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Make it Monday: Which Light Meter? - First Years' Focus & Fire
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First Years Focus and Fire. Photography Student Professional Network. Blog of Professor Phillips. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division. Make it Monday: Which Light Meter? Make it Monday: Which Light Meter? When you become a photography student at AIPOD, you'll be asked to buy a handheld light meter - one that meters both incident and reflective light. This can seem like a daunting task! I wanted to share a video with you from Mark Walace (from Adorama TV but now seen on M AC on Campus). My nam...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: May 2016
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, May 15, 2016. This week I want to talk about a subject that probably makes many of you nervous, Street Photography. Many new photographers cringe at the thought of shooting street, but if you are a photography student, then I am sure you have had a professor or three tell you that you need to learn to start shooting outside your comfort zone. Woman walking and texting on her way to bus stop. Sunday, May 8, 2016. There a...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: September 2016
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, September 11, 2016. New Third Party Manufacturer. This week I wanted to write and make everyone aware of a new third party builder for photography accessories, YONGNUO. Some of you may have heard of them before and some of you may not, but YONGNUO has been around for a few years now and they started out making knock-offs of Canon and Nikon’s Speedlites. So, for those of you looking to save money, especially while attend...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: December 2016
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, December 18, 2016. This week I wanted to write about a photography technique that I recently started playing with that I learned during my recent View Camera Theory class. Every seen a photo in a magazine ad for a new watch or other small item and wondered “How do they get the entire item in such sharp focus? This is 5 captures of the same scene but with different focus points. Once you have captured your images, import...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: August 2016
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, August 28, 2016. Focus Screen Part 2. In my last blog post I talked about the Focus Screen on your camera and what it does. This week I am writing part two of this article on how to replace or clean your Focus Screen properly so that you can always have a clear viewfinder to look through. Focus Screen release tab is circled in white. New Focus Screen and grabber tool in the plastic box. Sunday, August 21, 2016. The Focu...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: Enough with the Pixels
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, October 30, 2016. Enough with the Pixels. So this week I got my copy of the new B&H catalog and on the rear cover is an ad for Canon’s new Cinema camera that is capable of 4.5K video. Every time I see this kind of stuff I think to myself, enough with the fake perceived new pixel resolution. The thing that irritates me the most is consumers being suckered into buying these products. So if piling on more pixels isn't the ...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: February 2016
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, February 21, 2016. Removing "Noise" with Lightroom. One of the biggest advantages of digital cameras or DSLR’s over their film counterparts is the ability to switch ISO settings on the fly. ISO is the amount of light that you let into the camera’s sensor and in the days of film cameras this was accomplished with film speed, sometimes called ASA instead of ISO. When you load your images in Lightroom and come across an im...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: November 2016
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Sunday, November 27, 2016. Get More Out of Your Wide-Angle Lens. Many photographers feel that portrait lenses are only 50mm, 85mm and 135mm, which is also why the 70-200mm F/2.8 is the best selling lens in the world whether they are made by Canon, Nikon, Sigma or Tamron. Wide-Angle Portrait by standing above and shooting down. Well because you will make them seem taller. Every wonder how Hollywood can make an actor 5 foot 6...
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division: January 2017
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PSPN Student Ambassadors for the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division. Monday, January 30, 2017. New iPhone 7 Plus Portrait Mode. Back in the fall of 2016 when Apple announced the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus they also talked about a new camera mode for the iPhone 7 Plus only, called Depth of Field Portrait Mode. Tiki character shot with Depth of Field Effect on iPhone 7 Plus. Fire Hydrant shot with the Depth of Field Effect in Sparta, Ga. On Sunday I was out shooting for my Forgotten Pieces of Georgia ser...