Category Archives: Digital Discovery

Photographer Fight Club

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

A few more, somewhat cringeworthy, images from the Photographer Fight Club shoot. Thanks to both Michael and Pete for letting me post their images on the blog, and for a fun, inspirational evening.

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F.A.Q.s – Lighting Setups

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

I’ve had several people asking if I can explain how I took the latest set of studio portraits. Here is the answer with the help of  the Lighting Setup generator by Kevin Kertz. The mainlight, a 150cm gridded octobox, was … Continue reading →

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Suzanne Somersall Jewelry – Studio

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

Continuing on from the location shoot with the E-type Jaguar, we moved into the studio. We worked our way through the various pieces in Suzanne’s LUXE collection so that she will have a wide range of images to work with … Continue reading →

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High Speed Apple

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

Just made a clever little upgrade to my computer which I thought I’d share. In previous blogs I talked about the joys and pains of my Apple desktop behemoth. These Mac Pro computers are big and powerful, but also surprisingly … Continue reading →

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Matsubayashi-ryu Toshimitsu Arakaki Dojo

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

I used the 35mm wide angle for images 3 and 4. It allowed me to be right in amongst the action and have a good depth of field  even at a large aperture. This was another instance that I would … Continue reading →

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2010 Photo Highlights

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Snow monkeys, Nagano. Mount Ogi Fire Festival in Beppu Beppu Sand Baths Onbashira Festival Korakuen, Okayama Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama Studio shoots with the new Pentax 645D Location shoots with the new Pentax 645D Akita Kanto Matsuri Nebuta Matsuri Shinjuku Shoot … Continue reading →

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Studio Shoot – Bianca – Variations

Posted on December 25, 2010 by

I had a few misconceptions about using digital in the studio. One of them is how useful it would be to check the exposure using the camera histogram or the LCD screen.  If you are using a light meter  then … Continue reading →

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Macro testing

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

I thought I would test just how close I could focus when using the 100mm macro lens from my Pentax 67 camera on the 645D. I first took some photographs of a steel ruler (as shown above) then moved on … Continue reading →

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Beeping Cameras

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

Digtial Discovery #10 Modern cameras beep a lot. The beeps may be useful for some photographers, but I imagine they cause more than a few raised eyebrows if you’re shooting in a temple, shrine, monastery, library or secret laboratory. Help … Continue reading →

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F.A.Q. How big are the files from the Pentax 645D?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

The file sizes produced by the Pentax 645D are around 15 MB  for JPEG files, 50 MB for DNG files, and a massive 225 MB for a 16bit TIFF image. As I said in a previous post this means you … Continue reading →

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