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Can you take portraits using a macro ring flash?

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:12:07 +0000

I know many photographers use ring flashes for both portraits and macro photography, and I was wondering if there was a difference in the flashes that can be used, I like to take portraits but most all of the flashes I can find online are macro ring flashes. Can I use this for portrait photography or do I need to find a portrait ring flash? Thanks!

a ring flash is a ring flash, regardless of how it is advertised. A macro ring can absolutely be used for portraits. There are also flashes that are designed with portrait use in mind such as the ABR800, which can also be used for macro.

http://www.alienbees.com/abr800.html

Handmade Portraits: MV Knits

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:11:02 +0000

Read the full article on Etsy’s blog. http://www.etsy.com/storque/article/2134/

This video was featured on YouTube!

After quitting her day job in Los Angeles and moving to Martha’s Vineyard, a quiet island off the Massachusetts coast, Susan Gibbs aka MVKnits had a great idea. She started Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm and figured out how to make a living making yarn. Why not use the local food movement’s model of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and apply it to a yarn harvest? Shareholders pay for a share in the yarn harvest as a way to support a local farm (or in this case, a local farm supported through the internet) and in return they get weekly updates, photos from the farm, an invitation to the shearing and ultimately a share of the yarn.
Etsian Tara Young aka weirdwolf headed to Martha’s Vineyard to visit Susan Gibbs and her fiber farm. Music by Barry London and Charlie Parr.

Check out the Handmade Portrait video playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D5F437BACC0EDCD3

Duration : 0:6:32

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Photography Subjects & Lighting : How to Take Portraits of Babies

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:22:02 +0000

Baby portraits require large amounts of patience to get the best image, and long soft lenses are best to capture the subtle features and shadows. Take beautiful and thoughtful baby portraits with helpful tips from an award-winning photographer in this free video on photography techniques.

Expert: Tom Sapp
Contact: www.tomsapp.com
Bio: Award-winning photographer, Tom Sapp, has been an evolving and constantly growing photographer since 1999.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

Duration : 0:4:20

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Handmade Portraits: Enhabiten

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:32:06 +0000

Read the full article on Etsy’s blog. http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/handmade-portraits-enhabiten-6319/
Liane Tyrell, a.k.a. enhabiten, is interested in handmade marks. Whether they’re in paintings, drawings or the stitches she makes on her unique housewares, the patterns and textures of a surface entice her. Liane specializes in pillows using vintage fabrics but has been known to make other domestic wares such as table runners, soft sculptures and embroidered wall hangings. Her rustic pillows are functional, but they also serve as tactile works of art.

Duration : 0:4:39

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Office Portrait

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:41:06 +0000

Location shoot by corporate photographer David Tejada. Office portrait using one SB-800 strobe.

Duration : 0:5:12

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Alec Soth: Portraits – Portraiture

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:35:08 +0000

In October of 2004, photographer Alec Soth went on assignment for LIFE magazine to capture weekend soldiers at an Airsoft military simulation in Joelton, Tennessee.

In anticipation of his upcoming Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program exhibition, filmmaker Mike Dust traveled alongside Soth for this three-day excursion, interviewing and shooting alongside him as he worked to capture images for, both the magazine shoot as well as for his personal work.

A number of these photographs (Odessa, Joelton, Tennessee, 2004 and Josh, Joelton, Tennessee, 2004) became part of the exhibition Alec Soth: Portraits at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts the following spring. The video piece created during that shoot was installed in the gallery as an accompaniment to the exhibition.

The video is broken into three segments entitled On Assignment, Portraiture, and The Ground Glass.

http://www2.artsmia.org/wiki/index.php/Video:_Alec_Soth:_Portraits
http://www.alecsoth.com/

Duration : 0:2:26

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Indoor Portrait Lighting

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:29:01 +0000

Photographer James Barry explained who to get the best indoor lighting when taking a portrait picture.

Duration : 0:7:25

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Metallic BW portrait toning: Photoshop retouching

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:23:59 +0000

Hi res version at http://tutorialbucket.googlepages.com. Pin sharp black and white images with a strong metallic sheen is easy with this method.

Duration : 0:8:44

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What is the best cheap lense for portraits?

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:19:24 +0000

I am looking for a cheapish lense for portraits what is the best that you know of for this right now i have 18 -55 mm which is standard but not very sharp. I have a Canon Xsi .

You can look into 70-200mm/ 2.8 canon lens.It would be a multipurpose lens.

Learn to Draw Portraits – Ep.2A Value & Contrast

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:28:23 +0000

Learn to draw Portrait Series
Episode 2 Part A

This episode covers value, contrast, and some optical illusions. You’ll be happy to know this is this last all talking episode with no doing.

Duration : 0:8:17

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