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This is a great little technique you can use to give your subjects a little “pop” and really make them stand out from the background. It’s all done in-camera and takes moments to do.
I took these on a very bright, sunny day with no cloud cover. Normally I hate working in this kind of light as it is far too contrasty.
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When it comes to media cards, my weapon of choice is the Sandisk Extreme III 4GB CompactFlash card.
Why?
This is one of those little jobs that I’ve been meaning to do for ages and as yet hadn’t managed to make time until now. It’s time to spring clean my hard disks by migrating my image data to the NAS. Especially for my QTImages files. The ones for QTPortraits and QTWeddings are already backed up and the repositories are smaller but growing at an alarming rate with each photoshoot.
My QTImages repository on the other hand is a different matter. It spans more than 5 years and 10’s thousands of images. All that adds up to a lot of gigabytes to move around.
I popped into the Apple shop in Guildford this afternoon and had my first real chance to play with an iPad.
Initial impression: WOW
This evening is the night before my next photoshoot. It’s going to be a twilight fashon shoot in the City of London. The idea is to make the most of the fading light as we approach and pass through the sunset, creating stunning images as we go.
I’m really looking forwards to this one too. Plenty of off-camera flash which is always great fun and a great opportunity to move outside my comfort zone to boot.
In the run-up I’ve just packed my bag for tomorrow. The emphasis, as always is on keeping the weight down.
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