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July 2006
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Rod Barbee Photography Newsletter
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Greetings
Hope the summer is treating you well. Here in the
Pacific Northwest we went from hot and sunny to
wet and windy in just a day or so. But wet and windy
is how we keep things green and beautiful around
here so it's actually a good thing. Besides, I’m kind of
a hot weather
weenie, as some of you already know.
I’ve been having fun being a tourist in my own home
town.
A book project I’m working on requires me to visit
some of the neatest places in the Seattle and Puget
Sound areas. Not really being a city person myself,
there is a lot I’ve just neglected to see. That’s too
bad, because I’ve missed out on some great photo
opportunities (but I avoided the traffic)
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September Triple "D" wildlife workshop--2 spaces left |
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There are only two spaces left for my fall workshop
(Sept. 13-17) at Triple “D” Game Farm. Call Jay at
Triple “D” 406-755-9653 to sign up if you're
interested. There are also
some great shoots happening before and after this
workshop. Horse Roundup photo sessions are
scheduled for the 11th and 12th, and there is a Birds
of Prey shoot on the 18th. I’m not involved in either
of these but I’ve done them before and they’re a lot
of fun. They’re also a great opportunity to capture
some otherwise hard to get images.
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Keeping it clean |
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As you may know, I’ve been using the Tokina 12-
24mm wide angle zoom lens. So far, it’s a great lens
for me. There is just one really big thing to look out
for when using these ultra-wide lenses, and that’s
the crap that gets on the front element of the lens
or on any filter you’re using. At 15 mm and f/22, the
hyperfocal point is around 2 feet. This means that if
you focus there, everything from about 1 foot to
infinity will be in focus. That one foot is measured
from near the center of the lens. So really, anything
that’s about 10 inches from the front of your lens to
infinity will be in acceptably sharp focus.
At 12mm, things get even closer. By using hyperfocal
focusing, everything from about 6 ½ inches from the
front of your lens will be in focus. That’s really cool
when you’re photographing near to far landscapes.
What’s not so cool is that things even closer than
this will also be sort of in focus. Maybe not sharp
focus, but in focus enough for you to see. So if
there’s anything at all on the front of your lens or
filter, guess what? It’s going to show up in the final
image. Just look at this picture to see what I mean.
There are water drops from waterfall all over the
filter and they show up in the picture.
I’ve been bitten by this more than I care to admit.
Anyway, this means I need to keep an eye on the
front of my lens and the blower bulb handy.
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Canadian Rockies and Vermont workshops sold out |
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Thanks to everybody who has signed up for these
workshops; we are taking names for waiting lists. For
the Canadian Rockies,
contact me. For Vermont, contact Maida at
CameraAction workshops.
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Outdoor Photographer |
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Keep an eye out for the upcoming August issue of
OP. It should
be out in mid-July or so. I've got a short article on
using your camera's histogram in the field that's
supposed to be in this issue. Also, be sure to peek at
the
September issue as well.........
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Back to Work |
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That's it for now. Hope any and all vacations are
going well, hope any and all kids home from school
are having fun (and you're keeping sane), Hope
you're getting lots of good pictures.
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Contact Information
phone:
360-437-1124
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