June 2009
13 posts
Genius from Kyle Cassidy: Depth of Field
In the Bag of Photographers tricks there are about ten easy technical techniques that make people think your photos are better than most other people’s. One of these, and it’s a big one is depth of field. Depth of Field (or DOF if you’re writing it) refers to the area that’s in focus in any given photo. DOF can either be “deep” or “shallow”. A...
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Stories Update 06.13.2009
By Lily in response to an audience member falling in front of the stage before With the Needle That Sings in Her Heart
She wasn’t supposed to trip. She was allowed to enjoy herself, but not to trip. She had ruined the careful preparation in the days leading up to the event, and all the schemes we had waiting in the shadows had been effectively crippled.
And worse; another Amanda had seen her....
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Rockstar Death Tweets
I suppose next time I should specify tweets murdering AMANDA, not just random rockstars. We still got some good stuff in.
Winner: megajim: “’scuse me while I kiss the sky,” she said, tossing her martini into the steward’s face and yanking open the airplane door
physigory: Amanda’s drink was spiked ~ with liquid nitrate sourlullabies: your heart stops beating in the midst of shooting more...
The 411
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the wonderful world of killing Amanda Palmer. Lots of people have killed AFP and we want you to get a stab in as well. So, here’s the downlow.
We post pictures of dead Amanda. Or you pretending to be dead Amanda. You can either write a story about the photo and how Amanda came to be dead or stage your own death. Go wild, go crazy, be creative, just don’t...
Killing Amanda Palmer With a Bounce Flash
text and photos by Kyle Cassidy
Having a flash lets you bring light into places where there isn’t any light. It’s often the first step in advancing your photography beyond passive reaction to a scene but a flash misused is often worse than no flash at all. This is because in order to keep cameras small and practical, the flash is mounted very near the lens of the camera which leads to...