A new X is officially out...
Click on the link read on its features...
$8,000???? Almost, P400,000 or more? It is out of my league in a 100 thousand light years. But it would be a bit closer if I won the lottery. This hell-of-a-camera would be the next benchmark of all the camera manufacturers it is competing with. (except for Hasselblad)
Now get those mouse pointers clicking on the blue highlighted text above.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thanksgiving.. Thank You Chase Jarvis For Letting Me Know That I Am So Left Behind.
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the other part of the world today. Well, it won't be a good thanks giving to me because announced on the Chase Jarvis' Blog, a new Nikon DSLR is ought to be launch on the next few days which made me realize that I am years behind the technology we have today..
Thank you Chase... Thank you for making me realizing that! Hahahaha! Just kidding.
There are posts on the net that Nikon released a new flagship DSLR, The Nikon D3X.. But after the 'rumor' or 'released' have been posted online, Nikon pulled out it's page on its website. Curious?
Here are the links.
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Now it's your decision whether it is true or not. Read on.
Another 'Supporter' Of My Site
Thank you Avenue Photo for giving me another 'Supporter' of this website! He/She will be a great help in all of my works here in my site. And as soon as I got home, I can't help but start to use his/her, 'belief' and 'commitment' to this site.Wondering who he/she is?
I have posted a photo of him/her as you can see on the photo.
Nah. He/She ain't a HE or a SHE. It's an IT.
Yes folks, I added another 'Supporter' meaning, Lighting Support in my arsenal to help me on my photographic escapades. Hoping that it wouldn't let me down in all of my assignments. A Light Duty Light Stand.
It ain't grand as what you folks think, for as low as P850, a normal 'strobist' can do a lot with it. It can't hold up an Alien Bees, Broncolor, Elinchrome or your normal Boling and Aurora Watt Heads (strobes), but it can really do a good and firm support for your Speedlights. Pretty neat for P850. Hehehe
It's a really good day for me because I wont be depending on V.A.L.S. (Voice Activated Light Stands) anymore, (but would be a great help if one is available. :D ) in holding up my 2nd or 3rd strobe. Instead, a good lightstand is already waiting for it to be used on my photo shoots.
What better way to use it's reliability other than having a spin with it in a photo shoot? Hmmm, now you folks give me a concept and I will do my best to please your asses off.. Hahahaha!
Locked and Loaded.
Next stop, Shoot The World!
Second stop, a Heavier Duty Light Stand to hold on to a boom arm I really want to have.. :)
XOXO
(OT: I can't think of any concepts right now because my head is too clouded for my paperworks on my thesis.. Give me a mail for your concepts! Send it on deathbyexposuresemail@yahoo.com... Thanks!)
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Talking About Tech In A Lazy Afternoon
"Sure the economy is in the outhouse, but I can't help but fixate on the tremendous opporunity that awaits the saavy photographer or digital artist who is well-equipped to address the next digital photography era." -Chase Jarvis
Pretty much intrigued by this quote by an inspiring photographer? Read on... Chase Jarvis' Blog
I am packing up some stuff for my trip to Angono. My friend BJ, invited me to their town fiesta, I really want to return to that town since it's been a year since my last visit there along with Sir Manny Librodo for the Angono-Rizal Art EB...
Thesis mode... Again...
Pretty much intrigued by this quote by an inspiring photographer? Read on... Chase Jarvis' Blog
I am packing up some stuff for my trip to Angono. My friend BJ, invited me to their town fiesta, I really want to return to that town since it's been a year since my last visit there along with Sir Manny Librodo for the Angono-Rizal Art EB...
Thesis mode... Again...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Gelling A Gloomy Yet, Wonderful Football Afternoon
I am kinda' in too football for quite a few months now and I am really having a blast with it!
Last Tuesday, we had another afternoon of pure football fun. Even though i haven't played, it would still be counted as one of those awesome afternoons that is best shared with grass, mud, sweat and a new set of Mizuno balls that were just bought recently..
While all of the other players are having a great time playing in the field, I decided to have a test run my new set of Flash Correction Gels bought here by a good friend of mine, Yale who is in the other end of the globe (thank you so much! I owe you big time!). Saddam (our college's newest striker which is a the stopper last year) along with our other friends were hanging out on the steps of the grandstand made a good team in helping me out to produce a good photo using Correction Gels..
I metered first the exposure of the ambient light which read 1/200, f/5.6 on ISO 400. Then, to get a good exposure for the sky, I dialed down the scene by a stop which yielded on an exposure of 1/200, f/8 on ISO 400 (we will all be working on ISO 400 on this shoot :) ). Now with a working aperture (f/8) for flash, we are set to dial down the flash to the right flash output.
2 strobes were used in this set-up, an SB-25 (which is used as the key/main light) dialed down to 1/4th power, with an 85mm throw (to restrict the throw of the light a bit to lit only the head down to the torso of the model) and GELLED with a FULL CUT OF CTO. The second light was an SB-26 with a 1/4th power and GELLED with a HALF CUT of CTO. (Note: in using Flash Gels, the exposure or power of the flash will dial down a bit. So, adjust your distance or output of the flash a bit)
And because I gelled the flashes to correct for Incandescent, I used the Incandescent White Balance to compensate with the gelled strobes. To hold the strobes in the right distance, I used 2 V.A.L.S (Voice Activated Light Stands - Josh and Rob.. Thanks for the help!).
Here is the shot of Saddam with this set-up.
Noticed that everything in the photo had a blue cast except for the flashed area? It is because that we used an Incandescent White Balance and our strobes were GELLED to compensate with the Incandescent White Balance which yielded in a correct or near correct color of daylight in all the flashed areas.
I am not pretty much contented with it's result because some of the color was sacrificed on this shot. For example, the grass was meant to be green and "I think" must be colored green in this shot in order to portray that it is grass and not that of a swamp in a murky place somewhere.
On doing stuff like these, it is not mandatory to always go for the 'true' or correct color of the subject, but rather interpret the concept or output that you have in mind in a photo. In my case, I really want to make the grass green.
Some of you would say, "then why the hell did you exposed or tuned your white balance to Incandescent? It would definitely yield a blue cast on the photo if it is not lit with Incandescent lights!". I have an answer for that people. Because, on what I have mentioned above, I underexposed the ambient a bit to get a good exposure of the sky that was a bit gloomy (greyish and looks 'sad') and I want to introduce some color on it so I used a White Balance that would add some color on the grey sky on that afternoon. And that is the reason why used an Incandescent White Balance to get that "bluish cast" on the sky.
The next question of you people would then ask, "Ok, you have colored the sky blue but the grass still have the bluish cast. What would you do with it? Photoshop?". Naaaahhhhhhhhhhhh...
I am really trying not depend on Photoshop these days to correct my photos but rather use Photoshop only to adjust some Levels, Exposure, Watermark my photos, and resize them to the right size I want.
"Then what would you do with it without Photoshop?" some of you would ask again. Well, Nikon (a loyal Nikonian ever since I started photography) have an Editing menu on their newest models which is the Color Balance Filter. With this, I can add introduce Balance on colors on my Photos. With this nasty feature of Nikon, I added a green balance on my photo "in-camera" (without Photoshop) which ended up on this photo.
Better? I think so. The Color Balance Feature also added warmth to the skintone of Saddam which is great.
Using different systems other than Nikon? I think Canon also have this feature in their DSLRs. But you have to tune it first before shooting. Correct me if I am wrong 'Jedis'. Hahahaha.
I will try to post other blogs about Using Flash Correction Gels.
But at the moment, I'm about to go to school, and try to shoot other portraits of my friends. I am planning on trying out the use of gold reflectors as bounce to enhance skintone or add a good 'golden' touch on it.
I still have to pack my stuff (which is always painstaking because I don't have a good Photo Bag and I pack them in my rucksack which is also good in luring people with bad intentions on my precious gear).
Off to school boys and girls. Bye for now
(PS: Violent reactions or queries? give me a PM or post something below. Thanks!)
Last Tuesday, we had another afternoon of pure football fun. Even though i haven't played, it would still be counted as one of those awesome afternoons that is best shared with grass, mud, sweat and a new set of Mizuno balls that were just bought recently..
While all of the other players are having a great time playing in the field, I decided to have a test run my new set of Flash Correction Gels bought here by a good friend of mine, Yale who is in the other end of the globe (thank you so much! I owe you big time!). Saddam (our college's newest striker which is a the stopper last year) along with our other friends were hanging out on the steps of the grandstand made a good team in helping me out to produce a good photo using Correction Gels..
I metered first the exposure of the ambient light which read 1/200, f/5.6 on ISO 400. Then, to get a good exposure for the sky, I dialed down the scene by a stop which yielded on an exposure of 1/200, f/8 on ISO 400 (we will all be working on ISO 400 on this shoot :) ). Now with a working aperture (f/8) for flash, we are set to dial down the flash to the right flash output.
2 strobes were used in this set-up, an SB-25 (which is used as the key/main light) dialed down to 1/4th power, with an 85mm throw (to restrict the throw of the light a bit to lit only the head down to the torso of the model) and GELLED with a FULL CUT OF CTO. The second light was an SB-26 with a 1/4th power and GELLED with a HALF CUT of CTO. (Note: in using Flash Gels, the exposure or power of the flash will dial down a bit. So, adjust your distance or output of the flash a bit)
And because I gelled the flashes to correct for Incandescent, I used the Incandescent White Balance to compensate with the gelled strobes. To hold the strobes in the right distance, I used 2 V.A.L.S (Voice Activated Light Stands - Josh and Rob.. Thanks for the help!).
Here is the shot of Saddam with this set-up.
Noticed that everything in the photo had a blue cast except for the flashed area? It is because that we used an Incandescent White Balance and our strobes were GELLED to compensate with the Incandescent White Balance which yielded in a correct or near correct color of daylight in all the flashed areas.I am not pretty much contented with it's result because some of the color was sacrificed on this shot. For example, the grass was meant to be green and "I think" must be colored green in this shot in order to portray that it is grass and not that of a swamp in a murky place somewhere.
On doing stuff like these, it is not mandatory to always go for the 'true' or correct color of the subject, but rather interpret the concept or output that you have in mind in a photo. In my case, I really want to make the grass green.
Some of you would say, "then why the hell did you exposed or tuned your white balance to Incandescent? It would definitely yield a blue cast on the photo if it is not lit with Incandescent lights!". I have an answer for that people. Because, on what I have mentioned above, I underexposed the ambient a bit to get a good exposure of the sky that was a bit gloomy (greyish and looks 'sad') and I want to introduce some color on it so I used a White Balance that would add some color on the grey sky on that afternoon. And that is the reason why used an Incandescent White Balance to get that "bluish cast" on the sky.
The next question of you people would then ask, "Ok, you have colored the sky blue but the grass still have the bluish cast. What would you do with it? Photoshop?". Naaaahhhhhhhhhhhh...
I am really trying not depend on Photoshop these days to correct my photos but rather use Photoshop only to adjust some Levels, Exposure, Watermark my photos, and resize them to the right size I want.
"Then what would you do with it without Photoshop?" some of you would ask again. Well, Nikon (a loyal Nikonian ever since I started photography) have an Editing menu on their newest models which is the Color Balance Filter. With this, I can add introduce Balance on colors on my Photos. With this nasty feature of Nikon, I added a green balance on my photo "in-camera" (without Photoshop) which ended up on this photo.
Better? I think so. The Color Balance Feature also added warmth to the skintone of Saddam which is great.
Using different systems other than Nikon? I think Canon also have this feature in their DSLRs. But you have to tune it first before shooting. Correct me if I am wrong 'Jedis'. Hahahaha.
I will try to post other blogs about Using Flash Correction Gels.
But at the moment, I'm about to go to school, and try to shoot other portraits of my friends. I am planning on trying out the use of gold reflectors as bounce to enhance skintone or add a good 'golden' touch on it.
I still have to pack my stuff (which is always painstaking because I don't have a good Photo Bag and I pack them in my rucksack which is also good in luring people with bad intentions on my precious gear).
Off to school boys and girls. Bye for now
(PS: Violent reactions or queries? give me a PM or post something below. Thanks!)
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Entering the RING...
Finally, I am part of the RING...
After a long day last Friday (my band I'm Your Ace's gig on Mayric's), I made up my mind and confined myself indoors yesterday. I really needed this R&R badly because of some stuff that makes every college student go nuts. THESIS.
Anyway, after sitting on the rocking chair, turned on the TV and found out that our Cable went down. (Lucky eh?) I decided to be productive (which is a bit odd because I mentioned earlier that I need R&R), which finally made me up to 'enter the RING'.
or rather build a DIY Ring Flash.
Check out these sites for reference. Link Link Link
Here is my own creation.
Materials used:
1 - 15x20 Illustration Board
1- 15x10 Illustration Board
1 - roll of Masking Tape (Gaffers Tape can also be used)
1 - roll of All Purpose Aluminum Foil
Velcros
Scissors
Cutter
Ruler
Tape Measure
A Speedlight (duh...)
and a trigger (Wireless or your trusty ttl/non-ttl cable, your choice)
Here are some test shots:
Here is my sister Lea and our little dog, Shiva.
ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6
40mm,
1/4 power of an SB-25
check out the good rendering of shadow transition on Lea's face.
After (or while) cooking our lunch, I decided to use my Mom as my model to show the another good use of a ring flash in taming those harsh shadows.
Here is a shot without the ringflash.
ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6,
SB-26 fired on camera right with a 85mm throw on a 1/8th power.
Now, with a Ring Flash for fill.
ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6,
SB-26 fired on camera right with a 85mm throw on a 1/8th power. NOW, with a ringflash on a which is 2 stops lower than the key light (SB-26)
I'll pretty much agree with you on saying that some of these examples are not good enough to be posted as an example of how a Ring Flash works. I am hoping that the Mr. & Ms. CFAD (my college) shoot will be rescheduled tomorrow and I am pretty sure that I will give you better photos that are used with a Ring Flash.
If we pushed on through later our scheduled trip to Bonifacio High Street for the LEGO CITY OPENING, I might try bringing my DIY Ring Flash there and try to produce better results.
See yah when I see yah!
After a long day last Friday (my band I'm Your Ace's gig on Mayric's), I made up my mind and confined myself indoors yesterday. I really needed this R&R badly because of some stuff that makes every college student go nuts. THESIS.
Anyway, after sitting on the rocking chair, turned on the TV and found out that our Cable went down. (Lucky eh?) I decided to be productive (which is a bit odd because I mentioned earlier that I need R&R), which finally made me up to 'enter the RING'.
or rather build a DIY Ring Flash.
Check out these sites for reference. Link Link Link
Here is my own creation.
Materials used:
1 - 15x20 Illustration Board
1- 15x10 Illustration Board
1 - roll of Masking Tape (Gaffers Tape can also be used)
1 - roll of All Purpose Aluminum Foil
Velcros
Scissors
Cutter
Ruler
Tape Measure
A Speedlight (duh...)
and a trigger (Wireless or your trusty ttl/non-ttl cable, your choice)
Here are some test shots:
Here is my sister Lea and our little dog, Shiva.
ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6
40mm,
1/4 power of an SB-25
check out the good rendering of shadow transition on Lea's face.
After (or while) cooking our lunch, I decided to use my Mom as my model to show the another good use of a ring flash in taming those harsh shadows.
Here is a shot without the ringflash.
ISO 100,1/160,
f/5.6,
SB-26 fired on camera right with a 85mm throw on a 1/8th power.
Now, with a Ring Flash for fill.
ISO 100,1/160,
f/5.6,
SB-26 fired on camera right with a 85mm throw on a 1/8th power. NOW, with a ringflash on a which is 2 stops lower than the key light (SB-26)
I'll pretty much agree with you on saying that some of these examples are not good enough to be posted as an example of how a Ring Flash works. I am hoping that the Mr. & Ms. CFAD (my college) shoot will be rescheduled tomorrow and I am pretty sure that I will give you better photos that are used with a Ring Flash.
If we pushed on through later our scheduled trip to Bonifacio High Street for the LEGO CITY OPENING, I might try bringing my DIY Ring Flash there and try to produce better results.
See yah when I see yah!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
welcome!
Hey ho! This is a photo blog of me, Leo Diño, in which I will document some of my Photographic assignments... In this photo blog, I will be discussing some of the Photographic Techniques that I have done with my photos and will focus on Flash Photography (for the meantime) in a minimalist Strobist set-up...
I would also want to acknowledge David Hobby the author of my 'daily bible' . Check out his blog and you will surely learn a lot about portable lighting a.k.a. Strobist Style..
I would also want to acknowledge David Hobby the author of my 'daily bible' . Check out his blog and you will surely learn a lot about portable lighting a.k.a. Strobist Style..
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