Not real sure how much of an "upgrade" a cheap UV filter is. Frankly, there are many things that would benefit a novice more than a filter of any kind. Take that $40 or whatever you would have spent...
Saw that, pretty awesome. Although the "you don't need great gear" logic only goes so far. The octabank he uses in some of the shots costs more than the DSLR many of us here own. Throw in some of...
Very much so. The Saturation slider is the easiest way to turn your photo into a hot mess of neon colors. I try to avoid it as much as I can, using the Vibrance slider instead. You can also go into...
Rebels have atrocious ISO performance but I've been more willing to push it a bit with Lightroom 3's noise reduction. I also find that having a battery grip makes it easier to get keepers from slow...
I carry mine a good deal of the time. I've put about 10,000 actuations on it since January. The Lowepro Slingshot makes it pretty easy to carry in an unobstrusive manner. I also usually have a bunch...
Wait, you mean I can't shoot something like the finale of House on a hand-held 5D Mark II with a consumer lens, no lights, and no dedicated sound gear?
Another method to get good background seperation is through lighting. You can use the sun or off-camera flash to rim your subject and really give them dimension. Using flash to underexpose the...
Be careful when using focus-recompose with a narrow depth of field. When you recompose you are generally moving the camera in an arc, however slightly, relative to a fixed subject, changing the focal...
A hundred bucks is pretty cheap on the Manfrotto scale. I'd wait and see if your style of shooting requires a tripod enough to justify buying one of the big-boy ones with a nice...
Haven't used it myself but from the reports of some designers and photogs I follow on Twitter it can be a bit on the unstable side. Lots of mid-editing crashes. But again, second hand info.
Nice shots, xxking. Like someone already said, you have a good feel for composition. I have the 100mm f/2.8L Macro. It's a great value. Around 900 bucks for an L lens that can shoot great macro and...
When I was still in South Philly, a bunch of kids were pissed that a Vietnamese kid was walking through "our" neighborhood. He tried to hide in a pizza shop from a group of 15 Irish and Italian kids...
