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Do It yourself Flash Ring

February 5th, 2008 Posted in Photos | No Comments »

While browsing around, I found this link to a do it yourself flash ring. According to the site, it should cost you about $5.00.
http://www.photographybay.com/2008/01/20/diy-ringflash/

Eagle Pictures at Starved Rock

February 5th, 2008 Posted in Photos | No Comments »

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Location Scouting using Flickr

January 31st, 2008 Posted in Photos | No Comments »

I found an interesting article on location scouting using Flickr. Extremely interesting idea, especially if you are searching tags. Click Here..

Experimenting with Macro Photography

January 19th, 2008 Posted in Photos | Comments Off

In the Chicago metro area its currently -2 below zero and it would certainly take something spectacular to get me outside shooting. So what’s one to do in cases like this? Start small as in macro photography. There’s a whole world around us that we normally take for granted and its waiting to be explored! Here’s some samples I took the other day…

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Chances are you have a zoom lens with a macro feature in your bag already - that’s a great start. Now all you need is lighting and an object…

Here are some resources and tutorials to get you started…
Photo.Net’s great guide
$10 Macro Studio