Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Basic 2-light portrait setup


Also in this issue:

  • Rescuing out-of-focus images
  • Next time in Cameracraft
  • New ebooks and updates
  • More!


Basic 2-Light Portrait Setup

I've blogged about a lot of things, but I don't think I've ever demonstrated a basic two-light portrait setup.  This is for a series of pictures of middle school students I did back in April:


And here's the simple two-flash setup: 

A month on the Road


You haven't heard from me in awhile.  It's been a whirlwind - first our cat Oliver died after being with us for 12 years (tribute here), then I conducted my first seminar in five years in Plymouth, Massachusetts at the end of April, then the next day we took the motor home on a month-long cross-country trip to California to visit my brothers and the West coast grandkids.  Two days after that trip ended my granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah happened in Boston (and my wife did a lot of the baking in those two days!)

I'll share some pictures and some captions.  Nothing award winning here or anything...  (As usual, click on any image to view larger and sharper.)

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Overpowering the Sun with a Global Shutter

Sony A9 III 1/80,000th of a second, outdoors on a bright day with wireless flash.

Behind the Scenes shot of the above.  Who needs a studio anymore?


Also In This Issue:
  • Brief comparison between Adobe, DxO, and Topaz Noise Reduction tools
  • Books in the Pipeline
  • Seminars and Photo Safari!  
  • More Travel Photos

But first, some announcements. 

Friday, February 16, 2024

Three amazing surprises

Greetings from Norway!  This month I'm going to share with you three things that actually surprised me (and that's not easy to do!) while processing my vacation images.  So let's get right to it.

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Ten Quick Things

New Years' in Boston.  There's one fundamental thing even experienced photographers forget...

My wife and I got Covid just before Thanksgiving (then I got it again), so we were down for a month and that's why you haven't heard much from me lately.  In the meantime there's so much to share that I'm just going to do a huge data dump this month.  I'll keep it all short.  Here we go.  (As always, click on any image to make it larger and sharper!)