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I use it for most people shots. From portraits to full body, on both my 40d and 5d II. I love the shallow depth of field. I also use for my "Hollywood" portraits. First with the Canon 40d ... and this with 5d II

I thought the difference between editing in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw that comes with Photoshop is very small. Dont they have the same tools?

Resolution is not important unless you are goíng to print the image. There is no difference between a 300 dpi image that is 800x600 pixels and a 1 dpi image at 800x600 pixels as long as its shown on a computer screen. The only thing important for files that are shown on a computer screen is the...

If you only are interested in the Tonemapping effect and not exposure blending, Topaz Adjust can make Local Contrast enhance the image in that way, or destroy it. There is also a Tonemapping plugin for Photoshop, from Photomatix.

Play with the sliders in the Channel Mixer to choose which color channel to blow as they will give different results. There are many more colors to choose fron with the Black and White adjustment layer. I always check the different channels first before converting to black and white, to see...

If the OP's goal is to get a more shallow depth of field you can always use a ND filter on the lens.

Using manual focus is also depenedent on the camera and how big its viewfinder is. To set manual focus on my 350d for instance would be very hard I think, a little less cumbersome on my 40d, an probably ok with a fullframe.

Used Sigma Super 500DG are very powerful and can be found rather cheap. Metz seems to be a good reliable brand, from all posts I have read.

Auto for focus, manual for shutterspeed and exposure. I change focus points depending on Fstop and where focus should be, epecially when changing from landscape to portrait position. To focus and then change composition is not a good idea as the focus plane changes .

Yes make an action of the auto Exposure ( image>Adjustments>Exposure ) and use Automate>Batch to batch for instance.

Some shallow dof.

Thats beautiful black and white tones..

Maybe it needs a bird ? =)

... or check this list of 10 free HDR software first. http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-high-dynamic-range-hdr-software.htm