Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words?

After watching the Will Ferrell short, embedded in this months issue of Wired magazine for the iPad, it gave me pause. Photographs have been used as an advertising vehicle in magazines, newspapers and many other print media. In the hands of a skilled photographer, concepts can be delivered in a concise format. The question, however, is always: did the the viewer “get it”?
Wired magazine and may other publications are experimenting with the iPad as a way to transmit media through the moving picture. In this short we are presented with the dilemma of weather or not a picture could tell the story as accurately as the video. You be the judge.

Filed under: Apple, iPad, Photography, Tablet, TV

Canon 7D Flash Tip – Extending Your Range

For all you lucky Canon 7D owners, I’m sure you’ve realized your ability to manually control of-camera flash settings from the cameras menu. There may, however, be certain situations where the flash is too distant to be triggered. The maximum range indoors is 32ft and a reduced 23ft for outdoor shooting. I have incorporated the PocketWizard Plus II Transceiver system as a backup. This gives may an improved distance of 1600ft

Each flash must have a transceiver connected along with one mounted on the camera.  Once you mount the transceiver on the camera you loose the ability to change the manual settings. So, what is the point of this article?

One of the problems you face is the issue of changing settings manually on all the flashes (some may be, physically, hard to reach). By removing the transceiver from the camera and popping up the flash you can move closer and remotely set each flash  group. Now you are ready to re-attach the transceiver, move back and start firing.

This should make those manual flash adjustments easier. If only Canon teamed with PocketWizard and embedded the transceiver in the camera then we would be on to something.

Filed under: Photography, Canon, Canon 7D, Flash, Plus II Transceiver, PocketWizard, Remote