Photographing Fast-moving Subjects Doesn’t Always Mean Using Quick Shutter Speeds. In Fact, Adding

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WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Given the means--I'd spend time in every nation.

CHEAP MACRO REVISITED

Earlier I posted some experimental shots I did with the PHOTODIOX aluminum MACRO TUBES. They were a cheap, serviceable way to shoot macro, and while it will not be able to come anywhere near the quality of a macro lens, it  offered cheap result– with a  few limitations. You have NO DOF unless you do the "aperture lock" trick (see the web for aperture using macro tubes). Even then, you will get a bit of the image that is vignetted, and you need to have good light and a motionless tripod.

I decided to try out he AGFA macro lens filters on an 18-55 kit lens. For about 15 bucks, you do have slightly more DOF, but (dependent on the filter quality and light conditions) may have blurred vignette edges. It seems to be greater on the +10 filter. I shot mostly yard flowers on this test (more to come perhaps), but fairly happy for the price.

Celebrity portrait photography is tricky business, but Peter Hapak has mastered the technique.

His incredible portfolio will leave you wondering if there’s someone famous he hasn’t met. Check it out below!

Celebrity Portrait Photography at Its Finest

via It’s Nice That

How it's done

more iphone pics

experimenting with my iPhone again (and I have the older 4) to take closeup shots. I am really pleased overall with the iPhone's ability to shoot closeup. My wife uses her 4s regularly to shoot and gets really good results. I fully intend to continue using the iPhone in conjunction with my dslr.

Envuelve igualito que yo…

My son creates these small paper sculpture-creations using the remnants of tissue rolls. The sphere is from the cardboard tube, and the cube is from some of the tissue. They are really unique texturally.

I shot them on a reflective black surface using an inexpensive LED shoplight, overcast daylight ambient, and a white reflector (all played fairly nicely together). Used the ubiquitous"kit lens" (18-55mm, f4) for the 'macro'/closeups with the inexpensive Photodiox tubes. The Canon "nifty-fifty" provided the other shots.

6 uses for high ISO settings you may not know about Jeff Meyer, digitalcameraworld.com

Most photographers appreciate the relationship between image quality and low ISO settings, and will endeavor to stick to the lowest sensitivities possible at all times. In his latest post, Matt Golowczynski explains some of the times when i…

High iso for what?