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Shutter speed – aperture – ISO determine exposure, Subject distance – aperture – focal length determine depth of field. Leo and Chris discuss those two very important relationships in photography.
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Continue Reading tfttf332 – They Come in Threes – Tech Guy

The Everest Trek preparations are at full speed and Chris goes over his throughts on camera gear, batteries and hard disks at high elevations.
Modern DSLRs rely on noise reduction at high ISO levels. Lightroom’s noise reduction can’t hold a candle to DPP and Capture NX, or can it?

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Continue Reading tfttf331 – Trek Preps – Lightroom

After showing you how for high-ISO shots today’s cameras rely more and more on noise reduction, no matter if it’s done in-camera, or in post processing by the camera manufacturer’s RAW development software such as Capture NX or DPP and after explaining how to save ISO-dependent development settings in Lightroom, one question is still [...]

Continue Reading My Lightroom Workflow – pt. 7 – Noise and Mimicry

After receiving a ton of great feedback on the last article in this Lightroom Workflow series, I decided to take some time over the weekend and quickly go over one more important piece in the puzzle: ISO/camera dependent development settings.
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Continue Reading My Lightroom Workflow pt. 6 – Independent Development

Has this ever happened to you? You have a photography workflow that actually works like a well-oiled machine. Shoot -> import/tag -> select/prune -> rate -> post process -> export. Lather rinse repeat. Wonderfully reduces the hassle of getting lost within those thousands and thousands of images. All from within one single application. Maybe two [...]

Continue Reading My Lightroom Workflow – pt. 5 (or The Shocking Truth About RAW)

Today Chris and Leo review images from the “silly” photo assignment.

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Continue Reading tfttf330 – Image Review “Silly” – Tech Guy

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Part 2 of Chris’ and Monika’s trip to Leukerbad and the Gemmi Pass in the Swiss Alps. Do you need a polarizer at altitude? And how about batteries in cold weather?
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Continue Reading tfttf329 video – Swiss Alps – Winter Photography – pt. 2 of 2

As most of you already know, I am a major fan of black and white photos. I have a habit of checking just about every picture I really like, to see how it would look as a black and white. Sometimes the results are stunning, and other times the results are just okay. This time [...]

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Light is essential. And not just for plants. Photography wouldn’t be anything without light. Good photography and good light go together hand in hand. At least usually. Come with Chris to the Autostadt in Wolfsburg to get some ideas about car lighting.
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Continue Reading tfttf328 – Car Museum Light Design

Canon and Nikon have released firmware updates for the 40D, D3 and D700 DSLRS. All three updates correct rare errors and make minor changes to camera behavior. The 40D is updated to firmware v1.1.1. The Nikon D3 moves to v2.01 and the D700 to V1.01. Full details of all the issues resolved are made on the relevant company’s websites. Click here for direct links to the downloads.

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