Ring flash have been around a long time and are useful in a number of specialty areas. Fashion photographers like a ring flash for the nice, even lighting they provide. It softens the shadows and evens out skin tones. You can achieve a similar effect by placing your model in front of a soft box, [...]
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Ring Flash Photography
Posted by chris on June 3rd, 2011
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Tags: alien bees, fashion photographers, macro photography, macro ring, Portraits, ring flash, skin tones 
1 Comment »Photographing Jewelry – Part 3
Posted by Rowena on April 5th, 2010
If you enjoy taking pictures of jewelry you may want to move on to trying to get some work from businesses. The first thing to do is research who is selling jewelry online and what kind of images they are using. Independent businesses may opt for something more creative and certain companies that sell modern [...]
Photographing Jewelry – Part 2
Posted by Rowena on April 2nd, 2010
Photographing jewelry can be extremely exciting because there are so many different types of items out there. Necklaces, pendants, earrings bracelets, rings, brooches – these days there are so many styles to photograph. You can find vintage or antique designs, you can also find funky bright plastic jewelry – everything can look great in a [...]
Photographing Jewelry – Part 1
Posted by Rowena on March 31st, 2010
Ever wanted to try photographing Jewelry? There are plenty of reason why you may do this – for your portfolio, especially if you are interested in still life images, and also if you want to take pictures for a jewelry retailer. Plenty of jewelry retailers are based online these days, and therefore need eye catching [...]
Macro World
Posted by melissa s on November 19th, 2008
Photography shows us the world around us. Using a telephoto lens gives us a close up view of things we could normally not get near enough to appreciate in it finer detail. Macro photography enables us to see the finer details that are near but too small to be appreciated. Related Posts Up-Close Encounters of [...]
Glass, glass, and more glass
Posted by Greg on May 30th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: camera, lens, macro photography, photography, prime lens, SLR, telephoto range No Comments »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 [...]
