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Go Play in the Rain

Try it.  You’ll like it! Shooting under an overcast sky is like using God’s softbox — all of the harsh shadows are tamed, and everything takes on an almost magical glow, as beautiful soft light descends on everything from the heavens. Despite the threat of rain, I took a relaxing walk at Descanso Gardens a [...]

Minimizing exposure variation

A recent discussion thread on the Strobist Flickr group did something that Internet discussions frequently do: it diverged rapidly from the original topic, and devolved into an argument over terminology. The argument centered on the made-up term “light depth of field”.  (For the record, I find this term silly; even worse, I find it misleading.  [...]