Speed Links for 03-06-2009

It has been quite a long time since the last speed links segment. I tried to have a bit of everything on this one. Ranging from keno-flo lights to the lighting “geeks” through some ode to film shops to Lighting and portrait techniques.

D3A – the contest we’re having for the 3rd DIYP Anniversary is still running till the end of this month.

• DIY Florescent Keno-Flo Lights
  The f-Stops Here
  Keno-flo is a light heavily used in the film industry. It provides continuous cool light that does not produce a lot of heat. David creates a poor man’s version of those lights. David Rocks
• A Bit More About Ritz
  The Online Photographer
  An interesting line of thought about how digital image era make it bad for printing stores, even if more people print
• PocketWizard FlexTT5 and MiniTT1: Full Review
  strobist
  The good men over at Pocketwizard released a new TTL enabled flash triggers. K, this is not hot news anymore. However, you must give it to David for posting a full review just 3 seconds after the official announcement by pocketwizard.
• 70 basketball portraits in two days
  Tutorial: Photoshop for 70 basketball portraits in two days
  Dustin Snipes
  Dustin shares how he made 70 individual magnificent portraits in 2 days, and the processing technique he used for taking them
• Film Is Dead. No Really!
  JMG Galleries
  Is film dead? Without the support of processing shops films does not stand a chance. This brings some great memories and a sad notion
• One-Light Portraits: Introduction
  snapify
  Ever tried to take a self portrait? A hard task. How about taking ten? And how about changing the rules so only one light is allowed? Paul Duncan does an amazing job at making 10 completly different portraits with just one light
• Your Complete Guide to Photo Backups
  Epic Edits
  This is a great and long awaited photo backup tutorial from Brian. It covers Hard Drives, DVDs, strategy Software and more. And the best thing, It is a book you can download
• Creating an Ambient Look with Speedlights on Location: Tech Sheet
  Lighting Essentials
  Working with both ambient and flash lighting can provide great results. Don shares a tech cheat sheet which explains this technique and provides examples
• VIDEO : Herlinde’s First Shoot
  Squeeze The Lime
  Bert Stephani shares a model’s first photography session. It is just nice to see how making pictures comes so naturally and efortlessly both for Bert and Herlinde.

• DTownTV
  D-town TV
  Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski just started a new show which is packed with camera tips and goodies. As always Scott is focused on Nikon

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Related Links:
– Speed Links for 1-21-2009
– Speed Links for 12-27-2008
– Speed Links for 11-21-2008
– Speed Links for 10-23-2008
– Speed Links for 09-21-2008