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Gift Ideas

Gift Idea For The Photographer: Standard 35/50mm lens

by MarkV December 10, 2009 Gift Ideas

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, every photographer needs a standard prime lens. The standard lens offers a natural field of view (FOV), similar to what your eyes see, when mounted to the camera. Composition with such a lens is painless and easy. How Large Is Your Iris? Standard prime lenses typically [...]

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Gift Idea For The Photographer: Rocket Blower

by MarkV November 28, 2009 Gift Ideas

A fantastic low priced gift for the photographer that doesn’t blow, figuratively speaking. Ironically the rocket blower does blow great puffs of air on camera sensors, LCDs, multi-coated lens surfaces, negatives, slides and anything else that you need to remove dust from. The Giottos Blower comes in different sizes and the large unit sales for [...]

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Gift Idea for the Photographer: Light Science and Magic

by MarkV November 25, 2009 Gift Ideas

People that really know me, know that I read. Reading and researching is fundamental for improving your photography. So we have yet another book in this year’s Gift Idea For The Photographer series. Light Science and Magic was published in 2007. I know what you are thinking, another book about lighting portraits. WRONG! Light Science [...]

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Gift Idea For The Photographer: Transceiver Caddy

by MarkV November 23, 2009 Gift Ideas

PocketWizards are the industry standard for wireless flash triggering. I personally use a trio of PocketWizard transceivers for my flash triggering needs and I have found the “Wizards” to be indispensable. As great as PocketWizards are they have one pitfall, they don’t mount easily to anything. The transceivers rely on a stupid little strap that [...]

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Gift Idea For The Photographer: The Camera

by MarkV November 18, 2009 Gift Ideas

In today’s digital age there are scores of photographers that have never photographed with film let alone developed their own negative or printed their own contact sheet. In fact, film cameras are starting to be snapped up by curious hipster types that are intrigued by what is now considered an “alternative process” of photography. Ansel [...]

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