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07.18.2012

Bee photography with Sigma’s 150mm f/2.8 EX Macro OS lens by Robert O’Toole

This week I had a chance to take out the Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM APO Macro OS lens [...]

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07.10.2012

Top Five Nature Photography Subjects by David FitzSimmons

I’ve been reflecting on some of the most popular photography subjects across my career—images used most frequently in books, magazines, [...]

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07.02.2012
06.21.2012

Handheld Macro Photography Field Techniques by Robert O’Toole

Summer is here and this is a great time to get out in the field for some close-up photography. There [...]

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06.14.2012

Fashion Flair 1950 Engagement Shoot: 4 Lens Solution by Lindsay Adler

Lens: 50mm 1.4 | Camera: Canon 5D Mark II | Focal Length: 50mm | ISO: 800 | Aperture: 2.0 | Shutter speed: 1/8000 sec

I carry a variety of lenses in my kit. These lenses give me versatility and flexibility, and provide me a [...]

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06.07.2012

Mississippi River: Patterns of Industry by David FitzSimmons

Barge and freighter along the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana. Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM lens and Sigma Circular Polarizer Filter mounted on a Nikon D2X. 200 mm, f/5; 1/500 sec; ISO 200; hand-held; OS on. Processed in Adobe Raw Converter and Photoshop CS5; NIK Viveza 2 and Sharpener Pro 3.0 plug-ins applied. Photo copyright David FitzSimmons 2012. All rights reserved.

The first lens many people think of for landscape photography are wide angles. While I utilize wide and super-wide glass [...]

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05.31.2012

Macro photography by Robert O’Toole

Honey bee hovering over a Calandrinia flower. Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX APO Macro HSM lens, single flash with diffuser at 1:8 power, handheld, Manual mode 1/250th sec, f8, ISO 500.

Macro or close-up photography is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding forms of nature photography. The proper set up [...]

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05.23.2012

The Lighter Side and Darker Side of Beauty Light by Lindsay Adler

© 2012 Lindsay Adler

There is no such thing as ‘beauty light’. Beauty light can be soft and glowing. Beauty light can be dark [...]

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05.16.2012

Shooting interior space by Kevin Ames

Translating an interior space into a two dimensional rendering presents the photographer with unique challenges… furnishings arrangement, lighting and not [...]

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05.09.2012

Sunrise/Sunset App for Android by David FitzSimmons

Have you ever seen a beautiful sunrise or sunset building but can’t figure out where to go to photograph it? [...]

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