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Slow shutter speeds: how to achieve consistent exposures every time
Getting the basics right first
When we arrive at the beach we start off by shooting the colourful beach huts lining the shore. While Sam is keen to experiment with different shutter speeds, first I get her to concentrate on her camera's basic exposure settings.
This allows her to focus on getting the correct exposure, rather than getting hung up about the actual shutter speed and aperture settings.
I get her to switch her camera to Aperture Priority (Av) exposure mode and set an aperture of f/8.
Facing away from the sun I get Sam to take a shot, and then take a look at the image on the back of her camera. Changing the display from normal image playback to the histogram and highlight warning allows Sam to see how the camera has dealt with the scene.
The graph reveals that although the camera has done pretty well, some of the highlights on the lightest beach huts are over-exposed.
I show Sam how to use her camera's exposure compensation function to alter the exposure and shoot again. This time, by dialling- in -2/3 EV she quickly captures an image where all of the tones are recorded correctly.
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PAGE 2: Getting the basics right first
PAGE 3: How your histogram can help
PAGE 4: How to deal with contrast
PAGE 5: The process of experimenting at slow shutter speeds
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Tin Tin gets ready to tattoo Filip Leu (above).
One of the world's best tattoo shows -- the London Tattoo Convention -- celebrated ten years running, September 26-28, with the world's best tattooists (over 350 of them!) working and partying through the weekend. I was at the very first London show and almost all of them since -- including last year's debaucherous gathering -- but as work kept me in NYC, I was relegated to enjoying the show via photos, status updates, and tweets in endless streams on social media.
My friend Ino Mei, founder/editor of the Greek publication Heartbeat Ink (which is in English & Greek), just posted truly fantastic coverage of the convention, with what seems like a billion photos in her London Tattoo Convention Review (including those posted here). [Ino interviewed me at last year's London convention, posted here.]
For this year's show, Ino captured everything from artists tattooing, the scene outside and inside the venue, close-ups of stunning tattoo work, and tons more. Wonderful to see all the smiles throughout the image gallery. Her video footage should be up soon, and I'll update this post with the link, but I couldn't wait to share all the London tattoo goodness!
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Having a Greek father who once told me that tattoos would never be accepted in the motherland, it's with true pleasure (and a bit of "I told ya so") to see a tattoo publication rise to international popularity, which happens to come out of Greece.
HEARTBEATINK is an online tattoo magazine in English and Greek with excellent photography and videos, and thoughtful interviews with tattooists, musicians, and collectors. I'm honored to be among those collectors interviewed by the magazine's most excellent editor Ino Mei. Our Q &A was just posted today.
I first met Ino in person at the last NYC Tattoo Convention, where she beautifully captured the scene in her convention coverage for her mag. Then we got to hang at the London Tattoo Convention in September, for which she also took wonderful images and video. There, we found a moment to chat about a possible "tattoo gene," the comparisons between tattooing & plastic surgery, tattoo law, and what happened when my dad did find out I was heavily tattooed (and more). It was a fun talk. Here's a bit from it:
How did you get into tattoos?
Me: Ed Hardy once told me in an interview that he believes that there could be a "tattoo gene." It made a lot of sense to me because, when you ask somebody who has a visceral response to tattooing -- who sees tattooing and has an actual physical reaction and is attracted to it -- that is something that's ingrained; people can think back and say, "Well, I've always felt that way". I remember when I was very young, looking at my mother's National Geographic magazines and coming across tattooed tribal women, and I was instantly thinking that this is really beautiful, mysterious and bad-ass. Of course, this is an ideal way of looking at it. really, if I would be honest with myself, it is because I liked tattooed boys when I was teenager (laughs).
HEARTBEATINK: Where you then tattooed when you were a teenager?
I was a nerdy teenager, did good in school, and my parents were very conservative. I didn't run around a lot. So when I found myself at tattoo shops at a young age, it held a kind of magic for me. Keep in mind that getting a tattoo was illegal back then, until 1997, in New York, so it was more secretive. You had to know where to go and ring the right buzzer. It was like a clandestine operation. However, when you were "inside", it wasn't what you'd expect, like a biker shop. At least in my experience, when I was first exposed to it, I was seeing really beautiful custom tattooing. There were art books rather than trendy flash for inspiration. I respected it so much that I felt I really wanted to wait until a had the right idea and do it at the right time. So, I didn't get tattooed until I was in my early twenties. Actually, I got my first tattoo during the early weeks of law school. I felt I didn't fit it, and was afraid that I'd become something that I wasn't. I love the study of law, but I've never been super competitive and I've never felt that I had to be above somebody else to be better. It was really at that time that I started thinking about art and tattooing a lot in terms of individuation.
HEARTBEATINK: That sounds very mature...
I was a very mature kid (laughs). Now, I'm regressing. I'm like a thirteen-year-old boy (laughs). Back then, I was like a forty year old women (laughs).
Read more here.
HEARTBEATINK also posted some photos from my latest book, Black Tattoo Art 2. Tons of tattoo goodness!
Heartbeat Ink
My friends at the Greek tattoo magazine Heartbeat Ink have a fantastic in-depth Q&A with Mike The Athens, in English and in Greek. Tattooing for 24 years, Mike The Athens is not only one of Greece's preeminent tattooers, but has garnered international acclaim for his work, which is largely inspired by Tibetan and Himalayan Art, Sak Yant, and mantras, but also moving towards Japanese-influenced tattooing.
Today, Mike The Athens splits his time between Athens, Greece, and Goa, India. In the Heartbeat Ink interview, he explains what living and tattooing on two continents is like, how tattooers must have a conscience, and even the fun way he got his name. Here's a taste:
Where are you now in 2013?Read more, and view some wonderful photos, here. Also check Mike The Athens' site and blog.
Mike is also one of the featured artists in Black Tattoo Art 2, which is currently available for pre-order.
Black Tattoo Art 2
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Topinka said the state shouldn't add new programs until its budget woes have been solved.
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Even more alarming is the fact that the photographer who snapped the picture failed to attempt to rescue the man. The photograph is very startling, but the individual who snapped the picture appears so close to the victim that he could have done something to pull him from the impending danger. He went on the Today show to discuss with Matt Lauer about the incident. His excuse of him taking the photograph was to use the light to alert the conductor that someone was on the tracks. That tactic did not work and I do not believe that for one second, neither do the vast majority of Americans.
What's even worse is that he has licensed the photo that he took and is selling it. It goes alongside with what many of us encounter on a daily basis: the bystander effect. We see something out of the norm and fail to react or intervene. Some would equate it with bullying where people sit around and watch a bully pick on someone else. We have to be a more reactionary culture.
If we spot someone in danger or in need of help we have to react; don't just sit there and wait until it's too late. Without a doubt in my mind, I absolutely believe that photographer had more than enough time to reach his arm out to that man and pull him from the tracks before that horrible incident. We have become more and more concerned with our own well being, without the concern for others. It's just the right thing to do; if someone needs help in dire situations, if we're unable to physically help that person, the ability to pick up the phone and contact someone that can is important.
Someone tragically lost their life at the hands of a disturbed homeless person. That suspect has now been taken into custody and will be charged with murder, but I can't help but think that an innocent life could have been saved if that photographer would have only quickly reacted to help pull that man to safety.
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Protect your baby from group B strep. If you're 35-37 weeks pregnant, ask your doctor or nurse about a group B strep test.
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If you're pregnant or planning a pregnancy, there are simple steps you can take to protect your unborn baby or newborn from infections that cause serious health problems.
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Learn about group B strep in pregnant women, the serious effects it can have on newborns, how you can find out if you have group B strep bacteria in your body, and what to do to prevent spreading it to your infant.
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Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys Information
Aluminum and aluminum alloys are lightweight, non-ferrous metals with good corrosion resistance, ductility, and strength. Products differ in terms of composition, grade, shape, dimensions, and features.
Alloy Forms
Aluminum alloys can be developed from one or a combination of metal forming processes.
Wrought non-heat-treatable alloys are mechanically worked after being cast and cannot be strengthened by precipitation hardening; they are hardened primarily by cold working. Working the material densifies it, adding tensile strength but lowering malleability. The wrought non-heat-treatable alloys include the commercially pure aluminum series (1xxx), the aluminum-manganese series (3xxx), the aluminum-silicon series (4xxx), and the aluminum-magnesium series (5xxx).
Wrought heat treatable alloys are mechanically worked after being cast and can be precipitation hardened to develop quite high strength levels. Working the material densifies it, adding tensile strength but lowering malleability. These alloys include the 2xxx series, the 6xxx series, the 7xxx series, and the 8xxx series.
Casting alloys are formed by a casting process that forms alloys either continuously or into set shapes. They include heat-treatable and non-heat-treatable alloys. Since no machining or hammering is done, the fibers in the alloys line up less evenly, allowing more workability and higher amounts of alloying elements to be added but decreasing the alloy's strength. The major categories include the 2xx.x series, the 3xx.x series, the 4xx.x series, the 5xx.x series, the 7xx.x series, and the 8xx.x series.
Powdered metal (PM) alloys are formed by mixing powdered metals, compacting the mixture under controlled pressure, and sintering to create a permanent form. The process is a cost-effective alternative to forging or casting.
Alloy Material Grades
Aluminum alloys come in a large variety of allow types. Some of the most common are the 7xxx, 6xxx, 5xxx, 3xxx and 1xxx series types.
- 7xxx alloys are among the highest strength alloys available. They are generally used for mission critical operations in aerospace where strength and lightweight properties are essential.
- 6xxx alloys are high/medium strength commercial alloys that offer a good range of mechanical properties and good corrosion resistance. Applications include a wide range from shop building to aerospace.
- 5xxx alloys have very good weldability and corrosion resistance to seawater and marine atmosphere. They are used in marine, automotive, railway, machinery, and construction.
- 3xxx alloys are medium strength alloys that have good workability. They also have very good corrosion resistance through the atmosphere and are used in decorative trim, cooking utensils, heat exchangers, and office equipment.
- 1xxx alloys are essentially pure aluminum and have high electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance. They are used in low/medium strength applications such as light reflectors, heat exchangers, electrical components, and chemical equipment.
Sizes and Specifications
Selecting metal alloys requires an analysis of the desired dimensions and specifications. Dimensions to consider include:
- Outer diameter (OD)
- Inner diameter (ID)
- Overall length
- Overall thickness
Other specifications of importance (based on application) include product shape, tensile strength, yield strength, melting point, conductivity, corrosion resistance, ductility, and malleability. These properties differ based on the forming method and alloy composition.
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Carbon steels are steels in which the main alloying additive is carbon. Alloy steels are steels alloyed with other metals or materials in addition to carbon to improve properties.
Copper, Brass, and Bronze Alloys
Copper, brass, and bronze alloys are non-ferrous metals with excellent electrical and thermal conductivity as well as good corrosion resistance, ductility and strength.
Metal Foils and Foil Stock
Metal foils and foil stock are very thin, metal-mill products with a thickness that is usually less than 0.006 in. Copper foil and aluminum foil are the most common types of metal foils and foil stock.
Refractory and Reactive Metals
Refractory metals are a class of metals that are extraordinarily resistant to heat and wear and have extremely high melting points. Reactive metals have a strong affinity for oxygen and nitrogen at elevated temperatures and are highly resistant to corrosion at low temperatures.
Stainless Steel Alloys
Stainless steels are steels that contain a minimum of 10% chromium and are more resistant to corrosion than normal steels.
Titanium and Titanium Alloys
Titanium and titanium alloys are non-ferrous metals with excellent corrosion resistance, fatigue properties, and a high strength-to-weight ratios.
Zinc and Zinc Alloys
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