tfttf427 - Back from Nepal - Tech Guy

Written by Ravsitar on February 8th, 2010

techguy_tfttf_logo2.jpgChris is back from Nepal. He was there for about 3 weeks and took about 4,000 pictures. The beauty though with digital is you can weed them out as you go. He bought two 80GB hard discs, specified for over 18,000 feet to store them on.


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tfttf426 video - Everest Trek #06 - Walking On The Beach

Written by Ravsitar on February 5th, 2010

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The higher you get, the drier it gets. At least on our trek that was clearly the case. Here are some strategies the trek group came up with to cope with the dust and make sure it wouldn’t affect the cameras too much.

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tfttf425 - The Lens Edition

Written by Ravsitar on February 4th, 2010

20090614_175_blogToday we talk about lenses! Some of the questions today: Do 50mm lenses have a distortion issue? What is the best lens to upgrade? How to avoid strange shadows in your image when you use flash? Is it okay to stack polarizers with ND filters? What is the A-DEP mode for? And: a great tip by Simon about how to find the best photography spot around the Nürburgring race track in Germany.


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tfttf424 - Subjects 3 - Tech Guy

Written by Ravsitar on February 1st, 2010

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Part three on subjects today, mainly, what helps a subject? How do you make your subject stand out even better? Size. Make the subject bigger in the picture. Give it a large portion in the frame. Focus. Where do you put the focus in the picture? Colors. Try using a complimentary color or contrast in the background.

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tfttf423 - Photoday 2009 video - Panoramic Photography with Ron Pepper - Part 3 of 3

Written by Ravsitar on January 29th, 2010

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In this episodes Ron Pepper brings you tips and information on panoramic photography.

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