Richard D. Cole Photography http://www.richardcole.com/blog All things photography related. Wed, 09 May 2012 23:09:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Value of Prints & Albums http://www.richardcole.com/blog/2012/05/09/the-value-of-prints-albums/ http://www.richardcole.com/blog/2012/05/09/the-value-of-prints-albums/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 23:09:09 +0000 Richard http://www.richardcole.com/blog/?p=61 Here is a great blog post by another photographer on the value of prints and albums over high resolution DVDs!

http://www.bmerryphotography.com/blog/2012/05/09/The-Shoot-to-DVD-Market-vs-Wedding-Albums-and-Prints.aspx

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One interesting note:  The Kindle edition is $1 and change MORE than the printed edition.  How does that make any sense?

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My adorable niece, Miriam, posing for me in the new Irvington NY portrait studio.

My niece, Miriam, posing for me in the new Irvington NY portrait studio.

 

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First I bought the backdrops and stand.  Here are a few shots I took of my wife, Alona, with the new backdrops and the Speedotron lights without soft boxes:

My wife, Alona, poses for me while I get used to the new lighting equipment.

My wife poses for me while I test out the new back drops and lighting equipment.

The new light boxes and backdrops.

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Self Portrait Richard D. Cole

In an attempt to streamline things I have created this “new” blog within my website, rather than using the old blog that was hosted on Blogger.  I didn’t have anything against Blogger, I am just too technically challenged to figure out how to incorporate the existing blog into my website.  Also, in the old blog I simply showcased photos and in this blog I hope to give more explanations of the equipment that I use and how I use it.  If you have any questions or comments, please email me.

 

About this photo:

This is a self portrait that I took using my Canon Xsi (this model is not made any more… newer model is Canon EOS Rebel T3i) with a Canon EF-S 18-200mm lens (1/60 5.6).  I used the Canon RC remote to fire the camera.  The backdrop is a portable system from Backdrop-Alley.  The strobes were the Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS set up with a main light with softbox, side fill light and a hair light with snoot.  I then edited the photo in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

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