Digital photography

New adobe camera raw preset here if any-one wants to give it a try.

I made it for portraits - its pretty subtle. Just bear in mind I made it from a photo that was taken with a Canon in certain lighting conditions so your mileage may vary.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hl70yd7q0xqq8ta/Cine%20portrait.xmp?dl=0

Just been looking through old stuff on flickr. Found this from a holiday in Crete a few years ago - annual wild fires near to where we were staying.

Downloaded the VSCO 04 slide film pack last night. Its nice - super punchy and saturated which should be good for high-key stuff. Very different to film pack 01 which is all portra, 160C ad Tri-X.

Will post stuff using it soon, I just haven't taken pictures for a while.

Unrelated - does anyone know if a bracket exists to mount a strobe on the base of a camera in order to keep it as close as possible to the lens?

Like this:

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..only thing that comes to mind is this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/764588-REG/Nisha_HTS_T_Hot_Shoe_Tripod_Mount.html#!

Would it just be easier to get one that mounts around the lens? If you found a bracket that mounted on the tripod screw the flash would need to be mounted by the base plate which would need the mounting bracket to have a cable socket. Like tina.kino's example but at 90 degrees!

^ I like that. neat geometry.

The bracket you posted is close but I need it at 90 degrees. It would probably have to be metal and a bit beefier too.

Orbit ring flash?

Cheers.

Concearning your flash setup -
depending how long / often / regularly you need this you might as well just duct tape it to the camera?

My method so far has been wireless trigger + holding the flash under the camera... Might just keep doing that.

Looking to buy my wife a camera as she fancies getting into photography...

Do I go down the route of something like a 100d as an intro to an SLR or a fuji x100 for portability and ease of use?

I'd lean towards a good semi-compact like the X100. It'll get more use than an SLR purely due to the size and unobtrusiveness.
Also, the Sony RX100 and Canon G7x are great little cameras.

..depends on what "to fancy getting into photography" means exactly.

If somebody makes me believe he / she really wants to get a grip on how stuff works I always suggest them to get a SLR with a nice, big viewfinder (ideally one with an option to preview selected aperture), and a proper manual focus prime lens.
So far this has always been one of the myriads of great and cheaply available film SLRs, though I realize hardly anyone is willing to put up with the inconvenience, cost, and delay of shooting film these days just to get a grip on things - so yea, something like a 100D would not be bad (personally I'd look after a 60D)..

Good points there. The 100D is a great little thing.
The saying that gets echoed over and over "the best camera is the one you have on you" has meant, for me at least, the SLRs stay at home unless its for a job.

You need a doc'oc style flexible flash arm

I guess I think she'd get on better with something like a X100 because it forces you to learn about composition etc and it's a lot more portable and therefore more likely to get used than a DSLR

..surely it's more portable, so what @well_is_it meantioned is likely more true with a more portable camera.

Still I'd say a proper, big viewfinder (of a SLR) helps you develop compositional skill a lot.

When film is an option, one of the old Pentax bodies with their awesome finders, paired with the 40mm pancake would be great (small, pretty light, huge finder, cheap) -

Always cracks me up how workmen can't be bothered with re-assembling that sort of thing as it was before.

..same here!

: D

Must be the horror for people with OCD.