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It has been two weeks since we announced our brand new eBook – Portraits: Making the Shot by Gina Milicia. The feedback from readers has been wonderful and many have snapped up our launch offer that gets you a second ‘portrait recipes’ eBook by Gina for free when you buy the first. Today I’m excited to announce a further bonus for anyone (anywhere in the world) who buys this eBook in the next 2 weeks (and anyone who has already picked it up). One person who grabs Gina’s eBook is going to win $1000 towards a new lens/lenses and some personal mentoring by...
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If early tech blog reports ring true, HTC’s much-anticpated “M7” smartphone, expected to be revealed at press events to be held in New York City and London on February 19, may seriously be worth the excitement. According to Pocket-lint, HTC will forgo a previously-speculated (and presumably conventional) 13-megapixel sensor for three, 4.3MP sensors to achieve a stacked “ultrapixel” sensor. Although we don’t know what this means  – sensors aren’t transparent, so you can’t simply ‘stack’ three on top of one another...
Poster Set GiveawayFreshen Up Your Walls With Creative Mobile Book Illustrations! By Smashing Editorial February 5th, 2013 Contests 227 Comments Our brand new Mobile Book was a labor of love. But the love doesn’t just stop there! We’re giving away 20 exclusive A3-sized (11.6 × 16.5 inches) poster sets designed and created by the oh-so-talented Mike Kus, whose abstract illustrations are featured throughout the Mobile Book. Large previews: Mobile Landscape | Responsive Design | UX Design | The Mobile Book Addendum Large preview. I Want A Mobile Book Poster Set! How can you get your hands...
PsychologyBuilding Something That Your Users Will Actually Want To Buy By Austin Gunter February 5th, 2013 Business, Inspiration, Workflow 0 Comments How do you make sure all the software products you spend time building are something that your customers will actually want to buy? It’s one thing to spend a few weeks coding your next big idea. But are you sure that you have an audience of customers that want what you’ve built? The last thing you want is to create something, invest in Adwords, only have your potential customers arrive non-plussed, and then navigate away, never to return...
This is the first in a series of articles by Andrew S Gibson, the author of Understanding EOS: A Beginner’s Guide to Canon EOS cameras. The ‘creative triangle’ is my term for the idea that great photos are made from a combination of good composition, an understanding of beautiful lighting and the technical ability to control your camera. You could even think of this as another version of the rule-of-thirds. A good photo is comprised of one-third the composition, one-third the lighting and one-third the technical ability of the photographer. It’s not enough...
Now here’s another one: a deliciously tiny, mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera that can almost replace many DSLRs on themarket. Sony was one of the early entrants in this game and, in typical fashion, continues to refine the bloodline with this third generation product in the 5 series. In a press release introducing the camera the company asked: ‘Are DSLR cameras too big and too hard?’ The NEX-5R attempts to make a reply and only NEX-5R users will be able to confirm the real answer. In looks the camera is tiny and appears further dwarfed by attaching...
Mike Gardner, Malibu Realtor, photographer and PFRE reader says, “a reason to have good photos for Malibu listings is you just never know when The Today Show is going to call asking for permission to use the photos for todays segment after speaking to the listing agentâ€. Apparently in the Malibu market The Today Show is call likely to call since so many celebrities have properties there. Mike recently shot Howie Mandel’s home in Malibu that is now on the market for $7.75M and the Today Show did call Mike and ask permission to use his photos for this clip with celebrity real estate...
 Panasonic’s Michiharu Uematsu and Yoshiyuki Inoue CP+ 2013: Panasonic is considering which cameras it needs to appeal to the different demands for Micro Four Thirds in different countries. We spoke to Michiharu Uematsu, Special Adviser, Imaging Business Group and Yoshiyuki Inoue, Senior Engineering Planner, Marketing Team, Imaging Business Group. They explain the challenges of making and marketing a high image quality compact and suggest the GH3 won’t get focus peaking. Uematsu spoke about how the market has reacted to the company’s products: ‘GH3 has...
Casio wants to make cameras that allow everyone to take better images, and that could mean large sensor compacts, says Jin Nakayama, Senior General Manager of the company’s QV Digital Camera Division, but don’t expect a mirrorless camera. The company, which makes some of Japan’s best-selling compacts, has a development strategy Nakayama believes will distinguish it from smartphones while also staying a step ahead of its camera rivals, he says. Casio may not be a big name in digital cameras in all markets but it was responsible for the first consumer digital camera to...
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Panasonic has devised a method to increase the sensitivity of image sensors, by replacing the near-universal colour filter array with prism-like ‘Micro Color Splitters’ to generate colour information. The key advantage is that all of the incoming light is directed to the sensor, instead of half or more being absorbed by...
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At the Consumer Electronics Show last month, we introduced you to CameraMator—an accesory that sends DSLR images to an iPad for instant review or a bigger live view screen. On the Macworld/iWorld expo floor this weekend, we found CamRanger. CamRanger and CameraMator are strikingly similar products—both cost $299, send jpegs via a newly created hotspot from a DSLR’s USB port, work with nearly all Nikon or Canon DLSR cameras and send the photos to their own designated apps. The big differences between the two devices can be seen in their physical design. The CameraMator...
Removing Interface Elements: Should You Ask The User Or Their Browser? By Nathan Carnes February 4th, 2013 Design, Techniques, User Experience 0 Comments The history of the Internet has been a steady march towards websites that are richer, bigger and more interactive. As websites have become more robust, we — as designers and developers — have often placed the burden on our users to make more decisions, each of which distracts them from their wants and needs. Image source: Johan Larsson. However, by using a combination of technical solutions and some careful decision-making on our part,...
This was taken with the Canon EOS-1D X and EF 85mm f/1.2L II. I had a 600EX-RT speedlite on camera to provide just a touch of fill. Exposure was 1/250, f/1.2, ISO 100. I am often contacted by people who are interested in modeling, either as a hobby, or to build a portfolio to try and model professionally. It’s one of the more fun things I get to do with a camera, as it allows me to be creative and really direct things a bit. Models can be great to work with- both to build their portfolio as well as your own. Aspiring models are often looking to diversify...
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Panasonic has devised a method to increase the sensitivity of image sensors, by replacing the near-universal colour filter array with prism-like ‘Micro Color Splitters’ to generate colour information. The key advantage is that all of the incoming light is directed to the sensor, instead of half or more being absorbed by...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
In 1941, Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor published An American Exodus, “a book that renders human experience eloquently in text and images, and remains a seminal work in documentary studies”, say the organisers of the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor documentary prize, created in 1980 to support similar fieldwork collaborations.
Now, after a two-year hiatus, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University has relaunched the prize and introduced new guidelines. “The [new] prize supports documentary artists – working alone or in teams – who are involved in extended,...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
OK, I’m ready to start accepting living room shots for the Feb 2013 PFRE photographer of the month contest. For those not familiar with this series of monthly competitions take a look at the Contest page that describes all the rules and the process. For a look at last years monthly winners and all the yearly winners go to the best-of-the-best page (on the top menu bar click “Featuredâ€). There was a period between 2008 and 2011 that we didn’t run the contest in it’s present form. This contest is a juried contest. The list of jurors is on the contest page. The primary purpose of the...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for dPS� We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. Today meet James Maher, New York City based photographer and author of The Essentials Of Street Photography. 1. How long have you been shooting? James Maher I became interested in photography in 2002 and enrolled in photography courses in 2003.  I assisted for a commercial photographer in 2005 and 2006 and started my business soon after that. 2. Do you have a full time...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
It was late on the scene but its arrival still surprised many. After all, it is four years since Panasonic appeared with the first model in this guise. Canon’s first MILC (Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera) or CSC (Compact System Camera) magnesium alloy body model followed many other marques’ entries but differed to some by immediately offering an adaptor that accepted the mainstream Canon EF lens range. Using 35 SLR lenses the magnification factor is 1.6x, surely not a deterrent factor. At first glance, it’s a strange beast. The review camera was stark...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist explains how to keep your memory cards healthy. Memory cards are one of the most often neglected parts of digital photography. But, they’re extremely important because they’re responsible for safely storing your photos until you get them to your computer. So, it’s important to take care of them properly. Here are a few tips for keeping them healthy: 1. Format new cards as soon as you get them Many memory cards are advertised as “pre-formatted†and “ready to use,†but it’s always a good idea to...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
FreebiesPolaris UI Kit + Linecons Icon Set (AI, PDF, PNG, PSD, SVG) By Smashing Editorial February 2nd, 2013 Freebies 2 Comments Today we are pleased to feature the Polaris UI icon set that includes useful UI components and 48 beautiful icons. This freebie was created by the team at Designmodo. As usually, you can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. Polaris UI Kit The Polaris UI Pack is a set of beautiful UI components, which includes Edit Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Page Navigation, Menu, Buttons, etc. You can use this set in any of your...
Since the introduction of Photoshop CS2, Adobe’s image editing software has shipped with the ability to easily merge a series of photographs into a panorama. Often, it is incredibly simple: once you have the images you want to stitch together, it only takes a few clicks to produce the blended panorama.  However, whilst Photoshop may be able to seamlessly merge your images 90% of the time, on occasion it may struggle to perfectly match the exposures across the input images resulting in a final panorama with obvious joins between the individual photographs. To...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
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CP+ 2013:Â Panasonic has added a 42.5mm F1.2 portrait lens and 150mm F2.8 super-telephoto prime to its lens roadmap for Micro Four Thirds, for release in the near future. The lenses, shown in prototype form at Photokina 2012, last September, are shown as being ready for release just after the 14-42mm II APSH. kit zoom launched this...
The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
A Definitive Guide To The Android Carousel Design Pattern By Greg Nudelman February 1st, 2013 Android, Mobile, UX Design 2 Comments One of the best patterns for browsing a small collection of featured products is the carousel. Unfortunately, many mobile app implementations do not offer an engaging or satisfying carousel experience and are not effective at driving conversions. In this article, we’ll use the analogy of a real-world amusement park carousel to explain what makes for an authentically mobile user experience, and we’ll give you the design, the complete source code and a...
Learn, Build and ShareThe WordPress Community Offers Advice To Beginners By Siobhan McKeown February 1st, 2013 Techniques, Tips 15 Comments We’ve all been total newbies. In fact, I spend most of my time still feeling like one. So researching this article was a great opportunity for me to do some more learning, and to share all of that good stuff with you. I reached out to people from across the WordPress community to ask what advice they would give to people just starting their WordPress journey. I talked with developers, designers, support reps, security experts, hosting companies, theme...
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2013 By Smashing Editorial January 31st, 2013 Wallpapers 50 Comments We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over five years now, and we are very thankful to all the designers who have contributed and are still diligently...
Avoiding PitfallsA Comprehensive Guide To Firewalls By Paul Tero January 30th, 2013 Security, Servers 13 Comments In the construction industry, a “firewall†is a specially-built wall designed to stop a fire from spreading between sections of a building. The term spread to other industries like car manufacturing, and in the late 1980s it made its way into computing. On one side of the wall is the seething electronic chaos of the Internet. On the other side is your powerful but vulnerable Web server. These computer firewalls are actually more like fire doors because they have to let some...
The Smashing Mobile Book: Have You Got Yours Already? (Now With Extra Chapters!) By Smashing Editorial January 28th, 2013 Smashing Book, Smashing Magazine 29 Comments The brand new Smashing Mobile Book was officially launched a couple of weeks ago and since then we’ve been receiving remarkable feedback and overwhelming, positive book reviews. You thought it’s done now? Well, it’s not! We now have an exclusive bonus ready for you: The Mobile Book Addendum is now available for free download. Once you’ve ordered your printed copy of The Mobile Book, you’ll receive the eBook version in...
Earlier today we published a plain english guide to achieving nice Bokeh in your shots – so lets put the teaching into practice and make Bokeh our theme for this week’s photography challenge. We want to see you grabbing your camera over the next day or two and setting out to take some wonderful shots with Bokeh in them (i.e. some lovely out of focus areas in your shots). You can take Bokeh shots in portraits, macro work, still life, nature… really any type of photography you like – so hopefully there’s something for everyone! Learn how to take shots with...
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By Annie Tao Want to take portraits that have nice bokeh? First, what is it? BOKEH = noun. a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image. Below is a photo I took just the other day. It is an example of an image with nice bokeh and how to use it effectively. By blurring out the background, the entire image looks visually pleasing. You can’t even see she is standing on a sidewalk next to a parking lot! HOW TO ACHIEVE NICE BOKEH (in plain English!) 1. Use the right lens. All lenses can create some kind of...
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By Mark Fuller
A double (or multiple) exposure is when two or more images are combined into a single image. Although this creative technique is most popular in above-water photography, using it underwater can produce some truly special results. In the days of film, this effect was achieved by a lever disengaging the advance mechanism, allowing the shutter to re-cock without advancing the film, thus allowing a second, third, etc., exposure on the same frame of film. These days, most SLRs -and even some point and shoot cameras- have an image overlay and/or multiple exposure...
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By Andy Sallmon and Allison Vitsky
For many dyed-in-the-wool still shooters, the lure of dSLR with 1080 HD video capabilities was too much to pass up, and we were no different.Â
For us, it was all about the Canon 7D. When the specifications were released in 2009, we were as giddy and wide-eyed as two little kids at Christmas. We exchanged a flurry of emails immediately following the announcement, detailing the amazing, award-winning multimedia work that would emerge from our new cameras.  We immediately placed our names on a waiting list for 7D camera bodies, and by the...
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Here is another installment of Jason Bradley’s Top 5 Features of Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3. Content Aware Fill has been one of the more hyped features of Photoshop CS5, and Jason gives some great examples below of how to use it. Visit the Editing and Post Production section to see Jason’s previous articles. By Jason Bradley I’m excited to highlight this new feature of Photoshop CS5 as it’s easily one of the coolest additions to the program. But, what is Content Aware Fill? Well, it’s an easy way to deal with unwanted elements that make their way into your frame like...
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When Adobe released Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3.0, Jason Bradley gave us his picks for the top new features in the new programs. He continues to detail how to use each of these features with an in-depth look at the new noise reduction tool. Visit the Editing and Post Production section to see Jason’s previous articles.
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And now……for one of my favorite new additions to ACR 6.0 (Adobe Camera Raw) and Lightroom 3……the new Noise Reduction tool! All the screen shots here are from Lightroom, but for those of you just using...
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By Jason Bradley In my previous article, I listed the top 5 new features of Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 that I think field and underwater photographers will like the most. In the next few weeks I will be going into detail on how to use each of the new features. To start things off, let’s take a look at Lightroom 3’s new watermarking feature. Now, I can easily make our exploration of Lighroom 3’s new watermarking tool a discussion about how to properly mark your images and copyright law, but I’ll spare both of us the trouble. I’ll leave that up to you and your...
In the last year or so I’ve started recommending folks getting started in real estate photography purchasing used gear rather than new gear to save a bunch of money. This works best with DSLRs and lenses. Most people think of Ebay.com when they think of buying and selling camera gear but you may have noticed that you can both buy and sell DSLRs and lenses on Amazon. Here are a few example: New Canon Rebel Xti – $899 Used Canon Rebel Xti – $149 to $268 New Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens – $479 Used Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens – $375 -$441 Notice that on some...
About a year ago I did a post on an incident where the FAA shutdown Rusty Freeman’s real estate UAV photography business in the LA area. Has anything changed in the last year? I’ve put a fair amount of time researching what the current laws are regarding the operation of commercial UAVs (also called UASs) and I’m struck with how little clear information is available on this subject. The only two clear data points I have on this subject is Rusty Freeman’s case and the case of Daniel Gárate that Nick Winfield, of the New York Times reported in Feb of 2012. Both of these cases of UAV...
If you’ve been following the January PFRE twilight contest you will recognize this photo as Jason Roehner’s entry in January’s contest. I got several requests asking about how Jason did this shot so I asked Jason for the story behind this photo. Jason and his friend Andrea Calo from Austin, TX, setup and shot the photo as follows: Since this 14,000 square foot home in North Scottsdale had a lot of ground to cover, we split the work so that she would shoot the yard/pool area/patios, and I photographed the house from an adjacent street to get an overview of the entire property,...
Introduction The following is an excerpt from the SLR Lounge Lightroom Workflow System Workshop on DVD, a system designed to increase your post production speed by 5 to 10 times. Click here to learn more. I was attending a workshop last year in Los Angeles where the instructor talked about the importance of having backup gear for an important shoot. His mantra was that during a shoot, “something always goes wrong.†Gear redundancy is important, especially when you are on the client’s clock. Without a doubt, not having a backup to your gear can potentially derail...
In a recent post I talked about using an image watermark in Lightroom to apply to your images. This post I’ll show you how to create the watermark image to use. This watermark has two concentric circles with text between them and a set of wavy lines making it reminiscent of a post office stamp cancellation. The watermark also has a slightly grunge look. To make it, start in Photoshop with a letter size image. I set mine to landscape orientation with a white background. This will make it easy to create a black watermark and I will be able to see it as I work. Add a...
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Finally! Finally LowePro is making backpacks that carry cameras, not camera bags that happen to be carried on your back. Not only that, the Rover Pro is a versatile bag when you aren’t carrying your camera with ample room for a long day hike. I have used this bag on a couple of short trips and a 6 mile slog through a wet and tangle arroyo and am here to report and the good and the bad. Specifications Capacity: Pro DSLR with attached 24-70mm lens 1 extra lens or flash Tripod or monopod 2 liter hydration reservoir Sleeping pad, small tent, ice axe/trekking poles, and...
In this post Gina Milicia – author of our brand new eBook “Portraits: Making the Shot†shares 10 tips on directing a portrait shoot like a Pro. Mallory Jansen New York: photo by Gina Milicia 1. Check your Mood Have you ever been served by a rude shop assistant or waiter that was in a bad mood? How did it make you feel? Your mood on the day of your shoot is going to have a huge impact on the people around you. If you want the people you photograph to look and feel relaxed then you should look and feel relaxed too. 2. Try to be interested rather than Interesting A...
Todd Selby first came to notice four years ago through his blog, theselby.com, featuring friends and acquaintances photographed inside their homes along with their most prized possessions. Like pages from some as yet unpublished hipster magazine, they seemed to come from an entirely different universe to the kind of spaces you see in The World of Interiors, with their artful mess and urban loft locations.Â
They were an instant hit with style groupies who coveted the relaxed bohemian chic Selby captured with such a scrupulous eye for detail, quickly becoming an online sensation and...
Maurizio Anzeri for Fendiwww.maurizio-anzeri.co.uk
Fendi was launched by Edoardo and Adele Fendi in 1925 as a fur and leather shop. In 1997, Silvia Venturini Fendi gave the brand a new lease of life when she designed the now-iconic diminutive ‘baguette’ handbag. This year, Fendi commissioned Italian-born artist Maurizio Anzeri to create a video celebrating both the handbag and designer, showing a ‘moving still’ image of Silvia’s face and her hands holding the bag, and animating an embroidered intervention stitch by stitch.
“I met Silvia by chance at...
From Eurostar to Rekyjavik Energy, Brian Griffin has shot some of the biggest and best corporate commissions in the business. So who better to talk through corporate photography at The Social this Thursday? BJP and The Photographers’ Gallery are proud to announce that Brian will be joining us to talk through his experiences in this field and discuss how to get creative within this underrated area.
Also joining us will be photographer Brijesh Patel and project manager Franck Jehanne, who founded the Kalory Agency last year to specialise in creating photography and marketing...
Brian Griffin, Michael Collins, Andrew Lacon and Stuart Whipps have all won a place in Reference Works, the largest photography commission ever undertaken in Birmingham.Â
The four have been commissioned by Birmingham Library and Archive Services’ Photography Department to photograph the existing Central Library and document its transition and relocation into the newly-built Library of Birmingham next year. Collins, Lacon and Whipps have been asked to focus on the architecture of the old and new buildings, while Griffin will concentrate on photographing the people involved with...
When interiors stylist Despina Curtis asked him to collaborate on a still life shoot for Port magazine incorporating various desk tools, Leandro Farina turned to the Bauhaus and the work of some of the early 20th century photographers he admires for inspiration.
He was keen to shoot in black-and-white, which is unusual for still life shoots because most magazines prefer advertiser-friendly colour and the clarity that brings. “I like the feeling of tradition in black-and-white, and also it encourages you to embrace things that you might sometimes ignore with digital or colour...
Shooting Beauty offers one-day fashion photoshoots tailored for amateur, student and professional photographers. “We provide agency models, professional lighting and sets, and expert advice on hand,” say the organisers. “You bring your own camera and keep all the shots you take. We professionally retouch and print the best.”
The photoshoot allows you to work with a top-end professional team, agency models and highly talented creatives.
For more details about the Shooting Beauty experience, in association with BJP, visit www.bjp-shoots.com. Source Article...
Viviane Sassen studied fashion design for two years before she got into image-making, and worked as a model for designers such as Viktor & Rolf while studying photography in the mid-1990s at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Netherlands.
In and Out of Fashion, the three-month show at Huis Marseille Museum for Photography (15 December 2012 – 17 March 2013) in her hometown of Amsterdam, is accompanied by a book of the same title, published by Prestel. While Sassen is very happy about it, she’s also a little wary of the attention, arguing that fashion...
Editorial commissions offer fashion photographers unfettered creative freedom, whereas commercial projects are only ever done for the money, right? Perhaps not. It depends on who you work with, says Juergen Teller. Some magazines have become so commercial, he doesn’t want to work with them, while some advertisers will fund such interesting, creative campaigns that he’s happy to exhibit the images with his personal work.
“You have to choose carefully who you work with,” he says. “When I listen to some clients who request my services, I feel like I...
Alex Prager was selected from more than 100 nominees by a jury that included Simon Baker of the Tate, Darius Himes from Radius Books and photographer Viviane Sassen among others.
Now in its sixth year, the Foam Paul Huf Award gives the opportunity to a photographer to work in residence in Amsterdam, culminating with an exhibition at the Foam museum. Previous winners include Pieter Hugo, Alexander Gronsky, Leonie Hampton-Purchas, Mikhael Subotzky and Raphaël Dallaporta.
Prager, which BJP featured in September 2010, will see her work exhibited from 31 August to 14...
Calendars are a classic Christmas gift; this year they’re also a glamorous option thanks to the 2012 Style Calendar. Put together by art director Daniel Baer of Studio Baer, who regularly collaborates with leading fashion and art photographers and designed Rinko Kawauchi’s book Illuminance for Aperture, plus Joanna Schlenzka, fashion director at Mixt(e) magazine, the calendar includes photographs by cutting-edge photographers Daniel Sannwald, Yelena Yemchuk, Esther Teichmann and Johan Sandberg, along with established great Serge Leblon. Baer and Schlenzka opted for a calendar as it...
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I just bought a used D7000 from a respected forum member, who stated that he got quality photos from it, I on the other hand am having a dickens of a time. While I am slowly getting the hang of the AF (kinda, probably), my shots are just not producing really pleasing OOC JPEGS… Now I make no claims this is the cameras fault I am 99% certain that any problems I am experiencing are my own, either due to a lack of proper form/technique or improper camera settings to achieve pleasing OOC JPEGs. The below picture is a good example, its not bad but just a little...
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Today I used View Nx for the first time. Usually I just do a auto tone/contrast in Adobe PS CS5. I found the colors on the View NX different from Adobe. I have a D5000 and I dont shoot RAW very often, but if I am able to get good colors from View NX I will start to do it more often. Usually with CS5, colors were kinda flat. I am thinking I will do some more RAW shots and compare the version from CS5 and View NX. I want to get a good grasp on atleast one photo editing tool. I learnt CS5 a little bit, but it wasnt that much fun. Source Article from...
Michal Chelbin is a regular contributor to publications such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ, The Guardian and Le Monde, among others. She is based near Tel Aviv in Israel and her work forms part of private and public collections at The Metropolitan, the Getty Museum LA and the Tel Aviv Museum.
She is the fourth photographer to join the Institute in as many months – Riverboom, Alexander Gronsky and Rafal Milach signed up with the Los Angeles and London-based agency in autumn 2012.
“Institute is very keen to keep the number of artists the company...
“We have come a long way since the first camera phone was launched in 2000 and Alamy is keeping pace with this change,” says Alamy’s CEO James West. “We want to allow our contributors to upload News, Sport and Entertainment images to us using the camera they have ready at hand – whether it is a digital SLR, a compact camera or a smartphone. This is a recognition of the quality news images that can now be taken by cameraphones and the like.”
News photographers working with Alamy will now be able to upload pictures taken from their smartphone using a...
Getty Images has been hard pressed to explain how some of its contributors’ images ended up on Google’s suite of online applications. The deal was signed in autumn 2012 but wasn’t publicly disclosed until some of Getty’s photographers noticed that their images were available on Google Drive, as revealed by A Photo Editor.
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Alamy says the reduction in commission rate from 60 percent to 50 percent will help fund expansion plans. “We’re investing in our future,” says CEO James West in a prepared statement. “When we last made a change to commission rates it was to fund our expansion into the US, and today that area of the business accounts for over 40 percent of our sales.
He adds: “We are going to invest the extra revenue from this change in research and development, new products and services, and new marketing initiatives. We have ambitious plans to gain market share from our...
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Corbis and Demotix have not disclosed the terms of the deal, which will see the number two stock agency take over Demotix.
The deal comes a year after the two companies announced a “global media distribution partnership” which saw Corbis distributing Demotix’ images and videos.
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Olivo Barbieri began taking photographs in 1971, and his interest in the urban sprawl emerged early on – his first major body of work showed the glow of artificial lighting emanating from European and Asian cities. In 1999 he developed what would become a signature style, using a large format camera, plus the tilt-shift process to manipulate focus and perspective, rendering aerial views of cities and landscapes into what appeared to be miniature models. The already highly artificial façade of Las Vegas became even more exaggerated, the skyscrapers of New York were rendered quaint...
Beautiful they may be, shot in stark, textural detail and illuminated by a single overhead light source – but what exactly are these bleak, forbidding rooms, uniformly cell-like in their size and structure, each empty except for a battered foam mat? Dylan Thomas, who shoots rather different interiors for a living, isn’t letting on just yet. For his latest personal project, titled Crash, there’s a mystery he wants to maintain, and he delights in holding the answer from you. So far the series numbers 10 pictures, all shot to the same perspective and focusing on these same dirty,...
The British Embassy is something of an anomaly in Algiers, capital of the former French enclave. The building was designed by 2009 World Architect of the Year, John McAslan + Partners, and strikes a bold, modernist pose amidst a city of colonial-era buildings crumbling under the North African sun. Built around the existing turn-of-the-century Moorish ambassador’s residence, the new three-storey building has numerous innovative design flourishes, including a sandstone façade and six-metre-high screen of twisted, wooden slats, which work both to keep the building cool and to give the...
The Amnesty International UK Media Awards recognise excellence in human rights reporting across media and acknowledge journalism’s role in aiding public awareness of human rights issues.Â
There are 10 categories in total, including the Photojournalism category for photographers. Entrants may submit a series of up to six photographs from a single portfolio, some or all of which must have been published on a UK website or in the UK press. Â
Photographers have until 01 March to submit their entries online or by post. There is a reduced entry fee for images submitted before...
The Press Photographers’ Year competition will reward the best news images taken in 2011 and 2012, with 17 prizes awarded across a variety of categories such as News Folio of the Year to Sports Folio of the Year.
The organisers have also added the Multimedia and Digital Film for photographers who are working with video, and the Olympic Folio and Olympic Singles categories to celebrate the best images taken during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The winning images, as well as the Photograph of the Year, will go on show in July and August at the National Theatre...
Run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, in association with Sky at Night Magazine, the competition is an international search for images of the cosmos, from photographs of galaxies millions of light years away, to dramatic images of the night sky taken closer to home.Â
Entrants have until 13 June to submit their entries, with the winning images due to be showcased in a free exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, from 19 September to 23 February 2014.Â
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More than 100 images have been shortlisted in the Hasselblad Masters Awards 2014 – a competition that recognises the best in both established and emerging photographic talent. The Hasselblad Masters Awards received nearly 4000 entries, up from 2500 entries in 2012.Â
Following an initial call for entries in May 2012, professional photographers had until the end of August last year to submit their images in 12 categories:Â Fine Art; Landscapes/Nature; Wedding/Social; Portrait; Fashion/Beauty; Editorial; Products; Architectural; General; Wildlife; Project//21; and Underwater. The final...
Organised by World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch, the Tim Hetherington Grant was created in 2011 to celebrate the legacy of the photojournalist and filmmaker killed in Libya less than two years ago.
The annual grant of €20,000 goes to support a photographer in completing an existing project on a human rights theme, and this year, it was awarded to Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres for his work “Waiting for an opportunity”.Â
The work, which was shown at Visa pour l’Image in 2011, explores the harsh conditions minors face while incarcerated in the...
The Metabones Speed Booster is shown here mounted on a Sony NEX-6 with a Canon EF 40mm F2.8 lens. We’ve had the Metabones Speed Booster in the office for a few days and wanted to share some initial thoughts on the possibilities and challenges presented by such a unique product. While Metabones has announced plans to support a variety of lens/mount combinations, its first offering is a Canon EF to Sony NEX Speed Booster, so we put some Canon full frame lenses on our Sony NEX-6 and did some comparisons alongside the Canon EOS 6D we’re currently reviewing. What is the Speed...
There will be a Canon EOS 70D, but the future of semi-pro DSLRs is probably full-frame, says Masaya Maeda, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Image Communication Products Operations at Canon. However, while he says new concepts are needed to save the compact camera, he doesn’t see larger sensors as being the answer for the mass market. Masaya Maeda -Â Managing Director and Chief Executive, Image Communication Products Operations at Canon No room for large sensor compacts ‘Some say the digicam market is mature and that smartphones are eating into it. I would say this is...
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CP+ 2013: Nikon has several samples of its 18-35mm F3.5-4.5G ED consumer-level wide-angle full-frame zoom on show, while Sigma has re-designed and re-worked several of its most interesting lenses, which are being shown in prototype form at its stand. This includes a new version of its 30mm F1.4 for APS-C DSLRs. And, while none are available to shoot with yet, we got a...
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Pentax has released firmware updates for its K-5, K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-30 and K-r digital SLRs. With these latest firmware versions, all cameras gain improved overall stability and enhanced contrast AF performance when using the 560mm f/5.6ED AW lens. The updates are available for immediate download from the company’s website. Click here for more...
Took this image, well three images compiled to one, at 8.45 pm tonight. Hope you like it. The original full size image looks amazing.
Someone took a photo of me on their iphone in Newtown Sydney taking pictures of Mary O’Neill
9 am at Maroubra beach, cloudy and raining.
Model Mary O’Neill posing for me on a Hip Hop Rap Sheet shoot.
This shot was taken today in Newtown Sydney NSW Australia with our lovely model Mary for Hip Hop Rap Sheet
We were so lucky to get daily chemtrails over the christmas holidays. Santa really worked hard this christmas in the Southern Highlands.
Seriously how cute is this little guy with the big eyes staring at you.
I thought this came out cool, showing some motion in the shot.
Been raining today, listening to the rain fall gave me an idea to play around with water drops in the kitchen. I turned up the shutter speed to 1000 of a second to freeze the movement.
I took this shot in broad daylight. Closed down the aperture to avoid any ambient light coming through, and used the flash to provide the lighting. Cool effect don’t you think?
I took this shot in broad daylight. Closed down the aperture to avoid any ambient light coming through, and used the flash to provide the lighting. Cool effect don’t you think? Forgot to mention I also set the zoom on the flash to a narrow focus.
Looks like charlie needs another brush again
Charlie was looking too cute about to fall asleep, so I took this shot of him as he opened his eyes.
These Rosellas a beautiful to watch eating.
Meet my little boy Chip. Well he is in real life a big cat. Even the vets are always amazed at his size.
I just love my new cold press juicer. this book is a must for those that want a healthy body. Fresh Vegetable and fruit Juices by N.W.WALKER, D.Sci.
Showing off my BioChef food dehydrator that I make jerky treats for my pets.
This little guy was on my window.
Caught this little guy catching insects for dinner late in the afternoon. As I took this shot he had an insect already in his beak.
This little guy was hunting insects on the ground in Seymour park Moss Vale.
This little guy was the size of your thumb nail, the twig was swaying in the wind, was so hard to get a good shot in focus. Took at least 10 goes before I came up with this one.
Love the bright sharp greens and red here.
Love this bench. gave it some HDR tones to liven it up.
Just love the colours going on here.
Don’t ask me what these are, but they are cute.
Don’t know what it is about black & white photography.. I just love it.
Had a lovely walk through the Robertson rainforest nature reserve listening to all the amazing bird calls.
Hope you like this one, dandelion against the sun.
Sometimes shadows can give a dramatic effect. Just love the light...
Guys I have been giving my dog Purina Lucky dog biscuits for years until now suddenly has a food allergy. The Vet and I have isolated many food groups over the months and the culprit is the Lucky dog biscuits that are made from GMO grains and cereals, and probably irradiated. grains and cereals can produce surges in blood sugar which can cause stress to the liver and kidneys and leads to increased sensitivity and allergies, not to mention excessive weight...
Chip just loves the outdoors. Seeing him in amongst the grass, I thought would be a cool shot to take.
Saw this little guy at Seymour Park Moss Vale NSW leash free dog park.
Picked up this feather and added some colour.
This little beauty is just amazing.
Spotted this little beauty in amongst the weeds. The colours are amazing.
I like this shot, I picked this flower off some weed in a field, and raised it in the air so I would have the blue sky as the background.
Muslin backdrops are thin and full of wrinkles. They are also hard to get wrinkles out, even when using a steamer. If you want your photos to look professional, try getting paper or vinyl backdrops. They are more expensive than muslin, but well worth it.
Took this shot at 2 am. The Road Works guys were able to let me sneak in and take it. I gave the photo some noise and some retro film tones. Hope you like it.
Just love the rustic look of this old farm equipment.
Driving up the old hume hwy in Berrima NSW I noticed this weird cloud cover as the sun was going down.
This little brook part of Wingecarribee river under the old Hume Hwy behind the Berrima Museum caught my eye.
Driving down Berrima road between Moss Vale and Berrima I noticed this cloud cover from the corner of my eye. I just love those sun rays shining through.
Isn’t this just gorgeous in full bloom.
It’s the Tulip Festival in Bowral NSW, therefore Tulips are everywhere.
This is a shot I took at Lake Alexandra Reserve Mittagong NSW. Great place for a picnic.
here’s one to hang on a fisherman’s wall.
I love the feel of this image. it looks like it has been painted. Taken at Moss Vale NSW Seymour Park
I have a huge print of this image framed on my wall. it looks like a painting.
I love the misty water against the slimy green rocks.
Another slow shutter showing the movement of water.
Decided to take a HDR image of this little spot. It looked more like a dumping ground, so I had to use my magic technique and processing to make this spot look nice…. I think it turned out well.
As darkness started setting in, i thought I would take a shot showing these flood lights across the water. It was actually much darker than the photograph is showing, thanks to the long exposure on the camera.
Another shot taken at Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve as the sun was moving to the west, creating these shadows.
Grab Our New eBook and Win a New Lens and a Personal Portraiture Mentoring Package!
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It has been two weeks since we announced our brand new eBook – Portraits: Making the Shot by Gina Milicia. The feedback from readers has been wonderful and many have snapped up our launch offer that gets you a second ‘portrait recipes’ eBook by Gina for free when you buy the first. Today I’m excited to announce a further bonus for anyone (anywhere in the world) who buys this eBook in the next 2 weeks (and anyone who has already picked it up). One person who grabs Gina’s eBook is going to win $1000 towards a new lens/lenses and some personal mentoring by...
Talk of ‘ultrapixels’ leads to speculation about Foveon-like HTC smartphone
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Freshen Up Your Walls With Creative Mobile Book Illustrations!
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Poster Set GiveawayFreshen Up Your Walls With Creative Mobile Book Illustrations! By Smashing Editorial February 5th, 2013 Contests 227 Comments Our brand new Mobile Book was a labor of love. But the love doesn’t just stop there! We’re giving away 20 exclusive A3-sized (11.6 × 16.5 inches) poster sets designed and created by the oh-so-talented Mike Kus, whose abstract illustrations are featured throughout the Mobile Book. Large previews: Mobile Landscape | Responsive Design | UX Design | The Mobile Book Addendum Large preview. I Want A Mobile Book Poster Set! How can you get your hands...
Building Something That Your Users Will Actually Want To Buy
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PsychologyBuilding Something That Your Users Will Actually Want To Buy By Austin Gunter February 5th, 2013 Business, Inspiration, Workflow 0 Comments How do you make sure all the software products you spend time building are something that your customers will actually want to buy? It’s one thing to spend a few weeks coding your next big idea. But are you sure that you have an audience of customers that want what you’ve built? The last thing you want is to create something, invest in Adwords, only have your potential customers arrive non-plussed, and then navigate away, never to return...
Introducing the Creative Triangle
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This is the first in a series of articles by Andrew S Gibson, the author of Understanding EOS: A Beginner’s Guide to Canon EOS cameras. The ‘creative triangle’ is my term for the idea that great photos are made from a combination of good composition, an understanding of beautiful lighting and the technical ability to control your camera. You could even think of this as another version of the rule-of-thirds. A good photo is comprised of one-third the composition, one-third the lighting and one-third the technical ability of the photographer. It’s not enough...
Sony NEX-5R Review
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Now here’s another one: a deliciously tiny, mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera that can almost replace many DSLRs on themarket. Sony was one of the early entrants in this game and, in typical fashion, continues to refine the bloodline with this third generation product in the 5 series. In a press release introducing the camera the company asked: ‘Are DSLR cameras too big and too hard?’ The NEX-5R attempts to make a reply and only NEX-5R users will be able to confirm the real answer. In looks the camera is tiny and appears further dwarfed by attaching...
PFRE Reader Mike Gardner Photographs Howie Mandel Home in Malibu
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Mike Gardner, Malibu Realtor, photographer and PFRE reader says, “a reason to have good photos for Malibu listings is you just never know when The Today Show is going to call asking for permission to use the photos for todays segment after speaking to the listing agentâ€. Apparently in the Malibu market The Today Show is call likely to call since so many celebrities have properties there. Mike recently shot Howie Mandel’s home in Malibu that is now on the market for $7.75M and the Today Show did call Mike and ask permission to use his photos for this clip with celebrity real estate...
Just Posted: Nikon Coolpix S800c Review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Feb, 2013 |
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Jeff: Welcome to DPReview; I look forward to your contributions increasing when you join the team full time! Another good review; but I’d like to see more about the camera from a programmer’s perspective? This is what makes the camera (nearly) unique afterall! Android means we can now program the camera, but I want to know how much we can change? How much of the camera functionality is exposed to developers? For example: Can we access the RAW image from an app, and perform our own demosaicing, or is the image only ever presented to Android as a fully baked JPEG? Can we...
Panasonic discusses its GH3 and the challenge of making a high IQ compact
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 Panasonic’s Michiharu Uematsu and Yoshiyuki Inoue CP+ 2013: Panasonic is considering which cameras it needs to appeal to the different demands for Micro Four Thirds in different countries. We spoke to Michiharu Uematsu, Special Adviser, Imaging Business Group and Yoshiyuki Inoue, Senior Engineering Planner, Marketing Team, Imaging Business Group. They explain the challenges of making and marketing a high image quality compact and suggest the GH3 won’t get focus peaking. Uematsu spoke about how the market has reacted to the company’s products: ‘GH3 has...
Casio’s Jin Nakayama rules-out mirrorless, promising fast future for compacts
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Casio wants to make cameras that allow everyone to take better images, and that could mean large sensor compacts, says Jin Nakayama, Senior General Manager of the company’s QV Digital Camera Division, but don’t expect a mirrorless camera. The company, which makes some of Japan’s best-selling compacts, has a development strategy Nakayama believes will distinguish it from smartphones while also staying a step ahead of its camera rivals, he says. Casio may not be a big name in digital cameras in all markets but it was responsible for the first consumer digital camera to...
Panasonic promises high sensitivity sensors using ‘Micro Color Splitters’
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Panasonic has devised a method to increase the sensitivity of image sensors, by replacing the near-universal colour filter array with prism-like ‘Micro Color Splitters’ to generate colour information. The key advantage is that all of the incoming light is directed to the sensor, instead of half or more being absorbed by...
CamRanger offers DSLR control from your iPad
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Should You Ask The User Or Their Browser?
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Removing Interface Elements: Should You Ask The User Or Their Browser? By Nathan Carnes February 4th, 2013 Design, Techniques, User Experience 0 Comments The history of the Internet has been a steady march towards websites that are richer, bigger and more interactive. As websites have become more robust, we — as designers and developers — have often placed the burden on our users to make more decisions, each of which distracts them from their wants and needs. Image source: Johan Larsson. However, by using a combination of technical solutions and some careful decision-making on our part,...
Anatomy of a Modeling Session
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This was taken with the Canon EOS-1D X and EF 85mm f/1.2L II. I had a 600EX-RT speedlite on camera to provide just a touch of fill. Exposure was 1/250, f/1.2, ISO 100. I am often contacted by people who are interested in modeling, either as a hobby, or to build a portfolio to try and model professionally. It’s one of the more fun things I get to do with a camera, as it allows me to be creative and really direct things a bit. Models can be great to work with- both to build their portfolio as well as your own. Aspiring models are often looking to diversify...
Panasonic promises high sensitivity sensors using ‘Micro Color Splitters’
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Panasonic has devised a method to increase the sensitivity of image sensors, by replacing the near-universal colour filter array with prism-like ‘Micro Color Splitters’ to generate colour information. The key advantage is that all of the incoming light is directed to the sensor, instead of half or more being absorbed by...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Duke University relaunches Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor documentary prize
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Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Now Accepting Living Room Shots For February Photographer of Month Contest
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Feb, 2013 |
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OK, I’m ready to start accepting living room shots for the Feb 2013 PFRE photographer of the month contest. For those not familiar with this series of monthly competitions take a look at the Contest page that describes all the rules and the process. For a look at last years monthly winners and all the yearly winners go to the best-of-the-best page (on the top menu bar click “Featuredâ€). There was a period between 2008 and 2011 that we didn’t run the contest in it’s present form. This contest is a juried contest. The list of jurors is on the contest page. The primary purpose of the...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Meet The Photographers Who Write For Digital Photography School ~ James Maher
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for dPS� We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. Today meet James Maher, New York City based photographer and author of The Essentials Of Street Photography. 1. How long have you been shooting? James Maher I became interested in photography in 2002 and enrolled in photography courses in 2003.  I assisted for a commercial photographer in 2005 and 2006 and started my business soon after that. 2. Do you have a full time...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Canon EOS M Review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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It was late on the scene but its arrival still surprised many. After all, it is four years since Panasonic appeared with the first model in this guise. Canon’s first MILC (Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera) or CSC (Compact System Camera) magnesium alloy body model followed many other marques’ entries but differed to some by immediately offering an adaptor that accepted the mainstream Canon EF lens range. Using 35 SLR lenses the magnification factor is 1.6x, surely not a deterrent factor. At first glance, it’s a strange beast. The review camera was stark...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
How To Keep Your Memory Cards Healthy
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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In this post, Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist explains how to keep your memory cards healthy. Memory cards are one of the most often neglected parts of digital photography. But, they’re extremely important because they’re responsible for safely storing your photos until you get them to your computer. So, it’s important to take care of them properly. Here are a few tips for keeping them healthy: 1. Format new cards as soon as you get them Many memory cards are advertised as “pre-formatted†and “ready to use,†but it’s always a good idea to...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Freebies: Polaris UI Kit + Linecons Icon Set (AI, PDF, PNG, PSD, SVG)
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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FreebiesPolaris UI Kit + Linecons Icon Set (AI, PDF, PNG, PSD, SVG) By Smashing Editorial February 2nd, 2013 Freebies 2 Comments Today we are pleased to feature the Polaris UI icon set that includes useful UI components and 48 beautiful icons. This freebie was created by the team at Designmodo. As usually, you can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. Polaris UI Kit The Polaris UI Pack is a set of beautiful UI components, which includes Edit Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Page Navigation, Menu, Buttons, etc. You can use this set in any of your...
How to Match Exposures when Stitching Panoramas in Photoshop
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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Since the introduction of Photoshop CS2, Adobe’s image editing software has shipped with the ability to easily merge a series of photographs into a panorama. Often, it is incredibly simple: once you have the images you want to stitch together, it only takes a few clicks to produce the blended panorama.  However, whilst Photoshop may be able to seamlessly merge your images 90% of the time, on occasion it may struggle to perfectly match the exposures across the input images resulting in a final panorama with obvious joins between the individual photographs. To...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
This Week In Real Estate Video #44 – Agent Jill In Austin, TX
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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I’ve featured Agent Jill in Austin before but Jill some 20 weeks or so ago but Jill  is such an real estate video inspiration I think it is important to point out her work again. What I try to do with this weekly feature is point out the top work that is being done by Realtors and real estate videographers around the world and I think Jill is right up there with the best. By the way, Jill’s husband shoots and edit’s Jills video in FCP for her and deserves some of the credit. Jill Leberknight is a Realtor, actor, director and acting coach. What a knock out combination for someone doing...
Panasonic puts 43mm F1.2 portrait lens and 150mm F2.8 on lens roadmap
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CP+ 2013:Â Panasonic has added a 42.5mm F1.2 portrait lens and 150mm F2.8 super-telephoto prime to its lens roadmap for Micro Four Thirds, for release in the near future. The lenses, shown in prototype form at Photokina 2012, last September, are shown as being ready for release just after the 14-42mm II APSH. kit zoom launched this...
Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice. The progress of mirrorless in the USA ‘Market share for mirrorless is increasing in the USA. It’s not booming, but it’s growing. Now Canon and Nikon have mirrorless products, that will help increase...
Sony NEX-6 preview extended with the addition of test data
Posted by Chris Roubis on 2nd, Feb, 2013 |
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The 5n is very good and the 6 is better. In a year when it’s on clearance it will be the great bargain the 5n now is, probably reduced to around $600, so you’ll be comparing the price of a clearance NEX-6 to the full price of a next-generation 5. In the meanwhile it’s just a very fine camera at a high, but reasonable, price. Wish I could afford one. Maybe next year.
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A Definitive Guide To The Android Carousel Design Pattern
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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A Definitive Guide To The Android Carousel Design Pattern By Greg Nudelman February 1st, 2013 Android, Mobile, UX Design 2 Comments One of the best patterns for browsing a small collection of featured products is the carousel. Unfortunately, many mobile app implementations do not offer an engaging or satisfying carousel experience and are not effective at driving conversions. In this article, we’ll use the analogy of a real-world amusement park carousel to explain what makes for an authentically mobile user experience, and we’ll give you the design, the complete source code and a...
Learn, Build and Share: The WordPress Community Offers Advice To Beginners
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Learn, Build and ShareThe WordPress Community Offers Advice To Beginners By Siobhan McKeown February 1st, 2013 Techniques, Tips 15 Comments We’ve all been total newbies. In fact, I spend most of my time still feeling like one. So researching this article was a great opportunity for me to do some more learning, and to share all of that good stuff with you. I reached out to people from across the WordPress community to ask what advice they would give to people just starting their WordPress journey. I talked with developers, designers, support reps, security experts, hosting companies, theme...
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2013
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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2013 By Smashing Editorial January 31st, 2013 Wallpapers 50 Comments We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over five years now, and we are very thankful to all the designers who have contributed and are still diligently...
Avoiding Pitfalls: A Comprehensive Guide To Firewalls
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Avoiding PitfallsA Comprehensive Guide To Firewalls By Paul Tero January 30th, 2013 Security, Servers 13 Comments In the construction industry, a “firewall†is a specially-built wall designed to stop a fire from spreading between sections of a building. The term spread to other industries like car manufacturing, and in the late 1980s it made its way into computing. On one side of the wall is the seething electronic chaos of the Internet. On the other side is your powerful but vulnerable Web server. These computer firewalls are actually more like fire doors because they have to let some...
The Smashing Mobile Book: Have You Got Yours Already? (Now With Extra Chapters!)
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The Smashing Mobile Book: Have You Got Yours Already? (Now With Extra Chapters!) By Smashing Editorial January 28th, 2013 Smashing Book, Smashing Magazine 29 Comments The brand new Smashing Mobile Book was officially launched a couple of weeks ago and since then we’ve been receiving remarkable feedback and overwhelming, positive book reviews. You thought it’s done now? Well, it’s not! We now have an exclusive bonus ready for you: The Mobile Book Addendum is now available for free download. Once you’ve ordered your printed copy of The Mobile Book, you’ll receive the eBook version in...
Bokeh: Weekly Photography Challenge
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Earlier today we published a plain english guide to achieving nice Bokeh in your shots – so lets put the teaching into practice and make Bokeh our theme for this week’s photography challenge. We want to see you grabbing your camera over the next day or two and setting out to take some wonderful shots with Bokeh in them (i.e. some lovely out of focus areas in your shots). You can take Bokeh shots in portraits, macro work, still life, nature… really any type of photography you like – so hopefully there’s something for everyone! Learn how to take shots with...
How To Achieve Nice Bokeh [In Plain English]
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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By Annie Tao Want to take portraits that have nice bokeh? First, what is it? BOKEH = noun. a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image. Below is a photo I took just the other day. It is an example of an image with nice bokeh and how to use it effectively. By blurring out the background, the entire image looks visually pleasing. You can’t even see she is standing on a sidewalk next to a parking lot! HOW TO ACHIEVE NICE BOKEH (in plain English!) 1. Use the right lens. All lenses can create some kind of...
Double Exposures
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Continuous Lighting in Still Photography
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Content Aware Fill In Photoshop CS5
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The Noise Reduction Tool In Lightroom 3 And ACR 6.0
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Watermarking In Lightroom 3
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Buying And Selling Used Gear On Amazon
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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In the last year or so I’ve started recommending folks getting started in real estate photography purchasing used gear rather than new gear to save a bunch of money. This works best with DSLRs and lenses. Most people think of Ebay.com when they think of buying and selling camera gear but you may have noticed that you can both buy and sell DSLRs and lenses on Amazon. Here are a few example: New Canon Rebel Xti – $899 Used Canon Rebel Xti – $149 to $268 New Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens – $479 Used Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM Lens – $375 -$441 Notice that on some...
US Airspace Is Closed To Unmanned Drones Doing Real Estate Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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About a year ago I did a post on an incident where the FAA shutdown Rusty Freeman’s real estate UAV photography business in the LA area. Has anything changed in the last year? I’ve put a fair amount of time researching what the current laws are regarding the operation of commercial UAVs (also called UASs) and I’m struck with how little clear information is available on this subject. The only two clear data points I have on this subject is Rusty Freeman’s case and the case of Daniel Gárate that Nick Winfield, of the New York Times reported in Feb of 2012. Both of these cases of UAV...
Frank Doorhof Interviews Scott Hargis In Dubai Nov 2012
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Dutch fashion photographer Frank Doorhof interviews a number of photographers, including Scott Hargis this past November at GPP in Dubai. The part where Frank is talking to Scott about interior photography is from 14:00 through 24:00. The rest of the video is interesting too but real estate photographers will find the discussion with Scott particularly interesting. Scott talks about composition, verticals, controlling reflections with toilet paper and being in control of the light. Well worth 10 minutes of your time. Source Article from...
How Was This Photo Shot?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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If you’ve been following the January PFRE twilight contest you will recognize this photo as Jason Roehner’s entry in January’s contest. I got several requests asking about how Jason did this shot so I asked Jason for the story behind this photo. Jason and his friend Andrea Calo from Austin, TX, setup and shot the photo as follows: Since this 14,000 square foot home in North Scottsdale had a lot of ground to cover, we split the work so that she would shoot the yard/pool area/patios, and I photographed the house from an adjacent street to get an overview of the entire property,...
This Week in Real Estate Video #43
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Charlie Dresen in Steamboat: Charlie has upgraded from a Canon 7D w/10-22mm lens to a Canon 5D MkIII with a 17-40mm lens. This video was shot with a combination of the old 7D and the new 5DMkiii. Charlie says he loves the new combo and the differences are: I can shoot with a high ISO and lower F in low light I love the larger, crisper LCD.  It’s not that much of a difference in size but it’s noticeable. Seems the auto white balance is better. I found I’d toggle less to manual WB but I’d still use it. Focusing is better. At least when I prepare for a video shoot I can put the lens on...
Street Photography: Exploitative vs Respect
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Over the last couple of years we’ve seen a rise in interest by many dPS readers (and around the web) in the topic of street photography and street portraiture. While I love the idea of documenting what’s going on in a neighbourhood there are times when I view some street photographers work that I can’t help but feel a little… uncomfortable at what is being presented. By no means is it in all street photography but there are times where what is presented is very confronting – not only to those viewing the images but sometimes the act of taking some street...
Four Tips on Your Image Data Safety Procedures
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Introduction The following is an excerpt from the SLR Lounge Lightroom Workflow System Workshop on DVD, a system designed to increase your post production speed by 5 to 10 times. Click here to learn more. I was attending a workshop last year in Los Angeles where the instructor talked about the importance of having backup gear for an important shoot. His mantra was that during a shoot, “something always goes wrong.†Gear redundancy is important, especially when you are on the client’s clock. Without a doubt, not having a backup to your gear can potentially derail...
Create an Image Watermark in Photoshop
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In a recent post I talked about using an image watermark in Lightroom to apply to your images. This post I’ll show you how to create the watermark image to use. This watermark has two concentric circles with text between them and a set of wavy lines making it reminiscent of a post office stamp cancellation. The watermark also has a slightly grunge look. To make it, start in Photoshop with a letter size image. I set mine to landscape orientation with a white background. This will make it easy to create a black watermark and I will be able to see it as I work. Add a...
LowePro Rover Pro 35L AW Camera Backpack [Review]
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Finally! Finally LowePro is making backpacks that carry cameras, not camera bags that happen to be carried on your back. Not only that, the Rover Pro is a versatile bag when you aren’t carrying your camera with ample room for a long day hike. I have used this bag on a couple of short trips and a 6 mile slog through a wet and tangle arroyo and am here to report and the good and the bad. Specifications Capacity: Pro DSLR with attached 24-70mm lens 1 extra lens or flash Tripod or monopod 2 liter hydration reservoir Sleeping pad, small tent, ice axe/trekking poles, and...
10 Ways to Direct a Portrait Shoot like a Pro
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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In this post Gina Milicia – author of our brand new eBook “Portraits: Making the Shot†shares 10 tips on directing a portrait shoot like a Pro. Mallory Jansen New York: photo by Gina Milicia 1. Check your Mood Have you ever been served by a rude shop assistant or waiter that was in a bad mood? How did it make you feel? Your mood on the day of your shoot is going to have a huge impact on the people around you. If you want the people you photograph to look and feel relaxed then you should look and feel relaxed too. 2. Try to be interested rather than Interesting A...
Cool & Noteworthy 2012: Todd Selby leads the trend towards all things foodie
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Cool & Noteworthy 2012: Assignments that prove the age of enlightened commissions isn’t dead yet
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Brian Griffin on Corporate Photography
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Four photographers win Birmingham’s big commission
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Leandro Farina: Arrival at Port
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BJP partners with Shooting Beauty for fashion photography workshops
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Cool & Noteworthy 2012: Viviane Sassen’s fashion work gets the acclaim it deserves
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Meeting of the minds: Fashion photographers and designers working together
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Alex Prager wins Foam Paul Huf Award
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Style it out
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Open Talk
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snowy owl takes off in the snow…
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News & Rumors Talk
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Petition to Nikon: 6 MP DX camera with a high-ISO performance
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See more information here http://www.change.org/petitions/nikon-stop-megapixel-war-start-the-production-of-the-high-iso-dslr-camera-in-a-small-body Please, sign it if you are intersted of this product. Source Article from...
Beginners Questions
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price drop and limited stock … WEX uk
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WEX (warehouse express) UK have announced their january sale , D7000 @£500, D300s @ £900 , over £200 off their recent listed price . I phoned them , and was told if I want either , I would need to order within hours , and there wont be any more .
timing about right for a near future announcement from Nikon about the future (or lack of) for Pro – DX.
Surely cannot be long now .?? Source Article from...
Are you thinking about selling your D600 and try from a new lot?
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Recently someone commented that B&H is saying that today the new lot no longer have the dirt on the sensor issue. Who is thinking of selling your with a new issue D600 and try from a new lot? —If my language it is not clear, excuse me, the English is just my third language. Source Article from http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/redirect-post/50776874
Stuff
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D600 goes skiing
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Samples and Galleries
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D600 unboxing ceremony
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—UK wedding photographer in the Lake Districthttp://www.johnleech-weddingphotography.co.ukFor my landscapes and fine art photography:http://www.johnleechstudio.co.uk Source Article from...
Challenge Discussions
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Custom Picture Control from LR camera profile ?
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Yes I know – it’s better to shoot RAW and then apply a camera profile when importing to LR. That’s what I do 95% of the time. However, there are times when I simply want to shoot jpegs and would like to apply a custom picture control in-camera that reflects a specific customised camera profile that I’ve created in Lightroom. I do not want to fiddle with adjusting picture controls to more-or-less approximate what I already have in LR, I simply want to convert the LR profile. Anybody done that ? — JacquesApple & Eve : apple-and-eve.com Source...
Anyone considered a move to mirrorless only?
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I don’t want to start a flame war but I am interested if others are considering moving entirely to mirrorless. I’d initially thought about a mirrorless body as something I’d take along for more casual shooting when I didn’t want the bulk of my D300s. I’d been considering a move to either a D600 or possibly the next iteration of the D7k. I’m not going to be shooting sports anymore, so the D400, if one is ever produced, doesn’t make as much sense to me. For the same reason, I don’t really have much need for longer lenses. I...
Canon EOS 7D mk. II
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D600 – My (repair) experience
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Hello, long time forum reader, first time poster. (Usual story i know) POST DISCLAIMER: Im not trying to start any further nikon QC arguments or such, simply posting my own personal experience since purchasing a D600. If my post is of no interest to yourself thats fine, however i do believe some owners/potential owners may be, hence me bothering to post. I purchased the camera 05/01/13 from a retail store here in Perth, Australia. The camera was a new body, not a refurb and has the serial number 801XXXX. I was aware of the common dust issues associated and reported by D600 users...
Pretty 12800-6D girl (on pic) welcomes noise reduction technics
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Question for 7D owners please!
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I just got the 7D body from B&H and I have always been concerned when ordering online that I might be getting a returned item. I don’t think this is the case here but I have a question. Every camera that I have owned new comes with a plastic film over the screen for protection. Simple, you just peel it off. The 7D did not have a protective film over the screen which is my reason for concern. Can any of you tell me if when you received your 7D new if it did or did not have the film over the screen? Thanks guys. That’s it for now. Gotta get into the doin’s of...
Canon 6D with EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM
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Two more great gray owls from Ottawa
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Two more images from our friendly Great Gray Owls here in Ottawa. Located at the Rockcliffe Parkway at Green’s Creek. Just lok for all the parked cars on the side of the road on the weekends
Another example of what the 40D can do in Ai-Servo if you time it right. Both taken with the Canon 70-200 2.8L lens + 1.4x.
Got very lucky on thsi one.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/148495448/original
Easy one but used a monopod to ensure a steady shot in cold and snowy weather. Snow was accummulating in the view-finder, around the battery grip and elsewhere...
Tired of waiting for 7DII, my 7D is on its’ way…
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I got tired of waiting for the 7DII to materialize, and then I found lensrentals had a 7D on sale for $801, they gave it a rating of 8.5/10. I decided that was too good to pass up. So my new to me 7D is on the way with a minimal impact to the budget as I save for the inevitable 7DII, 6D, or 5DIII… Now what to do with my 60D with grip? Do I sell them along with the 18-135IS that I never use? Or do I keep them as a back up/2nd body? If I sell them they will offset a major portion of the cost of the 7D. Advice is welcome… Thanks, Clay Source Article from...
Canon 6D and Lens question 70-200 F2.8 V2 or F4 IS
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Not sure if this question needs to go in the lens section or here, but just got the Canon 6D and have been debating between the 2 lenses. Initially was thinking of buying the 70-200 F2.8 VII lens, but than after reading reviews and comparisons it seems can save the extra $1000 and weight by just going the F4 IS route. I plan to use the lens for casual use, some sports at times and mostly kids portraits. Low light situations are not too many, but seems the 6D can handle that. From experience need to know if there are any 6D users out there with these lenses and what your...
Will I miss IS?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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I am looking at upgrading from my 55-250 to the 70-200 F2.8. I am weighing the options of getting a new 70-200 2.8 non-IS before the rebates go away or trying to find a MK I 2.8 with IS used for around the same price. Right now I use that lens mostly for kids track and football and want the 2.8 for shallower DoF and to allow in more light for friday night football games. I also do a little birding with my other lens. It is not ideal but it works. For those who have the Lens with IS do you use it at all? Since I am looking at using it for sports I would have it off. Will it be...
What’s the best true color Lightroom picture style to use?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Colorchecker or faithful? Source Article from http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/redirect-post/50775062
damn geese, almost took my 5d2 away…
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Help with D7000 rangefinder.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Hello all, I need some help with my D7000’s electronic rangefinder. I am using a manual focus 28mm f2.8 AI-S lens. My problem, is that when the image is perfectly focused the rangefinder is still pointing to the right. If I rotate the focus to the right, and get the green focus dot, then my image is out of focus. My question is, do I need to fine tune the focus to a positive or negative number, because my brain can’t figure it out! John. Source Article from...
Red Fox
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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New D7000 user needs technique/settings tips
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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OK, the Canon CEO spills the beans.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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I appreciate Masaya Maeda’s forthrightness in the CP+ interview…we’re at the end of the line for crop-sensor semi-pro/pro bodies. There’ll be a 7DII, but probably no more. After that, FF. So given that Canon and Nikon watch out mostly what each other is doing, the kick up in feature set on the D7000 begins to make more sense than just giving customers a good deal. DX bodies probably stop there and mark time until mirrorless matures. Two more iterations. Source Article from...
C&C for this pic.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Institute adds Michal Chelbin
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Stock agency Alamy enters mobile photography market
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Getty Images signs controversial content deal with Google Drive
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Stock agency Alamy cuts photographers’ commissions
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Corbis acquires Demotix [updated]
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Cool & Noteworthy 2012: Olivo Barbieri captures London from above
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Can you tell what it is yet?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Dispatches from an architecture assignment in Tangiers
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Amnesty International invites entries to its 2013 Media Awards
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Deadline approaching in Press Photographers’ Year competition
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year calls for entries
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Hasselblad’s Masters Awards 2014 announces finalists
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres receives second Tim Hetherington Grant
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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First Impressions: Metabones Speed Booster lens adapter
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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The Metabones Speed Booster is shown here mounted on a Sony NEX-6 with a Canon EF 40mm F2.8 lens. We’ve had the Metabones Speed Booster in the office for a few days and wanted to share some initial thoughts on the possibilities and challenges presented by such a unique product. While Metabones has announced plans to support a variety of lens/mount combinations, its first offering is a Canon EF to Sony NEX Speed Booster, so we put some Canon full frame lenses on our Sony NEX-6 and did some comparisons alongside the Canon EOS 6D we’re currently reviewing. What is the Speed...
Canon’s imaging CEO promises 70D and talks about the future of compacts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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There will be a Canon EOS 70D, but the future of semi-pro DSLRs is probably full-frame, says Masaya Maeda, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Image Communication Products Operations at Canon. However, while he says new concepts are needed to save the compact camera, he doesn’t see larger sensors as being the answer for the mass market. Masaya Maeda -Â Managing Director and Chief Executive, Image Communication Products Operations at Canon No room for large sensor compacts ‘Some say the digicam market is mature and that smartphones are eating into it. I would say this is...
CP+ 2013 – lenses from Nikon and Sigma
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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CP+ 2013: Nikon has several samples of its 18-35mm F3.5-4.5G ED consumer-level wide-angle full-frame zoom on show, while Sigma has re-designed and re-worked several of its most interesting lenses, which are being shown in prototype form at its stand. This includes a new version of its 30mm F1.4 for APS-C DSLRs. And, while none are available to shoot with yet, we got a...
CP+ 2013 – Micro Four Thirds lenses from Tamron and Olympus
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Yes; but the advances have not been in better value, nor better overall quality in combination. Since the whole point is pictures, we all need to step back, and think. Plus, saying that quality will naturally cost more (agreed) does not validate 1000% more, for overall less. We need primes, especially for more cropped sensors, and at a better quality/value, than even Nikkor ones. APS-C is needed. MFT, should be the best ultra-zoomer sensor. Still, I hope something mirror-less will progress in leaps, not tiny increments; such as hybrid phase/contrast focus, and with hybrid optical/EVF...
Pentax posts firmware updates for K-5, K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-30, K-01 and K-r
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Feb, 2013 |
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Pentax has released firmware updates for its K-5, K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-30 and K-r digital SLRs. With these latest firmware versions, all cameras gain improved overall stability and enhanced contrast AF performance when using the 560mm f/5.6ED AW lens. The updates are available for immediate download from the company’s website. Click here for more...
Bowral in HDR
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Jan, 2013 |
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Took this image, well three images compiled to one, at 8.45 pm tonight. Hope you like it. The original full size image looks amazing.
Candid photographer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Jan, 2013 |
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Someone took a photo of me on their iphone in Newtown Sydney taking pictures of Mary O’Neill
Daniel Knott – Skater at Maroubra Beach
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Jan, 2013 |
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9 am at Maroubra beach, cloudy and raining.
Model and Graffitti do mix in Sydney
Posted by Chris Roubis on 30th, Dec, 2012 |
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Model Mary O’Neill posing for me on a Hip Hop Rap Sheet shoot.
Sydney Model Mary O’Neill
Posted by Chris Roubis on 30th, Dec, 2012 |
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This shot was taken today in Newtown Sydney NSW Australia with our lovely model Mary for Hip Hop Rap Sheet
Chemtrails Australia
Posted by Chris Roubis on 28th, Dec, 2012 |
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We were so lucky to get daily chemtrails over the christmas holidays. Santa really worked hard this christmas in the Southern Highlands.
Out of the horses mouth
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Dec, 2012 |
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Tyler’s Tree Frog (Litoria tyleri)
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Dec, 2012 |
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Seriously how cute is this little guy with the big eyes staring at you.
Motion
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Dec, 2012 |
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I thought this came out cool, showing some motion in the shot.
refresh your thirst
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Dec, 2012 |
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Been raining today, listening to the rain fall gave me an idea to play around with water drops in the kitchen. I turned up the shutter speed to 1000 of a second to freeze the movement.
Macro photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Dec, 2012 |
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I took this shot in broad daylight. Closed down the aperture to avoid any ambient light coming through, and used the flash to provide the lighting. Cool effect don’t you think?
testing out my new speedlight flash
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Dec, 2012 |
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I took this shot in broad daylight. Closed down the aperture to avoid any ambient light coming through, and used the flash to provide the lighting. Cool effect don’t you think? Forgot to mention I also set the zoom on the flash to a narrow focus.
Charlie
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Dec, 2012 |
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Looks like charlie needs another brush again
charlie
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Dec, 2012 |
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Charlie was looking too cute about to fall asleep, so I took this shot of him as he opened his eyes.
Crimson Rosella Lorikeet
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Dec, 2012 |
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These Rosellas a beautiful to watch eating.
Eye of the tiger
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Dec, 2012 |
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Meet my little boy Chip. Well he is in real life a big cat. Even the vets are always amazed at his size.
Hurom 400 Pro Juicer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Dec, 2012 |
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I just love my new cold press juicer. this book is a must for those that want a healthy body. Fresh Vegetable and fruit Juices by N.W.WALKER, D.Sci.
BioChef Dehydrator 800w
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Dec, 2012 |
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Showing off my BioChef food dehydrator that I make jerky treats for my pets.
Peron’s Tree Frog (Litoria peroni)
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Dec, 2012 |
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This little guy was on my window.
Kookaburra
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2012 |
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Caught this little guy catching insects for dinner late in the afternoon. As I took this shot he had an insect already in his beak.
Kookaburra
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2012 |
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This little guy was hunting insects on the ground in Seymour park Moss Vale.
Spider
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Dec, 2012 |
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This little guy was the size of your thumb nail, the twig was swaying in the wind, was so hard to get a good shot in focus. Took at least 10 goes before I came up with this one.
Bottlebrush
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Nov, 2012 |
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Love the bright sharp greens and red here.
Bench
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Nov, 2012 |
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Love this bench. gave it some HDR tones to liven it up.
Leaves
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Nov, 2012 |
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Just love the colours going on here.
flower
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Nov, 2012 |
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Don’t ask me what these are, but they are cute.
Flower
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Nov, 2012 |
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Don’t know what it is about black & white photography.. I just love it.
Robertson rainforest nature reserve
Posted by Chris Roubis on 28th, Nov, 2012 |
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Had a lovely walk through the Robertson rainforest nature reserve listening to all the amazing bird calls.
dandelion against the sun.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 28th, Nov, 2012 |
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Hope you like this one, dandelion against the sun.
Light and shadows
Posted by Chris Roubis on 28th, Nov, 2012 |
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Sometimes shadows can give a dramatic effect. Just love the light...
Purina Lucky dog biscuits GMO grains and cereals
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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Guys I have been giving my dog Purina Lucky dog biscuits for years until now suddenly has a food allergy. The Vet and I have isolated many food groups over the months and the culprit is the Lucky dog biscuits that are made from GMO grains and cereals, and probably irradiated. grains and cereals can produce surges in blood sugar which can cause stress to the liver and kidneys and leads to increased sensitivity and allergies, not to mention excessive weight...
Burmese cat in the grass
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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Chip just loves the outdoors. Seeing him in amongst the grass, I thought would be a cool shot to take.
Tiny but awesome little fella
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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Saw this little guy at Seymour Park Moss Vale NSW leash free dog park.
Feather
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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Picked up this feather and added some colour.
Alien looking wild flower
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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This little beauty is just amazing.
Stunning wild flower
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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Spotted this little beauty in amongst the weeds. The colours are amazing.
Pretty flower shot
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Nov, 2012 |
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I like this shot, I picked this flower off some weed in a field, and raised it in the air so I would have the blue sky as the background.
I do not recommend Muslin backdrops for photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 26th, Oct, 2012 |
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Muslin backdrops are thin and full of wrinkles. They are also hard to get wrinkles out, even when using a steamer. If you want your photos to look professional, try getting paper or vinyl backdrops. They are more expensive than muslin, but well worth it.
Road Works on Moss Vale Road
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Oct, 2012 |
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Took this shot at 2 am. The Road Works guys were able to let me sneak in and take it. I gave the photo some noise and some retro film tones. Hope you like it.
Farm equipment
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Oct, 2012 |
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Just love the rustic look of this old farm equipment.
Berrima sunset
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Oct, 2012 |
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Driving up the old hume hwy in Berrima NSW I noticed this weird cloud cover as the sun was going down.
Berrima NSW creek
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Oct, 2012 |
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This little brook part of Wingecarribee river under the old Hume Hwy behind the Berrima Museum caught my eye.
Berrima NSW landscape photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Oct, 2012 |
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Driving down Berrima road between Moss Vale and Berrima I noticed this cloud cover from the corner of my eye. I just love those sun rays shining through.
cherry blossum tree in Moss Vale
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Oct, 2012 |
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Isn’t this just gorgeous in full bloom.
red tulips in moss vale
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Oct, 2012 |
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It’s the Tulip Festival in Bowral NSW, therefore Tulips are everywhere.
Alexander lake
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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This is a shot I took at Lake Alexandra Reserve Mittagong NSW. Great place for a picnic.
Rock Fishing
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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here’s one to hang on a fisherman’s wall.
HDR image of seymour park
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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I love the feel of this image. it looks like it has been painted. Taken at Moss Vale NSW Seymour Park
HDR image
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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I have a huge print of this image framed on my wall. it looks like a painting.
moving water
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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I love the misty water against the slimy green rocks.
slow shutter
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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Another slow shutter showing the movement of water.
Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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Decided to take a HDR image of this little spot. It looked more like a dumping ground, so I had to use my magic technique and processing to make this spot look nice…. I think it turned out well.
Shellharbour
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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As darkness started setting in, i thought I would take a shot showing these flood lights across the water. It was actually much darker than the photograph is showing, thanks to the long exposure on the camera.
Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve 2
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Oct, 2012 |
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Another shot taken at Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve as the sun was moving to the west, creating these shadows.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.