Tag: Equipment

Do-over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The photo this week was taken by me in February of 2009 from the location of tomorrow’s All Ears Photo Meet. Earlier this year, the Sorcerer Mickey Hat was removed from in front of the Great Movie Ride. The view down Hollywood Blvd. is now clear right up to the reproduction of the Mann’s Chinese … Continue reading "Do-over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Tripods at Walt Disney World Review

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A very useful photographer tool for low light and night photography at Walt Disney World is a Tripod. While it is not essential to have a tripod for the upcoming All Ears Picture This! Photo Meet on Saturday, September 12, 2015, having one would allow you to photograph past sunset and into the Blue Hour. … Continue reading "Tripods at Walt Disney World Review"
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All Ears Photo Meet near Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The next All Ears Picture This! Photo Meet will be different than past ones. Instead of walking around, this time it will be in one location. The location is along the Epcot Resort Path just off the Disney's Hollywood Studios parking lot (see map below for approximate location at the star). I will be there starting at 6:30pm on Saturday, September 12, 2015.
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Super Zoom Lens at the Magic Kingdom

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I have seen a few discussions about what lenses to bring to Walt Disney World lately. I have for years touted the advantages to using Super Zoom lenses at the parks specifically and for travel photography in general. For cropped sensor cameras, they run in the ranges of 18-200mm and even 18-300mm. For full framed … Continue reading "Super Zoom Lens at the Magic Kingdom"
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Polarizing Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom

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This is the third of three blogs about subjects being taught at the Focus on Epcot Photowalk held on Monday, February 9, 2015. Click the link for more information. The previous two posts in this series talked about focusing issues. This week we turn towards changing the light entering our camera’s lens with a polarizing … Continue reading "Polarizing Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom"
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Photographing Star Wars Weekends Fireworks

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Star Wars Weekends for 2014 ended each day with the Symphony in the Stars fireworks show. The show is done totally with music from the Star Wars movie saga. The fireworks used are the most advanced I have ever seen at a Disney themepark. Bursts would change colors in different directions and from the inside-out, … Continue reading "Photographing Star Wars Weekends Fireworks"
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Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR at Walt Disney World

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If you have followed Photographic Innoventions long enough, you would know I am a big fan of Super Zoom Lenses. For a cropped sensor camera, the 18-200mm and 18-300mm are the ranges used. For a full frame sensor camera, the 28-300mm is the range. All are image stabilized (IS for Canon, VR for Nikon and … Continue reading "Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR at Walt Disney World"
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Blue Hour over Expedition EVEREST

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In reviewing past blogs recently, I did a few on Blue Hour but never really explained it beyond saying it is something that happens after sunset and before complete darkness. Here are a few facts about Blue Hour: It is not an hour long but more like 15 to 25 minutes. Happens twice a day.  … Continue reading "Blue Hour over Expedition EVEREST"
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Sunny Lobby of the Tower of Terror

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Normally one thinks of the lobby of the Hollywood Tower Hotel as a gloomy, dusty place. This is not always the case on a sunny day in late October when the Sun’s angle at times sends its bright rays through the lobby doors. Guests throw eerie shadows in the Tower of Terror lobby.Nikon D700/Sigma 15mm, … Continue reading "Sunny Lobby of the Tower of Terror"
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Photographing the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel at Night

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Photographing in the Magic Kingdom at night is a lot of fun. Especially, late at night as the crowd thins out and photographers can set up their tripods almost anywhere. Which is exactly what I did in Fantasyland to photograph the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel. Did you know the carousel has 2,325 lights on it? … Continue reading "Photographing the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel at Night"
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