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The number of different roles that a professional photographer has to lead these days can be pretty intense and intimidating, but it’s just part of the job. From the creative, to the technical, to the business and marketing, here is a list everything that a professional photographer really has to do to make a living. Portrait of a dancer Share this with anyone who thinks you only push a button for a living! 1. A photographer is an artist and storyteller Professional photographers are in the business of telling stories. They create images that are both beautiful on the surface, and give us a...
Image stitching is not new, neither is panoramic photography. Since almost the beginning, photographers have been intrigued with providing a wider view of a given scene. The reason is that panoramic images provide context. In a normal frame of a large expansive scene, we only see a small part of the bigger picture. A panoramic image however, gives us a broader view, and a context for that image. The word panorama is derived from two greek words, “pan” which means everything and “horama” which means that which is seen or the view. So, panorama literally means – a view of everything. A six...
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What to see at the Nordic Lights Festival in Kristiansund, the small city in northernmost Norway, which opens today.
The Nordic Light Festival of Photography, spaced across galleries in the small island-city of Kristiansund, on the northern reaches of the Norwegian coastland, is now in its tenth year. Not especially well-known in international photography circles, it’s one of the most picturesque, dedicated, surprising celebrations of photography in Europe. For a festival with only a handful of full-time staff, and made possible only by the army of local...
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“I just wanted to do my own thing, in my own way,” says Nick Waplington in the May issue of British Journal of Photography, a magazine dedicated to photographers who don’t quite ‘fit in’
The May issue of British Journal of Photography, on sale now, is dedicated to photographers who don’t quite ‘fit in’. Our main feature is Michael Grieve’s interview with Nick Waplington, the iconic British photographer, as he exhibits his photography alongside Alexander McQueen at Tate Britain. For Waplington, the sense of being an outsider runs throughout his...
All images in the gallery above were processed using the film stocks included in Film Pack 00. Click through for larger previews and more info. Who doesn’t love free stuff? Visual Supply Co has been churning out Photoshop and Lightroom-compatible film presets for some time now. To date, they’ve released at least seven different ‘Film Packs’ each containing presets that mimic both classic and contemporary film stocks (including the most recent release of Fiim Pack 00). In an attempt to wet the whistles of those who may be reluctant to plunk down...
Chuck Westfall is Technical Advisor for Canon U.S.A.’s Professional Engineering and Solutions Division. DPReview attended the NAB 2015 show in Las Vegas recently, where we had an opportunity to sit down with Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor for Canon U.S.A.’s Professional Engineering and Solutions Division. The main topic of conversation was Canon’s new XC10 hybrid video/stills camera, which made its first public appearance at the show. Hi Chuck, can you tell us a bit about the new XC10 camera? The XC10 isn’t quite like anything we’ve ever done...
Optical image stabilization systems are great for counteracting shaky hands and keeping things smooth when shooting video. However, shifting sensors or lens elements can also be used to take two or more images at slightly offset angles and merge them to one exposure with a higher pixel-count. The idea is not entirely new, for example the Olympus OM-D E-M5 II mirrorless system camera uses a sensor-shift system to capture 40MP images with a 16MP sensor. The brand new Pentax K-3 II applies a similar concept to produce images with greater color resolution. Apple has also patented a system...
As promised last November, Sony has announced two new full-frame A-mount lenses. Compared to their 2008-vintage predecessors the Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM II and 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM II feature improved image quality, less ghosting and flare, and a four-fold improvement in subject tracking speed, according to Sony. Another addition are seals that should make these lenses dust and water resistant. Both lenses will be available in June. The 16-35 will be priced at $2250, while the 24-70 will sell for $2100. Press release: Sony Introduces Two Premium ZEISS® Lenses...
![Adobe Releases Camera Raw 9: Same HDR, Pano, and GPU Upgrades as Lightroom CC]()
Adobe made a big announcement for Lightroom CC/6 yesterday, but if you use Adobe Camera Raw for your RAW processing, don’t worry: Adobe didn’t forget about you. Adobe also quietly rolled out Adobe Camera Raw 9, an update that includes a few of the same big features that were introduced with great fanfare for Lightroom CC. Like Lightroom CC, Adobe Camera Raw can now combine multiple RAW photos into a single RAW HDR photo or panorama. The tools are found as new options in the Filmstrip’s dropdown menu. Here’s a short tutorial by Adobe on how you can create a panorama inside ACR: The big...
![Feds Investigating Incident of US Marshall Smashing Cell Phone Camera]()
Yesterday we shared a startling video in which a woman who was pointing her smartphone camera at a group of law enforcement officers had the device snatched from her hand, smashed against the ground, and then kicked back at her. It turns out the man who did it is a deputy U.S. marshall, and the U.S. Marshals Service says it’s now investigating the incident. The video quickly went viral and has been viewed by over 800,000 people around the world in the three days since it appeared on YouTube. NBC’s local news station in Los Angeles covered the story yesterday: The woman, 34-year-old...
![Sony’s Touchless Shutter App Lets You Trigger Your Camera with the Eye Sensor]()
Sony has released a new app called Touchless Shutter that lets you trigger cameras without touching them, or anything else, at all. Instead of pressing the shutter button, you can instead hold your hand over the camera’s eye sensor to expose a shot. Many cameras these days have eye sensors on the viewfinder to know when to turn the main LCD screen off and the electronic viewfinder on. Sony’s idea is to use that proximity sensor for a wireless shutter triggering system. In addition to snapping a shot by placing your hand in front of the eyepiece, photographers shooting in bulb mode can...
![Hipstamatic DSPO is Like a Virtual Disposable Camera You Can Share with Friends]()
Filtered photo sharing pioneer Hipstamatic is back with a new photo app that puts more emphasis on collaboration than it does on filters. Called DSPO, the new app is like a virtual disposable camera that can be shared among friends. You start out by creating a new group camera, giving it a life span anywhere between a day and a year, and choosing a cover photo for it. Then you invite your friends to join you in exposing the camera as a group. You can apply filters and even custom drawings onto photos for a more personal touch if you pay a $1 in-app upgrade for DSPO Pro. After each one...
![Portraits of Afghan Girls Who Are Empowered by Skateboarding]()
Skateistan is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect youth to education by first introducing them to skateboarding. After hearing that a large percentage of the participants in Kabul, Afghanistan, are girls, photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson decided to shoot portraits that show how the sport is empowering young Afghan girls in a country where girls are generally forbidden from even riding bikes. Her project, titled “Skate Girls of Kabul,” is now receiving a great deal of attention around the world. “She first caught my eye because she was wearing such a beautiful colour....
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April 23, 2015
A convenient tool that offers various information on interchangeable lenses and accessories for Nikon cameras
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that it has developed and released the “NIKKOR & ACC” app (exclusively for iPad) that introduces NIKKOR lenses for cameras with interchangeable lenses and a variety of accessories. The “NIKKOR & ACC” app can be downloaded free of charge from Apple’s App Store. In addition, a short movie has also been released for...
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April 23, 2015
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that three of its products are recipients of the prestigious TIPA Awards 2015 sponsored by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), a global authority in the photography and imaging industry. The Nikon D810 digital SLR camera has been selected for the Best Digital SLR Professional Award, the Nikon D5500 digital SLR camera for the Best Digital SLR Entry Level Award, and the COOLPIX P610 compact digital camera for the Best Superzoom Camera Award.
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Landscapes are one of the most popular photography subjects, and for good reason. Nature is enchanting to the human eye, and it’s only natural for people to want to capture that stunning natural scene with cameras. Some landscape pros and über-enthusiasts will plan ahead with tripods, shutter release cables, filters, and extra gear to make sure they really nail the shot they have in mind. Then there are more casual photographers like myself who tend to shoot landscapes on a spur of the moment basis, usually during vacation. If you fall into the latter group, this article is more geared...
Macro photography is great for exploring new worlds that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye. You can turn ordinary, boring subjects into fascinating ones. A closeup photograph’s composition is 80% determined by the lighting, therefore it is the single most important element a macro photographer should have complete control over. With good lighting your macro photographs will pop out of the frame and will be sharp, vibrant, and visually stunning. If you get the lighting wrong however, your macro photograph will just look dull and boring. In this article I hope to show you some of the...
Well yesterday Adobe pulled the trigger on the much anticipated release of the new Lightroom 6, which is actually called Lightroom CC (part of the Creative Cloud). It will still be available as a stand alone product but many people, myself included were eagerly downloading the new version as soon as it was available. We’ll have one of our writers doing a more involved look at the new features soon but I wanted to see what you are most interested in with this new version. New Photo Merge feature in LR CC What features were on your LR wish list? So tell me in the comments below – what things...
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An Italian lawyer turned photojournalist found himself at the centre of international peace-keeping efforts in Haiti. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
“It was inconceivable to my father that he would end up with a son who wanted to pursue a career in the arts,” says photographer Lorenzo Moscia. Like many of his father’s generation in Italy, having lost nearly everything to the Second World War, the aftermath thrust him into manhood, and having to provide financial support to his struggling, large family of siblings. By the time his father had become a grown man himself,...
Ricoh has just launched the Pentax K-3 II semi-pro DSLR. It uses an improved image stabilization system that drives a new Pixel Shift Resolution feature, designed to reduce false color. Retaining its predecessor’s 24MP sensor, 27-point AF system, and durable construction, the K-3 II offers sensor-shift IS with a claimed 4.5 stops of shake reduction. Also included are built-in GPS, an improved AF algorithm, gyro-sensor-based panning detection and automatic horizon correction. Something that’s no longer included is a built-in flash. The Pentax K-3 II will be...
Sigma has issued a service notice advising that some of its Canon mount interchangeable lenses cannot be used with Live Mode on the soon-to-be-released Canon EOS Rebel T6s (760D) and the Canon EOS Rebel T6i (750D). Lens owners will receive a free firmware update to fix the problem, though the company has not provided a timeframe for when the update is expected. Both current and discontinued lens models are affected by this issue. According to Sigma, if the Live View Mode button on the camera is pressed when using one of the affected lenses, the operation will stop and...
With the launch of Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC, Adobe has released Camera Raw 9 with some of the some added features. Merge to HDR and Panorama are now available in ACR, using Raw image data to automatically assemble HDR and panoramic images, which are output as DNG files (16-bit floating-point DNGs in the case of HDR merges). This eliminates the need to edit files before merging them in Photoshop. Like the latest versions of Lightroom, ACR can now also use your computer’s GPU to speed up image editing. The new features are offered only to Photoshop CC customers...
![VSCO Film 00 is a Free Starter Pack of Film Emulation Presets for Lightroom]()
If you’ve been wanting to try out VSCO’s film emulation presets without shelling out $119 per collection, there’s good news for you today. VSCO has launched VSCO Film 00, a free start pack that contains two of the company’s most popular film emulation presets for Lightroom. Inside Film 00 you’ll find the Kodak Gold 100 simulation from Film 05 and the Kodak TRI-X simulation from Film 06. The presets are compatible with Lightroom 4 all the way up through the new Lightroom 6. Unlike many film emulation presets out there, which only take your photo into account, VSCO Film has...
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Lightroom 6 (AKA Lightroom CC) was just announced. I’ve been eagerly waiting for this release, pretty much from the moment Lightroom 5 was announced. And I have to be honest: I’m sad. Yes, software updates make me disappointed. Here’s what’s up. From where I stand, it seems like significant development on Lightroom has stalled. Lightroom 6 is a fairly incremental update from Lightroom 5, with no new killer features. And Lightroom 5 was also a pretty incremental update from Lightroom 4. It’s been a long time since anything really revolutionary has happened with this software, and yet...
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Back in May 2011, Nikon filed a lawsuit against Sigma, accusing the company of using patented Vibration Reduction (VR) technology in Sigma lenses. In March 2014, a court in Japan recommended that Sigma pay Nikon roughly $14.5 million in damages. Today, Nikon announced that it has reached a settlement with Sigma that will close this case for good. In a press release published on its website, Nikon announces that it has reached a “judicial settlement” with Sigma as of today. The company says it decided to go with a settlement in order to resolve the matter “swiftly.” As part of the...
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It seems that the viral content blog EliteDaily hasn’t learned its lesson despite the current copyright infringement lawsuit being brought by photojournalist Peter Menzel. Another photo has been misused for a viral article, and photographers aren’t happy with how the writer is responding. The controversy started last week when staff writer Gigi Engle published a post titled “Dear Anxiety: Instead Of Being Toxic, You Turned Me Into A Stronger Person.” The piece has since attracted over 11,000 likes on Facebook. At the top of the story was a photo of a woman named Claudia by...
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If you’re planning on doing an elaborate photo shoot in a foreign country, make sure you obtain the necessary permits and visas. Otherwise, you may risk arrest and deportation. That’s what happened to a couple of American photographers earlier this month. They, along with 13 others involved in the work, were kicked out of Indonesia for doing illegal photo shoots.The Jakarta Post reports that the 11 Americans and 4 Canadians were arrested on April 10th for misusing tourist visas for photo shoots. They were reportedly part of a photography workshop called Paradise Challenge, and...
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By Erin Quigley
The most serious impediment to creativity in the digital age isn’t lack of inspiration—it’s lack of organization. Nothing kills an artistic impulse faster than the frustration of trying to navigate a chaotic image library. If your images are scattered and/or duplicated across laptops, desktops, drives, and media cards, then you know what I’m talking about—and you’re not alone.
Most digital shooters have too many images and too little time to organize them. As the capacity of media cards...
We have all heard the expression “The gear does not make the photo. The photographer makes the photo.” That being said, the gear does certainly help in perfecting the art of photography. If you are a professional photographer or even a serious amateur, you know that photography is quite an expensive profession/hobby. Good equipment can be expensive and by the time you build your day-to-day gear bag, it can set you back several thousands of dollars. Just when you think you have the perfect setup, you hear about the latest camera or a faster lens than what you have just being released for...
This photo is lit by the soft light found inside on a sunny day. The light suits the subject because it reveals all the detail on the antique scales. We talk about quality of light a lot in photography. I often use the word beautiful, and tell people that great photos require beautiful light. But what is beautiful light? To answer that we need to understand that light has many qualities that vary immensely, depending on factors like the light source, time of day, season, and location. Light can be extremely hard (one extreme) or very soft (the other extreme) or anywhere in-between. It takes...
As a photographer, the most powerful tool you have is natural light It may be free for the taking – but are you making the most of it to create beautiful images? Today I’m pleased to announce the launch of our latest dPS eBook – Life in Natural Light by Rachel Devine. Rachel is someone I have had come to photograph my family – largely because I love the way that she uses natural light to capture special moments of life – so when our team began talking about who we wanted to write this eBook Rachel was the first person to come to mind. In this beautifully illustrated eBook Rachel reveals her...
He was one of the brightest photojournalists of his generation. But in 2011, a month after attending the Oscars with co-director Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington was killed while working on a story in Libya. Junger tells Tom Seymour about his admiration for Hetherington, and the complexities of covering war
The film begins with Tim Hetherington trying to describe why he risks his life to tell stories from some of the world’s most dangerous regions, the British-born photographer-turned-filmmaker eventually answering: “I want to connect with real people, to document them in...
Outland marked the arrival of an astonishing (and controversial) talent. A decade on, it’s been republished. In an exclusive interview, we ask Roger Ballen about the people behind the pictures
The New York photographer Roger Ballen has spent decades photographing the most extreme fringes of South African society. But this is not a documentary project, but a dark cavity into our collective psychology. “I started to work with the subjects in a theatrical, performative way,” Ballen says in our exclusive video interview. “I was there to transform reality.” Ballen is a hugely...
The unknown Ciarán Oìg Arnold’s debut series – about the troubled men of post-recession Ireland – will be made into a photo book by Mack publishing after winning the First Book Award.
A project called I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed. but all I could do was to get drunk again, by Irish photographer Ciarán Oìg Arnold, has won this year’s First Book Award. Born in 1977, Arnold has spent almost his whole life living his pictures in the town of Ballinasloe. The project, taken over the past five years, shows drunken knuckle-fights, hard men’s tears...
Nikon has issued updated firmware for its D4s professional DSLR, altering the way numerous features operate on the camera. Changes include removing the limitation on the number of images that can be captured in a single continuous burst in the manual and shutter priority exposure modes. Firmware version 1.20 replaces versions 1.00 and 1.10, and appears to fix quite a range of glitches as well as adding functionality to the camera’s operation. The camera will now support the SB-500 flash unit, allowing it to be used in commander mode to control groups of other flash...
Panorama merge, a feature offered in Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6. Adobe has announced new standalone and Creative Cloud versions of its image management and Raw conversion software, Lightroom. The latest versions gain simple HDR and Panorama merging tools that create 16-bit floating point DNG files from the merged results. Also added is the ability to paint-out regions of gradient filters, to allow more flexible overlays. Face Recognition tools have also been added, to simplify the tagging and retrieval of images. The CC version of the software is also designed to...
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The 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced today, and the photographers that were awarded with journalism’s highest honor were freelance photographer Daniel Berehulak of the New York Times and the photography staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feature Photography Daniel Berehulak won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for best Feature Photography for his “courageous photographs of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.” Berehulak spent weeks in the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, putting his own health on the line to share images from the front line in the battle against the disease. In...
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After months of prematurely posted product pages, leaked details, and announcement dates that turned out to be wrong, Adobe will finally be unveiling the next version of Lightroom tomorrow.PhotoRumors is saying that it is 100% sure the program will be announced tomorrow morning (Eastern Time). The murmurings started last week after Scott Kelby began teasing four free live webcasts tomorrow in order to talk and teach about a “big secret thingy.” Here’s something strange, though: PhotoRumors reports that the new software will be called Lightroom CC, suggesting that it will be offered...
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Five years ago, the Shanghai, China-based lens adapter company Kipon became the first to offer a Canon EF to Micro Four Thirds adapter with electronic aperture control. The company is now taking its adapter another big step forward: its new Canon EF to MFT adapter is the world’s first to feature autofocus. The adapter can be used to mount Canon EF and EF-S lenses onto Micro Four Thirds camera bodies. It features a built-in circuit board and electronic contacts that allow for communication between your camera and your lens’ autofocus and stabilization features. The adapter also allows...
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Looking for a new photo concept to try your hand at? The Cooperative of Photography just released this short video with 7 different photo tricks and ideas you can do the next time you’re in search of ideas. #1. Levitation #2. Freelensing #3. Light painting with stencils #4. Polaroid collage #5. Broken mirror #6. Colored lights #7. Hula hoop light painting Source Article from...
I am the kind of person who loves nothing more than to read a new camera manual back to front. When the Canon 5d MK3 came out the manual was over 200 pages, YUM! It was the thickest Canon manual yet, heaven! I love my kit and I love finding out how it works, what cool tricks I can do with it and what every single button does plus custom settings, autofocus modes, etc. I still use film (and digital of course), print my own work (which I keep detailed records of) so you can see that I am a solid tech nerd. Yet, I see all the time how distracting the camera can be when we are taking photos....
There are times when planning and patience can result in a killer shot. This nighttime star trails selfie (above) that I captured in the Canadian Rockies was one of those times. I’d planned to shoot star trails over Mount Rundle and the town of Banff, Alberta while hopefully capturing reflections in Vermillion Lake, surrounded by melting ice. My initial vision was for a completely cloudless sky, but the small yet persistent low clouds ended up adding an ethereal quality to the shot I hadn’t expected. When I looked back at my first 30 second exposure, I knew right away that this shot had some...
Lars Tunbjörk, the renowned photographer best known for his vividly colourful, quietly witty photography of everyday life in Sweden, died this month aged 59, writes Thomas Cox. Tunbjörk was one of Sweden’s most celebrated photographers. Headlines from Swedish media publications included epithets like “Lars Tunbjörk changed the way we see ourselves” (Sweden Radio) and “Lars Tunbjörk showed Sweden through his own melancholy” (Dagens Nyheter). Born February 1956 in Borås, in the south of Sweden, Tunbjörk was 15 when he started taking photographs during work experience at his local...
French photographer Elene Usdin’s self-portraits are a piss-take of the tireless consumerism of the female form.
“I was terrified of my dolls when I was little. I used to think they came alive at night, that they’d open their eyes and come at me. I used to have nightmares,” says French photographer Elene Usdin of the time she and her family lived in Quebec. “I was four and we were living in a house in Canada; my father is a doctor, and whenever he worked late and my mother found herself alone in this big house with the three of us, she’d start to worry about prowlers and...
A boy suspected of being infected with Ebola is carried to a treatment center in Monrovia. Daniel Berehulak, The New York Times – Sept. 5, 2014 Photographers capturing the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri. took home this year’s Pulitzer prizes for Feature and Breaking News Photography. Daniel Berehulak, a freelancer shooting for the New York Times, was honored for his images from West Africa where he spent four months in the Ebola zone. The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch photography staff was recognized for its coverage of the...
Printer manufacturer Epson has announced it will introduce an A2 printer that uses its new extended-life UltraChrome ink-set and which will accept roll-fed paper via an optional roll holder. The professional photo printer will be able to produce prints of up to 17in high in panoramic formats as long as 1.1m/43.3in, as well as printing on thick art paper via a front media loader. The SC-P800 uses the same nine-color ink-set as the SC-P600 which was launched in September last year. The UltraChrome HD set includes six colors, matte black, Photo black, light black and light...
Western Digital My Passport Wireless1TB $199.99/£149.99 | www.wdc.com At the end of last year, storage manufacturer Western Digital launched a new Wi-Fi enabled hard drive that features a built-in SD card reader, called the My Passport Wireless. Alongside the drive, it also launched the My Cloud app, allowing photo, video and audio files on the drive to be viewed wirelessly from a phone or tablet. Key Features: Built-in SD card slot USB-3 Connection for data and charging Wi-Fi connection with up to 8 devices (802.11n with MIMO) Rechargeable battery DLNA/UPnP media...
By Art Wolfe Penguins are a staple of nature photography these days and one can easily book a cruise to Antarctica for themselves through numerous operators, but that wasn’t always the case. There was a time when emperor penguins were rarely, if ever, photographed in the wild. With this in mind, I invested $25,000 in trip arrangements (a massive investment and an enormous risk at that point in my career). Essentially I was rolling all the dice at once that I could pull a shoot off. These arrangements put me on my first exploratory photography trip to find emperor...
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An Ontario-based vegan who goes by the name Vegetable Police recently released the video above and then began warning photographers with it in online photo forums. He claims that modern digital cameras “output high levels of radiation” and that people should be careful not to have the camera in their hands or against their faces for long periods of time. “I tested the Sony RX100 mark 3, and the Sony wx350,” he writes, claiming that both cameras are dangerous in the amount of radiation they emit. “The Panasonic FZ1000 however measured much lower than these other 2 cameras, so there is...
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Artist Anton Hecht recently created an unusual stop motion film using photos of a giant life-sized mannequin. Instead of doing the animation themselves, the team invited random strangers who were walking by to help move the dummy around in the public square. The video above is what resulted from their help under careful direction. “It was a good deal harder and more complex thank it looks to do,” Hecht tells PetaPixel. He says that the idea had been brewing in his mind for about two years. After finding a mannequin for sale online at a reasonable price recently, the artist decided to...
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Did you know that the selfie stick was actually invented back in the 1980s? The concept didn’t take off until Bluetooth-enabled smartphone cameras in recent years, but the concept has been around for decades now.BBC News writes that the original inventor of the selfie stick was a Japanese man named Hiroshi Ueda, who worked for the Minolta camera company. After being frustrated with the photo skills of passers-by ruining his vacation memories — remember, this is in the days of film photography — Ueda decided to use his engineering skills to take things in his own hands, literally. He...
Lead architects of a high-end design firm. Providing successful images for a business can be very rewarding, especially when it’s for a budding business that you get to witness growing. While all businesses, big and small, essentially have the same demands, a small business is most likely still learning how to work with various professionals and creating their processes as they go. Diving into a project with a small business can lead to lots of time and money being wasted if terms and project details are not discussed openly, early on. The following are some key factors to discuss with your...
Whether you have an iPhone, a pocket camera, or a DSLR it’s likely that the first thing you do after taking a picture is peek at the back LCD screen to see how it turned out. Did you capture that flawless sunset glow? Is that flower petal perfectly in focus? Was everyone in the group photo smiling? The simple act of looking at the LCD screen (sometimes referred to as ‘chimping’) seems so natural that we often don’t give it a second thought, and nearly every camera has this auto-review function turned on by default. Ironically, turning this off can have a can have a profound impact on your...
\n Time-lapse videos have seen a resurgence in popularity lately and it is largely thanks to the capabilities of modern digital cameras. Combining the motion aspects of cinema with the high resolution capabilities of large imaging sensors, most current camera systems can easily meet the video resolution for HD videos and 4K, but as Los Angeles based photographer Joe Capra has just proven with a 10K time-lapse demo he created using the PhaseOne IQ180 medium format system, the limitations do not stop there. \n First inspired...
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How have the designs of cameras changed over the past 100 years? The team over at eBay Deals wants to show you. They’ve created a series of animated GIFs showing how the cameras produced by major brands have evolved over the years as styles and technologies changed. “From the first rangefinder camera in 1916 to Sony’s first DSLR, we’ve covered them all,” the team writes. The Leica 35mm Rangefinder The Nikon 35mm SLR The Pentax 35mm SLR The Polaroid Instant Camera The Fujifilm Instant Camera The Olympus Point and Shoot The Canon DSLR The Sony DSLR You can find a full animated...
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A police officer in Albury, Australia, did some online photo sharing that drew quite a few chuckles last week. After someone turned in a lost iPhone at his police station, the officer found that the phone didn’t have any type of passcode protection. So, to get in touch with the woman who lost it, he started posting humorous photos to her Facebook account. The first was the selfie above, posted to Bella Crooke’s Facebook account with the caption: “You should probably put a password on your phone. When you are ready to pick it up it will be at Albury police station. :)” After Crooke’s...
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A white police officer in South Carolina is facing murder charges after shooting an unarmed black man in the back and killing him as he ran away. A bystander named Feidin Santana witnessed the whole incident on April 4th and managed to capture cell phone footage, which then became widely seen around the world and sparked fresh new outrage about police brutality. Now, nearly two weeks after the shooting, the video is at the center of a new discussion: news outlets are being asked for a $10,000 fee if they wish to share the video.The New York Times reports that a publicist representing...
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ZY Optics, the Chinese company behind Mitakon and Zhongyi lenses and adapters, has announced its new Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens. It’s an ultra-fast, manual-focus portrait lens that gives photographers an f/1.2 aperture without breaking the bank. The metal-bodied lens is designed for full frame cameras and features an 11-blade circular aperture for creamy bokeh in shallow depth-of-field shots. Special lenses among the 9 elements in 6 groups are designed to give the lens minimal aberrations and maximum sharpness, even at f/1.2 The aperture ring is silent and click-less,...
In the photo above, you may notice that the colors on the left-hand side appear to be showing fringes of green and red along the sharp edges of the subject; this is what is called chromatic aberration. What is chromatic aberration? Chromatic aberration (also known as color fringing or dispersion) is a common problem in lenses which occurs when colors are incorrectly refracted (bent) by the lens, resulting in a mismatch at the focal point where the colors do not combine as they should. To help understand this a bit better, remember that the focal plane is your sensor’s point of focus; where...
Could a higher-resolution M43 sensor be just around the corner? It seems that it might be. Sony’s semiconductor division has launched a new website, which lists some of the chips that Sony offers to potential buyers. Among familiar sensor units, such as the company’s 20MP 1″ type and 36MP full frame sensors, there are a few examples listed that we’ve yet to see in any cameras. A number of these stood out to us, including a 20MP Four Thirds-type sensor, capable of faster readout than the current 16MP IMX159 used in some Olympus cameras, and a...
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John Rogers was once one of the high flying entrepreneurs in the photo world. After coming up with the brilliant idea of scanning old photos for newspapers and splitting the rights to the digital images, Rogers was on his way to amassing one of the largest photo libraries in the world and was earning a whopping $120,000 per week selling his images on eBay. Now his empire has come crashing down. Rogers is reportedly being sued for more than $90 million and has lost his business entirely. The original idea behind the Rogers Photo Archive company was simple yet lucrative. Many newspapers...
![WikiLeaks’ Sony Docs: A7r II, A6000 II, and RX Cameras Coming. A-Mount Left to Die?]()
WikiLeaks has just published a massive collection of emails and documents that were leaked through the 2014 Sony hack. Among the documents was a product and service launch calendar that mentions new cameras Sony is (or was) planning to launch in the first part of this year. If the calendar is still accurate, then Sony will soon be announcing new cameras in the A7r, A6000, and RX lines.sonyalpharumors first published the leaked document, and writes that the new RX camera — which may have a Four Thirds sensor — will be revealed on April 23rd, while the A7r and A6000 successors should be...
![Coming Soon: 52-Megapixel Cameras in Smartphones]()
There’s a stealthy startup in Silicon Valley that’s working to revolutionize photography. It’s called Light, and one of its goals is putting 52-megapixel cameras in smartphones by next year. The company has mostly been quiet about its technology and goals: its website is basically a landing page with a newsletter signup form, and its Facebook account has just been sharing interesting photo stories from around the Web. However, MIT Technology Review just published a first look on what Light is working on. The Light site is sparse and enigmatic. We now know that the company is working...
![EllaSnap Helps You Measure and Design Your Walls for Photo Collages]()
EllaSnap is a photo canvas and book making service that offers an interesting app for helping you design a photo arrangement for your walls. Instead of spending time and energy measuring your walls yourself, the app lets you easily see what your design would look like on your wall using augmented reality. The process involves telling the app your height, showing the app where the wall meets the ground, cropping out the area of the wall you’d like to decorate, and then filling it in with carefully arranged frames containing your photos. The app does all the wall calculations for you,...
Rays of light are that golden egg photographers dream about, lust after, desire with all their heart. Earlier I shared a set of images that display a great example of rays of light. By Geert Orye Weekly Photography Challenge – Rays of Light So now it’s your turn to go out and replicate this type of photograph. You may think – that’s impossible how can I create that if it doesn’t already exist? Well there are some things you can do to help it along. Look for a foggy day or condition Go out to shoot in the early morning and look for mist that is laying low over the land with the sun coming...
To photographers light is the most important thing above all else. It is the ultimate prize to come home with a photo with “good light”. One type of light that is truly ethereal is the phenomenon of rays of light. It is only possible for light rays to be visible in an image when certain atmospheric conditions exist; there must be some kind of particle suspended in the air for the light to bounce off such as dust, fog, or smoke. Here are 28 images of light rays that have a certain glow about them. Enjoy! Home by matt dinning on 500px Poland by Artur Magdziarz on 500px Amazing Earth by Rick...
Diana Markosian, the Armenian-American photographer best known for her stunning revisitation of the Beslan massacre, has been awarded The Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award.
Diana Markosian, the Armenian-American photographer best known for her stunning revisitation of the Beslan massacre, has been awarded The Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award. “This so much more than an award for me. Chris was a friend. He supported me from the first day we met,” Markosian tells BJP. “I want to up my game and create something even more personal. I owe it to him. ”...
In one of the most oppressed countries for women in the world, girls have taken up skateboarding. Photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson spoke to Lowenna Waters about capturing the new sport in Afghanistan.
In 2007, an Australian skateboarder called Oliver Percovich decided to give girls from the most autocratic and repressive societies the opportunity to skateboard. He took Skateistan to Kabul, Afghanistan, using the urban street sport as a tool for empowerment, and a hook to get children aged 5 to 18 from poor and displaced Afghan families into full-time education. It now works...
Ahead of a BJP Instagram takeover, Lewis Bush reveals the thinking behind Metropole, an architectural take on London, a city undoing many of the things that make the city unique
Cities are places of constant change. It’s the nature of them, and it’s what makes them attractive. But not all change is equal; some is organic, some is pernicious and abnormal. London has always been a city in flux. But, for anyone living in London, the transformations of the past few years are impossible to ignore. Huge swathes of the city have been redeveloped, remarkable buildings demolished,...
A new London-based art fair claims to champion photographers by eliminating the gallery middleman. But is this a unique business model, or a marketing tool? Thomas Cox investigates
More than 120 photographers and artists will show their work at The Other Art Fair (TOAF), “a unique platform from which artists can independently showcase their work to gallerists, curators, critics and collectors” which will run from 23 to 26 April at Victoria House in Holborn, London. The selection committee includes artist Gavin Turk and the Curator of Drawings at the Courtauld Gallery, Dr...
Her new memoir is being made into a film by Steven Spielberg, starring Jennifer Lawrence. But who is the war reporter behind the blockbuster? Lynsey Addario tells Brennavan Sritharan about being kidnapped, the risk of rape, and becoming a mother.
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has been kidnapped and beaten. She has also borne witness to the defining global conflicts of our time. Having received the MacArthur Genius Grant for her previous work, her new memoir, It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, explores the role of the conflict reporter in the contemporary...
Zhong Yi Optics has released information about an 85mm f/1.2 lens it intends to make available in May. The Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2, which the company is calling ‘The Dream’, is aimed at still photographers as well as videographers, and has a covering circle suitable for full frame sensors. The manual focus lens is constructed using two Extra-Low dispersion elements and four elements made from what the company describes as high refractive index glass. There are a total of nine elements arranged in six groups, and ZY Optics claims the lens produces sharp images even...
Can an Aperture user be happy with Apple’s new ‘Photos’ software? After building up a sizable collection of digital photos that I’d taken since 1996, I decided that just dumping them into folders wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Being a Mac user in (around) 2005 didn’t give me a lot of options, so the decision was easy: iPhoto. iPhoto had a friendly interface and made splitting photos into events easy. Getting prints and making photo books (the perfect gift for your parents) was ridiculously easy. After years of relative bliss, iPhoto...
![The Sun-Blaster: How to Build a Powerful DIY 1000W-Equivalent LED Light for $40]()
Want a portable and powerful LED light for illuminating your shots? The “Sun-Blaster” is a 1000 watt equivalent LED flashlight that you can build yourself for around $40. The device is small enough to be used with one hand, has a dimmer for flexible brightness control, and can be powered by either batteries of an AC adapter. The light can be used for all kinds of photographic and filmmaking purposes: Simulating moonlight in a dark, outdoor environment. Adding drama to a nighttime scene Bounced off walls to simulate a giant softbox Used as a rim or hair light The Sun-Blaster was...
![Old Film Roll from eBay Reveals Photos of Korea from Half a Century Ago]()
Photographer Ben Larsen purchased a lot on eBay that included several old rolls of film, one of which was a roll of Kodak Plus-X Pan black and white 35mm film. Not knowing anything about the roll, Larsen tossed it into a tank while processing his own roll of Kodak Tri-X at home. To his surprise, the film emerged from the developer with a large number of old photos of Seoul, South Korea, from five decades ago. Here are some of the photographs that were found on the roll: After scanning the images into his computer, Larsen was able to figure out that some of the photos show the...
![Instagram Clarifies Its Rules on Copyright and Nudity]()
Instagram updated its community guidelines today in order to give users a clearer picture of where the service stands on the issues of copyright and nudity. Policies themselves haven’t changed, Instagram says, but the rules have been fleshed out and clarified in response to user questions and various incidents. Having your photos shared on someone’s Instagram account without your permission or knowledge has become a major source of frustration for photographers. Instagram reaffirmed today that these types of copyright violations are strictly against the rules. “Share only photos and...
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Check out this trippy portrait of the sketch comedy duo Hello Generic. It’s a portrait of a portrait of a portrait… 18 levels deep. Here’s a 100% crop of the high-resolution version that shows how detailed the image actually is (this crop only starts at level 3): The photographer, who goes by hmnig on Reddit, tells us that he has had this idea for the group’s YouTube channel banner for a while, and recently they did the photo shoot to turn it into reality. The duo posed for over a hundred photos that night using props they had collected over the past four years of making videos. After...
![A First-Person Shooter Called Street Photography]()
In my early teenage years I loved nothing more than gaming and going to LAN parties every weekend. Unreal Tournament, Battlefield 1942 and Counter-Strike were my favorites back then. Although I also liked strategy games like Warcraft 3, I spent most of my time playing Counter-Strike with my friends till early in the morning. I’m not much of a gamer anymore besides an occasional SNES night, but recently a crazy thought crossed my mind. If street photography were a game, it would definitely be a first-person shooter. Aim and Reaction Time The more you practice, the better you get at any...
In today’s market if you want to buy a camera memory card, you may find it challenging to select the right one. A card comes with the following criteria; type, speed, price, capacity. If you want to buy a high capacity card with low price it might come with a low transfer speed. If you wish to buy a high transfer speed with high capacity card it may come with a really high price. If you want to strike a balance between both, you really have to compromise on quality. By Paul Hudson What is a memory card? A small removable memory medium which can be used to store data on one medium and to...
Please note that I do not know who originally coined the phrase “visual push-ups”. I have heard it used many times and find it very suitable to describe what we should all be practicing as often as possible with our camera. There is no better time to practice your photography than here and now. Don’t wait for the best light, the exotic vacation, or a new lens. Let’s be honest, the only way you’re going to become a better photographer, is by doing visual push-ups every day, and by challenging yourself continuously for as many years as you’ll be able to carry that camera around. Give yourself...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has acquired camera technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd. for approximately $20 million. LinX is a small company based in Israel and specializes in very small camera modules that are suitable for implementation in smartphone cameras. On the very basic company website a series of multi-lens modules is shown which can be used for 2D and 3D capture and, according to LinX, are capable of a range of special effects such as the ability to refocus an image after it has been captured, measurement of the true dimensions of objects, 3D...
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Nikon has announced a firmware update for its new AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, to fix an issue where at certain shutter speeds on D800-series cameras, images can exhibit ‘noticeable blur’. According to Nikon, the problem can occur at around 1/125sec with the lens’s VR function enabled in either ‘Normal’ or ‘Sport’ modes. Users of affected units (those with serial numbers lower than 205101) are encouraged to return their lenses to Nikon where the update will be applied free of charge. We are very curious about this news,...
Canon has announced it will introduce a new dye-sublimation thermal transfer printer to its Selphy range of compact photo printers this summer. The Selphy CP1000 will have features very similar to the current products, but will additionally offer the ability to print twin ID photos on the same sheet of paper using the new Dual ID mode. Unlike the CP910, the new model will not be Wi-Fi compatible, but it will allow input direct from a camera using the PictBridge protocol, a USB socket for printing from USB Flash storage as well as from a computer. The printer will also...
Columbia University researchers have created a self-powered video camera featuring a sensor that both captures images and powers the device. Although it can only record low-resolution 30×40 pixel images at 1fps, the photodiodes on the camera’s sensor can switch between being photoconductive, and photovoltaic. In the latter mode – given enough light – the photodiodes supply enough power to a built-in supercapacitor keep the camera operating indefinitely. According to one of the research team, this means that ‘for a scene that is around 300...
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Travel photographer Jimmy McIntyre created this short 3-minute video tutorial to share a trick for adjusting the brightness of specific colors in your shot without affecting their saturation. The technique simply involves creating a new black-and-white adjustment layer… …setting its blending mode to “Luminosity”… …and then adjusting the sliders of the colors you’d like to tweak. You can find more of McIntyre’s tutorials on his YouTube channel here. (via Jimmy McIntyre via ISO 1200) Source Article from...
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Bigger things may be coming to Sony’s popular RX compact camera line, sensor-wise. A new report says that Sony is field testing a new RX camera that packs a significantly larger sensor — possibly a Four Thirds format one — that would put it in direct competition with cameras like the Panasonic LX100.sonyalpharumors heard about the new camera from a trusted source, who stated that the camera is “a little bit bigger” than the Sony RX100 III but smaller than the LX100. But inside the camera is reportedly a sensor that’s similar to the one used in the Panasonic LX100, which contains a...
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The popular dating app Tinder has announced a new update that throws more photography into the matchmaking mix. In addition to seeing users’ profile pictures, you’ll now be able to browse through Instagram photographs to get to know people — and their photo skills — better before making a decision to connect. Users can get started with the photo sharing by going to their profile and connecting their Instagram account with a single tap. Other members will then be able to see recent photos when viewing the profile. The update is now available to all users (both free and paid) through...
![This Self-Powered Camera Can Shoot Forever Using Only the Light It Captures]()
Scientists have created a self-powered camera that can take pictures indefinitely without any external power. Instead, it generates its own power using the light it captures with the sensor.The project was published this month by Columbia computer vision researchers in a paper titled “Towards Self-Powered Cameras.” Instead of using a power cable or a battery for power, the scientists created a new image sensor that can both capture light for images like a camera and turn light into electricity like a solar panel. After each image capture, the sensor switches modes, harvests light, and...
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By Charles Mazel and Shawn Miller
Additional Images by Alex Tyrrell
Fluorescence is a truly magical effect: It transforms light from one wavelength to another and it will also transform your dive. Experienced divers appreciate fluorescence the most. Just when you start to think you really know your dive site and have “seen it all,” you can make it totally new again.
What Is Underwater Fluorescence?
Fluorescence is not the same as bioluminescence. Just...
Butterflies can provide a colorful and fun way to explore the macro world, and the basic techniques are easy to master with a little patience and practice. Just because butterflies are fast movers, doesn’t mean you have to be! If you watch carefully, you will notice that each species tends to visit the same variety of flower. If you miss a photo opportunity, wait a couple of minutes and the chances are that the butterfly will soon be back again to the same flower, or to a neighboring one. When approaching, avoid unnecessary vibrations and be careful not to cast a shadow over the butterfly....
Adobe makes life easier for Lightroom users by building in keyboard shortcuts. You probably know some of the more important ones by heart (e.g.: T to reveal or hide the Toolbar, \ to toggle between before and after views, and O to reveal the Adjustment Brush overlay). But I’m also betting there are quite a few shortcuts you didn’t even know existed. Here are some of the more useful, lesser known ones. 1. Reveal all Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts are difficult to remember, especially if you don’t use them that often. But if you press Ctrl + / (PC) or Cmd + / (Mac), Lightroom displays a list of...
Another lens from Fujifilm’s roadmap is making its way to retailers, and that’s the XF 16mm F1.4 R WR wide prime. This lens, equivalent to 24mm on APS-C, has a nine-blade aperture, flare-reducing Nano-GI coating, and a minimum focusing distance of 15cm/6 in. There’s also a manual aperture ring and depth-of-field scale. Being a WR lens, the 16mm is also sealed against weather and dust and can function at temperatures as low as -10° C/14° F. The XF 16mm F1.4 R WR will be available next month for $999.95. Press release: FUJIFILM ANNOUNCES NEW ULTRA SHARP...
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What Do You Think About The New HDR Processing In Lightroom CC/Adobe Camera RAW?
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What are the Real Responsibilities of a Professional Photographer?
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The number of different roles that a professional photographer has to lead these days can be pretty intense and intimidating, but it’s just part of the job. From the creative, to the technical, to the business and marketing, here is a list everything that a professional photographer really has to do to make a living. Portrait of a dancer Share this with anyone who thinks you only push a button for a living! 1. A photographer is an artist and storyteller Professional photographers are in the business of telling stories. They create images that are both beautiful on the surface, and give us a...
How to Shoot Panoramic Photos
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Image stitching is not new, neither is panoramic photography. Since almost the beginning, photographers have been intrigued with providing a wider view of a given scene. The reason is that panoramic images provide context. In a normal frame of a large expansive scene, we only see a small part of the bigger picture. A panoramic image however, gives us a broader view, and a context for that image. The word panorama is derived from two greek words, “pan” which means everything and “horama” which means that which is seen or the view. So, panorama literally means – a view of everything. A six...
What to see at Norway’s Nordic Light Festival of Photography 2015
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What to see at the Nordic Lights Festival in Kristiansund, the small city in northernmost Norway, which opens today.
The Nordic Light Festival of Photography, spaced across galleries in the small island-city of Kristiansund, on the northern reaches of the Norwegian coastland, is now in its tenth year. Not especially well-known in international photography circles, it’s one of the most picturesque, dedicated, surprising celebrations of photography in Europe. For a festival with only a handful of full-time staff, and made possible only by the army of local...
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“I just wanted to do my own thing, in my own way,” says Nick Waplington in the May issue of British Journal of Photography, a magazine dedicated to photographers who don’t quite ‘fit in’
The May issue of British Journal of Photography, on sale now, is dedicated to photographers who don’t quite ‘fit in’. Our main feature is Michael Grieve’s interview with Nick Waplington, the iconic British photographer, as he exhibits his photography alongside Alexander McQueen at Tate Britain. For Waplington, the sense of being an outsider runs throughout his...
Free Download: VSCO Film Pack 00 includes Tri-X and Kodak Gold Film presets
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All images in the gallery above were processed using the film stocks included in Film Pack 00. Click through for larger previews and more info. Who doesn’t love free stuff? Visual Supply Co has been churning out Photoshop and Lightroom-compatible film presets for some time now. To date, they’ve released at least seven different ‘Film Packs’ each containing presets that mimic both classic and contemporary film stocks (including the most recent release of Fiim Pack 00). In an attempt to wet the whistles of those who may be reluctant to plunk down...
Yongnuo creates near-clone of Canon 35mm f/2
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You are derailing the topic completely. If two lenses have aspherical elements, and two photos have birch trees in them – neither is necessarily a ripoff. If two lenses are double-gauss designs, and two photos have a pond surrounded by trees – they are likely similar, yet not copies. However, if you take someone’s readily shot photo from their memory card, and, after some time passes, start printing it, and selling it under your name – this is ripping off, which metaphorically describes what yungnuo did with this lens. Why can’t some draw a line between improvement on...
Interview: Canon’s Chuck Westfall on the new XC10
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Chuck Westfall is Technical Advisor for Canon U.S.A.’s Professional Engineering and Solutions Division. DPReview attended the NAB 2015 show in Las Vegas recently, where we had an opportunity to sit down with Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor for Canon U.S.A.’s Professional Engineering and Solutions Division. The main topic of conversation was Canon’s new XC10 hybrid video/stills camera, which made its first public appearance at the show. Hi Chuck, can you tell us a bit about the new XC10 camera? The XC10 isn’t quite like anything we’ve ever done...
Apple patent hints at super resolution camera mode
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Optical image stabilization systems are great for counteracting shaky hands and keeping things smooth when shooting video. However, shifting sensors or lens elements can also be used to take two or more images at slightly offset angles and merge them to one exposure with a higher pixel-count. The idea is not entirely new, for example the Olympus OM-D E-M5 II mirrorless system camera uses a sensor-shift system to capture 40MP images with a 16MP sensor. The brand new Pentax K-3 II applies a similar concept to produce images with greater color resolution. Apple has also patented a system...
Sony updates 24-70 and 16-35mm A-mount Zeiss lenses with improved AF and image quality
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As promised last November, Sony has announced two new full-frame A-mount lenses. Compared to their 2008-vintage predecessors the Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM II and 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM II feature improved image quality, less ghosting and flare, and a four-fold improvement in subject tracking speed, according to Sony. Another addition are seals that should make these lenses dust and water resistant. Both lenses will be available in June. The 16-35 will be priced at $2250, while the 24-70 will sell for $2100. Press release: Sony Introduces Two Premium ZEISS® Lenses...
Adobe Releases Camera Raw 9: Same HDR, Pano, and GPU Upgrades as Lightroom CC
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Feds Investigating Incident of US Marshall Smashing Cell Phone Camera
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Sony’s Touchless Shutter App Lets You Trigger Your Camera with the Eye Sensor
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Hipstamatic DSPO is Like a Virtual Disposable Camera You Can Share with Friends
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Portraits of Afghan Girls Who Are Empowered by Skateboarding
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
"NIKKOR & ACC" app (for iPad)
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Three Nikon products selected as recipients of TIPA Awards 2015 Nikon D810 and D5500 digital SLR cameras COOLPIX P610 compact digital camera
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Mature Couple Required for Property Commercial
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Male & Female Models/Dancers to Feature in Music Video
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Aged 60+ Male & Female Talent Required Photo/Video Shoot in Canberra
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Four Models (3 girls, 1 guy) Required for Hair Brand Photo Shoot and Video
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Music Video Producer/Director Wanted for a 5 Minute Bodypainted Music Video
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TV Pilot ‘Newcomers’ Looking for a Line Producer
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DOP for Music Video
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1st AD Needed for Tropfest Film
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Professional Wedding Videographer Needed to Create Amazing Wedding Videos
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2 Models, Photographer, 3 H&MUA needed for a NEW Designer!
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Videographer to Video Female Presenter/Models at Hair Expo
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Photo Shoot with New Beauty Product
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Photographer Needed for Collaborative Photoshoot With HMUA
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3 Simple Tips for Subtle Landscape Photography Post-Processing
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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Landscapes are one of the most popular photography subjects, and for good reason. Nature is enchanting to the human eye, and it’s only natural for people to want to capture that stunning natural scene with cameras. Some landscape pros and über-enthusiasts will plan ahead with tripods, shutter release cables, filters, and extra gear to make sure they really nail the shot they have in mind. Then there are more casual photographers like myself who tend to shoot landscapes on a spur of the moment basis, usually during vacation. If you fall into the latter group, this article is more geared...
Getting The Best Possible Quality Photos On MLSs and Syndicated Sites
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Lighting for Macro Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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Macro photography is great for exploring new worlds that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye. You can turn ordinary, boring subjects into fascinating ones. A closeup photograph’s composition is 80% determined by the lighting, therefore it is the single most important element a macro photographer should have complete control over. With good lighting your macro photographs will pop out of the frame and will be sharp, vibrant, and visually stunning. If you get the lighting wrong however, your macro photograph will just look dull and boring. In this article I hope to show you some of the...
Adobe Announces New Lightroom CC – What Features are You Most Excited About?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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Well yesterday Adobe pulled the trigger on the much anticipated release of the new Lightroom 6, which is actually called Lightroom CC (part of the Creative Cloud). It will still be available as a stand alone product but many people, myself included were eagerly downloading the new version as soon as it was available. We’ll have one of our writers doing a more involved look at the new features soon but I wanted to see what you are most interested in with this new version. New Photo Merge feature in LR CC What features were on your LR wish list? So tell me in the comments below – what things...
Lorenzo Moscia’s Haiti
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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An Italian lawyer turned photojournalist found himself at the centre of international peace-keeping efforts in Haiti. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
“It was inconceivable to my father that he would end up with a son who wanted to pursue a career in the arts,” says photographer Lorenzo Moscia. Like many of his father’s generation in Italy, having lost nearly everything to the Second World War, the aftermath thrust him into manhood, and having to provide financial support to his struggling, large family of siblings. By the time his father had become a grown man himself,...
Hands-on with the Pentax K-3 II
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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You mean introduce a new range of lenses with a new mount and shorter registration distance? A mirrorless K-mount FF won’t be smaller than a DSLR, courtesy of physics/optics. It would indeed be lighter, and simpler to manufacture and repair. However, as I’ve written here before: DSLR: Most of the camera’s electronics remain in standby most of the time. At those times when you’re not actually taking a photo, the only electronics in use are the exposure metering sensor, the AF sensor, and the AF motor. Include the LCD too if you’re browsing photos, or you leave it...
Ricoh unveils Pentax K-3 II with Pixel Shift Resolution mode
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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Ricoh has just launched the Pentax K-3 II semi-pro DSLR. It uses an improved image stabilization system that drives a new Pixel Shift Resolution feature, designed to reduce false color. Retaining its predecessor’s 24MP sensor, 27-point AF system, and durable construction, the K-3 II offers sensor-shift IS with a claimed 4.5 stops of shake reduction. Also included are built-in GPS, an improved AF algorithm, gyro-sensor-based panning detection and automatic horizon correction. Something that’s no longer included is a built-in flash. The Pentax K-3 II will be...
Kipon adapter to allow AF with Canon lenses on Micro Four Thirds bodies
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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One of the more interesting news for Micro Four Thirds users. Hope for fast AF will probably be reserved for E-M1 users, though, I guess. And then there’s the issue of Canon using thinner glass filter stacks on their sensors, so that even lenses which have been designed with that glass in mind will probably be a bit more soft at large apertures than when used on a Canon camera. Nonetheless, this will offer a whole lot of possibilities, especially in the telephoto and macro areas. And who knows, maybe some day there will be such an adapter with focal reducer optics, too, that would...
Sigma service notice advises of Canon 750D and 760D Live View issue
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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Sigma has issued a service notice advising that some of its Canon mount interchangeable lenses cannot be used with Live Mode on the soon-to-be-released Canon EOS Rebel T6s (760D) and the Canon EOS Rebel T6i (750D). Lens owners will receive a free firmware update to fix the problem, though the company has not provided a timeframe for when the update is expected. Both current and discontinued lens models are affected by this issue. According to Sigma, if the Live View Mode button on the camera is pressed when using one of the affected lenses, the operation will stop and...
Adobe Camera Raw 9 released with Merge to HDR and Panorama features
Posted by Chris Roubis on 23rd, Apr, 2015 |
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With the launch of Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC, Adobe has released Camera Raw 9 with some of the some added features. Merge to HDR and Panorama are now available in ACR, using Raw image data to automatically assemble HDR and panoramic images, which are output as DNG files (16-bit floating-point DNGs in the case of HDR merges). This eliminates the need to edit files before merging them in Photoshop. Like the latest versions of Lightroom, ACR can now also use your computer’s GPU to speed up image editing. The new features are offered only to Photoshop CC customers...
VSCO Film 00 is a Free Starter Pack of Film Emulation Presets for Lightroom
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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6 Features That Should Have Been In Lightroom 6 (But Aren’t)
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Nikon Reaches Settlement with Sigma in VR Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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EliteDaily Misuses Photo for Viral Article, Writer Then Responds to Complaints with Ridicule
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Photographers Arrested and Kicked Out of Indonesia for Illegal Photo Shoots
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Settlement of patent infringement lawsuit in Japan
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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April 21, 2015
Nikon Corporation (Kazuo Ushida, President, Tokyo, hereafter referred to as “Nikon”) announces that it reached a judicial settlement as of April 21, 2015 with regard to the patent infringement lawsuit (hereafter referred to as “Lawsuit”) filed by Nikon against Sigma Corporation (hereafter referred to as “Sigma”) in the Tokyo District Court on May 25, 2011.
After receiving the Intellectual Property High Court’s recommendation for settlement, Nikon has decided to make a judicial settlement, since...
Chinese, Korean and Japanese Female Featured Extras and Extra Roles
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REDKEN In House Hair Models Required
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Hair Models Needed for Free Creative Colour
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Womans Fit Model Needed
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CASTING CALL – YOUTH for Television Series
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Lighting and a Sound Engineer Needed
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Frances Edmond Debut Short – Crew Needed
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Camerapersons and Editor for Musical Artist
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Photographer(s) & Videography Required for Blog Post/Video
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Organizing Your Underwater Image Library
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Adobe: You Did A Sloppy Job Of Transitioning From Lightroom 5 To Lightroom CC
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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The Advantages of Renting Photographic Gear Before you Buy
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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We have all heard the expression “The gear does not make the photo. The photographer makes the photo.” That being said, the gear does certainly help in perfecting the art of photography. If you are a professional photographer or even a serious amateur, you know that photography is quite an expensive profession/hobby. Good equipment can be expensive and by the time you build your day-to-day gear bag, it can set you back several thousands of dollars. Just when you think you have the perfect setup, you hear about the latest camera or a faster lens than what you have just being released for...
Quality of Light – What is Beautiful Light?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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This photo is lit by the soft light found inside on a sunny day. The light suits the subject because it reveals all the detail on the antique scales. We talk about quality of light a lot in photography. I often use the word beautiful, and tell people that great photos require beautiful light. But what is beautiful light? To answer that we need to understand that light has many qualities that vary immensely, depending on factors like the light source, time of day, season, and location. Light can be extremely hard (one extreme) or very soft (the other extreme) or anywhere in-between. It takes...
The Ultimate Guide to Natural Light Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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As a photographer, the most powerful tool you have is natural light It may be free for the taking – but are you making the most of it to create beautiful images? Today I’m pleased to announce the launch of our latest dPS eBook – Life in Natural Light by Rachel Devine. Rachel is someone I have had come to photograph my family – largely because I love the way that she uses natural light to capture special moments of life – so when our team began talking about who we wanted to write this eBook Rachel was the first person to come to mind. In this beautifully illustrated eBook Rachel reveals her...
Remembering Tim Hetherington four years on
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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He was one of the brightest photojournalists of his generation. But in 2011, a month after attending the Oscars with co-director Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington was killed while working on a story in Libya. Junger tells Tom Seymour about his admiration for Hetherington, and the complexities of covering war
The film begins with Tim Hetherington trying to describe why he risks his life to tell stories from some of the world’s most dangerous regions, the British-born photographer-turned-filmmaker eventually answering: “I want to connect with real people, to document them in...
VIDEO: Roger Ballen – Outland
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Outland marked the arrival of an astonishing (and controversial) talent. A decade on, it’s been republished. In an exclusive interview, we ask Roger Ballen about the people behind the pictures
The New York photographer Roger Ballen has spent decades photographing the most extreme fringes of South African society. But this is not a documentary project, but a dark cavity into our collective psychology. “I started to work with the subjects in a theatrical, performative way,” Ballen says in our exclusive video interview. “I was there to transform reality.” Ballen is a hugely...
Ciarán Óg Arnold wins First Book Award
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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The unknown Ciarán Oìg Arnold’s debut series – about the troubled men of post-recession Ireland – will be made into a photo book by Mack publishing after winning the First Book Award.
A project called I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed. but all I could do was to get drunk again, by Irish photographer Ciarán Oìg Arnold, has won this year’s First Book Award. Born in 1977, Arnold has spent almost his whole life living his pictures in the town of Ballinasloe. The project, taken over the past five years, shows drunken knuckle-fights, hard men’s tears...
Firmware update enhances Nikon D4s features, including unlimited continuous shooting
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Nikon has issued updated firmware for its D4s professional DSLR, altering the way numerous features operate on the camera. Changes include removing the limitation on the number of images that can be captured in a single continuous burst in the manual and shutter priority exposure modes. Firmware version 1.20 replaces versions 1.00 and 1.10, and appears to fix quite a range of glitches as well as adding functionality to the camera’s operation. The camera will now support the SB-500 flash unit, allowing it to be used in commander mode to control groups of other flash...
Adobe rolls out Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 with HDR and panorama tools
Posted by Chris Roubis on 22nd, Apr, 2015 |
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Panorama merge, a feature offered in Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6. Adobe has announced new standalone and Creative Cloud versions of its image management and Raw conversion software, Lightroom. The latest versions gain simple HDR and Panorama merging tools that create 16-bit floating point DNG files from the merged results. Also added is the ability to paint-out regions of gradient filters, to allow more flexible overlays. Face Recognition tools have also been added, to simplify the tagging and retrieval of images. The CC version of the software is also designed to...
2015 Pulitzer Photographers Captured Ebola in Africa and Anger in Ferguson
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Lightroom CC Will Be Announced Tomorrow
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Man Edits His Boring Desk Job Into an Exciting GoPro Camera Commercial
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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GoPro has found a secret sauce when it comes to creating viral videos of extreme sports that spread like wildfire on the Web. YouTube user Braziliandanny wanted to see what the same style would be like for something more mundane, so he created this brilliant parody by shooting some first-person footage of a boring day at his desk job and then editing the clips together, GoPro commercial-style. Just hours after the video was published, GoPro left a comment on it, saying: “Every day office HERO! #GoPro” Source Article from...
Kipon Unveils the First Canon EF to Micro Four Thirds Lens Adapter with Autofocus
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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7 Funky Photography Tricks and Ideas to Try Out
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Female Model required for Maternity Fashion Shoot
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PAID TV Commercial – Casting call in Daylesford!
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Hair Model Required for a High Fashion Cut and Colour
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Lonsdale Female Fitting Model Required
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Hair Models Required For High Impact Fashion Hair Show-Albury
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Make-Up Artist Required – Independant Film
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Crew Wanted
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One Camera Person/Editor to Film and Edit TV Pilot and Possible 10 Eps
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Production Assitant Required – Independant Film
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Professionals to Shoot and Edit a Two Scene Show Reel
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Photographer Sought for Edgy Shots
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Camera Crew, Editor & Photographer
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Help! What Can I Do To Get More Real Estate Photography Business?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Announcing The New PFRE Flickr group In Spanish: Fotografía Inmobiliaria
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Can My Realtor Client Uploaded My Photos To A CirclePix Tour? Is That Legal?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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How Your Camera Gets in the Way of Creating Great Photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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I am the kind of person who loves nothing more than to read a new camera manual back to front. When the Canon 5d MK3 came out the manual was over 200 pages, YUM! It was the thickest Canon manual yet, heaven! I love my kit and I love finding out how it works, what cool tricks I can do with it and what every single button does plus custom settings, autofocus modes, etc. I still use film (and digital of course), print my own work (which I keep detailed records of) so you can see that I am a solid tech nerd. Yet, I see all the time how distracting the camera can be when we are taking photos....
How to Shoot a Star Trails Selfie
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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There are times when planning and patience can result in a killer shot. This nighttime star trails selfie (above) that I captured in the Canadian Rockies was one of those times. I’d planned to shoot star trails over Mount Rundle and the town of Banff, Alberta while hopefully capturing reflections in Vermillion Lake, surrounded by melting ice. My initial vision was for a completely cloudless sky, but the small yet persistent low clouds ended up adding an ethereal quality to the shot I hadn’t expected. When I looked back at my first 30 second exposure, I knew right away that this shot had some...
Lars Tunbjörk – obituary
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Lars Tunbjörk, the renowned photographer best known for his vividly colourful, quietly witty photography of everyday life in Sweden, died this month aged 59, writes Thomas Cox. Tunbjörk was one of Sweden’s most celebrated photographers. Headlines from Swedish media publications included epithets like “Lars Tunbjörk changed the way we see ourselves” (Sweden Radio) and “Lars Tunbjörk showed Sweden through his own melancholy” (Dagens Nyheter). Born February 1956 in Borås, in the south of Sweden, Tunbjörk was 15 when he started taking photographs during work experience at his local...
Elene Usdin – the ‘mockification’ of objectification
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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French photographer Elene Usdin’s self-portraits are a piss-take of the tireless consumerism of the female form.
“I was terrified of my dolls when I was little. I used to think they came alive at night, that they’d open their eyes and come at me. I used to have nightmares,” says French photographer Elene Usdin of the time she and her family lived in Quebec. “I was four and we were living in a house in Canada; my father is a doctor, and whenever he worked late and my mother found herself alone in this big house with the three of us, she’d start to worry about prowlers and...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo staff and Daniel Berehulak nab 2015 photography Pulitzers
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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A boy suspected of being infected with Ebola is carried to a treatment center in Monrovia. Daniel Berehulak, The New York Times – Sept. 5, 2014 Photographers capturing the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri. took home this year’s Pulitzer prizes for Feature and Breaking News Photography. Daniel Berehulak, a freelancer shooting for the New York Times, was honored for his images from West Africa where he spent four months in the Ebola zone. The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch photography staff was recognized for its coverage of the...
Epson launches A2 SureColor SC-P800 printer with UltraChrome HD inks
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Printer manufacturer Epson has announced it will introduce an A2 printer that uses its new extended-life UltraChrome ink-set and which will accept roll-fed paper via an optional roll holder. The professional photo printer will be able to produce prints of up to 17in high in panoramic formats as long as 1.1m/43.3in, as well as printing on thick art paper via a front media loader. The SC-P800 uses the same nine-color ink-set as the SC-P600 which was launched in September last year. The UltraChrome HD set includes six colors, matte black, Photo black, light black and light...
Accessory Review: Western Digital My Passport Wireless
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Apr, 2015 |
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Western Digital My Passport Wireless1TB $199.99/£149.99 | www.wdc.com At the end of last year, storage manufacturer Western Digital launched a new Wi-Fi enabled hard drive that features a built-in SD card reader, called the My Passport Wireless. Alongside the drive, it also launched the My Cloud app, allowing photo, video and audio files on the drive to be viewed wirelessly from a phone or tablet. Key Features: Built-in SD card slot USB-3 Connection for data and charging Wi-Fi connection with up to 8 devices (802.11n with MIMO) Rechargeable battery DLNA/UPnP media...
Art Wolfe: In search of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica
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By Art Wolfe Penguins are a staple of nature photography these days and one can easily book a cruise to Antarctica for themselves through numerous operators, but that wasn’t always the case. There was a time when emperor penguins were rarely, if ever, photographed in the wild. With this in mind, I invested $25,000 in trip arrangements (a massive investment and an enormous risk at that point in my career). Essentially I was rolling all the dice at once that I could pull a shoot off. These arrangements put me on my first exploratory photography trip to find emperor...
Ted Forbes Answers the Question ‘Should I Work for Free?’
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Apr, 2015 |
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Ted Forbes of the popular YouTube channel The Art of Photography just posted a short 8-minute video in which he discusses the oft-debated question: “Should I work for free?” “I can tell you that in my 20 year career I’ve run across this offer of work for ‘exposure’ more times than I’d have liked to. I’ve got some fairly strong opinions on this as well,” he says. “You will have to make up your own mind as to what you want to do with your career but hopefully this video will give you a few pointers that might help.” Source Article from...
How to Repair Old Photos Using Photoshop
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Photoshop teacher Howard Pinsky shares this quick 9-minute video tutorial on how you can use Photoshop to repair old and damaged photos. The restoration is done using the Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush, and Clone Stamp tools. (via Howard Pinsky via Photofocus) Source Article from...
Man Claims the Sony RX100 III Has Dangerous Levels of Radiation, Is Quickly Shot Down
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A Life-Sized Mannequin Stop Motion Animated with the Help of Strangers
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The Original Selfie Stick Was Invented in the 1980s
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Asian Female Models Required
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Talent Required for Google Online Content Shoot
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GOLDWELL Hair Colouring Competition
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Tiny, Small Promo Models – 135cm – 165cm for Costume Work
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Lingerie Models Only! TFP Models Only
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Actors Required for Technological Drama Film
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Can you Use After Effects?
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Crew Needed For Pilot Doco Series
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Can My Realtor Client Upload My Photos To A CirclePix Tour? Is That Legal?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Apr, 2015 |
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4 Things Commercial Photographers Need to Discuss with Their Small Business Clients
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Apr, 2015 |
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Lead architects of a high-end design firm. Providing successful images for a business can be very rewarding, especially when it’s for a budding business that you get to witness growing. While all businesses, big and small, essentially have the same demands, a small business is most likely still learning how to work with various professionals and creating their processes as they go. Diving into a project with a small business can lead to lots of time and money being wasted if terms and project details are not discussed openly, early on. The following are some key factors to discuss with your...
3 Reasons to Disable Your Camera’s Auto-Review Function
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Apr, 2015 |
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Whether you have an iPhone, a pocket camera, or a DSLR it’s likely that the first thing you do after taking a picture is peek at the back LCD screen to see how it turned out. Did you capture that flawless sunset glow? Is that flower petal perfectly in focus? Was everyone in the group photo smiling? The simple act of looking at the LCD screen (sometimes referred to as ‘chimping’) seems so natural that we often don’t give it a second thought, and nearly every camera has this auto-review function turned on by default. Ironically, turning this off can have a can have a profound impact on your...
Scientifantastic – The Time-lapse and Landscape Work of Joe Capra
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Apr, 2015 |
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\n Time-lapse videos have seen a resurgence in popularity lately and it is largely thanks to the capabilities of modern digital cameras. Combining the motion aspects of cinema with the high resolution capabilities of large imaging sensors, most current camera systems can easily meet the video resolution for HD videos and 4K, but as Los Angeles based photographer Joe Capra has just proven with a 10K time-lapse demo he created using the PhaseOne IQ180 medium format system, the limitations do not stop there. \n First inspired...
Readers’ Showcase: Rodger Kingston
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Apr, 2015 |
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Hopper has certainly had a profound effect on many contemporary, or near-contemporary, artists – a range of artists with very different conceptual imperatives, but most of whom finding something compelling in Hopper’s visual language. Whereas the likes of David Lynch (cinema) and Gregory Crewdson (photography) seem most influenced by Hopper’s disquiet or hauntingly isolated vignettes – their work in different ways a sort of burlesque of the banal Americana and related psychological undercurrents, Kingston’s relationship to Hopper seems most keenly focused upon...
These Animated GIFs Show the Evolution of Cameras Through History
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Apr, 2015 |
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Policeman Returns Woman’s Smartphone by Posting Photos to Her Facebook Page
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Video: The Top 5 New Features in Snapseed 2.0
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Snapseed has been one of the most popular mobile photo editing apps in recent years, but Google has been pretty slow in updating the app since acquiring the company back in 2012. That changed earlier this month when Google finally released Snapseed 2.0. Photographer Mark Ryan Sallee of Michromatic just posted this video in which he shares the top 5 new features found in Snapseed 2.0. The 14-minute video covers the bigger view, highlights slider, perspective correction, content aware fill, and edit history. Source Article from...
Man Who Shot South Carolina Police Shooting Wants $10,000 Per Use
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Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2: A ‘Dream’ Portrait Lens from China
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Apr, 2015 |
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Photography Challenge – Samsung Galaxy
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Hair Models Needed for Guest Artist Tracey Hughes
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Beauty Model Required
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One Piece Themed Shoot + Second Model Theme as well
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Four Models Required for Shu Uemura Hair Show
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Photographer Wanted for New Fashion Blogger
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Chromatic Aberration – What is it and How to Avoid it
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Apr, 2015 |
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In the photo above, you may notice that the colors on the left-hand side appear to be showing fringes of green and red along the sharp edges of the subject; this is what is called chromatic aberration. What is chromatic aberration? Chromatic aberration (also known as color fringing or dispersion) is a common problem in lenses which occurs when colors are incorrectly refracted (bent) by the lens, resulting in a mismatch at the focal point where the colors do not combine as they should. To help understand this a bit better, remember that the focal plane is your sensor’s point of focus; where...
Applying a Texture Overlay to Your Images to Create an Antique Look
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Apr, 2015 |
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Readers’ Showcase: Rodger Kingston
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@Samuel Spencer, that’s an interesting comment in of itself–i.e., that the film and the digital photographs in the set don’t, at first glance, look intrinsically distinct, so that the date becomes the easiest reference for the media used. Fuji’s people must be proud–mission accomplished! And regardless, it’s terrific set from a great photographer. Source Article from...
Sony Semiconductor site gives glimpse of next-generation sensors
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Apr, 2015 |
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Could a higher-resolution M43 sensor be just around the corner? It seems that it might be. Sony’s semiconductor division has launched a new website, which lists some of the chips that Sony offers to potential buyers. Among familiar sensor units, such as the company’s 20MP 1″ type and 36MP full frame sensors, there are a few examples listed that we’ve yet to see in any cameras. A number of these stood out to us, including a 20MP Four Thirds-type sensor, capable of faster readout than the current 16MP IMX159 used in some Olympus cameras, and a...
Peter Hurley Shows How He Helps Portrait Subjects Relax in Front of His Camera
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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PopPhoto recently paid a visit to the New York portrait studio of photographer Peter Hurley, who shared some advice on how to shoot better portraits of people by making them feel comfortable and confident in front of the camera. “Headshots are 10 percent photography and 90 percent communication,” Hurley says. (via PopPhoto via SLR Lounge] Source Article from...
Photo Scanning Businessman Being Sued for $90M After Making $120K Per Week
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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WikiLeaks’ Sony Docs: A7r II, A6000 II, and RX Cameras Coming. A-Mount Left to Die?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Coming Soon: 52-Megapixel Cameras in Smartphones
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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EllaSnap Helps You Measure and Design Your Walls for Photo Collages
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Print Model
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‘Aaliyah’ style model to play ‘love Interest’ in Music Video
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10 Models Needed in Dubai
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TFP Models Needed
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Video Vixens Needed
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Cameraman/Woman Wanted For Short Videos
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One Week Left to Enter The PFRE Video Contest
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Light Rays
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Rays of light are that golden egg photographers dream about, lust after, desire with all their heart. Earlier I shared a set of images that display a great example of rays of light. By Geert Orye Weekly Photography Challenge – Rays of Light So now it’s your turn to go out and replicate this type of photograph. You may think – that’s impossible how can I create that if it doesn’t already exist? Well there are some things you can do to help it along. Look for a foggy day or condition Go out to shoot in the early morning and look for mist that is laying low over the land with the sun coming...
28 Ethereal Images of Light Rays that Glow
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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To photographers light is the most important thing above all else. It is the ultimate prize to come home with a photo with “good light”. One type of light that is truly ethereal is the phenomenon of rays of light. It is only possible for light rays to be visible in an image when certain atmospheric conditions exist; there must be some kind of particle suspended in the air for the light to bounce off such as dust, fog, or smoke. Here are 28 images of light rays that have a certain glow about them. Enjoy! Home by matt dinning on 500px Poland by Artur Magdziarz on 500px Amazing Earth by Rick...
Diana Markosian wins Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Diana Markosian, the Armenian-American photographer best known for her stunning revisitation of the Beslan massacre, has been awarded The Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award.
Diana Markosian, the Armenian-American photographer best known for her stunning revisitation of the Beslan massacre, has been awarded The Chris Hondros Fund’s first Emerging Award. “This so much more than an award for me. Chris was a friend. He supported me from the first day we met,” Markosian tells BJP. “I want to up my game and create something even more personal. I owe it to him. ”...
Jessica Fulford-Dobson – Skate Girls of Kabul
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In one of the most oppressed countries for women in the world, girls have taken up skateboarding. Photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson spoke to Lowenna Waters about capturing the new sport in Afghanistan.
In 2007, an Australian skateboarder called Oliver Percovich decided to give girls from the most autocratic and repressive societies the opportunity to skateboard. He took Skateistan to Kabul, Afghanistan, using the urban street sport as a tool for empowerment, and a hook to get children aged 5 to 18 from poor and displaced Afghan families into full-time education. It now works...
Lewis Bush – Metropole
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Ahead of a BJP Instagram takeover, Lewis Bush reveals the thinking behind Metropole, an architectural take on London, a city undoing many of the things that make the city unique
Cities are places of constant change. It’s the nature of them, and it’s what makes them attractive. But not all change is equal; some is organic, some is pernicious and abnormal. London has always been a city in flux. But, for anyone living in London, the transformations of the past few years are impossible to ignore. Huge swathes of the city have been redeveloped, remarkable buildings demolished,...
The Other Art Fair – an alternative to galleries?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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A new London-based art fair claims to champion photographers by eliminating the gallery middleman. But is this a unique business model, or a marketing tool? Thomas Cox investigates
More than 120 photographers and artists will show their work at The Other Art Fair (TOAF), “a unique platform from which artists can independently showcase their work to gallerists, curators, critics and collectors” which will run from 23 to 26 April at Victoria House in Holborn, London. The selection committee includes artist Gavin Turk and the Curator of Drawings at the Courtauld Gallery, Dr...
Lynsey Addario – It’s What I Do
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Her new memoir is being made into a film by Steven Spielberg, starring Jennifer Lawrence. But who is the war reporter behind the blockbuster? Lynsey Addario tells Brennavan Sritharan about being kidnapped, the risk of rape, and becoming a mother.
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has been kidnapped and beaten. She has also borne witness to the defining global conflicts of our time. Having received the MacArthur Genius Grant for her previous work, her new memoir, It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, explores the role of the conflict reporter in the contemporary...
Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 ‘dream’ portrait lens announced
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Zhong Yi Optics has released information about an 85mm f/1.2 lens it intends to make available in May. The Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2, which the company is calling ‘The Dream’, is aimed at still photographers as well as videographers, and has a covering circle suitable for full frame sensors. The manual focus lens is constructed using two Extra-Low dispersion elements and four elements made from what the company describes as high refractive index glass. There are a total of nine elements arranged in six groups, and ZY Optics claims the lens produces sharp images even...
NAB 2015 Highlights
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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I haven’t used it myself, but have been reading all the reviews of it over the last few months from people who have. I think most people were waiting to buy it based on what would come out at NAB, but it seems to be something the manufacturers aren’t jumping on. VERY surprising. I guess they’ll be selling lots of these now that we know nothing new and better is coming out any time soon. I hate to have to dig into replacing the logic board and battery connections, but so be it. Source Article from...
Opinion: Can an Aperture user be happy with Apple’s new ‘Photos’ software?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Apr, 2015 |
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Can an Aperture user be happy with Apple’s new ‘Photos’ software? After building up a sizable collection of digital photos that I’d taken since 1996, I decided that just dumping them into folders wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Being a Mac user in (around) 2005 didn’t give me a lot of options, so the decision was easy: iPhoto. iPhoto had a friendly interface and made splitting photos into events easy. Getting prints and making photo books (the perfect gift for your parents) was ridiculously easy. After years of relative bliss, iPhoto...
The Sun-Blaster: How to Build a Powerful DIY 1000W-Equivalent LED Light for $40
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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Old Film Roll from eBay Reveals Photos of Korea from Half a Century Ago
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Instagram Clarifies Its Rules on Copyright and Nudity
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A Portrait in a Portrait in a Portrait in a Portrait…
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A First-Person Shooter Called Street Photography
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Couples Needed for Portrait/Couple/Family/Engagement Shoot
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Two Models Required for Fashion Accessories Shoot
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Lingerie Photo Model , Paid Position
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Zoo and Inked Magazine Photo Submission
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Female Beauty Models Required for Photoshoot
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Enthusiastic sound person required to join small crew
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Looking for Young Video Editor
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Film and TV Teacher Wanted
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Bollywood Teacher Required
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April Photographer Of The Month Entrants Ready For Review and Judging
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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How to Select the Right Camera Memory Card
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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In today’s market if you want to buy a camera memory card, you may find it challenging to select the right one. A card comes with the following criteria; type, speed, price, capacity. If you want to buy a high capacity card with low price it might come with a low transfer speed. If you wish to buy a high transfer speed with high capacity card it may come with a really high price. If you want to strike a balance between both, you really have to compromise on quality. By Paul Hudson What is a memory card? A small removable memory medium which can be used to store data on one medium and to...
Do Visual Push-Ups Everyday to Grow as a Photographer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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Please note that I do not know who originally coined the phrase “visual push-ups”. I have heard it used many times and find it very suitable to describe what we should all be practicing as often as possible with our camera. There is no better time to practice your photography than here and now. Don’t wait for the best light, the exotic vacation, or a new lens. Let’s be honest, the only way you’re going to become a better photographer, is by doing visual push-ups every day, and by challenging yourself continuously for as many years as you’ll be able to carry that camera around. Give yourself...
Apple buys camera-technology company LinX
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has acquired camera technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd. for approximately $20 million. LinX is a small company based in Israel and specializes in very small camera modules that are suitable for implementation in smartphone cameras. On the very basic company website a series of multi-lens modules is shown which can be used for 2D and 3D capture and, according to LinX, are capable of a range of special effects such as the ability to refocus an image after it has been captured, measurement of the true dimensions of objects, 3D...
[UPDATED] Nikon announces new firmware for 300mm F4 VR to fix blur at certain shutter speeds
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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Nikon has announced a firmware update for its new AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, to fix an issue where at certain shutter speeds on D800-series cameras, images can exhibit ‘noticeable blur’. According to Nikon, the problem can occur at around 1/125sec with the lens’s VR function enabled in either ‘Normal’ or ‘Sport’ modes. Users of affected units (those with serial numbers lower than 205101) are encouraged to return their lenses to Nikon where the update will be applied free of charge. We are very curious about this news,...
Canon adds new Selphy CP1000 to its dye-sub mini-printer line-up
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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Canon has announced it will introduce a new dye-sublimation thermal transfer printer to its Selphy range of compact photo printers this summer. The Selphy CP1000 will have features very similar to the current products, but will additionally offer the ability to print twin ID photos on the same sheet of paper using the new Dual ID mode. Unlike the CP910, the new model will not be Wi-Fi compatible, but it will allow input direct from a camera using the PictBridge protocol, a USB socket for printing from USB Flash storage as well as from a computer. The printer will also...
Columbia University researchers create self-powered video camera
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Apr, 2015 |
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Columbia University researchers have created a self-powered video camera featuring a sensor that both captures images and powers the device. Although it can only record low-resolution 30×40 pixel images at 1fps, the photodiodes on the camera’s sensor can switch between being photoconductive, and photovoltaic. In the latter mode – given enough light – the photodiodes supply enough power to a built-in supercapacitor keep the camera operating indefinitely. According to one of the research team, this means that ‘for a scene that is around 300...
How to Use a B&W Layer in Photoshop to Adjust the Brightness of Colors In Photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Apr, 2015 |
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This is Why You Shouldn’t Check Your Camera Gear In When Flying
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Apr, 2015 |
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It’s often recommended that photographers keep their gear with them when flying rather than checking it in. If the risk of theft and careless baggage handlers aren’t enough to deter you, check out the video above. It shows one particular baggage pusher system that’s used in an international airport to direct bags onto conveyor belts. As you can see, gentle handling isn’t exactly the goal. (via 01Bowfin via Reddit) Source Article from...
Sony’s Next RX Model May Pack a Four Thirds Sensor
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Apr, 2015 |
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Tinder’s Dating App Now Lets You Judge People’s Instagram Photos Too
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This Self-Powered Camera Can Shoot Forever Using Only the Light It Captures
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Nikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Apr, 2015 |
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MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers the experience of Nikon Snapbridge, whereby users...
Miss Red Hot (VIC)
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E-Commerce Fit Model for Weekly Shoots in Sydney
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Miss South West-Bunbury
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Curly Hair Girls we Need you
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Makeup Model Required
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Audio Operator Needed For Short Film
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Lighting Operator Needed For Short Film Twisted Ballroom.
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Camera Operator Needed For Short Film
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Lighting, Gaffer, Grip Independent TV Pilot
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Multiple Roles for Zom-Com Web Series in Sunny Byron Bay
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Underwater Fluorescence Photography
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Factors Involved In Pricing Real Estate Photography
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Tips for Photographing Butterflies
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Apr, 2015 |
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Butterflies can provide a colorful and fun way to explore the macro world, and the basic techniques are easy to master with a little patience and practice. Just because butterflies are fast movers, doesn’t mean you have to be! If you watch carefully, you will notice that each species tends to visit the same variety of flower. If you miss a photo opportunity, wait a couple of minutes and the chances are that the butterfly will soon be back again to the same flower, or to a neighboring one. When approaching, avoid unnecessary vibrations and be careful not to cast a shadow over the butterfly....
Five Useful Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Apr, 2015 |
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Adobe makes life easier for Lightroom users by building in keyboard shortcuts. You probably know some of the more important ones by heart (e.g.: T to reveal or hide the Toolbar, \ to toggle between before and after views, and O to reveal the Adjustment Brush overlay). But I’m also betting there are quite a few shortcuts you didn’t even know existed. Here are some of the more useful, lesser known ones. 1. Reveal all Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts are difficult to remember, especially if you don’t use them that often. But if you press Ctrl + / (PC) or Cmd + / (Mac), Lightroom displays a list of...
Fujifilm XF 16mm F1.4 moves from roadmap to retailers
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Another lens from Fujifilm’s roadmap is making its way to retailers, and that’s the XF 16mm F1.4 R WR wide prime. This lens, equivalent to 24mm on APS-C, has a nine-blade aperture, flare-reducing Nano-GI coating, and a minimum focusing distance of 15cm/6 in. There’s also a manual aperture ring and depth-of-field scale. Being a WR lens, the 16mm is also sealed against weather and dust and can function at temperatures as low as -10° C/14° F. The XF 16mm F1.4 R WR will be available next month for $999.95. Press release: FUJIFILM ANNOUNCES NEW ULTRA SHARP...
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.