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Daniel Sone is a professional freelance photojournalist and correspondent. He specializes coverage of various political, social, and religious events both nationally and internationally. His clients include medical and performing arts organizations, advertising agencies, artists, and media outlets. Visit him at Daniel Sone Photography.
Improve your Image Management with Photo Mechanic
Although Adobe’s Bridge and Lightroom as well as Apple’s Aperture are extremely popular and powerful image pre-processing and managment applications, Photo Mechanic is a powerful and intuitive application geared toward photojournalists and newsrooms. It handles about 95% of my image-management requirements while using fewer system resources than it’s main competitors from Adobe and Apple. In short, it’s the first and last thing that touches my photographs.
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Sibling Rivalry: The Canon 1DX and Nikon D4
There are tons of articles and videos comparing and contrasting Canon and Nikon cameras more than I would personally like to recognize both by mindless fanboys/fangirls and credible sites. The new Canon is now available, and the Nikon can be pre-ordered with a expected ship date of later this month. We’re about to see some real world comparisons.
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The Current Landscape of Mobile Photography
The year was 2007, and Apple Inc. was poised to change the cellular and photography world in dramatic ways. They weren’t reinventing the phone or even the cameraphone, but they were going to revolutionize the device with enhanced interconnectivity and features. Like iPod for music, the iPhone changed the phone and cameraphone market forever.
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Is It Worth It? Some Gear Buying Advice
A lot people believe their photography will improve “if only…” With the holidays approaching, a lot of avid wanna-be photographers, amateurs, and professionals will be making wish lists for gear that they erroneously believe will make them better photographers. There are many forums, YouTube videos, and articles pandering how camera/lens/light/brand/voodoo doll will make your photos better. Today, we’ll examine that idea.
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Review of X-Rite’s ColorMunki Monitor Calibrator
In the final part of my ‘From Camera to Print’ series, I spoke about the importance of having a calibrated monitor as well as a consistent lighting environment to ensure accurate color-corrections. Without these two pieces working together, accurate processing of your photos isn’t possible. The X-rite ColorMunki is designed to help with just this problem.
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Strapping Up: A Look at Camera Straps
Ever stop to think about what is holding your camera when your hands aren’t? Lots of photography tutorials focus on cameras, lenses, and lighting. Even bags and filters get a lot of press. However, there is one important piece of equipment that gets neglected and choosing the wrong one can be a literal pain in the neck. So, we’re going to take a look at various camera straps and how they indirectly impact your photography.
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From Camera to Print, Preparing Images for Print: Part 3
After two parts discussing colorspaces and printing processes, we’re going to get into actually preparing a digital photograph for printing. Part 1 covered the two worlds of color we photographers deal with: RGB and CYMK. Part 2 covered various printing processes. Keep the material covered in parts 1 & 2 in mind while prepping your images.
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This entry is part 7 of 12 in the Portraits Session
From Camera to Print, Print Processes and Photos: Part 2
Last time, in Part 1 of From Camera to Print: RGB & CYMK Color, we talked about the two main color spaces that photographers deal with when capturing and printing photographs. There we saw that RGB is for light-emitting devices like projectors and televisions and CYMK is for light-reflecting devices like posters and books. In this part, we’re going to look at different printing processes and get some advice on which works best for photography.
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This entry is part 6 of 12 in the Portraits Session
From Camera to Print, RGB & CMYK Color: Part 1
So you’ve got some great photos and want to print them. Think great prints are as easy as hitting the “Print” button? Think again. Here we’ll talk about the two different color spaces photographers deal with in the capture to print workflow. After this, you’ll see that things aren’t so black and white — or red, green, and blue.
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This entry is part 5 of 12 in the Portraits Session
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