Mel Buckpitt

"You don’t own an external flash. You can’t afford one anytime soon. Are you held back in your photographic technique and unable to take dynamic studio style portraits?" - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"“It’s very hard with a still photograph to capture the action of a concert. You try to see something in the face, the body, the lighting…Once I see a good shot in the viewfinder, it’s gone. The music gets inside of me, it’s in my brain, I’m close enough to the stage so that the vibration from the speakers is making my skin tingle, and I’m filling the viewfinder with the musician. I just always feel high.”" - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"We’ve been getting a lot of clues about upcoming products lately from Nikon, partly because they underestimated demand on a number of items, partly because Nikon has let things leak. So I thought it worthwhile to update my 2009 predictions for Nikon." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

Thom has updated his Nikon body & lens predictions. - Mel Buckpitt

"They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Maybe. However, in photography of the digital kind, there’s an equivalent function that, used properly, can be of enormous help in capturing subjects with degrees of sharpness that may surprise the less informed photographer." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"Digital photography is all the rage these days, so it's no surprise that Kodachrome film and its complicated processing have finally been laid to rest. But in 1935, Kodachrome was a revolution in color photography." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

from a photographer, I heard that the Kodachrome format actually had it's peak something like 15-20 years ago, after which much better films were released. I think Fujifilm released a chrome-film which was superior and is still being sold (at least online). - Vincent van Wylick

"Fan death is a South Korean urban legend which states that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can cause the death of those inside (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia). Fans manufactured and sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.[1]" - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"The scene on the dilapidated sofa is created by one Ranger battery unit, literally placed up high on a bridge outside the building, and being driven by a skyport radio trigger. It has a half CTO on it, hence the warm feel. Lauren looks up towards the light, and we were done" - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"This month we’re going to Peru, via Laos, and back again, to talk about travel portraiture. It’s logical, trust me" - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"The Nikkor AF-S 50 is one of the more recent additions to the Nikon lens line up, adding a modern sonic wave drive to what's considered one of the "bread and butter" lenses of any system: the normal prime lens. These lenses have a high reputation among photographers, because they usually offer very high quality at an affordable price." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"It seems that past rumors of the Nikon D4000 may be a bit off (by about 1000). That is, if Lenstip’s tips are to believed. They are showing off some images that purport to be a Nikon D3000, which would presumably fall in Nikon’s lineup under the Nikon D5000." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

Why would they release this when they only just released the D5000? - Cecily

They released the D50 shortly after the D70 too, Cecily. Maybe it's the economy as it'll probably be cheaper; maybe it's the fact that the D5000 may have too many enhanced features that cause users to be confused - this would be for an even more amateur crowd. - Tamar Weinberg

"McBroom, a photographer, snapped the image that made Farrah Fawcett an icon. He tells TIME how an innocuous photo shoot — in which Fawcett posed at her Hollywood home in a red swimsuit — resulted in the 1976 poster that wound up plastered on millions of bedroom walls." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"We've all been there - the light is perfect, the subject is willing, the moment is just right - when you suddenly realise that you're not going to able to capture that award-winning shot after all. Here's a handy list of the most common mistakes that DSLR shooters make, and how best to avoid them." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"Want to spice up a dull photograph? Take the same shot with a cool reflection in it and you’ll be considered a photography master getting faved all over Flickr." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

Global advertising economy has been permanently 'reset' at a lower level, says Microsoft chief executive - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

Thanks for the heads up Mel. - Jeff

Canon T1i/500D owners rejoice! - Phil Essing

"Unlike Clint Eastwood, who has a pulsing vein in the middle of his forehead, Andrew has one just by the left side of his forehead." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet

"Video capability in DSLRs represents nothing short of a revolution. A new generation of photographers will embrace what they have to offer and use them to create new forms of art and commerce. In a few years we'll likely think that a still camera that can't also shoot video, or a video camera that can't also shoot stills is strangely underfeatured." - Mel Buckpitt via Bookmarklet