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Review:The Hot Shoe Diaries by Joe McNally

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Aug 18, 2009 in Quick Focus | 4 comments

Ostensibly, The Hot Shoe Diaries, is a “how to” book that teaches us to get “big light from small flashes” — a primer on the use of all things “speedlight”. And, it is. But, it is a lot more. This book is a travel guide that takes us down the path of the creation and...

Review: 3 Dimensional Contrast: Principles of Lighting for the Digital Age

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Aug 7, 2009 in Quick Focus | 0 comments

To many of us, “contrast” is an afterthought — a slider in Photoshop or a setting in our cameras that has something to do with the relationship between the dark and light areas in our images. We use the slider without vision or purpose. To Dean Collins, controlling and manipulating contrast...

Q: Does it matter which color space I select in my camera?

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Jul 29, 2009 in Featured Articles | 12 comments

Answer: Yes. No. Maybe. Confused? Read on. With all of the attention properly being paid to color management, I’ve been asked whether it matters which color space one uses in the camera — and if so, which one to use. Without going into an in depth discussion of the concept of “color...

Commentary: Photography in a Funky Economy

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Apr 19, 2009 in Quick Focus | 11 comments

To paraphrase Charles Dickens, “These are the best of times, these are the worst of times.” It’s all a matter of perspective. Looking at the bright side, the tools we have available for use as professional photographers have never been better or more competitively priced. Looking at the dark side, as...