Category Archives: Techie Guest Posts Remember the day you bought your first DSLR. You were too impatient to abide by the manufacturer’s instructions to charge the battery first. You slide in a fresh memory card and lock on the lens. You quickly fire that first shot and proceed to view the LCD screen. There’s a bunch of numbers and data,...  This week, I am continuing my post on special effects. Elizabeth loved last week’s post so much, she recommended I write about forced perspective. So, What is it? It’s a technique that makes objects appear closer, farther away, smaller, or larger than the actual size. It’s used a lot in architecture and photography, and not... no comments  Today, I thought I would show you a little camera trickery. Well, actually it’s not the camera or the lens that’s doing the magic, it’s your perspective. This effect is done all of the time in movies and commercial photography to alter the true size and distance of objects. I’ll briefly explain what is happening... no comments  Hey everyone! On 10/10/2010, I shot a wedding (as did almost every other wedding photographer). All evening, I had a curious observer peeking over my shoulder (and that’s difficult because I’m 6’5″ (1.96 meters) and built like an American football lineman). He eventually mustered up the courage to ask me a question, ”How do you... 11 comments  Hey everyone! I would first like to apologize for not having a post last Tuesday. I was in New York City supporting my wife with her first show in “the big apple”. Warning, shameless plug. If you’re a fan of musical theater, check out pechacekhammond.com, and you can listen to my wife’s (Elaine Pechacek) beautiful... 6 comments  I could introduce you to this weeks topic by telling you it’s about the Inverse-square law, and I could continue with the definition like this: The Inverse-square law is any physical law stating that some physical quantity is inversely proportional to the blah, blah, blah, blah! Yeah, Google it if you want the definition, because I just want... 1 comment  Last week we learned about diffusing the light by shining it through suspended particles and translucent materials. Today, I want to cover another way to modify the light and thats through reflection, though in the photo world, you will hear the term bounce all of the time. I guess first we should cover some physics.... 2 comments  Greetings! Last week I brought up the subject on the qualities of light and in the last question, I made you wait until today for the answer. Here you go. How do the clouds alter the quality of the light? Diffusion. The light rays from the sun travel relatively parallel creating a highly directional beam of... 2 comments |
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