Sigma 105mm Macro broken!

June 27th, 2009

Ok, so I have had my Sigma Macro lens for about 3 weeks now. today I attach it to the camera, I hear a click and the aperture goes all the way to f32 with no aperture working.

So, now what do I do the Lens has warranty but I will probablly have to send it in since the store wont change it AFAIK.

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10 Household things that have to be in your Photo Kit (for less than 20 bucks)

June 24th, 2009
Whether you have a kit section at home where you grab photography gear based on what you are going to shoot or if you have a ready pack for all occasions in the car. These ten cheap house hold items should ALWAYS be in there. They will provide you great help if you are outside shooting or even inside and end up in tricky situations. The best part, the whole kit can be had for about 20 (Euro/USD/GBP).

For this article, we take it that you have a Digital SLR (DSLR) and a tripod with you anyways in your kit :) (Duh!).

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Create creative Infrared type images from your photos in Photoshop

May 27th, 2009

Infrared (IR) Photos are gaining more and more in popularity and while there are plenty ways to achieve the IR look with filters and in-camera modifications, sometimes you just want to try what your photos would look like with Photoshop and still be able to revert to the original. In this tutorial we will do the same tweaks and settings to two different photos to show you side by side what each setting and adjustment does.

Infrared (IR) Photos are gaining more and more in popularity and while there are plenty ways to achieve the IR look with filters and in-camera modifications, sometimes you just want to try what your photos would look like with Photoshop and still be able to revert to the original. Read more…

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Interview with Photographer Pete Krook, Finland

May 13th, 2009

As all photography geeks and aspiring amateur photographers we all want to know what the Pro’s use, how they use it, why they use it and what the job is like. We asked these questions to professional photographer Petri Krook and Pete was very forthcoming in answering in detail what, how and why. This professional is largely overlooked b a few really bright star Photographers and as much as we would like to , not everyone can be a celebrity Photographer. This is an interview with a photographer who has a normal life all around Photography. Sure there are occasions when you get to shoot photos of celebrities but usually those are official events and not glamour shots.

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