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Outdoor Shooting without a flash

When going out to photograph sports, wildlife, kids running, or any other landscape scene, remember to maximize your use of available sunlight when at all possible.

Using sunlight will help increase contrast, improve focus accuracy, speed up shutter speeds, and help achieve faster shots with less subject motion. When shooting wild life for instance, your images may appear flat without the use of a flash. Often times you can not use a flash around wild life, so if you photograph at an angle where the sun is lighting your subject you will be far better off.

The same applies to sports photos, here I have shot a photo of a dog at a dog park. By having the sun at my back, the subject matter is lit up and I am efficiently using all available light to maximize my shutter speed.

Remembering to use your “sun strobe” to light your scene will ensure greater success. With all of the different variables to account for in your photography … the placement and use of sun light should rank very high in your priorities.

DPP Video Tutorial

The first DPP video tutorial is now available…  there is no sound yet.

This initial video just shows a run through of fixing things like chromatic aberration and then changes in things like sharpness, contrast, picture style and white balance.

http://www.learnslr.com/digital-photo-professional-tutorial/digital-photo-professional-chromatic-repair

New Canon Cameras

Canon has launched a new lineup of power shot cameras, these cameras include new features such as one mode which is water proof!

The Canon PowerShot D10 is a 12.1 MP point and shoot with 2.5″ lcd. Its entirely water proof for 33 feet and shock proof for 4 feet. If you’ve ever wanted to take under water photos this is certainly a unique model and a great way to start – for a very affordable price.

New Macro Lesson

Just posted a quick macro photography lesson

http://www.learnslr.com/how-to-shoot-macro-photos

New Pocket Wizards Preorder

Pocket Wizards have announced two new models of their product…
they now offer the Mini and Flex which combine to offer full remote pass through control of your canon ETTL flashes. The best part is the new system now actually allows full TTL usage which was missing in prior implementations.

Action Photo Challenge

We’d like to have an “athletic/sports” photo challenge where you should take and submit a photo of something athletic – child, professional sports, amateur sports, dog, whatever it is that you can find.

Winner’s photo will be displayed on main learnslr page with a link if desired.

Post all entries in the challenge forum thread, can’t wait to see your shots!

Contest Rules

Feel free to comment on other people’s pictures but keep your responses to constructive criticism.
Please only submit one picture for evaluation.
You will have until the end of March to submit your picture.
Please submit all pictures within the challenge thread.
Any post processing is allowed.
Any picture you have taken can be submitted regardless of when it was captured.
Please limit the resolution of your photo to a size that is monitor friendly.
Happy shooting!

Informative Canon Lens manufacturing video

Check out this cool series of videos which shows what goes into the manufacturing of a Canon Lens

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/l_plant/index.html

5d Mark II review by dpreview

DPReview has released their 5d Mark II review

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5Dmarkii/

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lens cleaner recommendation

Here is a little cleaning kit with fluid, a micro fibre cloth, and some pre-moistened cloths. I dont clean my lenses too often, but sometimes you really need one to get water/fingerprints/ smudges off the lenses appropriately and safely. Make sure to always use micro fibre towels and do not use shirts/paper towel or tissues as this will get dust and lint inside the lens.

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