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I know there's not been much activity at all with my blog of late, and sadly there won't be much planned in the near future. I don't plan to delete this blog so that past posts can still be kept as resources.I'm sorry; in the meanwhile, keep snapping away.

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I haven't been good at keeping this blog up-to-date. Recent conversations have brought up the subject of today's entry: what we used to do in the days of film to judge exposures. The rule was known as the "Sunny 16 rule", and is as follows:f/16 for a sunny dayf/8 for overcastf/4 for a setting sunThe shutter speed will be determined by the ISO of the film. So if we were using ISO 100, then we

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For today's entry, I've been kind enough to have been lent an image by Cameralabs Forum member, Palakaboy. It is another portrait, but unlike the one in the first tutorial we have a different set of issues. Here is his image:The composition is solid, as is the exposure. But what we lack here is dynamic lighting and a problematic background. The DoF is quite deep so we have leaves that are

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Following two sessions of post-processing, I thought it might be good to have a slight change. And here we go - here's an image I took on the 14th of September 2008 from Waterloo Bridge in London. I stood in a gusty headwind (not wise with the smoke!)More can be found on my official website: www.edtangphotography.com

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Following on from my last post, I've been given a request from Alastair."Hey Ed!I would love it if you could give this image a bit of a critique and edit (if needs be). I'm very happy with it although not completely pleased with the tree on the right but I think overall it's a good photograph and had a particular mood to it. What do you think?"It's a pretty landscape. This small version above

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I was fortunate enough to have been invited to take a look and apply some constructive pointers to work produced by "thomasrichards", a member on the Cameralabs forum (see here).Here is one of the two images he submitted in that forum: I'll repost a precis of what I originally wrote: "This image doesn't quite do it for me. One problem is that your model has been unflatteringly framed with too

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I wrote a brief introduction to the world of photojournalism a while ago (it can be found here). I'm going to follow it up further with a description of the handiest bag one can have in the profession. It's the bag that you can literally "grab and go". It's fondly known by other names, but I tend to call it a "grab and go".It essentially is what I call it; a bag that's ready to be taken at the

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Have you ever been in a situation where you're limited by the shortage of power in your camera? I know my answer - yes.I made the leap into DSLRs and enjoyed making photos without needing to think about how many shots left before film had to be reloaded. What I duly forgot on one outing was "reloading" the battery in my new camera. Inevitably I lost power at the worst possible time and missed

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With the advent of several new camera models over the last few weeks a lot of questions have been asked regarding which one to buy, or whether an existing camera needs replacing. The answers are very simple and are condensed in this post. Let's start listing these points:#1. Assess what you want.Putting it simply there are different cameras for different purposes. Knowing what you want will

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I've not posted for over a month now, which is rather disappointing. I'd hoped to keep regular updates. Hopefully I can squeeze more posts now that the most busy time of the year is coming to an end.The topic today is the ability to control outdoor lighting. "Control sunlight?" you might ask, "Surely that isn't possible?" Let me assure you that it can be done. Obviously we can't move the sun, but

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There hasn't been any activity on this blog for almost a whole month - through a combination of travel and neglect. I'll make sure to post new material here shortly.

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I guess you've gathered that this blog really doesn't have much structure (after all I've written part 2 of flash work, and still haven't created images to illustrate part 1 yet, which is why it isn't out). I now jump to the topic of photojournalism, an area where I'm rather active with.The joy of being involved in a part-time journalism/photojournalism role is that the burden of deadlines isn't

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Hi again. It's been a while since I've written an entry into this blog. The subject matter today stems from a thread I created at the CameraLabs.com forum (see here). The question was asked how I figured out how much to angle the camera if I were to look for alternative angles to view a scene. I'll take the example of my image of Covent Garden. You can see a straightened and rotated version below

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Sorry for a few days without action; I've been busy with assignments, but that's no excuse for briefly abandoning you. Today I'd like to run through the tripod.The tripod is a fundamental tool in the photographer's armoury. Used wisely, it can achieve fantastic images, and used inappropriately, it becomes restrictive. Let's go through the basics to a tripod, and then have a review over the tripod

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Dear all,Thank you for reading my ramblings this week. If there are specific questions you want answered, topics that I've not yet covered, suggestions for improvement, or anything in general - please leave a comment.Regards,Ed

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We've briefly covered an aspect of directing, which leads me onto this next topic - the model release.I'll speak from the UK perspective, as respective laws in different countries vary. On my travels I adopt the "I'll get a model release form signed if in doubt" approach.In the UK it's not a legal requirement to have signed release forms. For example if you are hired to take images for a wedding,

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I've noticed that my previous post on equipment rental was focused around one particular situation of use - the rare to occasional. If you find you need the lens more often than expected and the cost can be offset over all the times you use it for assignments, then it may work out better to purchase than rent. However rental is a useful way to test equipment in the real world rather than at

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I know there are photographers who are interested in what's in professional camera bags when on assignments. I won't go into what I carry in this post (I'll save that for another time), but here we'll look at 5 things that aren't immediately obvious, but could be found accompanying a professional. And I've cheated a little with the title - some of these items can't fit into a bag, and are found

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Of course owning your own equipment is far more satisfying, but don't discount the possibility of equipment rental as a waste of money. Rental is a very clever way of not tying up finances on kit that won't be used day-to-day. I'll illustrate this point.Let's assume I cover three sporting events a year, and for those I need a fast telephoto lens, say a 300mm f/2.8. A rounded UK cost of a Nikkor

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I've been asked to run through workflow. As I've been accustomed to working to deadlines for assignments and clients, the ability to minimise workflow is vastly beneficial. So here's a brief insight into how you could be minimising your workflow.The underlying principle is very simple: be able to get an image off the camera with the correct colour - process it if necessary (but not for

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For seasoned photographers, people and portrait photography just becomes more familiar, less daunting. I can reflect back on the early part of my journey into photography and how daunting it was to have a person (or even persons) to try and organise AND to take a good image of. Direction and thinking about exposure, lighting, the background and depth of field...it just wasn't a good combination.

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Okay, I'm writing this out-of-sequence. This will be the second part in a series on how to use flash more effectively in your photography. We'll be looking at off-camera flash. Why is off-camera flash "better" than being on-camera? The answer will become apparent here.I use a Nikon system, primarily because of the Creative Lighting System (CLS) that they offer. Being able to trigger flashguns

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I'll be upfront and tell you that I don't cover many weddings. Why? Because it's hard hard work. And this post might illustrate the thought process from a semi-professional perspective, using DSLRs. Don't worry, most the ideas can be used with compacts and bridge cameras. Equipment: It is a must that you're sure to have enough memory cards to last the day; typically 5 to 10 2-4GB cards should be

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How to start this blog? Perhaps it wise to begin with a little explanation about who I am and what the intent of this blog is for.Very briefly, I'm a part-time photojournalist, freelancing for small publications. I do a little event work every now and then.Now the internet is full of blogs and sites that go through the basics of photography. I'll try to be a little different. As well as some

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