Vann On Photography

Food for Thought – Claude Monet

by MarkVDecember 16, 2009 Photography Technique

“When you go out to paint try to forget what object you have before you – a tree, a house, a field or whatever. Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact colour [...]

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Cleaning M9 Sensor Dust With A Rocket Blower

by MarkVDecember 14, 2009 Leica

A while back I mentioned how useful Giottos rocket blower was for cleaning dust off lenses, film, negatives and sensors. Apparently Steve Huff is a fellow rocket blower fan. In the following video he demonstrates how to safely blow the dust off a Leica M9 camera. I use the rocket blower to dust off the [...]

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

by MarkVDecember 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 have an [...]

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Gift Idea For The Photographer: Rocket Blower

by MarkVNovember 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 around [...]

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Infrared and Your P&S Camera

by MarkVNovember 27, 2009 Photography Technique

I have always heard that noon is the worst time to shoot a photo.
Photography performed around noon typically sucks. There are several ways to work around the hard noon sun with people. Scenic photography is a different matter entirely.
Photography made with infrared light does lend itself to lunchtime photo sessions. Most modern DSLR cameras require [...]