Basically, Bokeh does simple DOF calculations for you by showing you the amount of distance you have on each side of your focal point.

For instance, if I am shooting with my 5D and an 85mm lens at f:4 and I am 10 feet from my subject, my entire focal rang is just 8 inches from start to finish. Of course at the focal point it will be the sharpest, but when printed at a decent size of will still appear as sharp during that range.

There could be a number of uses for this. Just two I thought of off he top of it head were:

1. When panning or shooting a moving subject at long focal lengths, this tool would be great to help keep the probability to have a sharp photo high while managing the need for good exposure.

2. If you are shooting a particular size bug and want the entire bug in focus, you could use this tool to adjust your distance and aperature accordingly.

My goal over the next few weeks is to find and report on great iPhone apps that will help you take better photos and share those pics with the rest of the world.

I just downloaded the app to wordpress and I am currently fighting the touch keyboard right now to write this. The app is easy, quick, and powerful. I will write more as I have more experience. .

The past few days we have had record amounts of rain because of the remnants of Hurricane Gustov. My home rain gage is topped off at 5in! On the back side of that storm is a amazing cool front. This morning it was 54 degrees when I woke up and today’s high is only 71. Needless to say, I am looking forward to fall!

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Even though I am completely immersed in technology each and every day, I am still amazed at how fast it changes. I am even more amazed by our dependence on the stuff. On a typical day in our house we use a Treo 750, a Samsung Blackjack, two Dell Latitude notebooks, an iPod, a Mac Mini, high resolution cameras, two home brew PC’s for photo and video rendering, webcams, multiple external drives for storage and that doesn’t include all the “taken for granted” tech that makes sure my toast doesn’t burn! It’s sick!

That said, today I start a new project here at my day job. Something new, but not all that different than I have done before. It’s not that I am scared of the newness, just a little antsy. Like a kid on the first day of school. I really don’t know what to expect?! I will be sure to update the progress here…when there is some

Being a photographer can be difficult at times. Why? Because the light isn’t always right. Because sometimes gear fails. Because, well, photography isn’t perfect. And neither is life.

Being the internet junkie I am, when I started getting into photography, I would spend hours and hours (in totality) looking at portfolios and galleries of some of the best that I could find on the World Wide Web. Was that wrong? Not at all. I really think that it helped in the long run. It helped me at least see what was possible.

The issue became that when I went to take a photo, it had to be perfect. It had to be sharp, contrasty, perfect DOF, and have no distractions. Those are all good goals, but (there always seems to be a but) they don’t make a great photo. So, what makes a great photo? Life!!! Or, I should write, the portrayal of life through the capture.  I was so focused on getting the perfect image, that I missed it. I was capturing light, and color, and depth…but I was missing the emotion, the love, the connection, the feeling. The life!

Am I there yet? Nope! But, I am learning!