The Ropes - Nikon D700 with Sigma 50mm | 50mm, 1/20 @ F1.4, ISO 6400, -1ev. Backstage in the Hopgood Theatre shooting Retaliation. To flash or not to flash? That is a the question. Well, at least the question I had to ask myself when photographing a musical over the weekend. As photographers, the one thing we usually want more of is light, and I am talking thermonuclear amounts of it. Large...
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Details: A children's festival in the small town of Izushi-Cho, Japan. Nikon D70s with Nikkor 50mm | 50mm, 1/500 @ F5.6, ISO 200 David DuChemin stats in his nice little pdf book “10″: There is a tendency when you frist start out to shoot everything in sight. Do it. Shoot it all. There are shots we all need to take to get out of the way; they help us learn the basics and go towards the...
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Details: Shot this image of Dene in a drain. Graffiti looks good. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70mm | 24mm, 1/60 @ F2.8, ISO 200 + SB900 Speedlight Once again, I dragged poor old Dene out to do some photography in the Alleys of Adelaide at night. Also had another friend tag along as he just bought himself a new Nikon D700 and 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. We have the same setup, so thought it would be a good...
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Details: Sunset at Grange Beach, Adelaide. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70mm | 50mm, 1/320 @ F4.5, ISO 200 Driving along the coast here in Adelaide on a nice balmy night, Dene and I couldn’t resist pulling over and taking a few snaps of the setting sun. That was not enough however. We raced back to the car and pulled out our trusty flashes and rigged them up on a tripod. We got a few strange...
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