The photographer's nest

Another scam store: ktpshop Do not believe the prices shown in http://ktpshop.com. This shop is another one in the list of scam stores!

Lee filters I am pretty happy with the Lee filters and gels. I use two types of them.

1. The Lee filter holder system, together with neutral density filters. I do have a foundation kit with a 77m adapter ring and the 0.3 and 0.6 GND (graduated neutral density) filters. They work pretty nice!

2. Flash gels. I use them to modify/match the color temperature of the flashes. This is the basic list of gels one should have:

CTO - Full Colour Temperature Orange	Lee 204
½ CTO - Half Colour Temperature Orange	Lee 205
¼ CTO - Quarter Colour Temperature Orange	Lee 206
CTB - Full Colour Temperature Blue	Lee 201
½ CTB - Half Colour Temperature Blue	Lee 202
¼ CTB - Quarter Colour Temperature Blue	Lee 203
Plus Green (aka Window Green)	Lee 244
½ Plus Green	Lee 245
¼ Plus Green	Lee 246
.3 ND - 1 stop neutral density	Lee 209

It is possible to order a very nice set from Flash Gels (UK).

Portable flashes

Sometimes it is very convenient to carry our flashes out of the studio and shoot outdoors. The problem is that such devices are not very very cheap. Here is a list of portable flashes devices that I have been able to find around and that are sold at affordable prices.

Lencarta Safari 600. A review can be found here.
Godox EX series. You can find it on ebay in other stores. Linkdelight, Adplo, eBay search for "ex400", eBay search for "ex600".
Jinbei RD-400, RD-600 and RD-1200. Can be purchased here.
Quantum R+ Dual Power 600. Can be bought here.

An interesting comparison can be found here. If the original spreadsheet is no longer available, I will keep my personal copy here. There is also valuable info provided by the flickr strobist community. You can follow the discussion on flickr about these and some other devices.
Last, but not least, you can read an exhaustive article at Photo.net (thanks to my friend Gabriel for showing me the link).

www.gotoozoo.com, just another scam store Another scam shop that you should try to avoid

http://www.gotoozoo.com

Don't buy there or you will loose your money!

In Spanish:

Ni se os ocurra comprar en http://www.gotoozoo.com. ¡Es una estafa anunciada en google!

Photography, architecture and computer graphics.

Watch this video first...

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

And then this other one...

Compositing Breakdown (T&S) from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Kelby training especial offer

Scott Kelby is one of the Photoshop Gurus (if not THE Photoshop Guru) and does also offer an excellent on-line training service. Well, he has anounced in his blog that a whole year of access to Kelby Training costs 149$ instead of 199$. Taking into account the high value of the euro, I am thinking seriously to pay the fee and subscribe.

Just to let you know...

How to hang prints Scott Kelby credited a great idea about how to hang unframed and unmounted photos. Ikea has a rail system + clips that do the job.

This is a photo of the rail.

This is a photo of the clip set...

Girl in yellow

Streetportrait in yellow, originally uploaded by manganite.

Vision mongers

My freshly printed copy of Vision Mongers, by David duChemin just arrived. I started to read it and must say that it is a pure joy to travel through its pages...