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#1 : Will Crockett - Nikon's SB900 Flash Tested. Is it worth your money?
We've finally finished up our long-term testing of the new Nikon SB900 flash and it's good of course, but is it worth the big bux? Should you upgrade your SB800 / SB80's? Here's the straight scoop... Let's get the pluses and minuses out of the way first... On [...]#2 : Will Crockett - On-Camera Flashes: Our Latest Recommended List
On-camera flash exposure and light quality have held the "top troublemaker" spot for most pros for many years now. We have worked hard to solve them for you... and have just about all the solutions. Unfortunately, some of the solutions come with a price tag. You just cannot [...]#3 : Jon Yoshinaga - CF Cards, Not All the Same
Back in the last century when we shot film, every time I bought something new, it was a week before I could actually use it because I had to run a roll of film through to make sure it worked properly. If I bought a new lens, shoot a roll [...]#4 : Will Crockett - Thinking about a new MacBookPro? Better jump on it now...
Even though I am fluent on both "PC" and "Mac". I tend to use a MacBookPro as my everyday laptop. I just think it makes my shooting jobs as well as speaking presentations easier, but I could live with a premium quality PC laptop just fine. Well, Apple [...]#5 : Will Crockett - How long should inkjet prints dry before you frame them?
presented by Moab Inkjet Papers. Professional inkjet prints need time to dry, or "offgas" to allow the solvents to evaporate that leave behind the solid color pigments that form the images. Once all the solvent is gone, the remaining colors will last for 50 to 200 years in my estimation [...]#6 : Michael Clark - My Choice for Battery Powered Strobes...
Rechargeable battery-powered "full sized" studio / location strobes are becoming very popular. I have been using the Elinchrom’s Ranger RX Speed AS set up for a couple of years now with great results. The Ranger RX is one of the new-breed of battery powered strobe sets that pumps out a [...]#7 : Rob Provencher - The Enchanted Forest Portrait Session
presented by the NoBSphotoSuccess.com forum Here's a great session idea that just about every parent loves. All you need is a few props and a little girl aged three to eight. We create these in our studio and I can vouch that moms (and the young girls too!) go gaga [...]#8 : James Hodgins - Off Camera Flash, the NOBS Way.
NOBSOCF. That stands for NoBs Off Camera Flash. I see alot of photographers complicating something that is really not complicated. A few key steps and you can be adding more impact to your images. My process for using off camera flash is as follows. 1: Take ambient meter [...]#9 : Will Crockett - CF Card Blowout ends Wednesday
Our ShootSmarter preferred retailer is Durys in Nashville, and they have a truckload of my preferred CF card of choice on sale - buy 2 get one free. I just place an order myself to stock up for 2009. The sale to ShootSmarter folks ends on Wednesday January 7th at [...]#10 : Deborah and Rick Ferro - Developing a Kid’s Club & Baby Plan
presented by BWC Imaging Even if you are a wedding photographer, eventually most brides have babies. See photo 1 We tell our brides that our goal is to develop a relationship with them so that we will become their family photographer. Building clients for life should be [...]
