From the monthly archives: January 2012

Fun with COB’ing Backgrounds

On January 24, 2012 By

Showing how it’s possible to do realistic looking green screen photography. Granted, the original was not shot against a green screen, but the basic concept of cutting out the background and overlaying the subject onto a new background remains. The first two pics are of the helmet cut out and the background prior to having [...]

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My wish list, January 2012

On January 23, 2012 By

With some recent acquisitions—the Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR 1 and a 32″x40″ Softbox among them—I was thinking about some future items on my list when I decided to write them down. It’s really rather shocking that there are so few items, but what’s even more shocking is the grand total: less than $2500 at the [...]

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That’s more like it…Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 VR 1D

On January 5, 2012 By

Ah yes. So I finally came full circle so to speak, manned up, and after selling the unsatisfactory 80-200 2.8, I got my hands on a used Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR 1 for a great price. I had rented the lens before, and some of those pics appear in the gallery below, along with some [...]

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