Archive for Hardware
World Photo Walk in Montreal
Montreal Photowalk was a great success
you see me with all my walking gear:
ThinkTank belt wit 2 bags, Hoodman loupe, Olympus E3 taking the picture and a fun E-500 with a lens babie and in it’s pouch a PhotoMasterTarget to make sure these images are white balanced and exposed properly.
PhotoWalk Pro in Orlando
I will be taking part in the Orlando Photowalk, on monday april 1st downtown Orlando. It is organised by Jeff a seasoned photo-walker. Since some time I follow his blog and did envy the participants of these events. I’ll be in… so check my images and read his blog on it….
If you read this on [...]
New StudioCoach product
The videographers dream for white balances, the WhiteBeam now enters the market! It is an 8″ disk that is placed in front of the video camera lens in order to do the white balance in 5 seconds flat. This ensures continuity of light and easy matching of sequences. For more information…
Now available on line, the [...]
What you recommend for desktop use….the 6×8 Wacom or smaller/larger?
The larger will be the tablet the more precise it tend to be, but one
thing to consider is the total movement of the hand, I have on my desk
a 6×8 and I like it very much, when I get on the 4×6… I feel a rest
of not making such large movements with my hand…. the [...]
FAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: Do I use the exposure info (F-stop and shutter speed) taken from the grey surface or the exposure info taken from the whole disc including the white and black colors ?
The exposure info that you will have when aiming at the target whole or grey patch, will be used as a starting point to set the final exposure using the 4 patches and representation on the histogram. The 4 peaks pattern on the histogram ill be the confirmation of proper exposure.
Once your histogram is perfect, [...]
FAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: My camera has trouble focusing on the grey surface to get a picture for setting the WB. Would an out-of-focus picture acceptable ?
Many cameras have that limitation of focussing before exposure. When you walk in to fill the screen with the target, it may be impossible to focus. There is no problem as long as you are not casting a shadow on the target. So sharp or out of focus target will be as usefull to set [...]
Read moreLensbabies
The Lensbabies kit is for me the ULTIMATE fun. In my commercial life, the LensBabies is the tool in the bottom of my bag and when inspiration fails, I put the Lensbabies on and through my camera I see a whole new world…
Read moreHow the ColorBalanceCoach target deals with the back light
This fashion image shot in Paris at The “Astre studio” (map) represented a challenge in the calculation of the light. I wanted the light hitting the front of the model only, using as background the graphical shapes of the architecture. The Camera was set on manual exposure and white balance. The disc was placed [...]
Read moreThe ColorBalanceCoach in the figure study
In difficult situation like this one, the ColorBalanceCoach target played a key role.
I wanted a light rolling on top of my nude model’s stomach. I needed to calculate exactly the light passing horizontal al the model’s point. By putting the ColorBalanceCoach target flat on the floor I was able to preform the necessary readings, and [...]
How to read the photographic histogram?
How to read the photographic histogram?
watch this video to learn about the histogram.