Greetings readers. I am winding up my stay teaching Lightroom, Printing and Digital Photography at the Adobe Photoshop PopUp Store in San Francisco. During a day off I got to roam the storied streets of San Francisco and do a little photography and have a little cake along the way too. I stopped for...
Rick Altman, the conference host for the Presentation Summit wrote an editorial recently lamenting the lack of functionality in the iPad for use as a presentation driver. During the course of reviewing Rick’s article, I discovered an admittedly less significant use for the iPad as a presenter’s tool...
There has been much written about essential iPad apps, even essential apps for photographers, but I wanted to approach the subject of what specifically there exists for the photographer who specializes in Landscapes. My criteria included apps which helped take the picture-not those which manipulate the...
And a Featured Android App: Photo Studio Buddy This is a shot of my latest studio session featuring model Liz Manalo. Aside from an excellent model, some cool props and a good composition, the shot features some killer lighting. Knowing about the lighting setup is the key to getting behind the...
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Well, don’t edit a photo in software without one anyway.
I just received what will likely become my new favorite photo gadget. It is a little piece of plastic with a metal insert to screw it down to a tripod. It is called the SpyderCube and it is made by Data Color. This is the SpyderCube. It ...
People often wonder what a professional photographer carries around for a ‘portable camera’ and if he carries any other photo accessories with him. I’ve never been one for a pocket camera but I do have a portable set of gear that I try to keep with me at all times. My Portable Kit
If you’ve run...
I stumbled across this article on Wired.com today. It seems that anti-paparazzi devices are being developed.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/celebrity-shielding-flashgun-handbag-defeats-paparazzi/
The inevitable arms race between photographer and subject has begun.
Rikk Flohr
When timid photographers venture past the boundary that separates us from our air-breathing, dry-loving equipment, a new world of possibilities abound. Canon G10 with underwater housing
One of the reasons I recently adopted the Canon G10 as my compact camera was the ready-availability of an underwater...
Well, Bighorn Sheep if not actual mountain goats.
Every now and again, I come across an indispensible photographic accessory where I least expect it. Who knew it was right above me all the time? Rikk pauses for a self-portrait during a sunrise shoot
Last year-before gas hit three dollars a gallon-I acquired...
Find Me Spot!
I just picked up the latest gadget in my quest to be the well-equipped yet responsible photographer. The reasons for this gadget are several and the thought that went into its purchase considerable.
“I am always out of cell phone signal
and I rarely see another soul. “
I was talking with...