The Best of ishootshows.com 2010
Education and sharing what I know has always been a big part of www.ishootshows.com. As we head into 2011, here are some of the articles and pieces I enjoyed sharing with you all this past year.
Tutorial: 6 Steps For Sharpening In Lightroom
Although all images are going to have slightly different sharpening needs, a regular workflow for sharpening will help you optimize your images consistently. Now that we’ve covered all the mechanics of sharpening, let’s put this all together with six simple steps for sharpening in Adobe Lightroom.
Understanding Sharpening With Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom 3 features a wealth of editing tools for the digital photographer, and for anyone concerned about optimizing their images output, understanding the sharpening options is one of the keys to making images sing.
DIY Speedlight Grid: Video Tutorial
After my first DIY photo project, I decided to tackle something easy. Here’s the video tutorial for my DIY speedlight grid, which uses black straws, a beer koozie, and a few other common materials for a simple and effective light modifier.
Concert Photography: Timing
Despite the often demanding time constraints of concert photography, sometimes it pays to slow down and observe before going in with shutter blazing. With shooting gigs, like so many things, timing is everything.
AF Technique, Settings for Concert Photography
Single servo, or continuous AF? A look at choosing the right AF modes and camera settings for concert photography.
Concert Photography Etiquette
Between crowd surfers, security, and other photogs all jockeying for space, the photo pit may seem like a rough and rumble world. But beneath the chaos of the rock show, there are some loose rules that can keep everything running smoothly. If you’re new to the concert photography scene, welcome to the jungle. Here are [...]
Concert Photography How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 2
In part one of this series, I covered my basic four-step approach to determining exposure that might otherwise prove difficult if one were to rely on the in-camera meter. In this second installment, I’ll cover a few other techniques I use in addition to that feedback loop method.
Concert Photography How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 1
Between the dim, monochrome washes of basement dives and the explosive lighting of arena shows, achieving the correct exposure for concert photography can be one of the biggest challenges for beginning and experienced shooters alike. Here’s a basic four-step breakdown for how I set exposure shooting gigs.
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