Digital Photography

Photo Study: Playing with multiple ambient light sources

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by Chris Foley on January 27, 2010

I was taking the dog for his evening walk and saw the moonlight shining on the front of my neighbor’s house. I ran and got my D90 and tripod. My porch light is visibly reflected on the right hand side, and in the downstairs window. The warm orange glow from my porch light is also [...]

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Shooting the Moon

by Chris Foley on January 1, 2010

One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced in my amateur photography adventure is shooting at night, while dealing with multiple light sources. My wife and I live atop a mountain, which is really cool in and of itself, but last night we watched the full moon rise over the mountain, and I seriously almost tripped [...]

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iPhoto: Multiple Computers and Multiple Libraries – The headache is over!

by Chris Foley on September 4, 2009

iPhoto Library Manager Pausha and I have a unique issue in our house regarding photos.  I’m the photographer, and she’s the designer.  She likes to have access to all of the shots I take, because they  often find their way into site and print designs that she does for clients.  In short, I have become [...]

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Canon Digital Rebel T1i vs. Nikon D5000

by Chris Foley on September 4, 2009

Here’s one I get pretty frequently: What dSLR should I buy, Canon’s Rebel T1i or the Nikon D5000.  Well this excellent post from Mac|Life’s Zack Stern covers the details very nicely. Here’s an excerpt: Coke versus Pepsi. Mac versus PC. Canon versus Nikon. Among these great rivalries, we can only pick out one clear winner. [...]

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Creating a super iPhoto Slideshow

by Chris Foley on July 13, 2009

With the release of iLife ’09, Apple has made creating an amazing slideshow from your digital photos easier than ever before. What used to take a couple of hours now takes less than 30 minutes, and I’m going to now walk you through how to make a 3-minute long slideshow of your own, in ten [...]

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Creating Multiple Libraries in iPhoto

by Chris Foley on February 25, 2009

iPhoto is a most excellent tool, and it’s actually quite amazing that Apple would offer this program free with all new Macs, or for only $79 as part of the iLife suite of creative applications. The new iPhoto 8 (part of iLife ’09) includes some wonderful new features, some of which I’ll be demonstrating later [...]

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