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    The Kacey Beauty Dish – Enhancing beauty

    As I began my adventure in the world of portrait photography, I have been acquainted with various strobes and modifiers. But the one that has fascinated me most is the beauty dish (or beauty reflector). Basically, a beauty dish is a round reflector shaped like...

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    Glamour Portrait Photography

    Anyone following my Zenfolio website at jocabphoto.com has probably noticed the several new galleries of very attractive female models. This recent addition to my ‘portfolio’ of sorts has been prompted by my desire to start shooting portrait photography. Portrait photography is actually fairly broad, but...

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    Digital Photo Archiving

    Digital photography enthusiasts who are very avid and active in their hobby tend to amass lots of digital photos. Simple photography enthusiasts can easily shoot 5K photos a year. It’s not unheard of to see photographers who snap the shutters 10,000 times or more. With...

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    Sexy Glass: Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II USM

    Back in January, Canon announced their 70-200 f/2.8L IS II, an update to their existing 70-200 f/2.8L IS (“MK I”). The specifications and claims looked impressive and I knew I had to get one. I already owned the 70-200 f/4L (non-IS) which I had purchased...

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    Strobist Noob

    I finally shelled out for the PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 wireless radio triggers for my Canon flash unit. I wanted to start playing around with off-camera strobe(s). The PocketWizard units aren’t cheap at ~$200 a piece for the MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 (or ~$160 for the...

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