First I would like to post a homage to the Legendary Canadian musician Jeff Healey that died, recently, of Cancer.
Click on the picture, where Jeff appears with actor Patrick Swayze, to see the homage video posted by TheStar.com.
And today's post is about insurance so take a look at the next video shot while demonstrating the martial art Kalaripayat, Gitanjali Kolanad is tackled by Leo the Lion during a cover shoot for Toronto's Desi Life magazine.
This is one of the reason why you should get an insurance not only for the gear but for all people involved in the shooting.
This one really happened and just see for yourself the results.
Rick writes for PCPhoto, Outdoor Photographer and Layers Magazine and also produced 7 interactive DVD for photographers and Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop Elements.
He is also the author of the Canon Digital Rebel XT lessons on the Canon Digital Learning Center and is a Canon Explorer of Light. He is also a member of the Explorers Club.
Awards include: Ben Franklin Award for Best Children’s book (Hide and Seek Under the Sea), Golden Light Award for Best Nature book (Flying Flowers), Rolex Award for Enterprise (Nueva Cadiz), Diver of the Year (Beneath the Sea), DEMA Hall of Fame, and the NOGI Award (Underwater Oscar)
If you ever wanted to know how Canon make their lenses you now have a great opportunity.
Canon has created a Virtual Lens Plant with lots of information about their lenses.
You can navigate through the factory and see the several process that the lens have to pass before they reach your hands.
From Material Processing (Material Blending, Pre-Fusing, Fusing/Cooling, Quality Inspection, Press/Forming and Annealing), Lens Machining (Rough Grinding, Fine Grinding, Polishing,Inspection, Alignment and Coating) to Lens Assembly (Assembly1 - front Unit, Asembly2 - Back Unit and Comprehensive Inspection Completion) you got it all. You can see all these stages on small videos instructional videos.
And last but not least you can also check the Lens Gallery and take a look at some of the most used types and features of the nowadays lens coatings and materials.
From the Optical Glass Lens, Ultra Low Dispersion Lens, Fluorite Lens and Spherical/Aspherical Lens and also come with small videos.
I think that after you look at all the website in the end you will know a lot more about your lenses and why they are so expensive :)
The Lightroom 1.4 update for Mac and Windows has been temporarily removed from the Adobe.com web site. Those Lightroom users who have installed Lightroom 1.4 should uninstall the update and install Lightroom 1.3.1.(Mac, Win) until a further update can be provided.
For those not in immediate need of the updated camera support available in Camera Raw 4.4 or the DNG 4.4 Converter, it's recommended that you also continue working with the 4.3.1 versions. (Mac, Win)
This decision is based on the following errors that have been discovered with the recent update: * EXIF Time Stamp Error: There is an error in the EXIF time stamp update technology that causes Lightroom to believe that the files are out of sync with the correct time stamp as displayed in Lightroom. Any ensuing metadata update will attempt to incorrectly modify the EXIF time stamp in the original raw file itself. This is the only metadata field that Lightroom will write to an original proprietary raw file. This error will not impact the integrity of your image data. The Camera Raw plug-in also will incorrectly change the EXIF time stamp in files converted by the plug-in. The information written to the XMP sidecar files or XMP metadata in the converted files will remain correct. * DNG Conversion Error(Windows Only): With the latest version of the Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 applications, Adobe has included technology to verify that the image data in a DNG file is unchanged from when it was originally converted to DNG. Unfortunately, when converting to DNG using Lightroom 1.4 on Windows, the application will write an incorrect verification tag to describe the image data. When Lightroom attempts to work with those files in the Develop module, the application reads that incorrect tag, believes that there is something wrong with the raw data and will present an error. Rest assured, there is nothing wrong with the integrity of your image data or metadata. For those that have already converted their files to DNG using Lightroom 1.4(Windows only) we recommend using the DNG 4.3.1 converter to convert the DNG files you’ve created with Lightroom 1.4. * Olympus Conversion Error: There is an error in converting Olympus JPEG files to other formats in Lightroom 1.4 and the Camera Raw 4.4 plug-in.
To uninstall Lightroom 1.4 please see the instructions per your platform: Mac: Delete the Lightroom application in the Application folder(Mac) and Delete the following file: Library/Receipts/Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.pkg Windows: Choose the Uninstall Lightroom 1.4 menu item from the Windows start menu. The Add/Remove Program utility on Windows will also achieve the same result.
To replace the Camera Raw 4.4 plug-in with the 4.3.1 plug-in, follow the manual installation instructions provided on the download page linked above.
I will post additional updates to this blog as we have more information on the timing and scope of the future update.
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Tom Hogarty (Lightroom Product Manager) Comments on 1.4 Release
The entire Lightroom team is extremely sorry for any problems we've caused our loyal customers with the March 14th 1.4 update. In our eagerness to get new camera support into customers' hands as promptly as possible, we let some bugs slip past our testing that were frankly unacceptable.
Compared to other Adobe applications, we've taken a much more aggressive approach to releasing frequent new versions with new features, but it's clear we need to take a hard look at our release process to make sure that this aggressive approach doesn't sacrifice quality.
One thing that we may consider is continuing the community approach we've taken in the past by releasing betas of our updates, so that they can get the broadest testing possible before they are certified as final.
The timing for what will need to be a Lightroom 1.4.1 release has not been determined but updated information will be posted to this blog when available.
Adobe has made available a new update for their Adobe Photoshop Lightroom product turning it into a version 1.4 with camera Raw update and some minor improvements. Download for win Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 and Mac. Changes in Lightroom 1.4: • Fixed reading files from Nikon D100 camera, improved support for the camera Olympus E-3. • Also, improvements in the Lightroom Export SDK - a tool for developers to create plug-ins for the export of Lightroom. • The errors in the plug for downloading pictures to an FTP server. • Added support cameras Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3 and others • Compatibility with legacy printer drivers on OS X 10.5 (Leopard) has been updated. • Previous camera profiles identified in the Calibrate panel of the Develop module may have displayed poor results at extreme ends of the temperature and tint ranges. A new camera profile identified as Camera Raw 4.4 is now available and will be applied by default to all images without existing Camera Raw or Lightroom settings. The creation of new default profiles will also include the updated Camera Raw 4.4 profile. Images edited in Camera Raw or Lightroom with earlier profiles will retain the earlier profile value and visual appearance. • In previous grayscale conversions the Color Noise setting was disabled and this could result in an image with excessive noise when grayscale channel mixing is applied (which is why I desaturated all of the colors to make a black & white). Both the tool and effect have been enabled in Lightroom 1.4 providing the ability to reduce noise in grayscale conversions. In order to return to the prior visual appearance, Color Noise reduction can be set to zero.
And while you are updating Adobe Lightroom please take the time to download the new version of Camera Raw 4.4 for your Adobe Photoshop CS3 only. This Raw update will not work with previous versions of Adobe Photoshop.
Support for the following cameras has been added in this update.
• Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2) • Fujifilm S100FS • Nikon D60 • Olympus SP-570 UZ • Pentax K20D • Pentax K200D • Sony A200 • Sony A300 • Sony A350
Additional Notes for Camera Raw 4.4: • Previous camera profiles identified in the Calibrate panel may have displayed poor results at extreme ends of the temperature and tint ranges. A new camera profile identified as Camera Raw 4.4 is now available and will be applied by default to all images currently without existing Camera Raw or Lightroom settings. The creation of new default settings will also include the updated Camera Raw 4.4 profile. Images edited in Camera Raw or Lightroom with earlier profiles will retain the earlier profile value and visual appearance. • All version of Camera Raw 4 are unable to open files with dimensions greater than 10,000 pixels on one side. • Lightroom and Camera Raw will be updated together to ensure raw format and settings compatibility.
Fellow photographer and blogger Joe Barrett been busy written about Lightroom tips and tricks.
His blog is full of videos, reviews tricks and other useful software tips.
But one thing has turn his blog into an attractive reading point... He is offering a FREE pdf book "Lightroom Tips and Tricks"
Containing over thirty Lightroom Tips and Tricks in an easy to read or print ebook format. Includes the Library Module, Develop Module and the general use of Lightroom.
Also take a moment to navigate through all his blog since there are other very good tips and tricks with lots of cool videos.
If you have a Canon Powershot G9 I'm pretty sure that you haven't read the instruction manual, why the trouble you may ask?
Well mostly because sometimes there are camera functions that could be useful on some situations and you never thought your camera could make them just because you haven't read the manual once.
Normally and by habit I read all instruction manuals at least one time, this would give me the opportunity to better know the camera and also find out what options I have that could help me out on some specific situations.
Everyone, by now, knows that all cameras have Aperture and Shutter Speed modes and normally the point and shoots you just bought them for what they are named for Point-And-Shoot so why bother reading the instructions manual.
But what about an Intervalometer or Time Lapse shooting?
Hey Rui, what the heck is Time Lapse shooting, you may ask?
Let's take a brief moment in time to picture how this all thing started out.
Movies were born when Auguste and Louis Lumiere (and ultimately Thomas Edison) projected a series of still photos in rapid succession, causing the viewer to perceive motion where there was none.
Matching the projector's speed with the speed of the camera made the motion lifelike. Under cranking (running the camera slowly) and over cranking (running the camera faster than the projector) caused a film to appear faster or slower than reality. It wasn't long after the invention of motion pictures that camera operators and directors intentionally ran the camera faster or slower than normal to create special effects.
Time-lapse photography is a variation on this. With time-lapse photography, it's possible to compress time into short periods, making days or weeks pass by in seconds.
Hackneyed examples include flowers unfolding in the sun and clouds passing across scenic horizons. But cobble together a cheap digital camera, a 70,00 euros or less remote timer, and a motorcycle battery, and you've got the basics of a system that can go far beyond clichés.
So, the tip for today is this cool feature that is buried under one of the Canon Powershot G9 option menus.
First go get the instructions manual and let's begin, but if you couldn't find it just follow along.
Turn to page 20 to the Shooting Movies mode and start reading... on the camera you can turn the mode dial to Movie.
Now select a movie mode called Time Lapse. It's the one with a Camera and Clock symbol.
If you press the Func./Set button on the right while choosing this mode you will have the option to choose AWB, My Colors, ND Filter and Interval Time for 1" or 2".
On page 107 you can see how you can change the shooting interval. You are limited to 1" or 2" this depends on how fast you will want your photos to be taken.
Select a shooting interval (1 or 2 sec.) to have a single frame shot at that interval. (Sound cannot be recorded in this mode.) You can record events from a fixed perspective, such as the spectacle of a flower budding over time, or view changing elements in a short period.
This table shows you what are the recording pixels and frame rate as well as Maximum clip length that in the case of the Canon Powershot G9 you are limited to the time that the battery hold before it dies out.
Here is an example I've done so you could see of what you can do with this great feature hidden within your Canon Powershot G9.
I made this picture movie with my Canon Powershot G9 using the above mentioned menu option and used the 2" until the battery run out on me it took almost 2 hours.
One the Canon Powershot G9 you don't have to compile all the pictures you took you simply have to let it do it's thing and afterwards maybe add some music, like I did, and export it to web view profile in QuickTime Pro or other video editor software.
On the Canon Powershot G9 there are several limitations to this feature but I think you can get some cool video shots just before the battery dies.
My previous Canon Powershot G6 add and Intervalometer that allowed me to choose how many pictures it will be taken during a set period of time, then I just needed to mount them together in order to get the same video effect. Took me more time to get the video together instead of this already made on the Canon Powershot G9 but the results were almost the same.
One thing that is more critical is that you are limited to the battery life, since you could not have the camera plugged into external power (at least that I know of, if you know how just drop me a line), so if you use the Time Lapse feature make sure you will have a fresh battery.
Another thing is that you will have no control whatsoever over the exposure values of the camera and as you can see, at the end, on the photo video I made I was getting a lot of noise on because the camera adjusted the exposure and ISO automatically.
Last but not least it's not possible to make a drag shutter speed so that people could be dragged over the exposures and this is due to the fact that you are limited to 1" or 2" frame rate.
I used on my video 2" and as you can see the clouds, birds and trees are moving very fast I then tested it, on another day, with 1" and it looked more soft the transitions so I think if the clouds are moving fast on the day then you should use 1" frame rate.
You can take a look at some more examples of Canon Powershot G9 Time Lapse in here.
And because Time Lapse is not only available on the Canon Powershot G9 you can also take some great Time Lapse pictures with your own DSLR and build the video later, but for that you will need one of the above Intervalometers or Timer Remotes.
Gadget Infinity has them also available for several cameras at a low price. Mine is from them and I do prefer it to Canon one since it has more options and are easy to program besides it's cheaper.
Photographer Zach Wise has an excellent DSLR Time-Lapse in-depth video tutorial. Here are some great online pages for some more DSLR Time Lapse follow up and how to:
I'm leaving you with some examples of Time Lapse photography.
You can create amazing small movies of your sessions like the ones from the Martin Scorsese Time Lapse Photo Shoot even if you do not own a video camera:
or maybe create something more elaborated like this:
This is a new way of taking your photography to the next level. I'm pretty sure you have already seen it somewhere but never thought your Canon Powershot G9 could do it ;)
I know that a lot of agencies are asking for this kind of movies and has a big example you have the successful commercial add of Sprint.
Here it is in case you haven't seen it yet.
Hope you enjoy this hidden feature and with it make a lot of cool stuff.
All this will fit inside the Kata DP-415 bag except for the QuikPod and the Canon 220Ex flash that travels separately.
Illumination is up to the Canon 220EX and the Gadget Infinity triggers.
Well it's not a good flash since it does not have a manual control for full Strobist flashing but at least would give you some great FULL off camera blasts and you can control the rest on the camera or even use a ND flash filter to soften a little.
Well I like it because it's very small and since it was hidden on one of my bags with no use at least I turn out a good thing that I kept it.
Advise: If you have an older flash never send it away just because it's old, if it's working and don't matter about the brand, you can always make it fire with some cheap remotes and for sure you will arrange some use for it even if it's just to light some dark corner.
Well cards... I have some duper, duper, triple fast cards... but I use them on my other cameras so for the G9 you can find some inexpensive ones if you google around. Pay also attention not to buy fake ones.
I prefer using some brands that can give you a lifetime warranty even if they cost a little bit more.
I had an older Sandisks that stop working while giving me too much read errors. I contact Sandisk by email and received a quick reply saying "...send them over and we will replace them for new ones..."
What more do you need ? Took me about a minute to pack them and send them to Sandisk USA and later on a 3 weeks period, on my returned snail mail, I got a unopened boxed with brand new ones.
Thank you Sandisk :)
Last but not least some DIY reflectors.
On the left I made one of a rectangular cardboard of an old box and glued on one side some inexpensive aluminum kitchen foil so it will cover it the round one I found it as base of one of Christmas cakes but I think this would be very easy o find since they make this as base for some round cakes.
Well the cake unfortunately is no longer with us and it was delicious :)
On the other side of the rectangular shaped one I glued 3 sheets of white paper so I can have a more flatted light and the round one is kinda white grayish look. But it also gives a soft light when needed.
Both of this sides are more soften for some macro stuff or even to reflect some sun light while taking some portrait shots.
Hope you have enjoyed this last tip and have yourself some inexpensive reflectors to carry around with you on some bag or pocket.
Today while doing some assignment shots I discovered some inexpensive reflective material that people use to warm them selfs on frozen days and I think you can get them for 1,00 euro or so, one side is silver the other is golden and they call them Thermal Sheet Covers.
Here in Luxembourg you can find them on local supermarkets.
Just grab one of these babies and carry along with you, if needed they can also keep you warm ;)
By the way, if you have one Canon Powershot G9, like me, you are a lucky guy and I'm sure you haven't dig out all the menus. There is one great feature available that most of you haven't use it for sure.
Just pay attention next Monday to the Tips article and you will find it out, unless of course you have been using it ;)
Annie Leibovitz talks at her just-opened exhibition at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum just take a look at the video above. For decades, Annie Leibovitz has artistically captured the icons of popular culture with her award-winning photography.
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005 looks at 200 of these photos as well as those she has taken of her family and close friends, and thus views a full “photographer’s life.”
As Leibovitz says: “I don’t have two lives. This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.”
Included in this exhibition are portraits of the pregnant Demi Moore, Nelson Mandela in Soweto, and George W. Bush in the White House; searing photo-journalism from the siege of Sarajevo; haunting landscapes from the American West and Jordan; and personal photos documenting the birth of her three daughters and other scenes of private family life. Credit Line Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990-2005
Here is the video and hope you enjoy the 40 minutes tour taken by American blogger Robert Scoble,on location, with his mobile phone.
Today I bring you the inside view of Katy Winn's bag.
Katy Winn is a news and entertainment photographer who works Fashion Week for Getty Images.
She leads us into the inside of her bag and on the equipment choices for her assignments.
So let's check what's in her bag...
But first let's hear a little bit more about Katy.
Katy Winn is a photojournalist based in New York City. Trained from the age of eight by an award winning photojournalist with over twenty years of experience in the field, Katy Winn began her professional career as a Wedding and Political Events Photographer. Now a graduate of Salve Regina University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Katy’s range spans the world of music and concerts, celebrity events , and newsworthy issues including press conferences, protests, and editorial features.
A contributor and stringer for Corbis, Everett Collection, Getty Images , and AFP, her list of clients include Newsweek, LIFE Magazine,TIME Magazine,Business Week, MTV, Forbes Magazine, MSNBC,NPR Official Website, The Boston Globe, The Harvard Review,The Washington Tribune, Los Angeles Daily News, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, The Committee to Protect Journalists, Rolling Stone Magazine,Cosmopolitan,Maxim Magazine, Stuff Magazine, Glamour Magazine, AM New York, Jane Magazine, In Touch Magazine, The Ramones Official Fansight,Blackheart Records,The New York Dolls Official Website,Fotobanco Italy, Marie France, People Magazine, US Weekly, Fat City Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Daily Magazine, Trans Hi Publications, NBC Local Affiliate News Channels, Nationally Syndicated Infomercials, The University of Massachusetts, Shirley Maclaine’s Official Web Site, Christina Ricci’s Photo Website, The Mooney Suzuki’s Official Website,The Sexy Magazines Official Website,The Britbus Tour Official Website and Curry Printing Portland.
And here is video one:
And some more of inside the bag:
Hope you enjoy another inside of a photographer's bag.
I also would like to thank Damon Webster at Photoinduced.com for making these great video series.
Former (UK) arts administrator now living in Tokyo Simon Sherwin became involved in kite aerial photography using compact cameras.
At present enjoying being an equirectanglist and he finds the flat 2:1 equirectangular image and its derivatives to be quite fascinating.
He then realized that most of the time when he photographs panoramas tripods aren't always welcomed and as a regular user of a panorama head he decided it was time to make such a tool in a way that would be very portable and of easy use.
As he explains:
"When I started taking panoramas I used a tripod and a panorama head. However I found that some of the places which interest me such as temples, shrines and shops quite reasonably prohibit tripods. And I then discovered that it's not only possible but actually much easier taking good quality panoramas without the burden of a tripod.
So all my panoramas are now taken hand held. I use an 8mm fisheye lens together with these aids and a tilt-variation method which only requires 4 pictures, 2 at +15° and 2 at -15°.
His new DIY tool, called HaPaLa (Handheld Panorama Laser-pointer), comprises 2 lasers mounted at angles in a cork backed box which bolts to the tripod hole.
His camera a Canon 350D and for the lens he use a Sigma 8mm f3.5 fisheye.
Wrapped around the lens is the Y shaped positioning string used to keep the nodal point at the front of the lens in a fixed position - the ring at the bottom being held over a target object on the ground.
He use it, with great success, for making hand held equirectangular panoramas.
You can see how it does it on a full, very well conceived, page where you can take part on his findings and watch some outstanding animations.
But you may ask, what are equirectangular panoramas?
Simon explains:
"Think of a round balloon with the countries of the world printed on it. Cut a line from the north to south poles. Now pull it hard into a 2:1 rectangle so that the zenith (north pole) and the nadir (south pole) are stretched from being mere dots until they are lines as wide as the equator itself.
The 360 x 180 degrees of longitude and latitude have become a 2:1 rectangle 360 squares wide and 180 squares high.
And if you feel that this 'mapping' of what we see produces a rather painful distortion then think about what linear perspective does with its equally violent vanishing point!".
If you are into this kind of photography also take a look at the wonderful work of Seb Perez-Duarte and if you ever wonder how he accomplish this technique he explains every step of his equirectangular photographs in here and follow his blog in here for some more cool stuff.
And if you are curious about this techniques here are some links to Flickr photo pools so you can discover some more about this:
Take a look at this photo and get amazed, use the cursor to set the focus point on wherever part of the image you would want it to be.
Just imagine the possibilities this would bring, to our post processing photos, even after you have taken the pictures.
I found this new research technique for focusing after the picture has been taken.
Refocus Imaging, Inc. is an early-stage company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Refocus is taking the next big step in photography, transforming the camera into a powerful computational platform.
One of the capabilities that their technology allows an image to be refocused in post-capture. What that means is a focus-like ability for a blurry image (due to bad focus) to be adjusted or refocused to be sharp again.
Just look at some of the examples of the posted images and there are plenty more on their web page Refocus Imaging, Inc.
This would mean that a professional wedding photographer will no longer need to take so much of his time to find the right focus when capturing the moment and a macro photographer will now find solace in getting an ultra-deep, depth-of-field in his/her images something extremely difficult with the current state of the technology.
But would this will make you take better pictures? In my opinion I guess not. You will still need to know what are the Depth of Field, Hyperfocal Distance and other camera related factors.
I think that this would bring a different perspective on how we will deal with them on post processing instead of having worrying too much about it on the field.
The Refocus Imaging technology is based on a concept called the light field, a much richer description of light entering a camera. Capturing the light field requires very different processes from conventional cameras.
The technology is still under development, and Refocus Imaging's success will be an improvement for the whole imaging community.
I look forward to be using this technology in the near future.
Fellow Getty Images photographer Frazer Harrison who primarily works are the entertainment world.
We get a look inside his camera bag, right after he spent the weekend shooting the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards.
This is a working photographer with over 20 years experience who'll show you the gear he takes to do the job.
Here goes the first part of the video.
Here is part two with a little more details on what's in the bag and how can you use them.
And if you're into runaway shootings or Red Carpet events take a look at the next video as Shane Cisneros and Harrison Frazer from Getty Images show us what works and want are the best captures.
and last but not least an inside view at the Photographers job on the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
This is what we all get when we are on the line for a fashion shooting ;)
You can see in this last video the complete setup of the photographers and the positions each one has to assume on a big event and while working to an agency.
My advise is take pictures of everyone and get their names on camera (if you have a recording feature on it) or write down their names on a piece of paper for later on because the agency will want to know who are you shooting.
Whenever possible use the flash off-camera with a bracket so you won't get too much shadows on the walls and prepare yourself for a lot of stress, shouting and confusion.
And wire your images as fast as you can ;)
Stay focused and you'll make a good job.
Enjoy the videos.
I also would like to thank Damon Webster at Photoinduced.com for making these great video series.
A lot has been said and a lot has been made concerning Ring Flash.
I've been seeing a lot of DIY Ring Flashes with great results but all had a single flash in them except for the attempt on creating a ring flash with 6 strobes and some Tape and let me tell you that was a heavy one, but if you think that was HEAVY just take a look at this one here.
I came into this model (Disposable Camera Ring Flash by Divet) a couple of days ago at the Instructables.com and found it quite appealing except the fact that you will have to get your hands on a couple of disposable cameras and some electronic stuff but I do think this would give a pretty good Ring Flash.
Take a look at what you will need to make the disposable one: Materials: 10" Cookie tin 6" Metal dog bowl (Dollar Store) Disposable cameras Radio Shack AA battery pack (with built in switch) RD616 wireless flash trigger ($20 Ebay - search: "flash trigger 16 channel wireless") Surgical tubing Old tripod plate Broken door cloths hanger 3.5mm phone jack Packing Tape Velcro Wire Bolts Carl Vogt's $5 Photo Slave SCR 400 Volts 4 Amps (NTE5457 or Phillips C106D) 1 meg ohm 1/4 watt resistor .05uF 400 Volt capacitor Perf board Solar cell from a dollar store calculator (WARNING: Dollar stores often sell calculators with fake solar cells)
Then you just have to follow the steps in here and voilá you got yourself a DIY: Disposable Camera Ring Flash.
If you do not have such electronic skills you can always attempt one of the above Ring Lights links and make yourself one.
But how did this craziness about Ring Flashes started to spread into the Strobist community anyway?
Well, it all started out when David aka Strobist put a week challenge design on his blog so people could create this accessory and experiment this kind of lighting without having to pay lot's of money for a Professional Ring Flash... hey ain't that photography all about? Experimenting, testing, shooting, lighting, lighting, lighting did I forget lighting? ;)
There is a pool on Flickr for RingFlash/RingLight photos here.
Take a look at some of the models available out there in case you wanna build one yourself:
And I leave you with Geoff Johnson on this great video where he makes a Ring Light of a ring fluorescent light and a pan that you can get on a local hardware store.
Just see for yourself how he did it and if you have already made one and have pictures please leave a link on the comments so we can all check them out.
First I would like to post a homage to the Legendary Canadian musician Jeff Healey that died, recently, of Cancer.
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