The Canon 30D has arrived as a replacement for the Canon 20D. The camera has improved somewhat over its predecessor with a larger LCD screen and several other funtionality improvements like spot metering and new presets. The 30D will continue to use an 8.2 Megapixel sensor and is expected to become available in March of …
Monthly Archives: February 2006
Canon Digital Learning Center – Why not? It’s free!
by: Gary Lowell [Flickr], Studio Lighting Contributor Now contrary to the title of this article, the Canon Digital Learning Center can be useful, quite simply, to anyone with any kind of camera. The site is actually intended for users of the Canon Eos line of cameras. If you own an Eos 1D Mark II, Eos …
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An LCD Screen for Your SLR Viewfinder
by: Gary Lowell, StudioLighting.net contributor For those of you out there waiting for the next DSLR with a real-time LCD preview, your wait may be over. Someone out there, namely a company named Seculine, has finally come up with a better idea. Why not just make a unit that slides onto your existing viewfinder giving …
E009 David Tejada
In this episode of LightSource, our intrepid hosts Bill and Ed talk to professional commercial corporate photographer David Tejada.
Homemade Light Box for Product Photography
The object of product photography is to show details of an object clearly. Lighting an object well brings out details and provides pleasing highlights. One method for uniformly lighting small objects is to surround the object in a light box. The following article describes the process for making your own lightbox for small object photography. …
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Homemade Ring Light Using Plywood
Ring lights are essentially round assemblies holding a light source, or multiple light sources, which encircle the camera lens. Small ring lights are used in macro photography for lighting objects very close to the lens. A large ring light, however, provides even, shadowless front lighting for a look that is common in fashion and glamour …
Portable Flash Exposure Basics
What is a Flash? A flash unit, and an “on camera flash” both work in the same fundamental way. Voltage from a battery is stored in a capacitor, and then as a photo is taken, the voltage is released to the flash tube filled with a gas and produces a flash of light. This burst …
E008 Single Light Studio Setups
This episode of LightSource finds hosts Bill and Ed discussing the use of a single light in the studio.