Digital Basics Follow Up
We had excellent attendance and great feedback from the workshop yesterday. Everyone enjoyed the event and thought it was an excellent value. I’ll be posting links here from the presenters and adding more info as I receive it.
Steve Kaiser – Tips from a Pro
DOF Master has a variety tools to help learn and calculate depth of field so you can make sure your pictures are sharp.
www.dofmaster.com
Peter Steeper – Off Camera Flash
Strobist.com is the premier site for learning about off camera flash. Lighting 101 is a great starting point to improve your skills. You can learn more about about how the Canon flash systems work in this article on Canon EX flash system. He recommends the 580EX II in the article but I’ve had the 430EX II for several years and it has done everything I needed. More info about the Nikon CLS system is available at Nikonians.org.
An excellent book about lighting is Light Science and Magic. It is very good for product photography but it also discusses lighting for portraits. Need better light? Bounceman to the rescue!
Sources for wireless systems:
The Cactus Triggers are a cheap system for learning about wireless flash. They are very cheap but not completely reliable.
Cybersyncs from Alien Bees/Paul C. Buff are a reliable intermediate system.
Pocket Wizards are the choice of pros and they have longest range and most features.
The following systems will transmit TTL information for fully automatic remote flash:
Radio Poppers are a new company that created the first TTL remote system.
Pocket Wizards also have a TTL system now.
Mike McCarthy – Adobe Lightroom
Lightroom Tips & Tutorials:
Lightroom Killer Tips
Adobe Lightroom Support
NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals)
Presets & Plug-Ins
Presets Heaven
Presets at Adobe
You can buy educational versions of Lightroom for $99 USD at the Adobe Store. You will need proof that you are a student or faculty.
