When you are new to studio portrait photography, studio lighting can seem difficult, mysterious, and perhaps even ominous at times. You may read ten different books on lighting by the “experts”, and quite likely you will get ten totally different opinions about what constitutes proper lighting. Maybe this is because “proper” lighting for studio portraits is just that; a matter of opinion. Yes, there are classic styles of lighting such as: open loop, closed loop, butterfly or Paramount, broad lighting, short lighting, and so forth.

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Every once and a while I have to release some built-up creative energy. LOL

Name: EasyHDR 1.20
Description: EasyHDR is an image processing software that produces high dynamic range (HDR) images from normal, 24-bit, photos taken with a typical digital camera. EasyHDR blends a sequence of photos taken at different exposure times or exposure values (EV) and applies tone-mapping in order to create the result. No more overexposed or underexposed photos. With easyHDR you can create images with dynamic range of human vision or even greater.
License: Free to try; $26.00 to buy
File Size: 2.21MB
Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server

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Here are some great tips for outdoor weather photos.

1. Check where the sun, or light source, is before you look for a vantage point from which to shoot the picture. Make sure the sun is behind you.

2. Ensure there are no shadows falling across the subject - that includes your shadow.

3. Shoot in even light so the contrast between light and shadow is not extreme:
- the human eye compensates for high contrast - a camera doesn’t.
- if the contrast is too high then shadows may come out pitch black, highlights may bleach out, and you will lose all detail.

4. Shooting objects when the weather is overcast gives soft and even lighting.

5. Bright sunlight makes small shadows extremely harsh. On bright days, it is better to try and shoot people and objects in the shade to minimise contrast.

The "rule of thirds"
Follow the ‘Rule of Thirds’ when framing shots of landscapes, events, and activities.

Avoid placing the horizon in the middle of the frame. This prevents competition between subject and background.

” Spectacular shadow play. Turning it on its side like that makes the photo much more interesting! “
Suggested by Carrey

The beast inside, originally uploaded by Hugo*.

Olympus E-500 | 45 mm | f/5.6 | 1/1250

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Imagens de satélite exibem violência em Mianmar

Junta Militar já deteve mais de mil pessoas, sendo 800 monges budistas.
Governo bloqueou servidores e atacou com vírus blogs de dissidentes.

Faço minhas as palavras da Leni, uma barbaridade o estão fazendo com os monges, pessoas que vivem pacificamente e para fazer o bem. As notícias que nos chegam são assustadoras e mais assustador ainda é saber que muito do que tem acontecido por lá ainda não foi divulgado.

PRESS INFORMATION:
FUJIFILM UK, Bedford. 10 September 2007:

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Recognising the constant evolution of large format printers and their increasing use by imaging businesses of all types, FUJIFILM has upgraded its popular GreenBox bundle to reflect and enhance the latest developments found in EPSON Stylus Pro inkjet printers, including the new 64ins 11880 model.
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Shortly available as part of the FUJIFILM GreenBox bundle will be the other new EPSON Stylus Pro models - the 4880, 7880 and 9880, printing from 17ins to 44ins wide. Supporting the facilities of these superb printers by making their benefits easier to achieve, the GreenBox bundle enables users to integrate any of the advanced print systems into their own operations.
An important component of the GreenBox is the X-Rite Eye-One Display 2 Monitor profiling and calibrating system. This ensures that the user's monitor (CRT, TFT or LCD) is totally aligned with the printer, both for reflecting the true image values and for enabling the printer...