2009 November | The Digital Photo Experience

2009/11/23 Drobo announces two new units

November 23, 2009

Drobo has just announced today that they are releasing two new Drobo storage units, the Drobo S with an eSata interface and faster Firewire 800 performance and a 5 drive capacity and the DroboElite an 8bay unit with dual iSCSI interfaces. We are fans of Drobo around here, but have been sorely dissapointed in the [...]

2009/11/13 Scott Kelby: 10 Things for New LR Users

By Juan Pons

November 13, 2009

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Over on his blog, Scott Kelby uploaded a new blog blog titled “10 Things I Would Tell New Lightroom Users” it’s a great read and I can highly recommend it not just to new LR users but there is something in there for just about everyone that user Lightroom. Go check it out: http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2009/archives/7180

2009/11/5 Canon updates the 7D with new firmware

By Juan Pons

November 5, 2009

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Canon today released a new firmware for the Canon EOS 7D digital camera. This release brings the version number to 1.1.0. Canon states the following as the only change in this new firmware: “Corrects a phenomenon that in images captured by continuous shooting, and under certain conditions, barely noticeable traces of the immediately preceding frame [...]

Pre-visualize and prepare

By Juan Pons

November 3, 2009

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It is often said that great photos are made, not taken. This can be interpreted in many ways, but to me this means that great images are the result of some fore-thought, planing and skill. Yes we all get lucky from time to time and “take” a great image without much thought, but in order [...]

Stopping Action

By Rick Sammon

November 3, 2009

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One of the cool things about digital SLR cameras (and top of the line compact digital cameras) is that you can control the shutter speed to either stop or blur action. When I photograph fast-moving animals, and even slow-moving ones, I often choose to freeze the action because I want a sharp shot. A shutter [...]

2009/11/03 Phillip Bloom releases “Venice’s People”

By Juan Pons

November 3, 2009

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Film makes Phillip Bloom releases a beautiful short demonstrating the High Definition capabilities of the Canon 7D. This is the 4th of a “series” of shorts Phillip has been shooting of people with some of Canons newest video capable DSLRs. This video is my favorite of the series and not to be missed. Check it [...]

Pine Barrens Treefrogs Video

By Juan Pons

November 3, 2009

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A quick High Definition video of some Pine Barrens Treefrogs I recently had the opportunity to shoot. Pine Barrens Treefrogs are listed as a “Near Threatened” species. They occur in only three in three distinct populations in the the eastern United States. These include the Sandhills of North and South Carolina, the New Jersey Pine [...]

Quick Tip: Top 10 Lightroom keyboard shortcuts

By Juan Pons

November 3, 2009

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The greatest benefit of using photography oriented Digital Asset Managers (or DAM), such as Lightroom or Aperture, for us photographers is the highly efficient workflow provided by these tools when working with hundreds or even thousands of images, while sorting, tagging, culling, processing and developing our images. Having a well tuned and familiar workflow is [...]

Hands on with the Canon EF 1200 f/5.6L Lens

By Juan Pons

November 3, 2009

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When we heard that the fine folks at LensCoat had their hands on what has to be one of the rarest lenses in the world, we knew we had get over there and shoot some footage! As we were in the area, we quickly mobilized and teamed up with Outdoor Photo Gear to create a [...]

Waterfalls of Western North Carolina

By Juan Pons

November 3, 2009

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With an average rainfall of more than 90 inches annually, the Southwestern part of North Carolina is THE rainiest region in the eastern US. With more than 250 waterfalls, Transylvania County has rightfully earned its unofficial title of “The Land of Waterfalls.” Here is a short clip of some of the more spectacular waterfalls of [...]