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I have been going through the small lessons at a site called strobist.
The photographer who wrote it details first of all a portable and cheap kit for setting up off-camera lighting and then starts to get into techniques for it.
Strobist
To start the lessons go here:
lighting 101
There also is a flickr […]

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I stumbled upon this article today from popphoto.com:
http://www.popphoto.com/photographynewswire/4929/behind-the-lens-with-jasin-boland.html
Just a great article about a guy that gets to do the movie stills for action pictures like the Matrix and Mummy 3. Very, very cool article.
Keep an eye on the popphoto.com site, they are going to be doing an interview like this every […]

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Here is a link to Moose Peterson’s blog where he is offering his readers a 10% discount on Nikon software for a limited time. While you are there check out Moose’s work. He is a great photographer.
10% off nikon software
I found out about this from Scott Kelby’s blog. Scott […]

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There is a guy named Bert Monroy who does Photoshop video podcasts.
He has some pretty good tips most shows. Here is a show he did about a slightly different subject but one which I think photographers will enjoy, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom:

If you like this you can go to his […]

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This is awesome. I have been researching some sort of diffuser for a SB-600 or 800 and have been contemplating buying a Lightsphere from Gary Fong or one of the Lumiquest or Sto-fen products for flash diffusion. There seem to be a lot of different kinds that are variations of the same […]

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I want to do another $20 Amazon giveaway so here goes:
I bought 2 lenses with my camera. I have a 55-200 from Nikkor and a Tamron 17-50 lens. The 55-200 is an OK lens but the Tamron 17-50 is a great lens. I just love it. It takes very sharp […]

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cutframetv.com is a great site dedicated to wedding photographers, but there are videos on it for anyone who likes shooting pics.
I found this video of Steve Depino showing us what is in his camera bag. Good stuff:

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I stumbled onto this a couple of weeks ago. This podcast is done pretty well and has lots of great info about photo gear and interviews with photographers and industry VIPs. The quality is fairly high and the hosts are only occasionally annoying, which is a big feat considering they are both […]

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Hi,
Found this blog recently for one of my favorite authors:
www.scottkelby.com
He is a fairly prolific blogger and usually has some good insight on his blog about what he is currently writing about or working on. I may have posted this before but he also has a gear guide that is pretty cool. Once […]

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There is an interesting post over at Photography 7 that talks about what lens the author should upgrade his kit lens to:
Photography 7
Also, for Nikon cameras there is a pretty good introduction to and explanation about lenses available for Nikon cameras:
http://photo.net/equipment/nikon/
Here are the lenses I would like to get:
1. Nikon AF 50/1.8 - fast, cheap […]

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