Marian’s Roots and Rambles: How To Take Better Gravestone Photos

I soon learned through online blogs (Strobist) how to use a flash off camera for more pleasing light.  There are different methods of triggering a flash off camera, but the one I chose for the Nikon D40 was a cheap wireless trigger purchased through Cowboy Studio on Ebay.  This includes a wireless trigger to mount on the hot shoe of the camera, and a wireless receiver to mount to the flash.  I use a Nikon SB600 speedlight with this camera.  This flash, and others are capable of being used on a manual setting so you can power down the output of light. The gravestone on the left highlighted by flash With this new capability I returned to many of the gravesites and photographed the hard to read stones.  With the flash on a light stand I adjust the flash output to 1/8th to 1/16th power, and place it to the side of the stone a few feet away.  Lighting the stone from the side causes shadows on the engraving enabling you to very clearly read the inscription.

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DPopTart, neuwitch: What is the woman tax? The woman tax…

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The woman tax (or pink tax) is the increased cost women pay, not for makeup, but rather simply purchasing items to meet very basic needs. The woman tax (or pink tax) refers to the extra money tacked on to the products and services targeted toward women. Besides the ridiculous notion that an item could be “gendered”, the woman tax is a real, measurable manifestation of the capitalist patriarchy.