“This is a great starter pack of color correction and color gels that will fit over your flash and you can hold over your flashlight. Discover the ones you like and then buy a Rosco sheet of it to cut up and easily tape over your light painting devices”
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“Zeiss is nice. One of my favorite focal lenghs and sharpest lenses. Great for Milky Way and built to handle all your night adventures!”
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“Not many people know about this tripod but I’ve been singing it’s praises for years! The built in level lets you make simple and critical +/-15 degres adjustments without the need to adjust your leg length in the field. It’s also the perfect height for my 6’ self. ”
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“I’ve been a big fan of the Gitzo Traveler Tripods and the newly revamped series 1 1545T is my small 2nd tripod. At 2.3lbs, this tripod is always with me. It can now get as high as 60” and still collapse as compact at 16.7”. Smooth, solid, and built to last.”
“When I need to go light, this is my travelling partner.”
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“You have to know that your monitor is showing you the truth about color and brightness before and during all edits. Plus, when presenting, you should show your work with he best possible color and dynamic range.”
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Lance Keimig, one of the premier experts on night photography, has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible. This new edition of Night Photography presents the practical techniques of shooting at night alongside theory and history, illustrated with clear, concise examples, and charts and stunning images. From urban night photography to photographing the landscape by starlight or moonlight, from painting your subject with light to creating a subject with light, this book provides a complete guide to digital night photography and light painting.
by Chris Nicholson
From sea to shining sea, the national parks preserve some of the country’s most unique wilderness areas. Their existence is a gift to nature photographers everywhere.
In the pages of Photographing National Parks, Chris Nicholson delves into what each of the parks offer to the photographer, and how to best research and prepare for a trip to explore the artistic opportunities within. Learn how to travel safely and photograph in the various environments found in the park system, including desert, alpine, forest and coastline. Discover where to find valuable information about iconic and secret photo locations, how to stay powered up in the outdoors, and ideas for supplementary gear that will make a photo project more productive and enjoyable.
by Gabriel Biderman and Tim Cooper
Are you a night owl looking to make stunning images of streetscapes, fireworks, or the night sky? Do you like to bend time with long exposure photography? Do star trails or lightning strikes inspire you? Then this book is for you!
In Night Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, photographer Gabriel Biderman brings you the basics of digital night photography—exposure, composition, and light—and how to scout and capture different nocturnal locations once the sun goes down. Gabriel will help you understand the fundamentals and bring your unique artistic expression to any night situation. In this beautifully illustrated guide you will:
Focus in the dark and master basic composition rules—and know when to break them
Understand metering and switch to manual mode for more control over your exposure
Set white balance, understand color temperature, and add flash or slow sync
Explore color, light painting, and creative ways to play with light in your images
Learn what gear works best for your style of shooting and strategies for operating your equipment in the dark
Discover expert techniques for post-processing your nighttime images in Lightroom and Photoshop
Beautifully illustrated with large, compelling photos, this book teaches you how to take control of your photography to get the image you want every time.
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“When I want 600 Ws of power, and a really gorgeous, controllable light, I pack this monster. When I got it, it was revolutionary in its small-ness. Nowadays, it is not as small as battery-powered flashes can be, but I still love it for architectural and portrait lighting at night. ”
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“RRS’s top-of-the-line model, and one of the very best ball heads ever made. It’s smooth, it never locks up, it never creeps, it just always does exactly what it was built to do.”
“Lightweight but more than sturdy enough to support anything I own. Note that it doesn’t have a center post; I never use one anyway, as extending a center post even a few inches wreaks havoc on stability.”
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“Sharp, sharp lens. The extra weight is often worth the extra stop of light it allows.”
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“Super-sharp lens for close-up work, and even for general photography applications. I always keep this in my bag, because no other tool can do its job nearly as well.”
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“I have three Flash Bender Kits, including grids, boxes and folding ones, and they all come in handy when needed. best yet, they are there when I need it because they pack flat in the front pocket of my backpack.”
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“Another set of reliable wireless trigger tools used to trigger flashes where I cannot be. Lighting large areas like castles, building and mountains is made possible in repeatable format with wireless triggering.”
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“Great for both backup wireless Bulb exposures on camera, plus remote flash triggering of both Bolt and speedlites. ”
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“This is a bike light normally used on handlebars, but lives perfectly on my tripod leg. At 650 lumens, it provides an amazing, always-ready focusing light that leave my hands free to lock focus and compose.”
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“Reliable flash with small parabolic dish for high-power flash in portable format.”
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“Not great for vertical use with internalometer, but incredible time-saving accessory for changin from horizontal to vertical compositions without changing the position of the tripod head.”
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“An esential tool for stacking sets and complicated long exposures. Also reduces vibration by taking camera release off the body.”
“A great cable release for for timed exposures. Buy the wired model rather than the wireless for hassle free functionality. ”
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