Notindoor photography magazine july 2016

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LANDSCAPEANDFINEARTPHOTOGRAPHYMAGAZINE

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+ Exclusive Interview with Jude Allen + Ring of Fire - Photography Trip to Indonesia + Portfolio - Joan Le Jan + People Make Places + How to Save Culture Through Photography + Why You Should Leave Los Angeles and much more!

NOTINDOOR | Issue #8 | 7.1.2016 | Los Angeles, CA

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Moshe Levis

July is here and with it a few international celebrations That happen on July 4th; The Independence Day and Richard Petty’s 200th NASCAR Winston cup race are just to name a couple.

This past few weeks we have been working very hard on bringing you amazing giveaways, contests, tips, tutorials and articles from all over the world and one of the ingredients that make such content possible is you. Keep up with sending us your amazing articles.

We are partnering up with a few remarkable photography Facebook groups to create a large network of professional and hobbyists photographers that can interact with each other and network worldwide. This will also get you extra inspiration and exclusive contest where you can win big and meaningful prizes. Some of these groups are probably known to you and you’re maybe part of them, if not, go ahead and join them:

Now, we want to welcome and introduce to you, some of our new local talent that will be writing interesting and helpful content for you.

Aisha Almada

Andre Karimloo

Grace McDermott

Luis D. Santana

Alex Yalung

Jamara Bernard

To sum it up, we have amazing plans and content for you this month, and don’t forget to check if you won any of our giveaways. It’s announced right here in this month’s issue.

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PHOTOOFTHEMONTH click here to submit your photos to next month’s contest. You can win a Hoya filter and a placement right here.

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Moshe Levis

Elvianty Natasha

Photographer / Writer / Founder / CEO

Writer / Photographer

Elvianty Natasha is A Professionals Writer/Author, Ghost Writer and Independent Editor from Bali, Indonesia. Started writing since elementary school for teen magazines and newspapers, now she has 13 e-books.

It’s all about the beauty of our world. I capture photos of whatever attracts me and inspires me. I shoot portraits, wildlife, macro, landscapes and many personal and original projects.

We started NOTINDOOR in December of 2015 and we’ll keep making it better!

Allan Pudlitzke

Irsam Soetarto

Photographer / Writer / COO

Photographer / Writer

Indu Mohan

Niaz Uddin

Living in Northwest my entire life kept the fire of traveling burning.

Camping, hiking and sports help my photography skills as I do it part time while being a technology consultant.

A long established tour guide in Indonesia of more than 25 years experience (since 1990). Travelled to many parts of Indonesia and overseas. I like communicating and learning new things. In 2010, I started my photography hobby. I found it to be a great source of fun, to express our ideas and experiences in new destination.

Photographer /Writer

Photographer / Writer / Staff

Though I express myself through painting and writing, photography is the most comfortable medium for me. I am drawn to anything under the sun and enjoy the thought process behind creating each image.

Niaz is a computer programmer, UX/UI designer, photographer and a film maker based out of Los Angeles. He also runs etalks.me where he interviews inspiring people to understand the world of technology, business and arts. Previously he was a TEDMED front line scholar and a fellow of Royal Society of Arts (UK).

John Fredricks

Erick Monrrigo

John Fredricks is a photographer and journalist currently based in the Los Angeles area. Lord willing, he hopes to impact his generation through a visual medium, and put the spotlight on subjects around the world.

Erick Giovanni Monrrigo is a creative animal with an adventurous heart. He’s a writer foremost and photographer second, but that changes every week. He graduated with a bachelors in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside but has been writing since the womb.

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Photographer / Writer / Staff

Dirk Ross

Jerry Patterson

I live in a small village 65 km west of Munich. Although I have used cameras since 1987, I have only been photographing seriously since June of 2014. I love to shoot landscapes, but really photograph anything aside from people at the moment.

A professional landscape photographer having photographed the landscape for six years. Conduct yearly photography workshops in the Teton Mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Arches National Park in Moab, Utah and Monument Valley, Arizona. Group workshops and private 1-on-1 photography workshops.

Photographer /Writer

Jevgenija Sitik

Photographer/Writer

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Karl Girardet

Steven Servantez

Joan Le Jan

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Luis D. Santana

Jude Allen

Nobilis Bellator

Scott McCook

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THE ALLURE & CHALLENGES OF MILKY WAY NIGHT SKY PHOTOGRAPHY / Jerry Patterson

RING OF FIRE - PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP INDONESIA / Irsam Soetarto

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JUDE ALLEN / Niaz Uddin

JOHN’S MONTHLY COLUMN - PEOPLE MAKE PLACES / John Fredricks

HOW CAN WE SAVE ANIMALS THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY? / Steven Servantez

WHY YOU SHOULD LEAVE LOS ANGELES / Luis D. Santana 7

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HOW TO SAVE CULTURE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY / Elvianty Natasha

GEAR REVIEW - SIGMA ART 24-105 F4 DG OS HSM / Dirk Ross

CLOUD PHOTOGRAPHY / Indu Mohan

EL CAJAS NATIONAL PARK, ECUADOR / Erick Monrrigo

LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY TO ME IS... / Jevgenija Sitik

JOAN LE JAN - PHOTOGARPHER PORTFOLIO

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Cloud Photography

by Indu Mohan “clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky” - Rabindranath Tagore

Sky is an open canvas visible to all artistic minds. Clouds are the most dynamic component in the sky. They are nature’s reward to every landscape photographer which can convert any mundane frame into an appealing one. Cloudscape photography is not a popular category. But it was followed even in older days by Belgian photographer Léonard Misonne (1870– 1943). Series of famous cloud photographs named “equivalents” was done by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Each cloudscape is different. Their form, arrangement and colours are unique. Clouds attain different shape and patterns based on their categories like Cumulus, Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Lenticular etc. The direction and amount of light is the most important element in beautification of clouds.

This make clouds quite difficult to photograph. Clouds have very wide brightness range thereby difficult to determine the correct exposure setting. Other than that shape of clouds will ious exposures. If you want you can combine these images change and vanish fastly. So photographer should be careful to create high dynamic range (HDR) images. In some times about many aspects to get desired effects. exposure range of scenery will be so wide, like very bright sky and dark foreground then camera cannot expose foreground and clouds correctly. In such high dynamic range situations you can use Graduated neutral density filter (GND) filters or go for HDR technique.

Another type of filter that is very useful in cloudscape photography is Polarizing filter. Polarizing filter increases contrast between clouds and sky by partially block out the polarised light from the blue sky.

Composition is a key element in adding beauty to cloudscape.

Either clouds can be the key element or it can be part of background, follow basic rule of composition. Rule of third is followed to enhance beauty of image. . If clouds are just to enhance the landscape, then put them on top one third Amount of light available is very important to add drama to image. Photographing clouds at middle of the day is not advis- of frame. If the clouds are the main focus of image, let it be able as the light is very harsh. Most dramatic cloud photos are in top two third of the frame. If prime focus has to be given taken during sunset and sunrises. Sky will be spectacular even to clouds, then avoid cramming the rest of image with other few minutes after sun sets and before the sun actually rises. In elements. If there is a large cloud, keep frame large to include whole of it. You need no special equipment for cloud photogthese golden hours vibrant colours on the sky produce good raphy, but wide-angle lenses can be useful in many situations. contrast to clouds. The best cloud photos may not get in a comfortable weather condition. They become more attracIf there are any interesting shapes or pattern as foreground table in stormy or cloudy days. So be ready to fight with bad elements, you can artistically add to improve picture. When weather for mesmerising images. you are composing sunset images, foreground can make beautiful silhouette against vibrant coloured sky. Cloud reflections In many cases you’ll need to bracket exposures to get the can produce interesting pictures. Still water bodies are ideal result you want. It will be better if you set bracket exposures for such image creations. to -1, 0, and +1 therefore you will get three pictures of var20 NOTINDOOR

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Stability of camera is an important factor in shooting clouds.

To get sharper images photographers use smaller f stops values and low ISO settings. If blurred appearance of moving clouds has to be captured, use long shutter speed. Considering these factors mounting camera on a steady tripod is a necessity.

Generally we won’t pay much attention to clouds. Seeing has many dimensions. Carry your camera everywhere with you .Patterns of clouds will change fastly. So be fast to catch the moment.

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HOW TO SAVE CULTURE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY?

by Elvianty Natasha

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When we travel or go on a vacation to a country we have never visited, besides enjoying the natural beauty, the local culture is also a major attraction for taking pictures. No matter what your profession, with a camera in your hands, you enjoy your vacation by visiting many places, especially nature; Mountains, forests, villages, lakes… and we enjoy the cultural activities performed by local people.

Makepung Tradition in Bali ( Buffalo Races )

Yes, I know anyone can grab a camera and take pictures but what about photo quality? Especially for those who love taking pictures with their cellphones and immediately upload to their social media, without paying attention to the quality of their images.

Perhaps many people forget, or they don’t think poor image quality would ruin the promotion for tourism in the countries they visit.

No matter where we come from, we always want the pictures of our countries to look good! Landscape, culture, human interest, all describe the lives and conditions of the country. We want all of it to look as perfect as possible.

So you can imagine, what if many people are on vacation in your country and upload images with poor quality? Of course we feel sad and angry but we can’t prevent it for one reason - “Because not everyone is a photographer!”

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Cremation Ceremony in Ubud, Bali

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Save Animals Through Photography?

by Steven Servantez

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The power of a photograph can be profound. Social and political change has occurred during history due to this powerful medium. The presentation of photographs can help tell a story, bring important issues to life and promote change in the protection and the benefit of animals at the local, national and international level.

Being a photographer is one of the greatest joys in my life.

It is only eclipsed by the extreme satisfaction of my chosen career as a veterinarian. The combination of the two have allowed me to benefit animals locally, nationally and globally.

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of photography. I will outline a few tips to help in delivering your message.

First, be knowledgeable and passionate about your subject matter. Your passion will show in your photographs. Your passion will make people look at your photos and understand the issue. Passionate photos sell your mission.

Second, define you mission and objectives. Do your photographs highlight and bring to the public’s attention an issue?

Do you want to tell a story? Does the story have a beginning and an end? Are your photographs a “call to action”? Is your objective to raise money, ask for volunteers, ask people to write letters, etc.? Is the project intended to save an individual, a group, a species, or all animals? Defining your mission

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Why You

Should Leave Los Angeles

by Luis D. Santana

If you’re living in Los Angeles, pack everything you have and get out. Don’t look back, just go. Now. Okay, maybe I don’t need to be that dramatic, but you should leave. I’ve lived in Los Angeles all my life. I was born in Boyle Heights in 1989, and subsequently moved from suburb to suburb. South Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, Montecito Heights, Silver Lake, Alhambra, and back to East Los Angeles. While that is certainly a lot of change and movement, you can hardly call that a change in scenery. I’ve shot everything there is to shoot in Los Angeles. Rooftop views, cityscapes, city life, and everything in between. What you don’t get much of in L.A., is nature.

There is a lot more to nature than a few trees lining a downtown street and a couple of wild cats. It’s rolling hills, snow-covered peaks, treacherous cliffs, and wild cats. Well I guess there is one similarity, but the cats out there are much bigger. Anyhow, for my 2 year wedding anniversary my wife and I packed our gear headed for Page, Arizona. As photographers almost always on a budget, our gear consisted of the following: two Nikon D3200s, a Nikon 18-55mm 3.5 (kit lens), Nikon 50mm 1.8, Nikon 35mm 1.8, Rokinon 8mm 3.8 Fisheye, Tamron 18mm-200mm, and 2 Manfrotto tripods. As you can see, not the most robust equipment list. That should never stop you from exploring however, and it didn’t stop us.

Arriving at Lower Antelope Canyon at roughly 9:30 AM for our 10 AM photography tour left us plenty of time to wonder about just how to shoot this magnificent place. You can’t see it while your above ground, so we didn’t quite know what to expect. As we made our way in, I couldn’t help but worry my camera would be pushed to its limit in terms of ISO performance. Seeing as anything about 800 ISO on the D3200 would almost certainly produce noise in low light, I think my worries were justified. Before our trip, I made sure to do some research on photography in the canyons. Wide shots seemed to be the most breath taking ones, so I equipped the Tamaron 18-200mm on my camera while my wife opted for the 8mm Rokinon fisheye. It’s easy to be intimidated by the shots you’ve seen before, but if you can push that out of your mind, you can capture some incredible images...

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El Cajas Nationa

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A few miles outside the city of Cuenca, following the Tomebamba River, is a national park called El Cajas: a prehistoric marsh filled with lagoons, jagged mountains, and small but wonderful wildlife. Attracting tourists and locals alike, EL Cajas is a perfect spot for Landscape photography, if you can withstand the cold and constant drizzle. El Cajas’ mood is usually overcast skies and expected rain. The paths become muddy and swell with rain water, making any patch of grass slick and bouncy. But even so, there are hidden beauties among the paths, and if you can omit the complaining, El Cajas can be a wonderful experience.

Armed with a Point & shoot Canon S110 and a AE-1 Program SLR, here are some of the photos from those trips.

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JudeAllen Niaz: Thank you, Jude, for taking the time to join us at ‘Not Indoor Photography’. We are thrilled to have you.

Jude: Hey Niaz thanks for having me.

Niaz: You are a self-taught photographer and artist based out of California. Your body of work is profoundly layered by aerial, astro, seascapes, landscape and cityscape. At the beginning of our interview, can you please tell us more about yourself?

Jude: I’m a california native currently residing in San Francisco. I have always loved art, music and anything creative.

Niaz: How did you get started with photography?

Jude: It all started for me around 2 1/2 years ago when I started taking photos of my friends skateboarding and so I had to learn my camera. Shortly after I started doing astro and landscape which is when I became obsessed.

Niaz: What is your core inspiration? Is there any other discipline that you’re passionate about and also that has huge impact on your work?

Jude: my inspiration comes from many things but what inspires me the most is to realize what I can do and to see how far I can push forward. I feel completely confident in what I am doing and also believe it is what I am supposed to be doing with my life.

Niaz: Do you have any people you look to for inspiration?

Jude: I guess working professional photographers but more so people that just follow their dreams and do whatever it takes to make them a reality.

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Niaz: What’s your to-do list before you go to a tour?

Jude: make sure I have everything I need equipment wise.

Also, appropriate clothing. List of spots maybe some ideas of creative shots I want to achieve.

Niaz: What are the softwares and apps you use to plan your photos before you go to those locations?

Jude: I use weather apps and web cams mostly. Also I check moon and tides.

Niaz: The things that fascinate me most about your work is the use of natural lighting techniques, framing and storytelling. How do you approach it?

Jude: honestly I don’t really think about it too much. I goto a spot and try to adapt to what the spot, shadows / light have to offer. Obviously composition and exposure are important.

I’m not thinking too much about the edit until it’s actually time to edit.

Niaz: You have amazing body of work from all around california, new york, chicago and canada. After traveling all these places and making all these amazing work, what are you up to now? What does excite you to keep it going?

Jude: thank you. Road trips are always refreshing and can also be tiring at the same time. What I’m up to now it’s to take it to a professional level outside of instagram and become a working professional. What excites me most about photography is that I’m constantly progressing and learning new things.

Niaz: You’ve been able to amass a large following on Instagram. I’m sure that has led to many exciting opportunities.

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What do you like most about sharing your photos on Instagram?

Jude: the thing I love the most about instagram is the feedback I get from my work.

It amazes me to this day that I get to be creative, have people see my work and as an added bonus the response seems to be very positive.

Niaz: Instagram has changed a lot over time. It’s really hard to grow on Instagram now a days. Do you think it’s still a good platform for upcoming new artists?

Jude: I do still think it is a good medium but there are many other ways to get your work out there. I try not to worry too much about ratings but more to pay attention to how good your work is and how you can take it to the next level.

Niaz: What are your best photography advice on selecting location, composition and editing?

Jude: that’s a loaded question… If something appeals to you then go and shoot it.

Even if it doesn’t appeal to you go and shoot it. Get out of your comfort zone. As for composition look at what others do that you look up to until you figure it out for yourself. Editing… well try to learn as much as you can about the programs you use then create your own style from there.

Niaz: What do you think about the best sources to learn photography on internet or elsewhere? What are you go to websites?

Jude: I don’t really have specific websites I use other than google and youtube. If I have a question I search on it till I find the answer. Also just shooting and editing all the time will def help.

Niaz: Last but not least, what’s something photography has taught you over the years?

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Landscape Photography To Me Is...

LANDSCAPES

by Jevgenija Sitik

Landscape photography for me is probably the most favorite and enjoyable shooting of a kind because at the same time as taking pictures I can relax the soul and enjoy the beauty that’s created by nature. Photographing the nature is incredible pleasure – by climbing into natures quite corners you get a boost of energy and vitality which stays for a long time. Feeling the wind on your face and the sun on your lips will fill your heart with love for everything around you - what could be better?

with clouds - take the camera and just shoot. But basically after the first photos, it’s clear that finding an interesting story is not as easy. To see the extraordinary in ordinary, compose a beautiful picture and to make a correct focus is not always easy for amateurs. For landscape artists it is very important not just to fix the beauty of the scenic area, to be able to show the sentiment of nature, it’s condition, the harmony of color and light - all this together is the key to the success in Landscape photography.

Beginners often think that there is nothing easier than to photograph landscapes. I remember how an amateur told me that the shooting of landscape is not a big deal, the only difficulty is to get to the shooting place. At first view you see, yes : that’s a lake, a forest there, a road there and here is the sky

At first sight Landscape photography is a very simple photography type. It seems that you just show up with a camera on the street, choose a photography subject and press the shutter button. However, after seeing the first photos, you can be disappointed. On what you must be watching when making

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pictures of landscapes and how to get great photos you will learn below.

The Lens for Landscape photography.

Let’s start with the fact that lenses designed exclusively for Landscape photography do not exist. For shooting Landscapes you can buy wide - angle lens with a fixed focal length, for example 14 or 18 mm. An alternative and cheaper option would be the purchase of zoom lens (10-20 mm,12-24 mm,18-35 mm).

In the end, you can use the kit lens 18-55 mm, that will give you great flexibility in choosing the plot and is excellent choice for a beginner photographer.

Filters

Also you will need filters for photographing landscapes. They will really improve your shoots. For shooting landscapes is best to use gradient and a polarized filter. Gradient filter upper part of filter is dimmed, and the bottom is completely transparent. This filter allows you to mute the brightness of bleached, featureless sky or emphasize it’s texture in cloudy weather. A polarizing filter is used in cases when it is necessary to allocate a blue sky, the clouds on the background and emphasize the reflection on the water.

Composition

Before shooting, you need to remember the basic rules of composition. Try not to put your photography object exactly in the middle of the frame. It is important to build a composition so that it is closer to the top or bottom third part of frame. When you shooting landscape, divide the frame into three well defined plan - front, middle and rear. In this arrangement, the composition of your photos will get the required volume.

Light

Follow the light. The best time for shooting is before 10 am and after 5 pm.

In conclusion I would like to say that the shooting of nature is like getting into another world - a world of the amazing, unique beauty, a world that’s filled with extraordinary rich colors. The main thing is that you have to be able to “see” this beauty!!!

I wish to you all interesting subjects and successful shots!!!

Jevgenija Sitik

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The Allure &ofChallenges Milky Way Night Sky Photography

by Jerry Patterson

Each year more and more photographers are showing interest and getting out at night to photograph the Milky Way. Doing so will add more fun, adventure and challenges as one expands the depth of their photography work.

Many of you have seen some pretty awesome Milky Way photos. Like a magnet, they pull you right into this fascinating area of photography. This huge beautiful Milky Way system now seems to call you more and more with each passing day.

Next thing you know, you find yourself saying “I’ve got to do this!” but hold on a minute here.

Once you decide to jump in, the challenges are many and if you have little to no experience in photographing the Milky Way to include the post processing side then you are going to have fun learning a lot of new things. So what am I talking about here.

You’re anxious to dive into this area of photography but need to step back a short while and consider a number basic things.

First let me say that this article in no way can cover in detail the many aspects of this area of photography. This could easily cover 100+ pages but you’ll find enough information for your consideration to get you started. It will cover at least six basic areas you should consider. Once you start, be patient as it will take some time to grow and refine your skills in this new area of photography.

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sensor)? The difference between the two will impact your decision for the optimal lens you’ll need to use to capture the Milky Way. As many of you already know, the camera with an APS-C sensor will capture smaller area of the night sky than the full frame camera. For further explanation of this, please check out this page: https://photographylife.com/what-iscrop-factor.

The six basic areas I would like to cover are: 1) your camera 2) your current lens(es) 3) the human element and composition 4) your post processing skills either in Photoshop or Lightroom, both or another editing program 5) advance site research 6) helpful apps and websites. The more you understand all of these the sooner you will be prepared to capture excellent Milky Way photos and later process those photos which you will be excited about and I’m sure will “Wow” others.

What is your camera’s sensor rated to with regard to sensitivity or dynamic range? This will make a huge difference in capturing the Milky Way and the stars in the frame. The higher the dynamic range (DR), simply put, the more of the Milky Way and stars you will be able to capture in each shot. For a good example of DR by way of comparison, check this page out which has a comparison of three different cameras. The higher the dynamic range value the better it will not only capture the Milky Way and stars but also more details in the dark and shadow foreground areas in your frame. Search the inYour camera ternet and find out what your camera’s DR is rated to. Here’s You need to evaluate your current camera’s capabilities and the link for the comparison I mentioned above: http://www. limitations. Don’t be surprised if you come to the decision dxomark.com/Reviews/Nikon-D750-Sensor-Review-Anotherthat you have to upgrade. For optimal control, you need a Nikon-sensor-in-the-DxOMark-top-10/Nikon-D750-vs-Canoncamera which can be set to manual mode. That is, you will be EOS-6D-vs-Sony-a99-Full-frame-competitors-head-to-head taking your camera off auto, aperture priority or exposure priWhat is the highest iso you can set your camera to? If you ority mode and so on. In manual mode, you set the camera’s can set it anywhere between 2400 and 6000 or higher, you’ll aperture, exposure and iso. Is it full frame or APS-C (cropped be fine. Can you, if needed, change the white balance? Set52 NOTINDOOR

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ting a different white balance when shooting the Milky Way will produce different results which you just may want in the future when you are getting into the area of blending photos together for effect. Of course, you can always apply artistic enhancements with your photo editor and this is what most do all the time.

Here’s a basic camera settings you can use to start capturing

the Milky Way: camera & lens on manual mode, iso 3200, 25 seconds f2.8 or f3.5 or whatever you widest fstop may be.

It will vary between lenses. If you are using a zoom lens, turn your lens to the lowest zoom value.

Your lens(es)

What’s in your bag? You will need a wide to super wide angle

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My Sun & Stars My wife and I camp fairly regularly, however this year we have been determined to make it a monthly ordeal and visit places that we have never been before. My favorite part of camping is just sitting back by the fire, chatting with a few friends and playing cards.

And by playing cards I mean playing drinking games, getting hammed, and then falling fast asleep in the comfort of our tent.

The first night out at Lost Lake was horrendous. Rain, wind, clouds and not a chance for decent photography. We almost didn’t make it to night two, but luckily we toughed it out through the night and woke up to some broken clouds and sunshine.

The lake cleared up pretty nicely throughout the day, and by the evening the sky was full of stars and small tufts of cloud.

A few drinks deep (by a few, I mean several) my friend and I decided we would just head back down to the lake to get a shot of the stars with the mountain in the distance. I took shots over the course of an hour and composed a few into this shot. One just as the sun set far enough down to touch the tip of the mountain, and another near midnight with the stars in the sky.

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ALLEGORIA It was around 03:30AM. My assistant and I where getting ready to pack up after spending all night shooting the milky way with two cameras from different points of view. We were there to capture the Milky Way passing over the monument that was to become the protagonist of the film we were shooting using Time lapse Photography as the main and exclusive media used for the whole story.

We still had two hours of shooting to do on the cameras that had been shooting since 11:00PM of that night.

We had been shooting all night sequences every other night for the best part of June and July 2015 and this was to be the last night and we needed the rest as we had planned to leave from Spain and go to Serbia in a few days. But we had one last scene to shoot for the film and it had to be a night to day transition with the camera panning from the bottom of the Ice House or monument that was being featured a well like construction and this scene required coming back the following day.

After a quick evaluation of the sky and it’s clouds and the amount of work we needed to do again if we came back, I decided that we were going to setup the shot while the other cameras were finishing their work and take advantage of the beautiful cloudy sky that would make this last scene very dramatic.

This last scene required around 3:30hrs of shooting so we had to start no later than 5:30AM and we had to move quickly to complete the setup on time despite the fatigue and the darkness.

The setup required lighting for the beginning of the scene and the camera move had to be synchronized with the time at which the sun rose and where I wanted the camera to have traveled to from bottom to top so that detail took some time planing and calculating and despite the state of total fatigue we both were in, the risk I took paid off.

converted into a monument of historic value in the GrĂĄvalos area in La Rioja, Spain.

I was not disappointed at all.

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By doing so this became our last shoot for the film and you can see how happy we were in the behind the scenes short Timelapse Sequence we also shot using a forth camera to make sure we documented this final moment of the film shooting, which started in the summer of 2014.

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I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed shooting this short clip of a very important moment, as this image became one of Film Posters we used for promoting the film.

And here is the link to the complete film in case you wish to watch it: https://vimeo. com/154404180

Here is the link to the Behind the Scenes setup that was need to achieve this and 654 other photos that make up the Time lapse Sequence from which this photography was extracted. Click Here For Video

Camera: Canon EOS 5D MK III Lens: EF 8-15mm f/4L USM FISHEYE Settings: 14mm, 1/640 at f5 and ISO 100 Location: Grรกvalos, La Rioja, Spain

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Every morning around 7am, light from the sun creeps through faded drapes in my West LA home and reflects off a 4x6 portrait of one of the most impressive people to have never made news headlines.

Kumar was 11 or 12 years old when the photo was taken within the deep interior of Nepal’s Gorkha region. A month before, a 7.8 earthquake had leveled his village to the ground along a following earthquake that further complicated relief efforts in the area. Gorkha was ground zero- the epicenter of destruction. Reports stated that over 95% of the homes and businesses in the area were completely destroyed.

Though his home was gone, Kumar always had a cheerful grin upon his face as he trekked along the steep paths of his village. While villagers were rebuilding homes, he could be found working along side of them. He had dirt on his hands from using crude farming tools to dig the foundations for new housing and from clearing dense vegetation. His actions spoke for him in that he found his enjoyment serving his community rather than leisurely playing like most children his age.

In any case, a young boy with a slingshot around his neck might be an invitation for trouble. In the context of Nepali village culture, Kumar had his homemade slingshot with him at all times to suppress packs of wild moneys that would rush through the trees and irritate villagers. When he heard the trees moving, his bright smile turned into an utmost serious expression that might resemble a soldier at war. Like he knew it was already there, he would quickly pick up a stone on the ground near his feet, load it, and pull back the slingshot to fire it off into the trees. You knew he was close to the target when two or three of the monkeys would stop to scream furiously and then continue to swing along the tree line.

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There was one afternoon I noticed Kumar talking with two of his younger friends near a destroyed Hindu shine when he waved and gestured me over to join them.

On a side note: Nepali’s speak Nepali and this writer speaks English. Being that this was my forth time to the country, I approached every conversation I had there knowing that communication of the hands and facial expressions were to be emphasized...

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I started the photo in August 2012 with pictures of nature, landscape and street. In March 2013 I wanted to try m portrait with a new bought lens, 135mm F2 Canon, I’m also enjoy to move to full frame with a Canon 6D. It was a revelation, I like cost emotions when they are intense, regardless of its nature. I like a lot also hacking photoshop CS6 for rendering different.

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Indonesia Ring of Fire Photography Trip

by Irsam Soetarto

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INTRODUCTION

Indonesia country is part of continuous active “Ring of Fire”.

Sometimes called “Circum Pacific Belt”, Ring of Fire is a term refer to the series active volcanoes that goes around Pacific ocean (from New Zealand, through Indonesia, up to Japan, bend to North America, down to middle America continent, and ended up somewhere in Argentina). In total it has about 450 volcanoes, and noted most volcanoes than any other part of the world.

In Indonesia itself there are about 150 volcanoes spread out in about 17.000 big and small island. While most of the active volcanoes lie on the Java island, located in the southern middle of Indonesia. Just about the size of Texas state in USA or UK in Europe, Java island has about 40 mountains, in which half of them are active, and 7 to the half under serious surveillance.

Although in one side, those mountains volcanoes are frightening and deadly when erupting, causing damages to the villages, agriculture, and buildings nearby and also pushing people living in exile for a while, but in the next long run creating a great fertile soil through rich nutrient minerals spout from its deep inside. In turn making the living of surrounding people with great joy of surplus agriculture, continuing the life (even sometimes better one), creating a civilization, and building more monuments through its abundance boulders or rocks.

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the volcanoes’s activities.

They adjust their way of life in line with the volcanoes’ condition and respect them by means of culture and buildings.

PURPOSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY

This is classified as one of hidden signature “Indonesia Photography Trips”. As a great archipelago country in the world, there are lots beautiful spots to discover and capture in Indonesia.

The trip features the beautiful landscape angles of mountains and volcanoes and capturing the rugged lines and curves of them. Discover their popular angles of photography and find out new ones to highlight the other photographers. Although it is a mountains or volcanoes trip, does not mean it will do lots trekking as it is still a “Photography Trip”.

The angles of volcanoes aspects such as agriculture, terraced gardens, great monuments, way of life surroundings people and their culture are part of the highlights in this trip too.

Although almost everyday we will start the trip before dawn, to be in time of sunrise and the sky’s beautiful orange blue color, and ended up after sunset time for the golden and blue hours, but it is still “subject to weather condition”. The trip also put forward all possible aspect of convenient, such as accommodation, food, transportation, time management, local escort (photographer), and language barriers. Thus it is expected the participants will enjoy the trip as well as bring home with many good pictures respectfully.

OBJECTS TO FEATURE

The objects are carefully selected in respect of Photography angles and relating to mountains or volcanoes.

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DIENG PLATEAU (2.410 m)

The spectacular lofty volcanic plateau of Dieng (“Abode of the Gods”), a glorious, verdant landscape laced with terraced potato and tobacco fields, is home to some of the oldest Hindu architecture in Java. More than 100 temples, most dating from the 7th and 8th centuries, originally covered this 2000m-high plain, but they were abandoned and forgotten and only rediscovered in 1856 by the archaeologist Van Kinsbergen.

Dieng’s beautiful scenery is the main reason to make the long journey to this isolated region. Any number of walks across the volcanically active plateau are possible – to mineral lakes, steaming craters or even the highest village in Java, Sembungan. Dieng is also popular for a sunrise point of view from SIkunir hill, and beautiful colored lake (“Telaga Warna”).

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BOROBUDUR (Buddhist temple) Built around middle of 8th century, it is designed to appeal the intellectual rather than emotions. It is only after retracing the long and ardous route of ancient pilgrims – passed 1460 exquistely craved stone relief panels in galleries along the wall and balustrade of the temple, arriving finally at the spectacular upper terraces representing the pure knowledge and enlightenment of the Budha – that ones comes to fully appreciate the extraordinary power and beauty of this … The world’ largest Buddhist monument, and under UNESCO World Heritage List.

The surroundings terrain of Borobudur is exceptionally fertile, filled with traditional villages that still preserve many local way of life and lush green agriculture systems. The people are friendly and welcome to foreigners. They also still preserve a tradition and culture much represent the egalitarian Javanese.

Not to mention the beautiful sunrise from its summit, with putting the statue of Budha and stupas as foreground, will be part of the highlight in this trip. Same as the sunrise from Setumbu hill, about 4 km west of the temple, will provide one of the breathtaking landscape photo session … with far background of active Mt. Merapi (2.938 m) and solemly Mt. Merbabu (3.320 m) soaring up to the sky...

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Sigma Art 24-105 F 4 DG OS HSM photo by Dirk Ross

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You see the size difference of lens and body, 460 gram body compared to 1000 gram lens with adapter. The AF on/off Button is the only button on that lens.

When i bought my Sony A 7s i didn’t know, that getting a everyday lens would be complicated. After a while of testing I realized that I wanted a Zoom lens beside to my A- Mount primes. Sony offers in the FE Class below the very good G Master lenses not too much. You have the Sony SEL 28-70, the SEL 24-70 ZA and the SONY SEL 24-240. After some reading, I found out that the SEL 24-240 has a to large focal range for my taste and his resolution of only 9 Mp (source DXO Mark) is pretty low, . The 28-70 is just the kit lens and I had doubts if it would made sense to pair a 400 € lens with a 1800 Euro body. So I stuck on the 24-70ZA for a while. But I don’t want to spend almost 1000 Euro for a lens, which isn’t really good and has problems with the corners. The comparison at DXO and a very extensive test by Phillip Reeve pushed me finally away from the Sony Stuff. To make it short I bought a Sigma Art 24-105 F 4 DG OS HSM at Amazon for about 750 Euro what is compared to the performance of the lens a very fair price.

Variants

This Zoom lens is build with mounts for Canon, Nikon, Sigma and Sony Alpha .The Sony version comes without OS because Sony places the stabilization in the body.

Intended Use

Sigma thinks it can be used for almost every photographic subarea except macro. I totally agree with them. Since I bought it, I did some portrait shots and I tried landscape. I was very satisfied with the results. To clarify, all my shots till today are mainly test shots with the main intention to find out hidden issues and learn about the performance.

Delivery

The lens comes with a lens hood, which fits very well .Off course front and back cover are included. Sigma gives you a stable lens pocket too, which might be helpful if you transport the lens outside your camera bag.

Detail Paired with the A77ii the combination looks more harmonic.

The lens is made mostly by metal, just some parts like the inner tube is made by high quality plastic. The haptics is very valuable you never have the feeling to touch a cheap copy of something more expensive. The design is simple without unnecessary gimmicks, I like that. The zoom ring is wide and provides a good grip. The focus ring is relatively narrow and should be slightly wider for my taste but manual focus works fine on my A7 s.

Inside the lens you have 19 lenses in 14 groups. This is quite a lot and is the reason for the huge weight, but it helps to eliminate a lot of optical problems which are common with cheaper and lighter lenses. The 9 diaphragm blades deliver a nice bookeh. I liken the Bookeh more than on my Minolta 1,7 50 and on my Tamron 2.8 90 mm.

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