Recent content by alwayslearning

whew ... gone are the easy days. In the past I've always bought round filters. 55mm lens? Easy, 55mm filter. But ... I want to, I think, go to square or rectangular filters; especially ND or GND. Questions: What size do I need ... inches X inches or mm X mm for an 82mm lens? Does the holder...

I thought that anyone interested in the HDR scene might benefit from this link. At least the 19 images there are very nice. http://www.digital-photography-school.com/19-beautiful-examples-of-hdr-done-right Larry

Using a new Dell laptop; home premium win7, 64bit, 4 GB Ram. AE opens fine. I name the project .. fine. Now import ... trying to import some jpg's. I have to go to "all files", refresh, then they show. when I select them to open (import), once they imported ... but all other times I get a...

Does anyone have experience with Copper Hill products? http://www.copperhillimages.com/index.php?pr=Copper_Hill_Products It seems like they have good tutorials. Larry

I played a guys homemade DVD on my Pioneer PRV-9000 and recorded it via firewire to my 'puter. I've done that a lot of times. I play it back ... The guy talking goes out of lip sync within seconds. I can start the video anywhere I want, and it is perfect ...... for a few seconds. Because of...

I am tryingt to d/l the trial version of Photoshop CS4 to seemingly, no avail. I've been using CS3 and want to check out 4. Every link always goes to Photoshop Extended. I do not want Extended. The list of software to download clearly shows Photoshop and Photoshop Extended. The first time I just...

Ok .. I used adobe Bridge (Photoshop CS3) to view some wedding photos. I right click on the images I want to adjust and select "open with camera raw". In a couple seconds, there it is. I make my adjustments, save and go on. This is the first wedding I did for black folk. It was a challenge for...

I don't know if there'd be enough interest in this to make a thread like this worthwhile, but I'm interested. I know some of you, at least, would be. I'd like to see what others consider good sources of info concerning photography; composition, post, philosophy, technique, accessories, etc...

from one of my favorite photography sites ...... http://photo.net/learn/photography-business/freelance-photography-advice/ The link is to a 4 part series (easy to navigate) that is very useful for freelance photographers. Enjoy, Larry

Ok ... I did a shoot this past Thursday. Where I meant to have my ISO at 160, I had it at 1600!! I was called literally at a moments notice to do a very simple shoot at a university. They wanted the photo(s) for a poster. AGGGHHH!!! I was instructed that I had to hurry with this thing. The group...

I'm thinking along the lines here of the inverse square law. Suppose I have a 500 W lamp. At 2 meters, I have x amount of light on the subject. Double that to 4 meters and I'll have 1/4x. If I want to double the distance as just mentioned, but keep the luminance on the subject the same as at 2...

I am in the process of choosing parts for a new (PC) editing system. I'm going with an ASUS P5Q-E at least 8GB DDR2, Vista Ultimate 64 bit, core 2 quad 12MB cpu ....... I will be using the Adobe Master Bundle CS4. Now I am using my system I built 7 years ago come March. Back then, I just bought...

I'm wondering if any of you have a preference in filter brands? Hoya? Tiffen? Other? I see that Hoya's tend to run quite a bit higher in price. Not always, but usually that means something. Looking here...

Does anyone here have any experience with an Epson R1900 printer? Larry

I am looking at buying a second SLR and a lense. I've bought from B&H Photo before and am very happy with them. I just saw at Adorama the same camera, same price PLUS they include a 8GB CF card, which I was also going to buy anyway. Does anyone have experience with Adorama? Is there stuff...