math & science.. Don’t let that stop you, its amazing! Dylan Bennett also does a great job explaining ISO & Depth of Field which you can view by following by the attached link....
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