27. June 2009 by Vin.

http://www.asmp.org/strictlybusiness/2009/04/not-working-enough/

Wonderful video about what works, what doen’t for a photographer’s website and book.

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11. June 2009 by Vin.

Multiple points of contact
Viewfinder
shoulder mount
follow focus control

7 lbs with camera and typical lens

$3582.00 for the “sniper” bundle

http://store.zacuto.com/DSLR-Sniper.html

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10. June 2009 by Vin.

In any economy, photographers seek those clients who are willing and able to make orders large enough to allow a photographer to spending significant time applying her talent to each picture and still make a profit large enough to live on. In a down economy, many photographers are looking for additional clients regardless of whether their clients are in the optimal market segment.

To accomplish these objectives, photographers should be ready and able to take portraits in their client’s home, or anywhere else their client’s desire.

>>more

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10. June 2009 by Vin.

http://www.layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials

Great stuff here for those going beyond retouching photographs….

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9. June 2009 by Vin.

Open HD version: (sorry firefox users, doesn’t do HD if you aren’t on IE)

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5. June 2009 by Vin.

http://www.psd2html.com

This service takes your webpage design in a photoshop file and turns it into a fully functional and standards compliant CSS, xhtml or other.   I am pretty good with photoshop and basic html, but when it comes to CSS I’m out of my league.   This looks like a great solution.

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3. June 2009 by Vin.

http://www.shootsmarter.com

Found this site and thought I’d share; great stuff, free too!

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2. June 2009 by Vin.

http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/shooting_tips/

Introduction
Planning Your Shoot
Roll Blank Tape Before You Shoot
Check Your Audio
Shoot Selectively
Shut Up When You Shoot
Hold Your Shots
Excessive Panning and Zooming
Shoot in Sequences
Framing and Composing Your Shots
Headroom and Noseroom
Depth of Field
Change Angles and Perspectives
Get People in Your Scenes
Tripods for Steady Shots
Anticipate Action
Interviews
Sit-Down Interviews
Microphones
Avoid High Contrast in Lighting Situations
Manual Exposure
Get All the Shots You Need
Labeling Your Tapes

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1. June 2009 by Vin.

Fantastically, the 5d Mark II does not allow you to control iso, aperture, speed during HD video shooting.  Now this firmware update gives you this!

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