LIVE CHAT SUNDAY NIGHT 6PM – Let’s meet at the DPN forums chatroom for
an end-of-the-weekend chat… to talk about our weddings, our week,
whatever… come join us! 6pm Pacific Time… http://digitalphotographers.infopop.cc/eve/chime
MACINTOSH users on 10.3 – You will be best off getting FIREFOX (awesome, fast web browser)… you can download it free at http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
IF
YOU WANT TO REPAIR YOUR INFRARED CAMERA – keep in mind that factory
service centers typically have a policy of fixing the camera to
spec. Therefore, if you have your camera modified for digital
infrared capture (which is becoming a popular use for obsolete cameras)
they will probably fix that too! When I sent my coolpix 990 in
for service, they said the camera was REALLY messed up – that it was
taking strange photos because somebody replaced the glass in front of
the sensor… (FYI the reason the glass was replaced was because the new glass lets IR wavelength pass through). I
told them that it cost about $350 to get that mod done, and they were
nice enough to put it back into the shop and put the filter back
in. But they did reiterate to me that cameras sent in to the shop
will be fully repaired – not partially repaired, and that means they
are going to make the camera perform to factory specs. Boy was I
shocked when the 990 shot in color! Nikon said they don’t see too
many cameras modified like this – but they did hear about IR
conversion. 
DIGITALPHOTOGRAPHERS.NET PASSES THE 5,000 MEMBER MARK! YAY! I started
the forums at DPN a year and a half ago because I was being asked the
same questions repeatedly about camera settings, photoshop techniques,
etc… so I figured, why not put them on a searchable database? From
the onset, I made 
the terms of service strict – your post had to
request or provide information – and you couldn’t slam other people.
I’ve seen forums in the past implode because of a community that grew
nasty. I’m proud to say that we’ve assembled a large community of
caring people. Characteristically, so many more people browse the
forums than register and my stats say they’re here to read the vast
library which is a good thing. The number of page views is quite
something: I’ve also pulled down the listing view of online
members – because now our typical number of people online is double
this, all you would see was the members online. Here’s an example:
I had no idea this would happen… DPN never intended to become the
portal it has become today, but thanks to such a great community of
really cool people who help others get going in digital photography….
I feel like it is the best for these reasons. THANK YOU so much. Come join our digital community! click here!
There’s a lot of discussion about RAW giving you a lot more room than
JPG for exposure latitude. This is true – you can rescue about one stop
more of overexposure, which is a lot (double) but, you would be amazed
how much you can pull out of an image that was shot overexposed, IN
JPG, because honestly – there is still a good amount of information in
the highlights as long as you don’t go over the top. And often, though
you may think an area is completely blown out, there is still a lot of
information to rescue.
For example, here’s an image taken by
Kristen Alexander that was accidentally shot about two stops too hot.
Next to that is the image I was able to pull out of it using just a few
steps:
To see the step-by-step techniques used in this case, click here!!!
HI CAN I ASK A FAVOR?
Google allows you to advertise by keyword phrase… in this
situation a photographer has paid for a ‘sponsored link’ to pop up when
you do a search for “Gary Fong”. So this thing pops up on the
right every time someone searches for me, I guess he’s trying to find
wedding clients trading on my name and reputation. Cute! So
anyway, herein lies the rub. Everytime someone clicks on it, it
costs anywhere between a quarter and two bucks – something like
that. So can y’all click on it? Considering this page gets
over 10,000 unique page viewers PER DAY let’s ring up some BLING!
Google lets you limit it anyway, but you know I just don’t know that I
like someone using my name to advertise. So help me drain the
bank. THANKS! Here’s how to get involved! Do a search
on Google for “gary fong”. Then click on the “sponsored
link” on the right… and cha-ching! someone gets dinged a
quarter (or more)! (or just click here)
TEN DIFFERENT DIGITAL CAMERAS
COMPARED SIDE BY SIDE!
This must be some new world’s record! But I had my six top
digicams, and the students all brought theirs, so we had pretty
much all of the cameras spoken for… Canon’s 10D, EOS1D MARK
II, EOS1DS, FUJI S2/S20, NIKON D1X, D2H, D70 AND D100 and the
PENTAX IST-D. click here to see the review!
DIGITAL INTENSIVE DALLAS REPORT
Hi from Dallas! Here’s our really inquisitive group of high
energy people! I have NEVER seen so many Nikon D100 owners in a
single group! There must be one heck of a Nikon salesperson in
this town.
TESTIMONIALS!
“I feel like Gary just handed me the keys to a new car!”
-Stacy Templeton, Houston TX
“Very Clear – immediately useful – very comfortable learning environment”
- John Greene, Amarillo TX
“Thank you for demistyfing all of the myths we’ve come to accept as the “truth”. Knowing the science behind color management will change the way I ‘touch’ my images.
– Heather Williams, Dallas TX
“I truly appreciated Gary’s approach and I definitely feel more comfortable shooting digital now. Although I still love film, it will be a lot of fun exploring the great creativity that digital provides. Thanks for everything and for your commitment in enlightening us!”
-Alisa Marrow, Auston TX
“Thanks for the CORRECT information”
- Eric Frank, Greenwell Springs, LA
“Gary demystified so much of the digital world for me from capture to output. I will save hours and hours just from what I learned in a few minutes!
-Kathleen Cain, Sherman TX
“I am going home full of ideas and I am extremely excited to get started. Having completed the seminar, I have a much better understanding of how digital works and more confidence in my ability to produce great photos… thanks! It was fun!
-Ashlie Leatherwood, Addison TX
“I was extremely disappointed with digital, but after your class I have a lot more confidence and am ready to take the leap. After attending several seminars from “well established” photographers, this is the first time I feel like I have the correct information. Thanks!
– Evelyn Adams, N. Richland Hill, TX
“Nothing short of a revelation. This is not information you will find anywhere else..”
– Lynnly Labovitz, San Francisco CA
“Gary’s ability to convey his incredible technical knowledge is amazing and goes a long way in helping me to be a better photographer understanding digital from the pixel level. His innovative software is incredible and ingenious in the way it pleases the mind and the eyes…
–Aaron Watson, Charlotteville VA
“Gary is the only person who has ever explained histograms so they make sense! Now I can imrpove my images without the ‘combs’ in the histogram.
–Carolyn Marie, San Diego CA
Today we went out to do digital infrared, and the result was
awesome! This is an image done with the Fuji S2 with the wrattan
gel filter, ISO1600, 1/60sec at f2.8:
We a good amount of work on nailing down flash with digital. I
did a lot with my Canon EOS1D Mark II – showing how if you shoot in
Manual Mode indoors with an omnidiffuser extended, you can mix in
ambient light in jut the right way, while still controlling the
aperture. This next shot was done at f1.8, ISO 800 inside the
Hyatt Hotel in what was some pretty darned awful lighting.. in fact, we
put these two right under a spot of hot tungsten…
Then we went into how to shoot in typical “cocktail hour” situations…
this was shot at ISO800, M mode with a Canon EOS1D Mark II, 550EX flash
on ETTL… 1/60sec at f2.8 with a 50mm f1.4 lens:
We also went into rear-curtain sync. This is a technique where
the camera mixes ambient light in Program mode – mixing just enough
ambient and a long exposure automatically – to create a drag behind the
subject. Great for wedding photography (grand entrances,
first dance, etc)…
It’s here! My exhaustive print-tests and setting
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I shot the S20 at a wedding! Really! And then compared
THREE WAY TEST BETWEEN THE FUJI S2/ FUJI S20 /
SEE MY DAILY PHOTOS! – Having a pro-quality P&S makes it hard not
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OF PHYSICS.. running a current across the sensor increases static
electricity. This attracts dust- so it would make sense to turn
off the camera while changing lenses to reduce dust-on-sensor
problems…. click
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