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Rob Sheppard - who has written 22 posts on The Digital Photo Experience.
Rob Sheppard is the author/photographer of over 30 books, the editor-at-large for Outdoor Photographer magazine, and a nationally known presenter and workshop leader. His specialities are nature photography and helping photographers with digital technologies from getting the most from small sensors to Lightroom to Photoshop. Check out Rob's websites at http://www.robsheppardphoto.com and http://www.natureandphotography.com
Focal Length is not just a Zoom Change!
Not all that long ago in photography, everyone shot with single focal length lenses and not zooms. Zooms have not been around all that long in photography, plus at first, they really were awful in quality. Today, none of that is true anymore. Zooms have outstanding quality and they have become ubiquitous in photography. Every [...]
Continue reading...Upcoming Photo Festivals
July 7, 2010
There are a couple of upcoming photo festivals this summer and fall that you might find of interest. I will be a speaker at both, plus other members of the DPE gang (Rick and Juan) will be at the fall event.
This summer, there is the Sedona Photo Fest from July 18-25 in Sedona, Arizona. Here’s [...]
A Light Mantra
July 5, 2010
I think one of the challenges that all photographers face is how to separate the subject from the photograph. A photograph can only be a representation, an interpretation of a subject. If we focus too much on the subject, we can miss the photograph.
This is especially common with landscape photography. I once had someone tell [...]
A No-Cost Dramatic Effect
June 16, 2010
A very simple effect — the “starburst” around a bright light. This has been around so long that I sometimes forget that everyone does not know it. It is a great addition to images with bright lights in them.
You may have seen this effect with rays of light coming out of the sun or from [...]
Autoexposure and Ansel Adams
June 2, 2010
What if I told you autoexposure could bring you closer to the way that Ansel Adams shot? How could that be? I can tell you it works, so read on. And I challenge those manual exposure diehards to open their minds a little and see what is possible here.
First, some perspective. In brief, Ansel Adams’ [...]
Polarizing Landscapes
May 26, 2010
No, DPE has not become a political blog. There will be no red vs. blue landscapes here. Polarizing landscapes is about the value of a polarizer filter for digital landscape photography.
A polarizer is often called a polarizing filter, although it reads polarized light and doesn’t do any polarizing itself, and it is definitely a valuable [...]
Low-Angle Close-Ups
May 8, 2010
[Editors Note: This week is Macro week here on DPE with Rob Sheppard. We'll be having a macro tip every day, make to sure to check them all out!]
Look at a lot of close-up and macro photography. Notice how much of it is looking down on the subject. Nothing wrong with that but it means [...]
Macro Week: Wide-Angle Close-Ups
May 7, 2010
[Editors Note: This week is Macro week here on DPE with Rob Sheppard. We'll be having a macro tip every day, make to sure to check them all out!]
Last time we looked at telephoto lenses. With all the advantages to them, you might wonder why I would even consider wide-angle lenses up close — especially [...]
Macro Week: Telephoto Close-Ups
May 6, 2010
[Editors Note: This week is Macro week here on DPE with Rob Sheppard. We'll be having a macro tip every day, make to sure to check them all out!]
One of the reasons that I really like to use more than a macro lens for close-up work is that I love to use telephotos for extreme [...]
Macro Week: Focusing the Macro and Close Up Shot
May 5, 2010
[Editors Note: This week is Macro week here on DPE with Rob Sheppard. We'll be having a macro tip every day, make to sure to check them all out!]
It isn’t that focusing itself is hard when you are up close, it is that focusing on the right spot is hard. The closer you get to [...]
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July 14, 2010
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