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In practice I will still come back to the kind of photography matters. An 85mm f/1.2 will take a photo such that the eyes are in focus, but the nose and ears are a blur. Focus and recompose if you must, but there are electrical aids for this in many cameras

Quote: Originally Posted by kkamin Quote: Originally Posted by O|||||||O Why Focus-Recompose Sucks Thanks for the link. Very illuminating. In the example he gives with the model, where the camera is tilted up to focus on the eye then swung back down to compose the shot, what if the photographer stood up to her eye height instead of tilting up? I think that would be helpful if you are in a single point focus situation. You would still get the...

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I am probably off here but getting the camera parallel to the wall upon which the painting is hung is just a matter of using a tape measure, some painters tape for the floor (parallel to the wall to use as a reference to sight in the camera back) and a level. After that the tape measure is used to determine the angle the painting is hanging, which could then be offset by the t/s lens. Harder to describe than to do. If you only have a few to do...

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Quote: Originally Posted by c.cloudwalker Quote: Originally Posted by DScience yea if you really want good light you need more than an on camera 'softened' speedlight. True but you can get quite decent results with just one flash. You need to be as creative with the gear as you are with the image. 1/ If you can't bounce off the ceiling or the walls, make yourself a bounce card to attach to the flash. 2/ Get a couple sheets of...

I agree, it sounds like the on-camera flash is firing a pre-flash, which triggers the strobes prematurely. If you can set your flash to manual, that should fix it...but I agree that not using it at all, is a better option. Either use a cord or a wireless radio trigger. This is actually a fairly common mistake for strobe virgins.

Quote: Originally Posted by Garbz Quote: Originally Posted by Cooler_King No. But studies have shown that very very very few users attempt to steal an image if right click|copy is disabled. Most just move on. Link please. Yeah, right. He hasn't attempted to prove anything he's posted so far, he's not about to start now. Unless you consider name-calling proof.

Quote: Originally Posted by Shockey I don't watermark. I don't worry about people stealing my images...it is going to happen....it has happened to me, no big deal. Agreed, on all points.

Hi All, Just wondering if I can get feedback on few of these. My background is more of wedding/portraits/event photography but recently I was approach to shoot some stuff for a jeweler. Product photography is a bit different then what I normally do thus prior to take on the assignment, I thought to get a little practice . Camera : Nikon d90 mounted with Nikon 28-105 3.5-4.5 D IF AF (macro 50-105) Exposure : ISO 200, 1/200sec, f/8, WB : costume...