The Colorblind Photographer » Random Thoughts

Enjoying the moment

colorblinded — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:52:31 +0000

As I sat back with my group of friends on the grass at Niagara Falls watching the fireworks last night, I was glad I had left the camera & tripod in the trunk. Before beginning the trip for the day I had thought how it would be a neat location to shoot fireworks and get the crowd in the foreground. When I was standing behind my car faced with the decision of whether to drag the equipment with me on the long walk to where we finally sat down, I decided against it. It was a hot day, it had been a long day and it got even more humid the closer we got to the mist from the falls. [...]

Continue reading Enjoying the moment

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, July 5, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

Home-made focus light for shooting in the dark

colorblinded — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:27:22 +0000

Shooting in dark abandoned buildings or at night can pose some problems. My 1D Mark II lacks a focus assist light and while my Rebel XTi has one, it’s a terribly annoying seizure causing strobe. Sometimes I might have a flash on the shoe and can use its assist beam but that isn’t always practical and it doesn’t help me to see what I’m shooting if the light levels are really low. [...]

Continue reading Home-made focus light for shooting in the dark

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, June 17, 2010. | Permalink | 0 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

Initial findings on Photoshop CS5

colorblinded — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:36:49 +0000

I’ve been using Photoshop CS5 since it first became available and I’ll sum it up briefly: it’s a welcome change from CS3 and I’m glad I skipped CS4 and waited it out. So far it feels like a much more polished and well put together program than CS4 did, and it’s been running very nicely. The slightly less brief form follows… Really good things: The new interface is a lot more refined but certainly doesn’t feel foreign. [...]

Continue reading Initial findings on Photoshop CS5

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, June 14, 2010. | Permalink | 0 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

The Sigma 200-500 makes sense to me now

colorblinded — Sat, 01 May 2010 01:57:36 +0000

When this lens popped up everyone gasped and boggled at it. When I tried to use one, I got yelled at for trying to fix it (check the fifth image in the gallery and read the description). Maybe it’s for the best that it was broken. Source. [...]

Continue reading The Sigma 200-500 makes sense to me now

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, April 30, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

another use for a Petzl Zipka Plus

colorblinded — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:55:05 +0000

Having trouble seeing what you’re doing? Can’t get your camera to focus because it’s too dark? Well… apparently I should have tried this before because strapping the Zipka Plus I keep in my camera bag on to the prism housing of my camera proved to be the ideal focusing light! Since I was shooting with flash I just left it on the entire time and it saved me a ton of hassle. Obviously my Blackberry takes pictures of the utmost quality! [...]

Continue reading another use for a Petzl Zipka Plus

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, April 25, 2010. | Permalink | 1 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

I just use P for Professional mode

colorblinded — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:55:57 +0000

Once again, What the Duck is reading my mind. [...]

Continue reading I just use P for Professional mode

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, April 20, 2010. | Permalink | 0 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

Rethinking camera ergonomics

colorblinded — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:00:45 +0000

The modern camera does a lot to flatter its ancestors. From using the same lenses to being designed like traditional film cameras, we haven’t seen much departure from the tried and tested. In some cases that’s probably a pretty good thing, but in others it doesn’t hurt to look at what options the less restrictive digital camera’s innards allow. [...]

Continue reading Rethinking camera ergonomics

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, April 15, 2010. | Permalink | 0 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

The grass is always oranger. (Answering a search query)

colorblinded — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:56:02 +0000

Since beginning this site I’ve always found it interesting to see what search queries drive some of the visitors to this site. [...]

Continue reading The grass is always oranger. (Answering a search query)

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, April 6, 2010. | Permalink | 4 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

Upcoming Rochester Subway excursion shut down

colorblinded — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:13:51 +0000

A Rochester “Crime Prevention Officer” has put the kibosh on the subway walk that Rochester Subway had been planning. It’s a good thing too, because otherwise we would have had a careful, respectful and organized group of people touring the subway’s length while it was still possible. Now there will just be more small groups exploring it, being reckless and causing mayhem. That’s definitely better. [...]

Continue reading Upcoming Rochester Subway excursion shut down

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, March 17, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)

What the Duck seems to have noticed this about Facebook as well

colorblinded — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:40 +0000

For those of you who constantly update your Facebook’s status, are you even aware you are doing it? Side note: I really need to work on finding a new way to structure the Galleries page. Since I’ve been using NextGen for most of the photo content, I’ve just worked with what it provides but it’s far from ideal. [...]

Continue reading What the Duck seems to have noticed this about Facebook as well

© tcbp for The Colorblind Photographer, March 4, 2010. | Permalink | 0 comments
This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Support The Colorblind Photographer by purchasing through affiliate merchants: B&H Photo, Newegg.com, Kodak Gallery, Adobe and Amazon.
(These links are magically formulated so that the affiliates know The Colorblind Photographer sent you.)