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Portable flash and shadows behind the ears and head?
I use a sigma EF-530 portable flash on my pentax K10d. When I take pictures of people there is often shadows of their ears and heads on the wall behind them. How can I avoid this.
I cant always point the flash up and bounce off the ceiling because often the ceiling is too high. So I direct the flash straight on the subjects. But why always the big shadows on the wall behind their ears? It makes it look like they have an extra hair piece or something...
Today I used (inside) an aperture of F.6.3 with a shutter speed of 125 and an ISO of 400 and the portable flash...
I did use a diffuser but could not move them further away from the wall because then I would be too close to them, and this room is where they wanted the pics taken
As others have said - move them away from the wall - the further away the softer the shadows will be.
If you cannot bounce the flash then buy or make a "softbox" for your flash head to soften the light and again soften the shadow.
Buy a couple of small slave units to light the background.
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1010113
this is a bounce reflector which should fit your flash unit
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Portable Air Conditioner Basics
When it comes to keeping cool in spite of the horribly hot weather, a lot of people often resort to cranking up on the air conditioners at home and enjoy the coolness that it gives. However, not everyone can afford to buy, let alone pay for the high electricity bill that usually comes with the normal type of air conditioners. So what are those people who do not have much money to spare for air conditioners can do to help keep themselves from feeling to hot? Also, what about those who do not have much space to work around with?
Getting a portable air conditioner seems to be the best solution to such a predicament. But for those who are first timers when it comes to this thing, what are the things that one should keep in mind when it comes to buying portable air conditioners?
In order to give you a better understanding of what to expect with portable air conditioners here are some basic tips that you must keep in mind, especially when you are already thinking of shopping for one.
Tip #1 Buying brand new portable air conditioners VS second hand portable air conditioners
For those who do not know much about portable air conditioners, it is always best to ask your friends or relatives first just in case some of them have already been using it in their homes. If none of them are familiar with portable air conditioners, you can still check it out on the Internet where you can also research on the prices as well as available models out there. Hopefully through this you will be able to get a better understanding about this new kind of appliance so that you will more or less know what to expect when you head out to the mall. Once at the appliances store, do not let the sales attendant to sell you something that he or she thinks is the best choice for you. Make sure that you are personally happy with the choice of portable air conditioner that you will be purchasing before making the final sale.
If you are on the lookout for more budget-friendly options, you can also check out second hand stores for appliances to see if they have any second hand portable air conditioners that are in good working order. Make sure to test it first and ask if you can return it if it suddenly goes dead on you. If all they offer are rickety old models, it would be best if you just get a brand new portable air conditioner instead.
Tip #2 How to properly maintain your portable air conditioner
Once you take your portable air conditioner home and start using it on a regular basis, there are times when you will have to check whether your portable air conditioner is being maintained well or not. If you feel that it needs a good round of cleaning ? even if it is still working perfectly, just do what you can to keep its parts clean so that no future problems may arise. It is best that you personally know how to fix at least some of the possible glitches that it may have so that you would not need to go to a technician in case a problem does occur in the future. You should also keep in mind to keep your warranty card or receipt so that you will be able to bring it back to the store for a check up.
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Google: “On November 9, 2009 Google announced an agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 million. This acquisition will enhance Google's existing expertise and technology in mobile advertising, while also giving advertisers and publishers more choice in this growing new area.”
Google (Blog): “Despite the tremendous growth in mobile usage and the substantial investment by many businesses in the space, the mobile web is still in its early stages. We believe that great mobile advertising products can encourage even more growth in the mobile ecosystem. That's what has us excited about this deal. – For publishers of mobile websites and applications, this deal will mean better products and tools and more effective monetization of their content – allowing them to focus more on their users and less on how to generate revenue. – For advertisers who want to reach users when they are engaged with mobile content, this deal will bring better, more relevant ads and greater reach. It will also mean more interesting, engaging ad formats.”
NYT: “The all-stock deal is modest for Google, given its roughly $177 billion market value. But it is the third-largest in its history, behind the $3.1 billion deal for the advertising specialist DoubleClick and the $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube. … Founded in 2006, AdMob calls itself the “world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace.” The company, which has received $47 million in financing from venture capitalists and other investors, refused to disclose its revenue.”
Mashable: “While one of the biggest deals we’ve seen come out of the Web space in some time, it’s not completely unexpected. When Google reported earnings last month, we noted that the company now has $22 billion in cash, and CEO Eric Schmidt said his company feels 'confident about investing heavily in our future.' That’s certainly the case here, as Google has just made a very big bet on mobile ads.”
SEL: “Postscript from Greg: I was able to speak to Google and AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui briefly today. The acquisition puts Google at the forefront of mobile display advertising and instantly brings Google a great deal of sophistication in the segment that it previously did not have. In fact that’s one of the things that Google emphasized in the discussion: they get a team that has been working the space and thinking about mobile display for four (or more) years. – Google also alluded to a potential for 'holistic' approaches to display advertising when I asked explicitly about whether there was going to be some future cross-platform ad buying capability.”
TC: “This is a big win for the company’s early investors, which include Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners (this is a huge day for Accel – they were also investors in Playfish, which was just acquired by EA). More recent investors include DFJ and Northgate Capital.”
RWW: “Now the iPhone rules. AdMob's own numbers claimed that mobile traffic from the iPhone and iPod touch grew 19X over the last year. AdMob is making a strong play on the iPhone. TechCrunch reported this Spring that the company claims to be the biggest mobile app ad network on the iPhone and is working on a traffic exchange system for app promotion similar to what's been done on Facebook. … Does Google want to see someone else leading the ad monetization on its own mobile OS just like it is now poised to do to Apple? No way. The answer? Buy AdMob. – It's a very smart move. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Google's share price rose this morning to its highest point in almost 18 months.”
VB: “Google hadn’t focused much on the iPhone, in part because it had built a competing mobile phone system called the Android operating system. It’s now the basis of dozens of smartphones and is poised to come into its own over the next year with models like the Motorola Droid unveiled last week. – With AdMob’s exclusive focus on mobile, especially the iPhone and its exploding application ecosystem, the biggest treasure it offers Google is its know-how in terms of dealing with app publishers and advertisers.”
ClickZ: “Additionally, AdMob is one of a very small club of ad networks – catering to any channel – that Google has attempted to acquire. In 2007 it bought FeedBurner, an RSS feed management platform that also operated as an ad network.”
Forrester: “Big picture: mobile advertising remains a small fraction of the overall interactive marketing spend. Google, however, expects mobile to be a key growth driver in the coming years, and the acquisition of AdMob plays right into that strategy.”]]>