Monthly Archives: February 2010

Making a professional portrait using shallow depth of field

By Ryan Smith | Published: February 28, 2010
This picture might look a bit crazy, but I just wanted to point out how using a shallow depth of field can make a much more dramatic image.  The reason I decided to blog this, I had a client the other day asking me why in my pictures the background is really blurry and some [...]
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Backup strategies for the wedding photographer

By Ryan Smith | Published: February 28, 2010
I just thought I would post some thoughts on things I’ve learned over the past couple of years about backup strategies. This is what seems to work very well for me. When I first heard the saying, “A file doesn’t exist unless it is in 3 places” I thought that was overkill. But that is [...]
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New tool to get exact photo color accuracy

By Ryan Smith | Published: February 27, 2010
This is a really cool new tool if you want to make sure you have exact correct colors in an image.  It has a lightroom plugin that let’s you adjust each picture to perfect accuracy.  However sometimes you don’t want correct color temperature, balancing out a sunset can really ruin a picture.  I usually prefer [...]
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Wedding gallery for iPhone and Mobile

By Ryan Smith | Published: February 18, 2010
With the fact that the iPad in addition to the iPhone and other mobile browsers don’t support flash I figured I better update my website with a universally compatible html gallery. Now if you visit my site on a mobile like the iPhone you will see a notice that flash is not detected and a [...]
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