http://www.theimageengineer.com control. compose. capture. create. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please update your bookmarks, for my blog has moved. It is now located at http://blog.davehoffmannphoto.com http://www.theimageengineer.com/2009/06/ive-moved/ The flash diffusers such as the Stofen omni-bounce, Gary Fong Lightsphere and the like, are great little gadgets that can help create soft light in a small room, or a room with a low ceiling. The fact is, these plastic devices that you attach to the end of your flash are ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2009/01/lose-the-diffuser-outdoors/ Two local photographers, Russell Tracy and Dave Yoakum contacted me to come out to meet and shoot with them sometime. That time came last Thursday night at Fallston High School. Russell and Dave are practicing their off-camera techniques and this would be a good opportunity to learn from ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/12/girls-basketball-with-off-camera-flash/ Here in Maryland there is a light dusting of snow on the ground, temperatures in the high 20's low 30's. My wife and daughter are out to see a play, and my son is upstairs taking a nap. The only football game on right now is the Eagles/Giants game -- ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/12/christmas-decorations/ The John Carroll Patriots wrestling team opened their home schedule against Boy's Latin on Tuesday afternoon with a 56-18 win. http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/12/john-carroll-grapplers-win-home-opener/ I can finally say, "Yes, I've shot an NFL game." I've shot many high school games, a college game, but they don't compare to the NFL Experience.   To those who shoot the NFL regularly, it's probably old hat for you, but for me it was like getting to fly first class ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/10/the-nfl-experience/ For the past six weekends, I've been building myself a storage shed in my backyard. This past Labor Day I finally completed it and started loading it up with my junk stuff. I had been taking photographs all along it's progress and in looking back at all of the images, I ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/09/expose-for-inside-and-out/ This is the continuation from Part 1 of the wrestling team poster project done using a green screen. In part one, I explained how I used a green screen to put together a team picture. The next stage was to provide some sample background images to be selected for the final ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/07/wrestling-team-poster-part-2-chroma-key-cutouts/ If you are a sports photographer and frequently shoot high school night games of football, soccer, or lacrosse, you have probably experienced poor lighting.  Some of the newer fields have decent lighting, but a majority of the ones I visit are marginal at best. Prior to Bel Air High School being ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/07/night-football-with-flash/ If you are anything like me, it seems as when you need something, you can never find it, or the item is always in a location that you are not.  Well, this used to happen to me a lot with me when I wanted to clean my lens.  I either ... http://www.theimageengineer.com/2008/07/play-it-again-cham-ios/