"Shadow Play"© David A. ZiserI set this shot up just for fun at this past Saturday's wedding. I really liked the long shadows the chair was throwing on the foreground and thought I could make it work in my composition. I just brought in another chair,...

Good Afternoon Everybody,Here is the news - How good are prints from Canon's 5D Mark II video grabs?; Laforet's video "Reverie" takes down Canon's servers!Man, Oh man, has it been an incredibly busy day! I've been non stop till just a few minutes ago. ...

The University of Michigan's Museum of Art has been operating an off-site gallery (1301 South University, Ann Arbor ) dedicated to photography while the construction of the UMMA addition has closed down the museum. For photography lovers, that has b...

Written by T. Michael Testi While taking pictures is easy, especially in this digital world, mastering the art of photography is not always clear and straightforward. There are a lot of variables to factor in and one of them is Depth of Field (DOF). T...

Nikon has now officially revealed the compact, professional, twelve megapixel, full-frame (FX format) Nikon D700. From the outside the D700 is virtually identical to the D300, albeit for its larger 'full frame' viewfinder, internally it's almost identi...

Canon recently launched the much anticipated EOS 50D, an upgrade to the 40D. On the surface it looks very similar to its predecessor, however there are quite a few significant improvements. Fifteen megapixel CMOS sensor, faster DIGIC 4 processor, 3.0&q...

First we will give you some tips on how to shoot B&W photo-graphy than why a photo will be better if presented in B&W.The tips to shoot in B&W are:1.SHOOT IN COLOR-yes even if you want a B&W photography you should shoot in colors becaus...

Written by T. Michael Testi There are a lot of things that Photoshop CS3 Extended can do that Photoshop has never been able to do before. These include importing and editing of video and animating any object in a file. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended For...

"Ready For The Day"© David A. ZiserHere is a quick photograph I made at this past Saturday's wedding celebration. The bride had just walked in front of the mirror for one last check before everyone arrived. The location was very contemporary in it's l...

Good Morning Everybody,We are off and running bright and early today. We need to be out the door in less than an hour but I wanted to get today's tutorial up before we headed out to my presentation. So many people say; "Get it (the image) right in the ...

Written by T. Michael Testi Last August, Adobe released the second incarnation of their photography workflow product Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 to rave reviews. As is to be expected, new editions of companion Lightroom books are also coming to market...

"Home Sweet Home"© David A. ZiserThis is one of the last images made during the video shoot last week in Tampa. I brought the bride and groom out into a shaded portion of the driveway, positioned them in the bottom right hand quadrant of the scene for...

Good Morning Everybody,We wrapped a great wedding this past Saturday. The bride was getting ready at her brother's penthouse which had access to a beautiful garden area on TOP of the building. We had a great view of the entire downtown Cincinnati and a...

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Kristin and Jonathan are two of the nicest people. I had such a blast at this shoot and can't wait till the wedding in January.We went for a little hike at Chino Hills Regional ParkYou could just tell these two are so in love.Jonathan's awesome idea to...

"Elegant Afternoon"© David A. ZiserHere is one of the simple images made on Wednesday at the beautiful home I mentioned in yesterday's post. I simply had the bride extended her hands to each side, one hand on the chair and the other on the ledge to ou...

Good Morning Everybody,We made it back safe and sound yesterday, checked in with the team, and are in the process of getting ready for tomorrow's wedding.Today I thought I would shift gears from my regular Inspiration Friday theme and begin a series on...

Spring has arrived in vibrants colours and strong lighting. This is one of the new collage types available in picasa 3.

The GIMP developers are proud to release GIMP 2.6.0 GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating system...

The Canon EOS 50D has just been reviewed by PhotographyBLOG. For those of you unaware, the 50D is the new replacement for the Canon 40D DSLR, and this Canon EOS certainly doesn't disappoint. Released just one year after the 40D, the new EOS 50D DSLR is...

"Swirls And Twirls - Stairway To Heaven"© David A. ZiserThis was one of the last images I made during my wedding shoot on Tuesday. There was a narrow spiral staircase in the back of the church leading to the balcony. I pictured a cool shot taken with ...

Good Morning Everybody,We wrapped three days of great shooting down here in Tampa and I have to say, we are all whooped. The good news is we got some great video for the Kelby Training Videos. Yesterday, was a real highlight of the week. I asked for a ...

Hey gang, how many of you guys and girls are using on-line backup system? My guess is probably not many of you. Most of us are satisfied with our CDs, DVDs, cheap USB drives, etc. There are a lot of on-line storage solutions available and most of them...

Now that the fall has come you have the chance to shoot breath- taking photos because of the great variety of colors it offers.With our tips we will help you doing the best picture ever.1.Like every other landscape photography the best time for shootin...

Jackson & Carson were super fun to shoot... high energy and lots of smiles Carson aka "Cubby" so cute :) Jackson is the older brother and loved the camera These boys needed a little fresh air so we continued the shoot outside This is what we meant ...