http://ridethetimeline.com/blog Let's cut the crap. Fri, 21 May 2010 22:51:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So you've created a SlideShow Pro presentation to feature some of the images in your portfolio, and now you want to embed it in your website—that is, you want to insert the slideshow in your design, not just point to the standalone web page that the software generated. You may have ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/05/embedding-slideshow-pro/ There is quite a bit of confusion—at least in the terminology—regarding the lens adjustments made possible by perspective control lenses (also called "tilt/shift" lenses). The best, thoroughest, clearest explanation I've come across for this part of the photography technique comes from chapter 10, "View-Camera Adjustments", in Ansel Adams' famous "The ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/04/lens-movements/ When you want to harmonize the color of your flash with the ambient light, you first have to know which color the ambient light is, obviously. You might try to go at it by eye, or even by tradition, but you might not get the result you expected (for example, ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/03/gel-that-flash/ Setting the shutter speed in the light meter When using a Sekonic L-358 light meter to read a flash exposure (the same applies to other models, I am simply not familiar with them), one of the nice features it has is its ability to indicate which percentage of the total exposure ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/03/mixing-flash-with-ambient/ So you want to get accurate white balance. There are many ways to get there, if you know why you are doing it and what you want to achieve. If you're shooting raw, you're probably aware that you don't technically need to worry about it at capture time, because it's not ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/02/on-white-balance/ Following a previous post, I kept hearing a discouraging amount of misinformation regarding some web concepts, so I thought I'd do as I did before and add my two cents. Maximum Image Dimensions and Page Size Alright, we all agree that we want our website to load rather quickly, because we know ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/02/another-bunch-of-web-concepts/ Since there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding concerning the use of Speedlites (portable electronic flashes), I feel the need to bring some precisions. (Note that although a lot of functionalities, parameters and behaviors are similar from one brand to another, since I am more familiar with Canon equipment, ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/02/notes-on-ttl-flash/ You know that "link" at the bottom of Camera Raw? [caption id="attachment_233" align="alignnone" width="507" caption="Camera Raw Workflow Options "link""][/caption] It allows you to change a couple of important Camera Raw options. These settings are not image-specific, meaning that they are not saved in the metadata of a file (be it in the ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/02/camera-raw-workflow-options/ Following up on the previous post, where I was making the point that fully embracing the new photographic technologies meant more than shooting raw, I would like to point out to a recent post by Michael Reichmann. His text, from just a couple of weeks ago, was an open letter ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/02/expose-to-the-right-and-then-some/ Back in 2002, when Adobe Photoshop 7 came out, it featured a new plug-in called Camera Raw 1.0, to provide support for reading raw files. At the time, the functionalities offered by Camera Raw were very limited, and it was used basically as a mere import plug-in for raw files. ... http://ridethetimeline.com/blog/2010/02/camera-raw-is-not-just-an-import-plug-in-anymore/