http://planetneil.com/tangents various writings on photography, whether techniques, ideas, equipment info, or just rants. Wed, 07 May 2008 00:23:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This image from the recent photo-session with Amy and Nick in Manhattan received a number of comments and questions about the technique.  The basic camera settings for several sequences of images here, were 1/20th (at f8) and 1/10th @ f11.  The image above was one of a sequence at 1/20th.  But there's more to it ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/05/05/world-in-motion/ Amy and Nick are one of my couples whose wedding I am photographing later this year.  They met up with me in Bryant Park in Manhattan this past weekend, and course we had to get photographs of them going for a ride on the carousel.   Every time they went by me on the carousel, I ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/29/a-swirl-of-colour/ Even though most of the tutorial pages here deal with on-camera flash, I don't limit myself to just using on-camera flash. When I need off-camera lighting or when I need more juice from my flashguns than a speedlight can deliver, I use the Q-flashes made by Quantum.  For this wedding in Las Vegas, ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/24/travelling-light-in-vegas/ It's always a bit of a thrill when a friend achieves success of some kind - in this case, my friend Michelle Turner who recently had her book on wedding photography published.  Even better is that this 128 page volume is filled with lovely photographs as she covers a wide range ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/23/wedding-photography-now/ Doug Fairbairn asked me about this image from a recent post on my wedding photography blog, where I showed some images from a Las Vegas destination wedding: Great photos. I’m wondering about the lighting for the second photo - B&G and wedding party walking to camera with sun in background. How did ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/19/this-happened-in-vegas/ I have substantially rewritten my original page on the use of flash brackets.  Digital photography technology is steadily improving to the point where we now have cameras with fairly clean 1600 ISO settings, and very usable 3200 ISO. It is now ever more easy to get great results with bounce flash, and ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/11/flash-brackets-revisited/ An interesting question I received in an email recently had me thinking about, and considering my style in photographing weddings: Do you sometimes feel as if you can't be inconspicuous in order to get a certain shot during a wedding? There have been times I feel like I'm not blending into the ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/07/standing-out-blending-in/ The Nikon D300 (which superceded the highly-regarded D200), is such a great alternative to the top-rated Nikon D3 - offering many of the same features at a more affordable price - that it will make the D300 a camera that many professional photographers will chose as their main camera.   Many of the custom ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/04/04/nikon-d300-custom-settings/ I have just finalised the dates for my flash photography workshops for the rest of the year.  There are a total of 17 workshops planned for the rest of the year throughout the USA, and even a date in Canada - details and dates can be found on the workshops page.  The ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/03/30/fall-2008-series-of-workshops/ What are your settings?  -  a question that I am often asked about various images.  And quite often, the answer is surprising  -  it doesn't really matter.    Sometimes the specific settings are of importance, but usually much less so than the method of getting to correct exposure of the ambient light and the ... http://planetneil.com/tangents/2008/03/27/so-what-are-your-settings/