Just after we did the story on our “Garage Found Ringlight”, Nikonians (check them out here) tipped us off to this Ringlight adapter for the Nikon SB-800 Speedlight or Canon 580ex. While at 129-British Pounds (Sterling?) it isn’t exactly cheap it’s still less expensive than a similarly-sized “real” ringlight. <>Depending on the current exchange rate, [...]

Today, while doing a Medical product shoot in my studio (A.K.A. my newly cleared-out living room), I found myself needing a few more bean-bags to help counter-balance some light stands. Not having the time to run down to the nearest photo-supply store (which is a 25-minute drive, each way) I needed to come up with [...]

Dennis Dunleavy from the Big Picture Blog e-mailed me about a fascinating project to survey Internet users and photographers about their opinions on manipulation of digital photos.  From the survey: “This short survey explores attitudes and perceptions about the alternation or manipulation of photographs in the media. Your responses are part of an on-going research [...]

No, your feed reader isn’t broken. This is a real, actual post from Shooting the Kids. There’s really no excuse for abandoning a blog like we have, but in lieu of long winded excuses about being busy and promising to do a better job, how about if I fill you in on some of the [...]

As you know, I love Picasa, Google’s easy to use, free photo editing software. One of my favorite functions is the “Warmify” button. Double click the picture you’re editing, click the Effects tab, and hit “Warmify.” Easy as that. It warms up the picture without losing the color in the image, like a sepia effect [...]

I think this might be my favorite picture from our vacation. It sums up the whole visit for me – nature and Chloe all bundled up in winter clothes. I like that this single image tells a story. You get the sense that she collected this pine cone as a treasure or discovered it during [...]

Ring-lights are hot right now. All the fashion photogs and product photographers have fallen in love with them all over again. Lighting companies big and small are releasing new versions of these lights all the time, but they aren’t cheap. But maybe, you have one stuffed away in your garage or someplace….. The price of [...]

The title would be more appropriate if the Spyder2 actually left home.  In actuality, it was buried in the back of my closet in the photography section, right next to my hardly ever used lightbox.  Regardless, I feel like killing the fatted calf and celebrating the discovery.  Anyone have a fatted calf I can borrow?