Tutorials – The Fotobug

Macro techniques!

Jim — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:28:21 +0000

Fred and I teach the same techniques – but don’t use a medium format digital! These techniques work for all digital cameras and we suggest you look into the Rogue Flash bender for providing nice soft light for macro!

Remove stuck filter with Band Saw

Jim — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 16:51:40 +0000

Have you ever had a filter get stuck onto a lens and were unable to remove it? Well, here’s one technique that just might do the trick!

Be careful and no, we haven’t tried this ourselves – but this is from Adam Savage – the Mythbuster!

DON’T forget to wear safety glasses if you try this!!!

Sharpen an Image using a Denoise operator!

Jim — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 00:28:28 +0000

Topaz labs presents a technique discovered by a 17 year old photographer for sharpening an image without increasing the noise level! This really works and it worth watching.

Vortex Startrails

Jim — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:07:38 +0000

Photographer/videomaker Mathew Vandeputte has come up with a very interesting technique to create a vortex star trail as described in this video. The technique requires Lightroom, Photoshop, After Effects and Starstax – but if you are a full Creative Cloud subscriber, you will have access to all of these except for Starstax. Starstax can be downloaded for free here – http://www.markus-enzweiler.de/software/software.html

For more information on Mathew’s technique, check his website page at http://tjoez.zenfolio.com/blog/2014/7/how-to-create-vortex-startrails

The 5 Golden Rules of Editing Landscape Photos

Jim — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:58:00 +0000

Join Matt Kloskowski and learn all about his photography workflow with Lightroom® and the Perfect Photo Suite!

In this webcast, Matt dives in to the 5 golden rules and techniques of editing landscape photos. You’ll learn a set of easy and repeatable techniques to help you show off all those beautiful places you captured, so the world can enjoy them just like you did. Matt is one of the Photoshop Guys for Kelby One.

Lightroom Automation Techniques

Jim — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 02:31:34 +0000

Adobe Creative Live with Jared Platt. Follow this terrific tutorial and you will not only come away with a better understanding of Adobe Lightroom, you will be able to improve your efficiency when using the program!

Keep Your Gear Ready!

Jim — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:21:59 +0000

Great advice from Canon regardless of what brand you use. Keep your gear clean and ready to shoot!

Bulb Ramping Tutorial

Jim — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:09:38 +0000

Excellent Bulp Ramping Tutorial from Joel Schat on Bramping (bulb ramping). Bramping is a time lapse method of using an external hardware/software device to gradually alter the bulb setting on your camera for capturing the variable lighting condition for sunrises and sunsets. This is often referred to as the “holy grail” of time lapse.

Mentioned in the video are LRTimelapse from our friend, Gunther Wegner (www.lrtimelapse.com) and the Promote controller from www.promotesystems.com. Note that the Little Bramper mentioned in the video is no longer available.

Trey Ratcliff HDR Tutorial

Jim — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:12:28 +0000

The Fotobug was fortunate to have an interview with Trey Ratcliff on our very first podcast! Trey Ratcliff is the king of HDR and this tutorial he created was taped in Iceland.

Full Tutorial is at http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tut… – This is a recent series of shots taken while in Iceland and in the midst of a slight bird attack.

If you have any questions on HDR photography or processing, don’t hesitate to contact us and be sure to check out Trey’s website!

5D MKIII Multiple Exposure – Sara K Byrne

Jim — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:27:00 +0000

Sara K Byrne is a wedding photographer who has come up with a fantastic video tutorial on creative use of the new multiple exposure feature on the Canon 5D MKIII.

Double exposure is a technique that originated with film photography where you would expose the same frame of film twice (or more). Film can only be exposed to light so much before it will stop recording information. So the part of the film that was darker after first exposure will be most receptive to the light from the second click. It’s typically good to underexpose both photos, because you are exposing the “film” or “sensor” to light twice.

Be sure to check Sara’s blog and website at http://www.sarakbyrne.com for more information on this and other techniques and to check out her fantastic wedding captures.