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12/15/08, Odd and Bizarre Christmas Gifts Gadgets»»
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8/7/07, High-concept photography by Valentino Sani»»
High-concept photography by Valentino Sani
In our modern world of web sites, blogs, forums, etc we need images that explore and illustrate the ideas we have. Some of us can come up with an image with a story behind it, but only some.
7/26/08, Studio - Lighting / Props: Large room on location»»
Posted By ChristianNasca:
Posted By nano: ... On page 14 of the 580EX II manual, it reads:
If flash exposure compensation has been set with both the Speedlite and camera, the Speedlite's flash exposure compensation amount will override the cameras's.
So, help me out here. Does this mean that as long as you are in the positive FEV in combination with EV on body that is not a negative value that the body and CPU will factor it in as an override if you are using Av mode and E-TTL? Or does this mean that the FEV has priority over the EV? I might have misinterpreted what Canon wrote in the manual. ...
You are thinking too complicated. It is actually much more simple:
FEV can be set either on the body or on the speedlite. The setting on the body is only effective as long as the setting on the speedlite is FEV 0. In case the FEV setting on the speedlite is different from 0 (no matter + or -), it will override the FEV setting on the body. This has nothing to do with the EV setting. You should decide whether you prefer to set FEV on the body or on the speedlite. Setting FEV on both body and speedlite at the same time will provide predictable and consistant results, but you might get confused by the two settings and get a result which was not what you wanted.
Regarding FEV and EV setting at the same time there is no overriding what so ever. What might have caused your confusion is that you took a picture with EV -1 and FEV +1 and what you got was an over exposed picture, so you assumed FEV had overridden EV. But it's not like that. The settings do coexist peacefully in the camera. But depending on the actual circumstances of the scene you are photographing the result may look like FEV has overridden EV: If EV is set to -1 but FEV is firing a powerful flash and the location you are shooting allows the flash to illuminate the whole scene you will get a brightly exposed picture because physically light "overrides" darkness on the sensor, no matter where the light comes from (flash or ambient light). In the OP's example this will never happen, because the depth of the lobby is so extended that the flash light will not reach the far end, let alone the exterior beyond the door. So the exterior exposure will be fully controled by the Exposure Value EV of the camera (which is aperture x shutter speed). While these exposure settings are set to suit the exterior exposure, they will lead to plain darkness inside the lobby. This is where the flash comes into action firing a burst of light that will sufficiently expose the interior, no matter what. Nevertheless the exterior will not be over exposed by the flash, because it is so far away. This is really the typical occasion to play with EV and FEV simultaneously.
Now shortly back to basics: A compensation (EV or FEV) to a negative value gives you an under exposed, dark, low key picture. A compensation to a positive value gives you an over exposed, bright, high key picture. - We all know that. So now here comes the clue: By setting different values for EV and FEV you control the balance between ambient light and flash light which both contribute to the overall exposure. The two values do not necessarily have to be + and -, it is enough if they are different from each other (for example EV +0,7 and FEV +0,3). Like this you can control whether you will have more warm tungsten light or more white flash light in an interior setting. You can also shorten the shutter speed by shifting the exposure a bit more towards flash light. Or like in the OP's example you can completely separate indoor and outdoor exposure: Think of it as if the FEV setting was a dimmer for the flash light inside the lobby and EV a dimmer for the sun outside.
This has nothing to do with i-TTL or E-TTL II. It is a principle as universal as Av and Tv mode in photography.
Damn, how I hate those long and purely technical posts...
Wow...Thanks for simplifying this. It really clears it up
7/26/08, Digital Photography: Expedition Media Storage Problem»»
RollingEarth, I spent two and a half week in Peru last year, and took 25,000 raw files, I used two photo storage devices, so I can download every card twice for backup, I used an Epson storage and a hyperdrive storage, both can direct download your CF card, I would not recommend downloading or even turning them on while you are moving across rough terrain, but if you are stationary in the evening, I don't think you would have any trouble, just pack your drive very well with bubble wrap everyday before you head out. I would treat your camera and lens very carefully as well, some adventure photographer wouldn't even put their camera in the trunk across rough terrain, they always recommend putting them in the back seat for more cushion, even lens element could be vulnerable to severe shock.
a href='http://www.crestock.com/blog/photoshop/photoshop-tutorial-gift-for-tomorrow-155.aspx'img border='0' src='http://www.crestock.com/images/blog/155a-19-Gift-for-Tomorrow-by-MILevay.jpg'/abrIn our third tutorial post based on Photoshop Contest entries, Madalina IordacheāLevay takes us through how she created her stunning entry for the contest's final round. Read more..
7/26/08, Image, Illustration and Video Request: Tampon Cases Illustration»»
Here I am :-)
This is my illustration for your request... I've uploaded it, and now it's pending for approval.
If you like it I think it could be approved on Monday.
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7/26/08, Critique Requests: PHOTO: Artifact vs Grain»»
I rarely brush and I have never used swabs, but I know people living near the ocean where there are constant breezes who need swabs to get the sensor clean. Precautions - always turn off your camera before changing the lens, try not to do it breezy conditions, cover it with a jacket or cloth while changing lenses if you can or point the camera down. Have one lens ready to snap in the second you remove the other. It will reduce the amount of times you have to clean the sensor.
7/26/08, Tools and Applications: DeepMeta - manage your iStockphoto portfolio»»
Posted By olandesina:
On the suggestion side: Sometimes I forget to add the model release to a file. Would be possible to have a visual reference of this whithout having to open the image itself? Like an extra column in the image list where u see what images have model release and which not?
Yes, you can add the column, named "Number of attached model/property releases". That will show a column with a number indicating how many releases are attached. Does this work for you?
idea about adding UBB in description: What about to have a column where to add the UBB code per image? The content of this column could be merged to the content already present in the description field of each image before to upload. Would be this easy to implement?
I'm not sure if I understand correctly. If this column would be merged at upload/update to iStock, and next you fetch the file data back from iStock, then that merged UBB code would be part of your description. So, the next time you update to iStock, surely you wouldn't want that UBB to be merged again?
Please explain a little further. Any ideas/remarks regarding this are welcome. I have many plans for automating things for the Description field, but I want to find a user-friendly way to do this... thanks.