Nice summary of focal length.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
Free (paper) Lens Hoods
Here's an interesting site that shows you how to make free, out of paper, lens hoods for a variety of lenses from major manufacturers, like Canon, Nikon, Olympus, and Sigma.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Using Converging Lines in your Photography
Great article from that fount of photographic knowledge, Digital Photography School, on how to use converging lines in your own photography to make more effective and compelling photographs.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Sigma Announces Photo Contest
Sigma, ubiquitous lensmaker for SLR cameras, has announced a photo contest called "Faces in Nature." Three prizes are offered; all, of course, are Sigma lenses. But they're really great lenses, so if you want a chance at winning one, enter now.
I would love to win 2nd prize, a Sigma 12-24mm EX DG wide angle zoom.
But first prize would be nice, too:
It's a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 EX DG Macro zoom, valued at $1200.
I would love to win 2nd prize, a Sigma 12-24mm EX DG wide angle zoom.
But first prize would be nice, too:
It's a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 EX DG Macro zoom, valued at $1200.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Calumet Photographic -- Photo-dodo's newest partner
Come meet our newest partner, Calumet Photographic and see what the pros shoot with!
Calumet has retail stores in many areas, including New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. They also sell via telephone and, of course, the web.
The folks at Calumet are knowledgeable photographers who can help you select the right equipment and they can help you take better photographs -- they offer workshops in their retail locations on various topics, some of which are Photoshop, RAW workflow, and digital SLR techniques.
Known for their service after the sale, you can rest assured knowing that you will be supported before, during, and after any purchase you make with them.
Not sure what to buy? They rent and sell used equipment, too.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Online photo editing with Picnik
There's a whole host of online photo editing tools. I recently ran across a review of the most popular and useful apps on TechCrunch, where I stumbled upon Picnik, which got TechCrunch's approval. In fact, the folks at TC like it best out of all the online photo editing applications.
Picnik uses Flash. It is fast. The UI is very intuitive. It has a limited number of tools, but for quick edits, especially if you're "on the go," you cannot beat the utility of this tool. It's best thought of as an online version of Google's Picasa.
There are two especially neat things about Picnik. First, you don't have to upload any photos to their servers. You simply browse your hard drive for the photo(s) you wish to edit and -- voila -- use the tool.
The second really cool thing is Picnik's integration with Flickr. You can use the tool and then automatically have the edited versions of your pics posted on Flickr.
Really nice job, Picnik!
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