If you’re the proud owner of an amazing point and shoot style camera, this article might only be of informational value to you. But if you’ve got either a film or digital SLR camera you’ve already been confronted with the sometimes dizzying array of lens choices. Do you want ultra-wide angle, super fast action, or [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Glass, glass, and more glass
Posted by Greg on May 30th, 2008
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Tags: camera, lens, macro photography, photography, prime lens, SLR, telephoto range 
No Comments »The Telectroscope
Posted by Greg on May 27th, 2008
I ran across a mention of this interesting artistic venture in a photography forum, and felt that it’s novelty, along with it’s rather nebulous technology, warranted a mention in the blog this week. Though definitely not on par with the professional Canon 1Ds Mark III, the Telectroscope combines bulbous 19th century-ish, brass, scientific instrumentation with [...]
Displaying your photos: screen or print? – PART 2
Posted by Greg on May 21st, 2008
Scenario: You’ve just spent an hour and a half culling through your photos, picked your favorites, doctored them up in photoshop, and are now waiting those few glorious moments as the printer spits out your prize-winning photos. As you expectantly peek inside the printer and get a glimpse of your adorable pet photo, you realize [...]
Displaying your photos: screen or print? – PART 1
Posted by Greg on May 16th, 2008
These days there are more and more options for displaying your digital photographic work. There will always be the die-hard film enthusiasts who want to make their own prints. And you know, they do amazing work. But for those of us who have left the world of film for the ease and beauty of digital, [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: LCD, lcd displays, photo displays, photographic work, printer, printing costs, resolution capability No Comments »So you’ve got the camera, now what about the gear?
Posted by Greg on May 13th, 2008
So you’ve gotten yourself a spiffy new camera, and you’ve been out taking some shots and getting more and more into it. Suddenly you realize that your little 512 mb card that came with the camera just isn’t going to cut it anymore. Where should you go to get the best price on something like [...]
HDR Photography: What is it, and how can you try it?
Posted by Greg on May 10th, 2008
High Dynamic Range photography is something has been looming on the digital photography seen for a little while, and is gaining in popularity. The images are surreal looking, and at the same time sharply detailed and strangely lit. Just try typing HDR Photography into Google and see what I mean. But is this all just [...]
Up-Close Encounters of the Macro Kind
Posted by Greg on May 6th, 2008
Have you ever marveled at those pictures of close-up objects where you can’t hardly even tell what it is you’re looking at? Or what about those amazing shots of the rainbow colored insects that seem almost as if they were a life-size animal caught roaming the underbrush of some far away jungle. All of these [...]
The camera lens and Hannah Montana
Posted by Greg on May 3rd, 2008
At first you might be thinking, why in the WORLD am I writing on a photography website about Hannah Montana. Good question, and one that I hope will keep you interested enough to finish reading this particular blog. Since I’m ending the week here on my side of the world, and since there’s lots of [...]
