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What do you do when your nice, expensive lens gets scratched?! Getting a 1A Skylight filter to protect your lens isn’t that great an idea. Anything in the light path will add reflections. The question you need to ask is, does a scratch really impact your photos?

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Today, we’re talking about “foreground,” and “background” composition. It’s one of the key concepts when taking pictures and it’s very easy to get it wrong, even for professionals like Chris.

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Continue Reading tfttf434 – Foreground and Background – Tech Guy

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Leo’s calling out to Chris for help of what to pack for his trip to China. Leo’s bringing along his Canon 5D Mk. II for this once in a lifetime trip. Will he be with photographers? Only amateurs. How much can he comfortably carry all day? Leo has a backpack and the LowePro Slingshot. But [...]

Continue Reading tfttf431 – Leo goes China – Tech Guy

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What to do when you have too much light. Use a short shutter speed. Although, that tends to lead to “frozen” moments. The other thing you can do is make the aperture really small (called “stopping down”). The downside of that is everything is in focus – even the background.

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Chris is back from Nepal. He was there for about 3 weeks and took about 4,000 pictures. The beauty though with digital is you can weed them out as you go. He bought two 80GB hard discs, specified for over 18,000 feet to store them on.

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Continue Reading tfttf427 – Back from Nepal – Tech Guy

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Today, Chris is talking from Everest Base Camp! He’s talking about what makes a good subject? Leo’s thought is something that grabs the eye, makes you think, and tells a story. But how do you know? Chris says that it’s something that stands out, is different from the rest.

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Continue Reading tfttf422 – Subjects 2 – Tech Guy

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The question that always comes up about being creative in the digital world. What makes a special picture? The subject is very important. What’s important in a picture is what it’s all about and that’s what your subject does. What makes a good subject?
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Today, Chris and Leo are looking at the photos for our latest assignment “DECAY.”
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Continue Reading tfttf416 – Review “Decay” Assignment – Tech Guy

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Today, Chris is talking about “street photography.” Taking pictures of people on the street. People can grab the eye and make for a very compelling picture. How to get started? Some people can be shy about starting out and there are some legal concerns.
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Continue Reading tfttf413 – Street Photography – Tech Guy

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Part II of “Making the Switch” to digital cameras. Digital cameras are basically now where film resolution is with the benefit of additional features, the ability to edit on the fly, or even delete bad pictures.
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Continue Reading tfttf410 – Switcher Series II – Tech Guy

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