Lighting

So, now that I've decided to but some studio equipment, I thought I'd get a head start on learning all about that domain. I've been doing tons of reading, researching, watching and listening - Here is a catalogue of some of the sites and resources I have run across that I found very very useful.

Websites

• Flickr - Any type of image you want to see, just search lickr for inspiration.

Videos

Wow, it has been far too long since I posted anything here. My life for the past months has been - school, work, gym, homework, a bit of photography, eat and sleep. (Not exactly in that order, but you get the picture).

It's February, and in this part of Canada, it is one of the coldest and wettest months of the year. I would love to do another outdoor/nature photo shoot, but that will have to wait till it gets a little warmer.

For the first 350 shots or so that I took with my new D80, I was very stingy with the ISO setting. Even in dark situations I would change it from 100 to 400 which didn't really help much in terms of increasing the shutter speed. I was always worried about introducing too much grain into my pictures;