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Link Roundup: Digital Photography Resources Edition
Last week I made you smile, this week I’m going to share some useful resources. These links are all good reference materials for a number of different aspects of photography. Here’s the weeks catch:
- Top 5 Books for Photographers - Joe Szymanski of Mostly Photography puts together a solid list of five must-read books for photographers. Fair warning, they’re popular. I was only able to get the Ansel Adams book from the library without having to wait for it.
- Are Hotlights Good Enough? - Christopher Scholl of Photographer’s Journey answers my hotlight-related prayers. I’ve been wondering how good constant light sources can be for photography and what kind of advantages they offer over strobes. There’s some useful stuff here; I’ve filed it in my reference section for when I have a lighting budget.
- Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database - A comprehensive list of digital cameras and user-reported statistics on their shutter life. It’s a great resource for when you’re thinking of getting a new camera and want to know how long it’s likely to last.
- DSLR Sensor Cleaning Demo - I expect to watch this video approximately fifty times in the next seven days. I need to clean my sensor, badly. I haven’t actually done it yet because I’m way too nervous over it. I’ll get to it sometime this coming weekend, hopefully. Wish me luck!
- Inside Lightroom - These guys have a massive stack of Lightroom develop presets. I’ve been browsing through their options and I’m thinking about integrating a few into my workflow. I prefer to do my editing without presets, but it can get pretty time consuming.
Now if you’ll excuse, the fact that I’ve set myself a deadline for sensor cleaning is making me freak out. I need 50cc’s of a paper bag, stat…
Brian Auer Said,
June 27, 2007 @ 7:01 am
Don’t be such a weenie! Just kidding — it’s very intimidating at first. Once you do it a couple of times, it’ll be no sweat. Of course, it might take you 2 or 3 tries to get it clean the first time… but hey, it’s only $10 or $15 worth of sensor swabs! Don’t worry too much about it, just remember that it’s only another piece of glass that you’re cleaning. Oh, and definitely make sure you don’t forget to blast it with air first — otherwise you’ll just push the dirt around and make a small pile of debris.
Andrew Ferguson Said,
June 27, 2007 @ 9:56 am
I know, I’m totally being a pussy about it. It’s scary though! It’s like performing surgery on my camera and I’m totally not a doctor.
Brian Auer Said,
June 27, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
Nah, it’s more like wiping your own butt — a little scary at first, but once you get the hang of it you’ll never let anybody else do it for you again. Sorry for the bathroom humor, I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old at home. It can’t be helped sometimes.