THIS WEEK IN PHOTOGRAPHY 2009-10-15
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THIS WEEKS WORKSHOPS at CAMERAS BROOKWOOD

"Melissa's Photo Restoration Class", This course will include how to retouch old photographs using Adobe PhotoShop (r) CS2/CS4. Learn how to repair tears and scratches, and how to adjust and repair the color of an image.
"Nikon D300s DSLR Cameras" Learn the features of the new Nikon D300s camera.
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NEW GIFT ITEM ONLINE

Need a Gift suggestion? How about a CAMERAS BROOKWOOD "Celebration Coffee Cup"? Send us a jpg with a 3x8 inch (at 300 dpi) canvas area; we will transfer this to a dishwasher safe ceramic coffee cup. Use Vaction Pictures, add titles and captions. Maybe a Birthday Party, maybe Wedding pictures. Anything that fits into the 3x8 area. Log onto cbPhotoLab.com, select the Gifting Button., and follow the onscreen instructions.

SPECIAL cbPhotoLab OFFER #1
Too complicated? Send me an email with the jpgs and caption info before next Thursday, I will lay it out for you for free. Send to dennis@camerasbrookwood.com

SPECIAL cbPhotoLab OFFER #2
Order four identical Celebration Coffee Cups, pay for only two cups- $30 total for all four cups. Reference #NL1015. Order through http://www.cbPhotoLab.com
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LIGHTING by Steve Higginbotham
As photographers we all need light to take a photograph. We often get by with available light but there comes a time when there’s just not enough light and we must resort to some artificial light source. Here is an overview of lighting options.

The first two options provide very portable light.

Built In Flash
Most DSLRs and all point and shoot cameras have a flash unit built into the camera. These flashes are good for shooting snapshots and providing fill-flash in outdoor situations. They are low power and have a short range, less than 15 feet.

Shoe Mount Flash
These flash units are mounted on the hot shoe of DSLRs. These units provide many options not available in the built in flash. Features vary by manufacturer but most share some features including TTL flash metering. This means the flash is gathering exposure data Through The Lens just as the camera meter collects data. This enables the camera/flash combo to produce better exposure. With an off camera cable you can position the flash off camera to provide more creative lighting or to reduce red-eye. Shoe mount flashes are much more powerful than built-in units and a far greater range. Depending on ISO selected some units can provide illumination beyond 50 feet.

Now we are getting into lights that are set up in a fixed location for specific uses, such as portraiture and small product photography

Hot Lights
Hot lights provide continuous illumination. They are called HOT LIGHTS, because the unit is always illuminating the subject, or "hot". Whereas strobes are only hot for an instant. Hot lights are also hot in terms of heat given off.. Photofloods and especially quartz halogen lamps give off substantial heat and caution must be used when handling and positioning them. Hot lights are good for static subjects. Hot lights are pretty much, “What You See Is What You Get”. You see the highlights and the shadows and take the photo. The downside is hot lights are not bright enough to freeze action and you need long exposures to increase depth of field. Hot lights have a warmer color temperature than daylight or strobes and may produce an orange or yellow cast when shooting in auto white balance. When using hot lights set your white balance to tungsten or the color temperature of the bulb.

A variation of "Hot" lights are "Cold" lights. Powerful daylight balanced flourescent tubes are used in the reflector housing rather than photo floods or halogen lamps. This eliminates the heat problem and allows the lights to be combined with natural lighting.

Studio Strobes
Strobes are used by most professionals because they provide enough light to provide necessary depth of field and the flash duration is fast enough to freeze action. Also, flash is the same color temperature as daylight, making it easier to mix strobe and sunlight. Studio strobes fall into two categories: Power Pack Units and Monolights. Both systems work similarly but they have different applications.

Power Packs, Monolights and even shoe mount and built in flashes all produce their illumination the same way, a lower voltage electric current is fed into one or a series of capacitors that store the energy and when you press the shutter button all that stored power which has also been increased by the flash circuits, is release into the flash tube, a glass tube filled with Xenon gas, and the gas is excited and produces brilliant and very short duration burst of light.

Power pack sets consist of the power pack, the flash heads, stands and accessories. With a power pack each flash head must be connected to the power pack by a power cord attached to the head. Most power packs allow you to connect up to 4 heads. With power pack units when you connect more than one head you are decreasing the power delivered to the head by the number of heads you are using. Let’s say you have a 600 watt second power pack, with one head connected you get a lot of light from that head. If you connect three heads you divide the output by three and get 200 watt seconds from each head. But, still a lot of light. This system is generally used in a large studio environment.

Monolights have all their electronics built in to each unit. They do not share power. This makes them easier to move around as you do not have all the cables on the floor as you do with power packs. Just plug it into a wall socket and you’re ready to shoot. Monolights are portable and can be set up in a smaller studio, home environment, or on location.

Whatever lighting needs you have we will help you with your selection.
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OUR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT POLICY - DON'T DO IT!
Was someone PAID to take the original image? If so, THEY own the copyright; no matter if they gave proofs, no matter if photos that were purchased were scanned, no matter if they were downloaded from the web.

Who owns the copyright to an image? The person who took the photograph. If it was family or friend then you probably have permission to reprint the picture. If the picture is more than 20 years old then we probably won't check .

Can a copyrighted image be printed? Sure. Get the photographers permission; either on their letterhead or we can call them to get permission.

To scan and print a photographer's proofs is immoral, unethical, and illegal. Our full policy can be found at http://www.camerasbrookwood.com/FAQPage/FAQ_CopyrightInfringement.pdf
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ILFORD "Image On A Box" PHOTO CONTEST
Submit an image to Harman Technology taken with Ilford Delta 400 Professionasl film and printed om any Ilford Black and White photographic paper on or before June 30th, 2010. The winning image will be printed on boxes of Ilford photo paper. The winner will receive a mounted Silver GelatinFine Art Print of the image plus $1000 in Ilford product. Second place receives $500 in product. Third place receives $250 in product. Complete details and entry form at http://www.camerasbrookwood.com/BrochurePage/Flyer_IlfordPhotoContest.pdf
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PHOTO EXHIBITIONS

"No Additives or Preservatives", photography by Jason Wallis whose images focus on life's little indulgences, the pleasures they provide, and their dangerous effects. The exhibit is at 2nd Row Studio, 2825 2nd Ave S through October 24th. http://www.roamprojects.com.

"Aquatic Dreams" at Daniel Day gallery contains photography by Dana Smithburg through October 31st. http://dreammeccastudio.com

Continuing ....
... "Images Constructed" at the Jennifer Hunt Gallery, Cahaba Village Plaza. Conceptual photographs by four regional photographers through November 14th. http://www.JenniferHuntGallery.com
... "Visions of China: World War II and the Burma Road" in the Bloch Hall Art Gallery at the University of Montevallo through October 23rd. http://montevallo.edu/art
... "Photoscapes", an exhibit of nature photographs by Sarah Johnston at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Art Gallery through October 31st. http://www.bbgardens.org
... "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Gallery" at the Birmingham Museum of Art through January 10th.
... "Positive Energy" featuring photographs of the Mississippi Delta by Marygray Hunter at the Litebox Gallery through October 24th.
... photography by Lee Gravlee at Little Savannah on Clairmont through October 24th. http://www.littlesavannah.com
...Troy: "The Nature Of Being Southern" is an exhibition featuring 41 past winners of Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowships including many Birmingham photographers through November 8th at the Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Complex. http://www.tpcac.org
... New Orleans: "The Art of Caring" by world famous photographers through October 11th, New Orleans Museum of Art. http://www.noma.org
... Atlanta: "Black Line of Woods", by Minneapolis photographer Alec Soth at the High Museum through January 3rd. http://www.high.org
... Atlanta: October is "Atlanta Celebrates Photography" month with numerous lectures and exhibitions throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area. http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings.viewall/byacp
... Nashville: "Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris" by world famous photographers on display through January 23rd, 2010 at the Frist Center in Nashville. http:/ www.fristcenter.org.
... Columbus: "Now and Then: Snapshots of the South",historic photos by A.S. Williams and contemporary images by Jerry Siegle. At the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia through January 31. http://www.columbusmuseum.com
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REBATE
Buy any Manfrotto Carbon Fiber tripod through January 31st and get a $50 rebate from Bogen. Complete details and form at http://www.camerasbrookwood.com/BrochurePage/FLYER_ManfrottoRebate.pdf .
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FOR SALE BY OWNER

Note: a link has been added to the camerasbrookwood.com home page to link directly to the used equipment list. You are invited to list your equipment so that we will have a larger selection of equipment listed.Used equipment to sell? reply to any newsletter with the sale information. It will run once in the Newsletter and stay in our listing for 30 days. The complete listing is at http://www.camerasbrookwood.com/EmailPage/Newsletter_UsedEquipment.html
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NEWSLETTER SPECIALS
Westcott one 150 watt-second studio strobe kit: $360, newsletter special $249. One only, rainchecks given.

RPS Studio three light 1500 watt hot light kit: $199, newsletter special $169. Bulbs not included, one only.

RPS Studio two light 1000 watt hot light kit: $149, newsletter special $99. Bulbs not included, one only.

Repair estimates are always free- call us at 205 822-2106
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LAUGH with Ron Bowen
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
- "You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming." -- Alan, age 10
- "No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before and you get to find out later who you're stuck with". -- Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
"Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then." -- Camille, age 10

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
"You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids." -- Derrick, age 8
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