Category: Shoot

  • Obama shot by Gigapan

    Gigapan is this tripod and equipment set used to shot semi-automatically a set of pictures that will be stitched together in a major picture made of billions of pixels. David Bergman brought one to the Washington’s inaugural address of Barack Obama. With its small Canon G10, it shot 220 images, brought them to a Macbook…

  • Most memorable shooting in 2008

    What is your most memorable photo event of this just-ended year? For me, it will obvioulsy be the discovery of this Paris subway station (Charles-Michel) just a flight of stairs down from my own Paris flat. RATP decided to renovate it seriously and totally removed all coverings revealing the previous walls complete with 30-year-old markings,…

  • Infrared on EOS 450D

    So, you wanted to do some Infrared (IR) photo with your Canon EOS 450D/Rebel XSi? Just have a look at the IR tests done by Wayne J. Cosshall. By the way, traditionnally, since the Foveon technology of sensors does not use infrared filters, the Sigma dSLR cameras are very good candidates for IR photo.

  • Basics of photo flash

    Unfortunately, this is available only in English (the French readers will be limited), but I want to share this little gem of photo technique found on f/1.0: several articles telling us all about the camera flash, its technology, its basic techniques and a few photography-oriented advices. Intro/basics Manual flash TTL wireless Syncing/sync speed All encompassing,…

  • How to Use Ultra-Wide Lenses

    A very complete article by Ken Rockwell, titled “How to Use Ultra-Wide Lenses“, folds back onto the use of these lenses which cover an enormous field of vision and often give pictures out of the usual (even if we started to get used to it since the birth of photography). Why it is no use…

  • Best dynamic range

    DXo Labs just published a tool, DXo Mark, to compare the actual quality of image from different dSLR cameras. They compare color depth dynamic range low light ISO One of the most interesting or surprising part is the Top 20 of Dynamic range: Would you have named the most successful brand here? Camera Dynamic range…