http://blog.cameracard.ca DSLR camera tips Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:55:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nick Turpin street portraits for Menshealth I have decided to start at the beginning. I bought a Nikon flash for my camera. I was motivated to do so by several factors. The seasons are changing and the days are getting shorter and colder, taking more indoor photos and will ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/12/16/working-with-a-flash/ CameraCard.Ca is proud to announce the arrival of the new PhotoFast 533x Plus cards, in both 8GB and 16GB sizes, offering the highest speeds of reading and writing, ( 80MB/s read and 80MB/s write). With the fastest card readers a 16GB card can be downloaded in less than 4 minutes.  These ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/11/02/photofast-533x-plus-cf-cards-in-stock/ When we want to get a portrait to go from good to great, a bit of fill light can go a long way. Most of the time we think of a flash, be there are other options.   If you have never used a reflector, I will offer my tips here. I ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/10/20/using-a-reflector/ I recently had an outdoor photo shoot were had the option to have the subject in the sun or the shadows. The better result was in the shadows. I used spot metering set to the largest point. The shots taken in the shadows are dramatically better. In both cases I ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/10/20/gold-in-the-shadows/ I have realized that one of my favorite shots under natural lighting is against the light; this has a number of advantages including: The sun will outline the subject and act as a hair light The skin tones are much more even in the shade. The hazards are: There may be some softening or ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/10/20/into-the-light/ The two most common file types to shoot are, RAW (NEF on a Nikon) and JEPEG. RAW files are large (14MB or bigger depending on the camera, too big to fit in most Emails), but they have several advantages. They are clearer; I notice a difference in the hair and anything with ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/10/01/what-file-type-should-i-shoot-raw-vs-jepeg/ I am posting a link to a review of the new fast CF cards from PhotoFast , Transcend and SanDisk. While they are all good cards, I would like readers to keep in mind that the PhotoFast cards (sold here at our online store) are much less expensive, and competitively ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/09/21/review-of-new-photofast-transcend-and-sandisk-cards/ Having a fast CF card, is not enough to get the highest download speed, here is what you should know about CF card readers. 1. USB card readers are limited to about 42/GB/s or about half the speed of current cards (80-90GB/s), but faster than your camera. 2. If you want fast, ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/09/21/card-readers-getting-the-most-speed-out-of-you-fast-cf-cards/ A friend of mine was organizing a Drum Clinic with some world class drum teachers and asked if I could take some shots. Fast moving objects are a challenge for a photographer, and as I found out they do not get much faster than this. The photo was taken from Nikon D300 ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/09/11/photographing-one-of-the-fastest-drummers-in-the-world/ [caption id="attachment_148" align="alignleft" width="276" caption="Shooting against the sun "][/caption] As the days get colder, I look back on the best of the summer photos. This was taken with the camera almost at water level and using the pop up flash.  There are two strategies, I have found to work well for photographing ... http://blog.cameracard.ca/index.php/2009/09/11/summer-photos/