Bibble pro was recommended to me by one person, adobe by another. I'm a novice with a Nikon D50 and would like to take some photos without flash, etc. Any sugestions for this newbie? Thanks, Ken

Points Taken! Budget is of course an issue, we are looking at 2k to 2.5k for the first set up. I am looking at the Canon 30D and am pleased with the reviews. I am in total agreement with the fact that it is knowledge and not totally equipment and will be taking a few classes before the next trip (in...

I work for a not for profit company, we are going to remote areas in Southeast Asia and South Asia to photograph, collect, and study traditional kite makers. This means that we can only carry limited equipment, and have very limited (mostly none) lighting options. We need to be able to take really good...

I am starting to shoot RAW and I have Pixmantecs Raw Shooter Essentials and Canon's Digital Photo Professional. Neither of them feels like any photo processing program I have used before and both feel "clunky." For instance, when I crop in CDPP, it opens a whole new application just to...

OOPS: And the adobe dng converter did just that converted my files to a dng extension... so whats the benefit of that? maybe i missed something. Read about dng here... http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/ .

eth: Shoot in RAW mode. Why shoot a gray card for every lighting situation? So the color is correct straight out of the camera. I like to show my clients the raw images, directly after shooting, and I want the color to be perfect. This is the reason why cameras have a custom white balance setting, so...

When capturing the custom white balance I don't think it matters that the card is in focus. My camera actually racks the lens so it's as out of focus as possible. (making for a more uniform gray tone) I've seen quite a few gray cards in my day and I have yet to encounter one that is not certified...