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    Last Minute Need For a Second Shooter -- 11/14 -- Tampa Bay Area

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    Due to cancellation I have a last minute need for a second shooter for a wedding this Friday (11/14) in

    Clearwater Beach, FL. If your interested and can be available by 2:30pm this Friday please email me with a

    website/portfolio, some breif background on your wedding photography experience, and the equipment you shoot with.

     

    Pay is competitive but commensurate with experience. You will be able to maintain rights and usage of your images.

     

    tom at thomasdmoore dot com

     

     

    Thanks,

    Tom

    Goings On at Photo.net - the news

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    Bob thanks to you and all of the others who keep this site running. My only request is a better forum interface the current one is circa 1996. Even good posts die quickly because they are bumped down the list and a a user cannot easily see active posts versus ones that are dead.

    ST-E2 or Pocket Wizard

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    In regard to the ST-E2 in manual mode I should have made clear that I meant on the 580ex you can control the power settings of each of the slaves 1/1 to 1/128 directly from the master. This cannot be done on the ST-E2.

     

    Also in regard to the 420ex... I own a 580ex, a 430ex and a 420ex and want nothing more then to replace my 420ex with another 430ex. Why? Because it requires you use fully automatic ETTL on everything. Don't get me wrong you can do a lot with the 420 using ETTL especially as a group C background flash (can't use group C on the St-E2) but the more you use the off camera flashes the more you will find your self really wanting manual mode for creative work.

     

    I am not doing anything until after PMA to see what new products Canon introduces and if you can wait a month would recommend you do the same

    but if not pick a few 430ex and use them with the 580ex.

     

    Tom

     

    http://www.thomasdmoore.com

    When did Canon become dominant

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    Depending on what happens at PMA this year Canon is in for a run for its money with some of the other folks in the market. The only thing Canon has giving itself a leg up is Full Frame on the 5D and 1DsMkii. Nikon and know even Pentax offer some very comparable cameras with some very nice bells and whistles which become more important and we being to top out on MegaPixels.

     

    --Tom

     

    http://www.thomasdmoore.com

    Should I shoot in RAW

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    I personally wouldn't think of shooting anything on a camera except RAW but I understand JPEG has its value for some. With weddings there are no second takes you either get the shot or you don't. Shooting in RAW gives you a much greater chance of saving a bad capture then JPEG does and I would consider it a requirement.

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    I used to used Capture One, and then ACR for a little while, but now I am hooked on Adobe Lightroom. This will lily be the industry standard in a few years for workflow so you might start now.

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    Tom

     

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    Should I shoot in RAW

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    I personally wouldn't think of shooting anything on a camera except RAW but I understand JPEG has its value for some. With weddings there are no second takes you either get the shot or you don't. Shooting in RAW gives you a much greater chance of saving a bad capture then JPEG does and I would consider it a requirement.

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    I used to used Capture One, and then ACR for a little while, but now I am hooked on Adobe Lightroom. This will lily be the industry standard in a few years for workflow so you might start now.

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    Tom

     

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    Moderator note: Tom - website links are not allowed as "signatures" to posts.

    Best way to use a 420ex with a 580ex and a 430ex for Formal Portraits

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    Yep I have been watching Strobist for a while... lots of good info.

     

    Personally I would rather shoot with the canon wireless ystem in Manuel mode all controlled by the 580ex but with a 420ex in the mix I am forced into ETTL-II. My experiments have shown good results once you figure out the ratios and how to depower group C. Controlling everything from the Master is awesome but I will add another 430 to the mix when I can.

    Best way to use a 420ex with a 580ex and a 430ex for Formal Portraits

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    For various reasons my flash inventory has expanded to now include a 580ex and

    430ex plus my existing 420ex. I have an okay understanding (ie: I've read a bit

    but have little practice) of studio lighting techniques. But am struggling with

    the best way to incorporate the 420ex into a portrait situation. Obviously the

    580ex will serve as the master and fill, I would likely then use one light to

    shoot into an umbrella or a the subject from the side. The third light I imagine

    I will use to light the background.

     

    The major question (however all input is appreciated) is where best to

    incorporate the 420ex since it does not have a manual function and has to be

    shot with ETTL wireless.

     

    Thanks

    Tom

    Best way to use a 420ex with a 580ex and a 430ex for Formal Portraits

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    For various reasons my flash inventory has expanded to now include a 580ex and

    430ex plus my existing 420ex. I have an okay understanding (ie: I've read a bit

    but have little practice) of studio lighting techniques. But am struggling with

    the best way to incorporate the 420ex into a portrait situation. Obviously the

    580ex will serve as the master and fill, I would likely then use one light to

    shoot into an umbrella or a the subject from the side. The third light I

    imagine I will use to light the background.

     

    The major question (however all input is appreciated) is where best to

    incorporate the 420ex since it does not have a manual function and has to be

    shot with ETTL wireless.

     

    Thanks

    Tom

    Dan Margulis's _Photoshop LAB Color_?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    You can really add a lot of color punch using LAB and "Apply Image" or Curves. But where I find the real power is ablity to apply sharpening to just the Lightness Channel (where the details reside) and not the A&B channels (where the color resides), you end up with the ablity to get more sharpening without color haols then you can in RGB. Also using the "shawdow/highlight" adjustment on just the Lightness Channel often gives more realistic results because it does not not change the color tone of an image.

     

    Everybody has there own ways to get often similar results, for me LAB has become a important part of my workflow.

     

    I'll try to find an image that really benefited from LAB and post it here.

     

    You might also check out PhotoshopTV they have recently been doing a number of LAB techniques and if you attend any of Scott Kelby's seminars you will find that he swears by the using Apply Image in LAB on every picture he takes.

     

    --Tom

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