Thursday, August 29, 2013

Q&A: China Answers!



Upon reading the post earlier this week asking for a male-male hot-shoe-to-mini coiled sync cord, reader Shirley Lu, of Guangzhou, China noted in the comments:

If this cable is 10 meters, maybe it will have a delay on signal transfer. And other point is the cost of a 10-meter cable is much higher than a set wireless triggers.

Great question (er, comment), Shirley. I am so glad you posted it. And especially so, considering a quick look at your screen name shows you work at Pixel Enterprises, a Chinese lighting gear manufacturer. (Welcome!) My answers are below.
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Dear China, Please Make This.



Whoops, my bad. Lemme rephrase that:

親愛的中國,請讓這些長長的特殊的同步線之一。這將讓攝影師輕鬆地使用他們與他們的新相機的遙控閃光燈。

Now, here's why:
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

London and Baltimore: Going Out With a Bang



The good news: I just landed what will almost certainly turn out to be the coolest gig of my career. It's a dream project, and I could not be happier nor more excited about it.

The bad news: It will be very time-intensive, so it will have an impact on my life going forward. Which my upcoming seminars in London and Baltimore/Washington are probably gonna be my last. If not ever, then certainly for a long time.

So let's sweeten the pot a little bit for the last go-round...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

On Assignment: Saving Florida's Springs



We spend a lot of time on f/stops, shutter speeds, lighting ratios and the like around here. But none of these things — none — matters when compared against another variable: What can you actually accomplish with your photography?

Long-time readers will be familiar with Florida-based nature photographer John Moran from previous article on Strobist. Always an advocate of nature, he has been one of natural Florida's most eloquent voices for conservation. Now he's taking that fight to the next level, aiming his cannons —and his Canons — at one critical target: saving Florida's natural springs.

What a person with a camera, a few lights and a vision (and help from his friends) can accomplish, below.
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Gadis Kecil Penari Jaipong





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Monday, August 19, 2013

Cara Agar Mendapatkan Gambar Yang Tajam Dengan Lensa Makro


Pada bagian ini dijelaskan tentang cara untuk mendapatkan foto-foto setajam mungkin dengan lensa kamera Anda, disini akan menjelaskan cara menggali potensi close-up lensa makro dan menemukan dunia baru di hampir setiap lokasi foto .

Sebuah lensa makro memungkinkan Anda untuk memasuki dunia yang tidak terlihat oleh pengamat biasa. Kebanyakan fotografer menggunakannya untuk mengisi frame dengan subyek kecil, tapi mereka jauh lebih fleksibel daripada hanya menjadi alat untuk memotret close-up.

Kebanyakan lensa makro memiliki panjang fokus antara 35 sampai 200mm, serta aperture maksimum cukup besar, yang sempurna bila Anda ingin benar-benar membuat blur latar belakang.

Digunakan pada jarak normal, Anda dapat menggunakan lensa makro seperti lensa prime. Kebanyakan menawarkan aperture maksimum sekitar f/2.8, yang akan menciptakan kedalaman lapangan dangkal.

Jadi untuk pemotretan normal, Anda perlu menggunakan teknik yang sama seperti yang Anda lakukan dengan lensa prime jika Anda ingin menggunakan bukaan terluas. Pada jarak dekat, di mana lensa makro benar-benar bisa dekat dengan subjek hanya beberapa milimeter.

Untuk pelajaran ini Anda harus beralih ke fokus manual, dan hati-hati fokus pada bagian dari subjek Anda ingin menjadi tajam.

Jika subjek statis, menempatkan kamera pada tripod memungkinkan Anda untuk menjadi lebih tepat dengan fokus Anda.

Jika Anda merasa sulit untuk fokus secara akurat melalui jendela bidik, coba gunakan modus live view kamera dan zoom in untuk memeriksa fokus.

Kapan makro tidak benar-benar makro?
Anda akan menemukan kata "makro"  ditambahkan ke banyak lensa zoom, tapi ini tidak berarti bahwa mereka akan memberikan hasil yang sama seperti lensa 'makro sejati'. Makro jangka panjang pada sebagian besar lensa zoom berarti bahwa mungkin dapat fokus sedikit lebih dekat daripada lensa lain yang serupa, bahwa ia tidak akan mampu untuk fokus pada subjek kecil banget seperti semut, atau serangga kecil lainnya kecuali dengan bantuan filter close up.

Anda dapat membeli lensa makro dengan panjang fokus apapun antara 35 sampai 200mm.

Perbedaan utama dalam menggunakan lensa ini adalah jarak antara Anda dan subjek pada perbesaran yang sama.

Ini jarak kerja yang berbeda mungkin tidak terdengar penting, tapi seperti menggunakan lensa normal, dapat mengubah perspektif Anda sedikit.

Lebih penting lagi, juga dapat membuat perbedaan besar untuk kemampuan Anda untuk memotret subjek seperti serangga, yang mungkin tidak bisa mendekati tanpa menakut-nakuti mereka.

Perhatikan bayangan

Mendapatkan gambar seukuran dengan lensa pendek focal-length seperti makro 50mm berarti bahwa bagian depan lensa dapat hanya beberapa sentimeter dari subjek.

Hal ini secara tidak sengaja dapat membuat bayangan (dari Anda, kamera Anda, atau lensa) pada subjek.

Jadi hati-hati untuk ini ketika Anda membingkai gambar Anda, dan jika perlu siap untuk mengubah posisi Anda sedikit.

Interview with Burn Magazine



Today, burn Magazine published a wide-ranging interview I did with Magnum (and NatGeo) photographer David Alan Harvey.

David has long been one of my photographic idols/compass points. We met in person for the first time in San Miguel D'Allende, Mexico in 2010 and became fast friends. He is my sounding board for anything photo-journalistic or documentary in nature. And I am always happy to discuss the web and vertical ecosystems with him, usually at about 2:00am, and over drinks.

This interview is essentially one of those free-form discussions, transcribed and uncut. It took place on the back stoop of a hotel in Dubai earlier this year. You can read it here.

And if you have any interest at all in documentary photojournalism and on the off-chance have not yet discovered burn, OMG are you in for a treat. Dave's compass point is absolutely pure, which is why that web magazine has quickly become the place to go to learn about documentary photography and documentary photographers. Enjoy.

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

On Assignment: Radiance



"What should I wear?" asked Funlayo Alabi when we were touching base the day before I was to photograph her for the Howard County EDA.

"A white shirt if you have one," I said, wanting to distill the photo and feature her skin given she that she runs a boutique beauty products company.

Twenty years ago I might have said, "anything but white." But the more you work with lighting, the easier it is for you to control not only the contrast range but also the specific tone of a person's skin.

Even darker skin against a white shirt.
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Check Out the RoundFlash Ring Flash Adapter


See this little bag? It's about six inches across, yet it contains a ~17", collapsible ring flash adapter.

Curious? I was too. So I ordered one and had it shipped over from Poland. Full test drive, inside.
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Monday, August 5, 2013

Announcing: All-New Lighting 101



By the time you read this I'll be on vacation with the family. We're taking a road trip north into New England and Canada, where none of us have ever been before. (The above is in Maine, on the way to Prospect Harbor on Saturday night.)

That doesn't mean Strobist is closed. In fact today we're announcing a completely updated Lighting 101, among other things…
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Thursday, August 1, 2013

On Assignment: Scout and a Shoot Pt. 2


Okay, so we're back shooting at the MCE after our scout a couple of days ago. The weather is hot, so I am glad I choose speedlights. Much less to lug.

Leading off is entrepreneur Biplab Pal, of Zreyas Technology, whose company facilitates product development and manufacturing for other companies.

Let's walk through this and the other shoots...
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