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Yesterday was a tragic day where Dan Wheldon lost his life in a horrific wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during an Indy Car race. Alot of things could be said about this, but I think Scott Bourne has summarized it better than my own words could.

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Bethlehem, PA – Monocacy Creek Park Photowalk

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Scott Kelby Announces the Fourth Annual Worldwide Photo Walk The Largest Global Social Event for Photographers   TAMPA, FL – August 24, 2011 – On Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2, the whole world will be walking again with Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop ...

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Shooting another wedding

I will be shooting a wedding for the second time – ever – this coming weekend. I’ll be the second shooter as I was the last (first) time I photographed a wedding about a month ago. Although it is not something I’ve ever considered adding to my regular shooting activities, I did enjoy my first ...

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Gear Back, Gearing Up!

A few weeks ago I was invited to photograph a wedding as the second shooter for APL Photography . Although it’s not really my forte’, I happily accepted the offer since APL is going to be shooting one of my friend’s wedding in June and I am going to be his second shooter then as ...

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Motorsports Photography

There is an article over at photofocus today about Motorsports Photography. As some of you may be aware, motorsports photography is one of THE favorite genre I love to shoot and I have The Racing Historian site devoted to this. As with most professional sport facilities, you are only allowed to make video or still ...

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The SLR Camera Simulator

Although it costs virtually nothing to experiment with a digital SLR camera, this is a great little tool for experimenting and learning how all the variables that go into making a properly exposed image work together. Practice using an SLR camera… Experiment with the lighting, ISO, aperture, shutter, and distance settings while observing the readings ...

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Keep Your Lenses Clean (Kirk Tuck)

I love this post. Everything in lens design and manufacture is a compromise.  If you add more elements you can correct for more distortions but you inevitably compromise contrast or resolution.  And contrast/resolution is an equation.  You can have one or the other or a mix but not high apparent acutance and high resolution in ...

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Olympus E-3 to E-5 or Nikon D7000?

Yesterday, I posted that I was a bit disappointed in the specs of the newly announced Olympus E-5 dSLR. I did more reading on the camera from various sites and forums, and attempted to analyze it from several different view points. However, this article is not about an overall analysis of whether the E-5 is ...

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A hands on video for the Olympus E-5

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Olympus announces the E-5

I’ve been an Olympus ‘fanboy’ since I got into photography somewhat seriously about six plus years ago. The Olympus Four-Thirds line suited my shooting interests and preferences very well. The lens quality is very high and the weather resistant body of the E-3 along with the built in stabilization was really a nice combo when ...

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