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New eBook – Making Light II by Piet Van den Eynde

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I’m excited to announce the new release of Piet Van Den Eynde’s, Making Light 2 – Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash.

Based on the success of the original Making Light, I was anxious to set hands on my advanced copy of Making Light 2 to review for you. And good news…it’s awesome!

Here’s what I found…

Where the strength of Making Light was focused on getting readers comfortable with the concepts of off-camera flash photography, Making Light 2 goes several steps further with advanced techniques, extra modifiers, great setup examples, plus interviews with  professional photographers on the topic.

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Here is just a sampling of the chapters covered:

  • Going Beyond Sync Speed
  • Advanced Triggering Systems
  • Thinking Outside the Softbox
  • Ten Case Studies
  • and much more!

Conclusion – Making Light 2 is jam packed (77 pages!) with instructional details and illustrative diagrams. For photographers serious about stepping up the quality of their work, Making Light 2 is a must have! This quality offering demonstrates again why Craft & Vision are the leaders in the Photography eBook market.

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Special Offer

For the first five days only, if you use promotional code MAKINGLIGHT4 at checkout, you can have Making Light 2 for only $4 or use the code MAKINGLIGHT20 and get 20% off when you buy 5 or more ebooks from the Craft & Vision Collection. This is a limited time offer and discount codes expire at 11:59pm PST October 24th, 2011.

If you haven’t done so already, the original Making Light book is still available and makes a great companion with this selection! Just follow the link below.

Enjoy.

Download your copy of Making Light 2 – Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash

Awesome Web Design – Matthew Mahon Photography

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crazy lady Awesome Web Design Matthew Mahon Photography picturesInteresting content is essential to any successful blog. Great web design is another major key element in attracting and retaining viewers. Matthew Mahon Photography, a viewer suggested site (thanks – Nick in Florida), is a photography blog that I absolutely love!

The Matthew Mahon web site utilizes Flash technology to create a stunning portfolio that showcases his tremendous photography, but does so in a manner that makes you want to know more about each image. I have been on this site for over an hour this morning and just had to stop and write a post about it. Yes, I’m going back after writing.

For starters, this site makes great use of white space. Images are just floating in space. Single click on any image for a zoomed in view. Most of the images have a inverted arrow in the bottom righthand corner, which flips the image over to reveal handwritten details about the photo.

Some images also have an accompanying “talking head” icon. Click on this icon and you are presented with a whimsical flash video discussing more information and the creation of the image, featuring Matthew and the amusing “Mahon Crew” sidekick. (I’d love to have one of those t-shirts!)

closeup crazylady Awesome Web Design Matthew Mahon Photography picturesThere is no doubt this site took a boatload of time to create, but it was well worth it. Even if you are not interesting in all the fancy tricks of modern web design, this site has a ton of great photos. But if you enjoy photography sites that go beyond the canned, static variety, you will truly love this site.

To see other great photography websites, please visit – Photography Made Simple – Photoblog Randomizer