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A Post By: Joel Dryer In an earlier article we discussed 10 reasons why you should consider using a light panel instead of a softbox for your next shoot. In this, part two, I am going to: Show you how to create your own self-standing PVC light panel frames and accessories Share some cheap fabric alternatives to use with your new frames Offer helpful tips on making them stronger and easier to assemble Before we get started, I want to talk a little bit about the size of our panels versus what you may buy online. There are a lot of different brands of frames out in the market, and most of them...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt For this contest, Defrozo is giving away five prize packs Defrozo is a team of web developers and photographers currently seeking contributors on Kickstarter in order to finish their one-stop photography marketing platform by October 2015. Defrozo is built to help photographers grow by offering seven essential tools, from a website manager to shopping cart, and even a CRM (customer relation management) system, for better display and marketing of their work online. There are going to be five winners to this giveaway. Each winner will receive a Prize Pack...
A Post By: Harry Fisch Wide-angle lenses are indispensable in travel photography. When I organize photo tours, I find that each and every trip has a storytelling component. Almost always, we as photographers, strive to not only describe a situation, but tell a tale, and when it’s about people, we want to tell the audience the story of the hero in the center of it. We want to draw the viewer in so far that they can sense it, breathing the very scents of the scene. There is an ideal tool for this type of need; the wide-angle lens that normally ranges (on a full frame camera) from about 21mm to...
In theory, Sony’s FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS all-in-one zoom is an ideal candidate for travel photography with one of the company’s a7-series. The stabilized lens provides Sony’s full frame mirrorless cameras with a 10x zoom range, designed with five aspherical elements and one ED glass element. We put it to the test on landscapes, portraits, and lots of things in between. Check out our samples. As Adobe does not yet offer a profile for this lens, we have applied moderate correction for distortion to converted Raw files in this gallery. This is indicated...
![Photographer Rich Clarkson Has Covered the Final Four for 60 Straight Years]()
The two “Final Four” basketball games of the 2015 men’s NCAA basketball tournament were held yesterday. One of the photographers sitting on the sideline was 82-year-old Rich Clarkson, a man who has been photographing the tournament for 60 straight years. The video above is a 5-minute segment CBS recently aired that looks into Clarkson’s life and work as he “hangs up his camera” after this year’s tournament. Some interesting facts about Clarkson’s career: he first covered the NCAA championship when he was just 20 years old in 1952. He has photographed a Rose Bowl, a World Series, four...
![A Look at Lenny Kravitz’s Photo Book, Exhibition, and Limited Edition Leica M-P]()
Famous rock star and photographer Lenny Kravitz is having quite a year in the world of photography. In addition to publishing his own photo book and holding a gallery exhibition for his work, Kravitz has also partnered with Leica in designing a custom Leica M-P rangefinder called the “Correspondent” edition. Here’s a short video showing the launch event Kravitz held with Leica camera for the book and exhibition: And here’s a video showing an unboxing of the new Lenny Kravitz-designed Leica “Correspondent” M-P: Only 125 of these artificially aged cameras will be available to...
![GoPro Captures Its Fall from 10,000 Feet, Found Four Years Later and Returned]()
An interesting camera story developed over in Sweden this past week. A man named Kristoffer Örstadius reported online that his father had found a GoPro lying in a field outside of Kristianstad, Sweden. The memory card on the camera was intact, but the last video on it was surprising: it showed that the camera had taken an unexpected journey from 10,000 feet above ground four years earlier. Örstadius posted the video to YouTube a couple of days ago to search for the owner, and it quickly amassed tens of thousands of views. “Are you the right skydiver?” the video’s description says in...
![Start to Finish: Post-Processing a Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight]()
On March 23, I was in Kearney, Nebraska to view and photograph the annual migration of the Sandhill cranes. These birds are graceful, awkward, beautiful and kooky all at the same time. They fly with grace, but while on the ground sometimes exhibit some of the funniest behaviors you’ll see from a bird. With a wingspan of up to 7 feet, these birds aren’t the biggest, but they’re some of the biggest most of us will get to see. Every spring, hundred of thousands of them, 80 percent of the world’s population in fact, gather in a 10 mile stretch along the North Platte River in Nebraska. It...
![Here’s a Clever Way to Sell Your DSLR on Craigslist]()
Here’s a clever Craigslist listing by some photographer with a knack for marketing over in Vancouver. Buy their “super handy” 3-axis hot-shoe-mounted bubble level, and they’ll throw in their Nikon D800 for free! If you buy this super handy 3-axis bubble level that fits into a camera hotshoe, I’ll throw in a Nikon D800 DSLR camera. I’m the original owner of both the level and the camera, both are in great condition. Camera has screen protectors over both LCD screens, no scratches on either. Works perfectly, no problems and you are free to test it. Camera comes with the original box,...
A Post By: Natalia Robert Whether you already have clientele or are looking to build a client list, marketing is a never-ending task for photographers. You’ve already focused in on a target market (or two), but where to start? Are you unsure of how to get things started with a shoestring budget? Here are 10 low-cost marketing strategies for your photography business: 1. Get out of the house This biggest thing you can do to spread your name is to be out there. Finding events and activities where your target market may be is key. Meetup.com has a huge selection of groups that host events, many...
![The 12 Types of Photographs You’ll Find on Instagram]()
Manga artist Joanna Zhou created a series of 12 illustrations showing the common types of photos you’ll come across when browsing Instagram. “I’ve been addicted to Instagram lately and noticed a lot of overlapping themes in other people’s and my own uploads,” Zhou writes. “Here’s an illustrated guide on the most common pictures!” (via Maqaroon via Laughing Squid) P.S. On an unrelated note, Zhou is using her love for art, design, and Japanese cuteness culture (AKA “kawaii”) for a business called Maqaroon, through which she’s selling cute, gold-plated jewelry. Image credits:...
![How I Use Black Tape on My Fujifilm X100 for Street Photography]()
You can solve everything with black tape. If not, you just don’t have enough tape. In this post, I’ll show you how I prepare my Fujifilm X100 camera for street shooting. It will cover my specific style of shooting, so some things might not work for you. Here’s how I shoot: I shoot fully manual except for Auto ISO, which I set on 1600 or 3200. For the most part I use zone focusing and tend to keep the camera in my palm and inside my jacket’s pocket (that will be obvious below). Lets start with the bottom. Piece of tape covers the speaker. It does prevent moisture and dust from entering...
![Is This the First Leaked Photo of the Upcoming Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 IS STM Lens?]()
The rumor mill is saying with relative certainty that Canon is planning to launch a new 50mm f/1.8 IS STM lens. The lens has been rumored for a while and may be announced sometime in the near future this month. Photo Rumors reports that it just received the image above, which appears to be the first leaked photograph we’ve seen of this upcoming lens. Source Article from...
![What the Naked Eye Sees in the Night Sky Compared to What the Camera Can Capture]()
The Internet is teeming with photographs and videos of the starry night sky that dazzle the eyes and tickle the imagination, but have you ever wondered how the imagery compares to what photographer’s naked eye actually saw while the camera was taking a picture? Photographer inefekt69 recently decided to answer that question by creating the photos above. On the left is what the human eye could see in the dark, outdoor field, and on the right is the photo he shared online. The photograph was captured at a well known tourist spot in Western Australia called The Pinnacles, located two...
![Check Out This ‘Rocket Launcher’ Camera Made with an Olympus Air and 300mm Lens]()
Here’s one crazy way to use the new Olympus Air wireless modular camera: “rocket launcher” style. The photographer above attached the Olympus Air to a 300mm lens, flipped the lens upside down, and used the tripod mount ring to attach a smartphone live view and a magnifying loupe. This strange idea is by the folks over at the Japanese photo website DC.Watch, which just published an article detailing this clever kit combo and testing it out. Here are a couple more shots of the bazooka cam in action: Head on over to DC.Watch to read their detailed article on this kit and see their...
![Photographing Schooling Fish]()
By Francis Pérez
One thing I’m most passionate about in underwater photography is wide-angle photography. Within this large category, few subjects are as challenging (yet rewarding) to photograph as large schools of fish.
Normally, beginning underwater photographers are most comfortable starting off with macro photography or fish portraits, subjects which generally tend to give aesthetically acceptable results from the start. Wide-angle results may initially disappoint even the intermediate shooter,...
A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson It seems that the majority of photos we see online or in print are presented individually. But if you have several strong images on a related theme, you may be able to create a stronger presentation by placing them together. The triptych – three images laid out side by side – is a traditional way of doing this. While there is no way of creating a triptych in Lightroom’s Develop module, it’s easy to do in the Print module. It’s a simple procedure and saves you having to leave Lightroom to create the triptych in Photoshop. Then you can either print it directly from...
A Post By: Simon Ringsmuth One of the first accessories many people buy after getting a camera is a tripod, and most of those are the all-in-one kind with three legs on the bottom, and a top part called a head, onto which you mount your camera. Typically these heads feature a handle that juts out from one side that can be tightened or loosened to allow you to change the angle at which your camera is situated. These tripods usually cost about $25 to $50 which makes them quite attractive to photographers looking to invest in some gear to help them take better photos. However, one of their main...
![Family Portrait with ‘Ghost Dad’ Goes Viral]()
Photographer Kayli Rene has captured quite a few family portraits for clients, but a somewhat unusual one has captured the world’s attention. It’s a photo she made recently for Sierra Sharry, the mother of a 6 month old boy who lost her husband in an accident last year. At Sharry’s request, Rene included the husband as a ghostly figure in the shot. The resulting photo (shown above) has seen been “liked” by hundreds of thousands of people and has been featured on news shows and websites across the country. Sierra Sharry and her late husband Lane found out they were having a baby in...
![Photographer Trades Open Letters with the Band Garbage Over Free Photo Request]()
Dear Shirley, Butch, Duke and Steve, I don’t know if you will remember me, my name’s Pat Pope and across a few years in the nineties I worked for you as a photographer. That’s one of my photos of you accompanying this letter. I worked pretty hard on that photo – actually, throughout my time as a photographer I hope I’ve always worked hard to make all the artists I’ve had the opportunity to shoot look as good as they can. Today I received an email from your management company Big Picture Music Co. It’s a very nice email, and in it they announce that you’re working on a book about the band...
![Nikon Unleashes an Official Selfie Stick on the World]()
Nikon has announced the new N-MP001, the Nikon selfie stick. It’s a standard Nikon-branded selfie stick that attaches to compatible cameras via the tripod mount and allows you to “conveniently and easily take ‘Selfies’ or self-portrait photos.” The Japanese company says its selfie stick is compatible with its entire range of Coolpix compact cameras, growing from 7.28 inches in its compact form to 28.54 inches when fully extended (about 2 1/3 feet). It’s a stick that weighs .41 pounds itself and has the ability to support a camera of up to .88 pounds. The bottom of the stick has a foam...
![Olympus Launches Customer Loyalty Program: Earn Points to Save on Gear]()
Olympus has launched a new program called Olympus Rewards that’s designed to reward loyal photographers in the United States with special savings. Photographers who sign up for the program can earn points in the program in various ways, including signing up for an account (50 points), shopping for gear through Olympus, on your birthday (250 points), writing a product review, connecting with Olympus on social networks, signing up for a newsletter, and referrals. The product pages on Olympus’ website now show how many points you earn by purchasing each item: Once you’ve accumulated...
![The First Ever Phantom 4K 1000FPS Drone Footage]()
Crashing and destroying your drone is painful on your wallet, but it’s not usually the cost of a house. The video above is different. It’s documents the first ever drone flight to involve a Phantom 4K camera mounted to an Aerigon UAV. “The title of this will either be ‘The most technical advanced drone camera flight of all time,’ or ‘The quarter-million-dollar crash’,” says one team member. The project was done by the Brain Farm Cinema team based out of Jackson, Wyoming. The Phantom Flex 4K weighs 14 pounds without a lens or viewfinder attached, so it’s far too heavy to be carried by...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt This week I thought we’d do another photography challenge based on color, but not just one color – complementary or opposite ones like the images shared earlier here. By pichenettes Complementary color appear opposite on the color wheel. Find them in the example above. Use them in the challenge this week. Weekly Photography Challenge – Complementary Colors Your job is to find and photograph things with complementary or opposite colors. Many pairs of them occur in the natural world if you just look around. If you can’t find any, make your own. Here are a few...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Complementary colors are ones which are opposite on the color wheel. By Lacie Lynnae They appear often in nature and are called complementary because they do just that, complement one another. They work well and make strong compositions. Water and fire by wim denijs on 500px Examples of common color combinations that work are: Orange and blue Yellow and purple Red and green Here are 24 examples of images that use complementary colors for a powerful composition: Flower 03 by MaX Smiles on 500px The Concert Hall by Jürgen Lehmann on 500px The Red Dress by Ken...
Online entries to Tamron’s contest go through MyPhotoExhibits.com, a customizable virtual gallery space that reminds us of playing Myst. Tamron has announced a competition for US-based customers, who are encouraged to submit 8-14 images with a travel theme. Prizes for the winner include having his or her work featured on Tamron’s website and in its newsletter, as well as the opportunity to pick up one of the following lenses: the SP 15-30mm F/2.8, 24-70mm F/2.8 or 70-200mm F/2.8. In order to enter, Tamron lens owners must create a virtual gallery of their...
![Microsoft’s New Office Lens App Can Transform Your Phone Into a Simple Photo Scanner]()
Today Microsoft announced that it has released its Office Lens app for iOS and Android. If you’ve never heard of it before, Office Lens is an advanced camera app that turns your phone into a scanner. Take a picture of a document or a whiteboard, and the app will automatically turn the image into a straight and clear scan. What’s neat is that the app can also be used to quickly and neatly digitize a print instead of putting the photo through an actual scanner. Here’s a short video that introduces the app and shows how it’s used: The app does a great job at extracting documents from a...
![How Astrophotography Has Improved Over the Past 135 Years]()
Want to see how much our ability to photograph space has improved over the past 135 years or so? Just check out the side-by-side comparison above. On the left is a photo of Jupiter from back in 1879 as it appeared in the book “A History of Astronomy in the 19th Century” by Agnes Clerk. On the right is a photo NASA shot in 2014. What’s more, amateur astrophotographers can now capture photos of Jupiter and moon transit events from their own backyard using ordinary consumer cameras and smartphones. (via Universe Today via Reddit) Source Article from...
![Testing the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Art Lens Against Lenses by Major Manufacturers]()
Most of you know I’ve been very impressed with Sigma’s new Art lenses. Their 35mm f/1.4 Art I still think is the sharpest 35mm prime lens made. The 50mm f/1.4 Art is also superb. When I heard about the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Art lens, I had some mixed emotions. I was excited that we might get a 24mm lens of similar quality to their 35mm. But the logical side of me thought that perhaps Sigma had bitten off a bit more than they could chew this time. Designing a wide-aperture 24mm lens is much more difficult than designing a fast 35mm lens. Even the best 24mm f/1.4 lenses (I consider the Canon...
![Linux Brought to Canon DSLRs by Magic Lantern]()
Magic Lantern is announcing that it has passed a new milestone in hacking DSLRs: making Linux run on Canon DSLR cameras. The news was announced in the group’s forums yesterday, and many people believed it to be an April Fools’ joke, but it turns out the development was actually real (the joke was making it look like a joke). Here’s the proof video that was posted: The team says that this new effort started after recently discovering how to access the DSLRs’ displays from the cameras’ bootloader. “So, why not [try] to run a different operating system?” they write. They then attempted...
![Samyang Announces the Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens for $549]()
Korean camera gear company Samyang has announced a new Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens. The manual focus lens provides life-size 1:1 magnification for macro photographs and can be used as a lens for portraits as well. Features of the lens include a high refractive index element, an extra-low dispersion element, high quality multi-coating, a 1-foot minimum focusing distance, a front filter mount that doesn’t rotate during focusing, and a 9-blade diaphragm. The lens will be available in Canon EF, Nikon F, Fujifilm X, Pentax K, Micro Four Thirds, Samsung NX, Sony A, and Sony E mounts. One...
A Post By: Joe Turic Regardless of the type of photographer you are, family photos are among the most important pictures you’ll ever take. Here are some things to keep in mind. #1 – Make sure the family is prepared Even if it’s a few emails, a phone call, or an in person meeting at a coffee shop, have a consultation with the family at some point before the shoot. Address things like what the family will wear (use a service like Pinterest to create a board for the family to look at for suggestions on how they might dress), what time of day would be the best for them, and what they’re looking...
A Post By: Lynsey Mattingly I’ve been in a funk lately. Just a little……off. Like I often hear other people do, I blamed it on the weather and assumed it would pass. A month later and it still hadn’t budged. This wasn’t the snow or the cold, yet completely normal, temperatures—it wasn’t even my kids who have been relatively low maintenance lately (all things considered). There was only one thing left to do before I took complete stock of my life and started looking into some serious therapy or, dare I even consider, enroll in a yoga class, and that was to bug my husband about it: “What’s...
Triggertrap has released a new app that allows photographers to take more control of their timelapse sessions by introducing the ability to add delays into a sequence. Timelapse Pro is available for iOS devices running iOS 8 and, with the appropriate Triggertrap Mobile Kit dedicated cable, can control over 300 camera models. The new app allows users to specify the duration of a timelapse sequence by dictating how many images are taken or how long the sequence goes on for, and then a delay can be programmed in before the sequence continues again. The company suggests...
Premium optical brand Voigtländer has announced the price of the 10.5mm super wide angle lens that it first displayed at the Photokina trade show in September 2014. The Voigtländer Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds cameras, and will be the fourth in the current line of f/0.95 lenses that the company offers. On sale at the end of this month, the lens will be priced £999 (estimated US price $1250) – slightly more than the existing 17.5mm, and 20% more than 25mm and 42.5mm focal lengths in the company’s MFT series. Like the other lenses in...
On March 27, Samyang and Rokinon teased a new lens on the Samyang Facebook page, saying that it would offer ‘immense focus and unparalleled features’. That lens was officially introduced today, and it’s a 100mm f2.8 Macro offering with 1:1 magnification and a 1ft. minimum focusing distance. Though it won’t be shipping until next month, the lens is available to pre-order from retailers now. In addition to the aforementioned features, the lens offers an Ultra Multi-Coating to help keep flare and ghosting to a minimum. There’s a rounded 9-blade...
![Touching Photos of a Family’s Special Bond with the Magpie They Rescued]()
In late 2013, Australian photographer Cameron Bloom‘s family found an abandoned magpie chick on the ground in Newport, New South Wales. They took the bird in, learned how to raise it, and it quickly became a part of their family and daily life. As they raised the magpie, which they named “Penguin,” Bloom began to document the experience through Instagram. Tens of thousands of people around the world are now following along as he shares touching photos that show the closeness of the bird and family. Many of Bloom’s photographs show his boys Rueben, Noah, and Oli (13, 11, and 9,...
![The Photo I Wish I Had]()
Yesterday was my wedding day. It wasn’t a very big wedding. We’d actually been planning to get married in August, but after we found out I was pregnant (yay!), a very simple fact was staring us right in the face — I needed insurance. Now. Plus, I’d be about 8 months pregnant in August, and call me crazy but I kind of want to be able to dance my butt off at our wedding, and 8 months pregnant does not qualify me for the kind of dancing I’ve been preparing for. So instead, I put on a little white dress I had in the closet, Chris wore a button-down shirt and we headed over to his dad’s...
![A Look at the Camera Lenses Used by Stanley Kubrick Over His Career]()
Stanley Kubrick is famous as a filmmaker, but he actually started out his creative career as a photographer. Last year we shared a glimpse into his still photography career. The video above is a 12-minute tour of the lenses Kubrick collected over the course of his life. Legendary camera pioneer and expert Joe Dunton talks about each item in the collection. Among the lenses we learn about is Kubrick’s ultra rare Zeiss f/0.7 lens, which he used to film scenes by the dim light of candles. Kubrick’s “understanding of lenses came from his stills background,” Dunton says. “Lenses actually...
![A Roundup of April Fools’ 2015 Jokes in the World of Photography]()
Ah, April 1st: the dreaded day on which you can’t trust anything you see online, lest it be a prank that makes you feel gullible. As has been our tradition in the past few years, we’re rounding up all the interesting April Fools’ Day pranks from the world of photography so that you can enjoy an overview, all in one place. Without further ado, here’s a list of the shenanigans that have gone on today. Enjoy. Shoes Designed for Selfies The women’s shoe company Miz Mooz teases a new product called the Selfie Shoes, which have slots in the front for sticking your camera into for hands-free...
![Sony Sells Half Its Stake in Olympus for Cash, Now No Longer Largest Shareholder]()
Sony became the largest shareholder in Olympus back in 2012 after investing $645 million in the company in exchange for a reported 11.5% of shares. It’s not the largest anymore. The company has just sold about half of its remaining shares in Olympus to the bank JPMorgan, reducing its stake from 10% to 5%. The stock is worth a reported $632 million at its current price, and Sony says it will take in about $390.4 million in capital gains from the sale. Reuters reports that Sony made the decision to reduce its ownership of Olympus in order to raise cash for its current restructuring...
![Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lenses NIKON 1 J5]()
April 2, 2015
The world’s fastest continuous shooting with AF and the world’s shortest shooting time lag
Full-scale specifications, including an effective pixel count of 20.8-million pixels, a backside-illumination CMOS image sensor, and the new EXPEED 5A image-processing engine, all in a compact and lightweight body
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the new NIKON 1 J5, the latest model in the J series of Nikon 1, Advanced Cameras with Interchangeable lenses, propose...
![Three Nikon products receive the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 The Nikon 1 J4 and Nikon 1 S2, and the COOLPIX S6900]()
April 2, 2015
TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that three Nikon products, the Nikon 1 J4 and Nikon 1 S2, Advanced Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses, and the COOLPIX S6900 compact digital camera, are recipients of the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015, sponsored by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen.
The Red Dot Award: Product Design is a world-class award presented to products released over the past two years that exhibit superiority in terms of a total of nine aspects,...
A Post By: Mujahid Urrehman In an old dressmaking shop in Paris, a master-tailor has finished stitching a bridal gown. He is eager to show it to the world, but he knows that the job is not yet done. He has a few thoughts passing through his mind, and he has to make sure that the dress is presentable before the bride arrives. He tells himself that these threads dangling from here and there need to be trimmed, the ruffles need to be neatened, and the seams still need to be pressed. The master in him criticizes the dress until the tailor in him fixes the final details. When it comes to...
A Post By: Phil Hart While some obscure astronomical events get over-hyped, a total lunar eclipse is always a crowd-pleaser. It is easy to observe and photograph, even among the bright lights of the big cities. April’s Easter Lunar Eclipse (2015) is visible from North America, across the Pacific to Australia, and eastern parts of Asia. The photography advice below will also serve the rest of the world well in September when an eclipse is visible to those who miss out on this one. Eclipse Details for Saturday April 4th, 2015 A lunar eclipse occurs when the alignment of the moon’s orbit is...
The Nikon 1 J5 has been announced as the latest member of Nikon’s mirrorless lineup. It offers a more traditional shape and feel with a contoured grip and secondary command dial. Its 1″-type 20.8MP BSI-CMOS sensor – which does not have an anti-aliasing filter – offers a boost in resolution over its predecessor, and is also capable of 4K video capture at 15 fps. Intact from the previous model is a 171-point hybrid AF system with 105 phase-detect points. Also included is built-in Wi-Fi with NFC. The Nikon 1 J5 will be available in late April in...
Fujifilm has rolled out firmware updates aimed at fixing quirks in the X100T and X-T1, improving image quality in the FinePix S1 superzoom, and improving OIS functionality in several X-mount zoom lenses. Updates for the X-T1 and X100T are fairly minor, but concentrate mainly on fixing bugs in both cameras (see the press release below for specifics). Firmware version 3.10 is the latest for the X-T1 and 1.10 is the latest for the X100T. Fujifilm has also updated the S1 superzoom to firmware version 1.02; this new firmware aims to improve the sharpness of images when...
Olympus’ booth at Photokina 2014 in Cologne, Germany. Sony is selling half its stake in Olympus to investment bank JP Morgan to free up cash for ‘strategic investments,’ the company has announced. Sony bought a 10% stake in the medical and camera company in 2012, primarily to gain access to the global medical market to which it hoped to apply its sensor, 3D and display technologies. At the time Olympus’s future was in doubt, following revelations that it had misstated its accounts having been secretly redirecting money to pay off long-standing...
GoPro has been granted a patent for a small square camera housing, which eschews the rectangular shape its cameras have taken thus far in favor of something resembling the Polaroid Cube. According to the patent, which was recently published by the USPTO, the square design would allow for additional mounting options, with every orientation being the same. The patent was filed on January 4, 2014, and details a camera housing with four sides that are the same size to allow for ‘a plurality of orientations relative to the housing body’. The openings on the camera...
![Facebook Launches ‘Scrapbook’ to Help Parents Tag Photos of Their Kids]()
Facebook doesn’t allow children under the age of 13 to sign up for the social network, which makes things trickier for parents who wish to organize photos of their kids with tags. Today Facebook launched a new feature called ‘Scrapbook’ that’s designed specifically to allow parents to tag children who don’t have their own accounts. In an announcement posted to its website, Facebook reports that in a recently conducted survey, the company found that 65% of parents simply tag their children with their partner’s name. Parents also expressed that they wished to collect photos of their...
![Arkansas Privacy Bill Vetoed, Street Photography Lives Another Day]()
We reported over the weekend that Arkansas lawmakers had passed a privacy bill that could potentially kill street photography by requiring (in most cases) that photographers get written consent from strangers they photograph. Photographers who don’t could get sued by their subjects. The photography world was in an uproar over the bill and worked hard to get it vetoed by the deadline at the end of the day today. There’s now some great news: the bill has been vetoed by Governor Asa Hutchinson. In a letter to the Arkansas Senate, Hutchinson explains why he vetoed Senate Bill 79, the...
![New Appointment of an Officer]()
Japanese April 1, 2015 Nikon Corporation (Kazuo Ushida, President, Tokyo) announces its new appointment of an officer as of April 1, 2015. New Officer The information is current as of the date of publication. It is subject to change without notice. Source Article from...
A Post By: Kav Dadfar Photographing deserts usually delivers very dramatic and beautiful landscape images. But it can also be challenging to prevent your photos from appearing flat and uninteresting, on top of the harsh conditions which can cause havoc with your camera. Here are a few tips on how you can improve your travel photography of desert photos: Catch the right light It’s no secret that photographing early morning or late afternoon provides a wonderfully soft light which can make any image look much more interesting. This can be even more vital in the desert where the low angle of...
A Post By: Tristan Robitaille The thing studio product photographers hate the most is when undesirable reflections show up in their images. There are many ways to control these and I’ve got one that you can easily build at home. It’s a DIY project using the Savage Translum material. What you’ll be creating is a rollable sheet of Translum with a hole in the middle for your camera lens. That will enable you to set it between the object you’re photographing and the camera which will eliminate the big direct reflections you get by using a softbox pointed straight on the subject. What is Savage...
Phase One Industrial, a division of Phase One focusing on specialized equipment, has designed a new camera specifically for drones. It’s billed as the smallest 80 megapixel medium format camera in the world. The iXU 180 camera features an 80 megapixel CCD sensor, a choice of five Schneider-Kreuznach lenses, and an overall modular design. The camera won’t be arriving until the middle of next month, but Phase One Industrial has detailed its specs ahead of time. The iXU 180 camera weighs 2lbs and measures 97.4 x 93 x 110mm (body only), which is light enough for...
The Nikon D7200 improves over its predecessor in one important way, offering a greatly improved buffer. Other improvements are more subtle, but more sensitive AF and an improved video specification make the D7200 a more capable camera than the model which came before it. We’ve had a D7200 for a few days, and wasted no time pairing it with Sigma’s excellent 18-35mm F1.8 A to get some real-world samples. View our gallery of real-world samples from the Nikon D7200 Source Article from...
Microsoft has today announced the latest model in its Surface line of tablets, the Surface 3. The big news here is that, unlike its predecessors, which were running Windows RT, the new model comes with a full version of Windows 8.1. This means, like on the more expensive Surface Pro models, you can install and run any Windows application including Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom, making the Surface 3 a real alternative to a conventional PC. In terms of design, with its magnesium body without any cooling vents and the kickstand, the new model is close to its predecessor but inside an...
![Is This a First Look at Canon’s Upcoming Large Sensor PowerShot Camera?]()
Update: Oops. It turns out the camera was already named and shown by Canon last month. Please see the update below. CES 2015 came and went, and there is still no mention of the large-sensor, large-lens PowerShot camera that Canon started teasing late last year. However, a new photo put up on Canon Netherlands’ PowerShot page appears to show a camera that doesn’t officially exist yet — could this be a first glimpse of the upcoming PowerShot for pros? As a refresher, in September 2014, Canon sent out a press release that announced the development of a new PowerShot camera. It said: New...
![‘Stormlapse’ Photographer Ryan McGinnis Shares His Most Epic Shots of 2014]()
Ryan McGinnis is a photographer and storm chaser whom we interviewed and featured back in 2011. After years of pointing his camera at newsworthy storms, McGinnis switched things up a bit in 2014 by introducing time-lapses into his repertoire. Although he was still learning, he did manage to capture quite a few amazing sequences showing powerful weather events. The 4.5-minute video above, titled “2014 Stormlapses,” is a highlight reel McGinnis put together to share his best time-lapse sequences. McGinnis typically captures photos at a rate of one frame per second using a Canon 50D,...
![Grandma Sells Trove of Rare Civil War-Era Photos to the Library of Congress]()
A 87-year-old grandmother in Texas has sold a rare and valuable collection of more than 500 Civil War-era photographs to the Library of Congress after building her personal collection for four decades.The Washington Post reports that Robin Stanford of Houston had gathered together a treasure trove of historical images — some of which may be the only known images to show the things that they depict. The photos contain images of slaves, plantations, battlefields, and a nation in mourning after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Each item in the collection is a stereo photo, with two...
A Post By: James Maher Sometimes an expression can cut you like a knife. One of the most fascinating things about street photography is that it can be so hard to pinpoint the reasons why one photograph works and another does not. A good street photograph can be sharp or it can be blurry; it can be in contrasty light or in soft and even light; it can be an energetic scene with layers of people or it can be a quiet shot with nobody in it. It gets further complicated when you start to think about the ideas, moods, and feelings that your images suggest. Despite this lack of certainty, I believe...
A Post By: Craig Beckta If you have ever wondered how to improve your outdoor portraits. Turn off your Smartphone, shuffle your schedule, and make sure you read every single word on this page. Because outdoor portrait lighting secrets will finally be revealed. Below is an example of one of my typical on-location lighting setups. It consists of a studio strobe with a battery pack and a Westcott 35″ Deep Parabolic Zeppelin modifier. I am guessing you have most likely stumbled upon this article because you are searching for a way to improve your outdoor portraits. If you would like to capture...
This image features Lincoln at the center of the frame, and is the only known photo of his second inauguration. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Meserve-Kunhardt Collection Yale has announced the acquisition of the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection, which is comprised of more than 73,000 items including portraits of Abraham Lincoln. The collection was assembled by Frederick Hill Meserve, called America’s first photograph collector, and his daughter Dorothy Meserve, and serves to document American history spanning from the Civil War up to the 19th century. This...
Polaroid camera repair and maintenance company Mint has introduced its own instant camera called the Mint Instantflex TL70. Fitted with a 65.4mm lens the camera offers aperture settings of f/5.6, f/8, f/16 and f/32 with an additional setting called f/bokeh – which creates a 5-pointed star shaped aperture. The Instantflex also has a flip-up flash unit housed on the backside of its nameplate above the viewing lens. With much reference to the Rolleiflex 3.5F, the company says its new camera is 30% smaller than traditional TLRs due to the simplification of its knobs and...
DPReview recommends: Best smartphone cameras In many users’ pockets consumer-level digital compact cameras have been replaced by smartphones. The cameras of the latter don’t usually have zoom lenses or xenon flashes but image sensor technology has been rapidly improving and clever software processing helps rival, and in some cases even surpass, image quality of dedicated cameras. Add large high-resolution screens for image framing and viewing along with the ability to add special features and new shooting modes by installing apps to the mix, and it’s no surprise that...
![Future Camera Bag Essential: Night Vision Eyedrops?]()
If you’re a photographer who often shoots in very dark environments, would you want night vision eyedrops to help you see better without artificial illumination? It sounds like science fiction, but we’re actually getting closer to having it be possible as an item for camera bags. A team of “biohackers” have announced that they’ve figured out how to enhance human night vision by dripping a chemical onto eyeballs. In its recent experiment, a team of independent researchers with the California’s Science for the Masses collective dripped a chemical called Chlorin e6 (Ce6) onto the eyes of...
![Arkansas Passes Privacy Bill That Could Kill Street Photography]()
Prominent photography groups are sounding the alarm about a new bill that was just passed by the Arkansas Senate. SB-79, the “Personal Rights Protection Act,” would require photographers to get written consent from a stranger to feature their likeness in a photograph for most purposes. The law could have a huge implication on street photography, whose practitioners thrive on the ability to capture life and people on camera without having to constantly stop and ask for releases from the subjects. The American Society of Media Photographers writes that it is joining the MPPA, DMLA,...
A Post By: Julia May While a satisfied client is the fuel for further sales and word of mouth, an excited client is the jet engine for your marketing. Unfortunately, many photographers don’t know how to turn regular customers into fans. In this article you’ll find five simple, time-proven techniques of impressing your photography clients and building a long-lasting relationship from an ordinary photo shoot. 1. Be Professional Image by niekverlaan You should portray a professional image of yourself right from the beginning. This doesn’t necessarily involve spending hundreds of dollars on...
A Post By: Bobby Roy Weddings have changed drastically in the past few years. Couples want more from a wedding these days, they don’t want the traditional, normal photography anymore. They frequently ask for documentary or candid wedding photography because it captures the emotions of not only the couple, but also the guests enjoying themselves without lining them up in front of the camera. But, candid photography is so much more than just pointing your camera at people and shooting away to glory. You, as a photographer, need to know and understand the finer nuances involved in candid...
![Instagram Censors Photo of Fully Clothed Woman on Period, Causes Uproar]()
Instagram sparked controversy this week after deleting this photograph of a woman lying on a bed with menstruation blood seen on her clothing and on her sheets. She’s now demanding to know why other more graphic or risqué photos are allowed on the service while images of a fully clothed woman on her period are not. The Washington Post reports that the photo was captured and shared by Rupi Kaur, a poet and artist from Toronto who’s currently working on a photo series about menstruation for a visual rhetoric course at the University of Waterloo. The artist statement of her project says...
![Buying or Selling Used Gear on Craigslist? Arrange the Meetup at a Police Station]()
If you’re planning on buying or selling some camera gear with the help of Craigslist, here’s a simple tip: the lobby of your local police station is a safe place to arrange the meeting with the stranger. An increasing number of police stations across the United States are officially offering their lobbies and/or parking lots as a place for people to hold their Craigslist transactions. It has long been recommended that Craigslist meetups be held in a public place around other people, but having police officers nearby rather than civilians can be an even better option. Craigslist...
![Just the Lenses: The Great 200mm Shootout]()
This ‘Just the Lenses’ article will take advantage of a Trioptics Imagemaster optical bench to compare lenses from different camera mounts with no camera involved. Why is that different? Because all other forms of testing (DxO, Imatest, or even photography) tests the camera-lens combination. Sensor architecture, micro lenses, in-camera image processing and other things affect those results. A third-party lens on a Canon 5DIII will have different results than the same lens on a Nikon D800 for example. Since my company, LensRentals, is into optics, we like testing just the lenses...
A Post By: Suzi Pratt In early February, software company Serif announced the free beta version of Affinity Photo, a Mac-only photo editing program said to rival the likes of other editing tools, including the standards for creative professionals, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. In this article, I’ll walk through the public beta version of Affinity Photo and describe some pros and cons to using this new software. Affinity Photo Basics At the moment, Affinity Photo beta is available as a free online download and is compatible with Apple OSX Lion 10.7.5, and up. Some key features that move...
A Post By: Suzi Pratt The more you experiment with off-camera flash, the more you realize that many lighting modifiers are pretty large in size. From softboxes to beauty dishes to umbrellas, many take up space not only in your camera equipment bags, but also on site at a photo shoot. This may be a small price to pay for the dramatic impact these modifiers can have on the resulting image, but sometimes you just want a really compact lighting modifier that can produce great results. One of the answers to this problem is the new Flash Disc by Fstoppers. A handy little device made to fit...
![Mirrored: Photos Show the Parallels of Two Cities on Opposite Sides of the Globe]()
“Mirrored” is a photo project that was a collaboration between photographers Markus Andersen and Elif Suyabatmaz. It’s a series of diptychs showing daily life on opposite ends of the globe: Andersen is based out of Sydney, Australia, and Suyabatmaz is based out of Istanbul, Turkey. In each pair of images, the selected photos “mirror each other in both obvious and subtle ways.” Anderson tells us that he and Suyabatmaz did not go out and shoot similar photos for the purpose of this project. Instead, both men — who have more than 80,000 followers on Instagram between the two of them —...
![Pranksters Put Up Fake ‘Shot on iPhone 6′ Ads Next to Real Apple Billboards]()
Apple recently launched a global advertising campaign touting the camera quality of the iPhone 6. As part of the campaign, the company put up billboards all over the world with its favorite photos captured by iPhone 6 users with the phone. Two pranksters from the advertising industry recently decided to poke fun at the billboards by putting up their own fake “Shot on iPhone 6″ ads next to them. “Our thought was that people don’t always take pretty pictures on their phones, so we thought it would be funny to show the other, non-beautiful, photos people take,” the anonymous duo tells...
![An Automated Slide Film Scanner Built with LEGOs]()
This is pretty impressive: photographer Pascal Kulcsar needed to digitize some old slide film left behind by his grandfather. Rather than purchase a film scanner, Kulcsar decided to combine his technical ingenuity and love for LEGOs to create a DIY slide film scanner using LEGO pieces. The system takes a set of slide film, pushes them one at a time under a DSLR where they’re backlit, photographed, and transferred to a computer — all without any extra work from Kulcsar. Here’s a video in which Kulcsar introduces his creation, shows how it works, and offers a look at how it was built:...
![Woman Becomes a Instagram Celebrity by Sharing a Cheerier Side of Somalia]()
Somalia is a country that doesn’t often get good press. Most headlines about it seem to focus on things like pirates, violence, and political unrest. With media organizations largely ignoring the happier aspects of the country, one woman is taking it upon herself to do so, becoming something of an Instagram celebrity along the way.NPR shares that 27-year-old Ugaaso Abukar Boocow was moved to Canada when she was a toddler to escape Somalia’s civil war, but moved back herself to the capital city of Mogadishu one year ago to rejoin her mother. Boocow then began using Instagram to capture...
![KitSentry Helps You Manage and Track Your Camera Gear for Peace of Mind]()
Photographers who are out and about often have thousands of dollars in camera gear kept inside a camera bag, and keeping an eye on your bag at all times can be taxing and sometimes impossible. KitSentry is a new product that’s designed to keep an eye on your gear so you don’t have to, giving you peace of mind to help you focus on making photos. Designed by f-stop gear, the system consists of tags for your gear, a “field device” to place in your bag, and a mobile app that alerts you if anything isn’t right. The field device is able to detect NFC/RFID in its proximity. If your product...
Director Required For a Feature Film
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DoP/Camera Operator Needed for Student Project
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Lighting needed for Student Project
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Are You Looking For Some Industry Experience
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Photographer Wanted For a Product Shoot Online Fashion Website Long Term
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Photographer Required For Commissioned Shoot
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How Do You Go About Selling A Real Estate Photography Business?
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How to Make a DIY Light Panel or Scrim
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A Post By: Joel Dryer In an earlier article we discussed 10 reasons why you should consider using a light panel instead of a softbox for your next shoot. In this, part two, I am going to: Show you how to create your own self-standing PVC light panel frames and accessories Share some cheap fabric alternatives to use with your new frames Offer helpful tips on making them stronger and easier to assemble Before we get started, I want to talk a little bit about the size of our panels versus what you may buy online. There are a lot of different brands of frames out in the market, and most of them...
Contest – Win One of Five Defrozo Prize Packages
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt For this contest, Defrozo is giving away five prize packs Defrozo is a team of web developers and photographers currently seeking contributors on Kickstarter in order to finish their one-stop photography marketing platform by October 2015. Defrozo is built to help photographers grow by offering seven essential tools, from a website manager to shopping cart, and even a CRM (customer relation management) system, for better display and marketing of their work online. There are going to be five winners to this giveaway. Each winner will receive a Prize Pack...
How to Use a Wide-Angle Lens for People Photography
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A Post By: Harry Fisch Wide-angle lenses are indispensable in travel photography. When I organize photo tours, I find that each and every trip has a storytelling component. Almost always, we as photographers, strive to not only describe a situation, but tell a tale, and when it’s about people, we want to tell the audience the story of the hero in the center of it. We want to draw the viewer in so far that they can sense it, breathing the very scents of the scene. There is an ideal tool for this type of need; the wide-angle lens that normally ranges (on a full frame camera) from about 21mm to...
Colorado proposes bill supporting photographers who record police
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Actually there is no constitutional right to shoot pictures of cops. There weren’t cameras yet when the constitution was written, which helps to explain this. Therefore because there is no explicit “right to record” or “right to measure” etc., people have tried to say that taking pictures falls under freedom of speech or the press, even though it’s not speech, and it’s not the press. Neither what you can say with your mouth, nor what you can say in printed words, are limited by not being allowed to photograph something. What I have seen happen here...
Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS real-world samples posted
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In theory, Sony’s FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS all-in-one zoom is an ideal candidate for travel photography with one of the company’s a7-series. The stabilized lens provides Sony’s full frame mirrorless cameras with a 10x zoom range, designed with five aspherical elements and one ED glass element. We put it to the test on landscapes, portraits, and lots of things in between. Check out our samples. As Adobe does not yet offer a profile for this lens, we have applied moderate correction for distortion to converted Raw files in this gallery. This is indicated...
Studio Update: Nikon D7200 and Panasonic GF7 added to comparison tool
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What raw extraction software are you using for D7200 raws? (Please, don’t say, I’m looking at jpegs that DPR extracted with ACR 9 beta. Nor say, I’m looking at what DRP posted and moving the box to…”) Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/articles/3962526848/studio-update-nikon-d7200-and-panasonic-gf7-added
Photographer Rich Clarkson Has Covered the Final Four for 60 Straight Years
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A Look at Lenny Kravitz’s Photo Book, Exhibition, and Limited Edition Leica M-P
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GoPro Captures Its Fall from 10,000 Feet, Found Four Years Later and Returned
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Start to Finish: Post-Processing a Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight
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Here’s a Clever Way to Sell Your DSLR on Craigslist
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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...
Female Model Required for a Hindi/Urdu Music Video
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PRODUCTION/ COSTUME DESIGNER
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Editor Wanted .
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Camera Person/DoP & Writers
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Boom Operator For Student Short Film
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Camera Operator Urgent
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Panoramic Photographers Wanted
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Can You Sell Lifestyle and Community Real Estate Photos As Stock Photos?
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Macro Photography Tips – Video Tutorials
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt This time of year is a great time to get out and find some macro photography subjects. So I dug around and found a few videos to help get you started if you want to try it. Macro Photography by Matt Granger First up is a lesson by Matt Granger as he teaches Tina (a new photographer) how to do macro photography. Follow along with her and try it yourself as they go through using a long zoom lens, hand held, natural light, adding flash, and using a tripod. Getting sharper images The second video is from Alessandro Zocchi he gives you a few tips to help you get...
10 Low-Cost Marketing Strategies for Your Photography Business
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A Post By: Natalia Robert Whether you already have clientele or are looking to build a client list, marketing is a never-ending task for photographers. You’ve already focused in on a target market (or two), but where to start? Are you unsure of how to get things started with a shoestring budget? Here are 10 low-cost marketing strategies for your photography business: 1. Get out of the house This biggest thing you can do to spread your name is to be out there. Finding events and activities where your target market may be is key. Meetup.com has a huge selection of groups that host events, many...
Sony FE 28mm F2 samples gallery posted
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I’ve just bought one too for my A7R, and I share your view. It feels nice on the camera, it’s pretty sharp, although it’s not in the same league as the 55/1.8 and 35/2.8. Colour, contrast, flare resistance and focus speed are all excellent, but there’s too much distortion for a modern prime. Consequently sharpness suffers due to software correction, especially in the corners. I like the lens and I’ll certainly keep it, but I think Sony could’ve done a better job here. Source Article from...
Readers’ Showcase: Rajesh Bhattacharjee
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I have an MFA and have never thought that way, and I’ve rarely ever heard, in related contexts, such attitudes expressed. It takes only a quick glance around both the contemporary and the historical to see ample evidence of excellent work produced by ‘self-taught’ artists – those coming upon (external) knowledge outside formal contexts or, otherwise, developing quality work independent of (external) knowledge. In any case, developing sophisticated methods, potentially including an understanding of historical precedence, has less to do with the formal context of...
The 12 Types of Photographs You’ll Find on Instagram
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How I Use Black Tape on My Fujifilm X100 for Street Photography
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Is This the First Leaked Photo of the Upcoming Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 IS STM Lens?
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What the Naked Eye Sees in the Night Sky Compared to What the Camera Can Capture
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Check Out This ‘Rocket Launcher’ Camera Made with an Olympus Air and 300mm Lens
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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...
Female Models Required For Vintage/Bohemian Bridal Shoot
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Model Required for Rap Music Video Shoot
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Amateur Male Models Wanted – Brisbane/Gold Coast
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DOP Needed for Series of Short Films
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Photographing Schooling Fish
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How to Make a Triptych in Lightroom
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A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson It seems that the majority of photos we see online or in print are presented individually. But if you have several strong images on a related theme, you may be able to create a stronger presentation by placing them together. The triptych – three images laid out side by side – is a traditional way of doing this. While there is no way of creating a triptych in Lightroom’s Develop module, it’s easy to do in the Print module. It’s a simple procedure and saves you having to leave Lightroom to create the triptych in Photoshop. Then you can either print it directly from...
Tips for Choosing a Tripod Head
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A Post By: Simon Ringsmuth One of the first accessories many people buy after getting a camera is a tripod, and most of those are the all-in-one kind with three legs on the bottom, and a top part called a head, onto which you mount your camera. Typically these heads feature a handle that juts out from one side that can be tightened or loosened to allow you to change the angle at which your camera is situated. These tripods usually cost about $25 to $50 which makes them quite attractive to photographers looking to invest in some gear to help them take better photos. However, one of their main...
Readers’ Showcase: Rajesh Bhattacharjee
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I have an MFA and have never thought that way, and I’ve rarely ever heard, in related contexts, such attitudes expressed. It takes only a quick glance around both the contemporary and the historical to see ample evidence of excellent work produced by ‘self-taught’ artists – those coming upon (external) knowledge outside formal contexts or, otherwise, developing quality work independent of (external) knowledge. In any case, developing sophisticated methods, potentially including an understanding of historical precedence, has less to do with the formal context of...
Family Portrait with ‘Ghost Dad’ Goes Viral
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Photographer Trades Open Letters with the Band Garbage Over Free Photo Request
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Nikon Unleashes an Official Selfie Stick on the World
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Olympus Launches Customer Loyalty Program: Earn Points to Save on Gear
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The First Ever Phantom 4K 1000FPS Drone Footage
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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 4th, 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...
Gusto – The4our – SS15 video/photoshoot
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Models Required For An Experimental Short Promo
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Looking for a Model & Stylist For An Editorial Photo- Shoot Sun April 4th
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Males Required for Fashion Photoshoot
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Models / PR Girls / Video Presenters Required
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Photographer Wanted for Events
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Looking for a photographer for makeup artist
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Why having a nice camera and wide angle lens does not make you a professional
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Complementary Colors
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt This week I thought we’d do another photography challenge based on color, but not just one color – complementary or opposite ones like the images shared earlier here. By pichenettes Complementary color appear opposite on the color wheel. Find them in the example above. Use them in the challenge this week. Weekly Photography Challenge – Complementary Colors Your job is to find and photograph things with complementary or opposite colors. Many pairs of them occur in the natural world if you just look around. If you can’t find any, make your own. Here are a few...
24 Powerful Images With Complementary Colors
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Complementary colors are ones which are opposite on the color wheel. By Lacie Lynnae They appear often in nature and are called complementary because they do just that, complement one another. They work well and make strong compositions. Water and fire by wim denijs on 500px Examples of common color combinations that work are: Orange and blue Yellow and purple Red and green Here are 24 examples of images that use complementary colors for a powerful composition: Flower 03 by MaX Smiles on 500px The Concert Hall by Jürgen Lehmann on 500px The Red Dress by Ken...
Tamron USA announces fourth travel-themed photo contest
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Online entries to Tamron’s contest go through MyPhotoExhibits.com, a customizable virtual gallery space that reminds us of playing Myst. Tamron has announced a competition for US-based customers, who are encouraged to submit 8-14 images with a travel theme. Prizes for the winner include having his or her work featured on Tamron’s website and in its newsletter, as well as the opportunity to pick up one of the following lenses: the SP 15-30mm F/2.8, 24-70mm F/2.8 or 70-200mm F/2.8. In order to enter, Tamron lens owners must create a virtual gallery of their...
DPReview week in review: April showers
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Great week, I agree. But not only you made 2 reviews in one week but you did 5 of them in less than a month which is way above average. The Olympus E-M1, the Fuji X30 and X100T join the Nikon D5500 and the Sony A7 Mk II. Congratulations DPR, it feeels like the good old days again. Happy Easter time to all your team! Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9992712230/week-in-review-april-showers
Microsoft’s New Office Lens App Can Transform Your Phone Into a Simple Photo Scanner
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How Astrophotography Has Improved Over the Past 135 Years
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Testing the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Art Lens Against Lenses by Major Manufacturers
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Linux Brought to Canon DSLRs by Magic Lantern
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Samyang Announces the Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens for $549
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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...
Cameraman and Sound Person needed for pilot TV variety show
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Film Composer, Sound Engineer and Music Producer Required for Action Film
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Crew required to make a short film
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Fight Choreography Person needed for Zombie Film
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URGENT! Editor & Music Composer Required for Short Drama
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Photographer, Models & Stylist Required for Vintage Shoot
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I’m Considering Requiring A Website URL on All PFRE Blog Comments
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7 Tips to Take Better Family Photos
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A Post By: Joe Turic Regardless of the type of photographer you are, family photos are among the most important pictures you’ll ever take. Here are some things to keep in mind. #1 – Make sure the family is prepared Even if it’s a few emails, a phone call, or an in person meeting at a coffee shop, have a consultation with the family at some point before the shoot. Address things like what the family will wear (use a service like Pinterest to create a board for the family to look at for suggestions on how they might dress), what time of day would be the best for them, and what they’re looking...
Constructive Photography Critique: How to Give and Receive with Grace
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A Post By: Lynsey Mattingly I’ve been in a funk lately. Just a little……off. Like I often hear other people do, I blamed it on the weather and assumed it would pass. A month later and it still hadn’t budged. This wasn’t the snow or the cold, yet completely normal, temperatures—it wasn’t even my kids who have been relatively low maintenance lately (all things considered). There was only one thing left to do before I took complete stock of my life and started looking into some serious therapy or, dare I even consider, enroll in a yoga class, and that was to bug my husband about it: “What’s...
Triggertrap introduces pauses and delays for timelapse sequences with Timelapse Pro app
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Triggertrap has released a new app that allows photographers to take more control of their timelapse sessions by introducing the ability to add delays into a sequence. Timelapse Pro is available for iOS devices running iOS 8 and, with the appropriate Triggertrap Mobile Kit dedicated cable, can control over 300 camera models. The new app allows users to specify the duration of a timelapse sequence by dictating how many images are taken or how long the sequence goes on for, and then a delay can be programmed in before the sequence continues again. The company suggests...
Voigtlander releases price of forthcoming 10.5mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds system
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Premium optical brand Voigtländer has announced the price of the 10.5mm super wide angle lens that it first displayed at the Photokina trade show in September 2014. The Voigtländer Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 is designed to be used with Micro Four Thirds cameras, and will be the fourth in the current line of f/0.95 lenses that the company offers. On sale at the end of this month, the lens will be priced £999 (estimated US price $1250) – slightly more than the existing 17.5mm, and 20% more than 25mm and 42.5mm focal lengths in the company’s MFT series. Like the other lenses in...
Samyang and Rokinon formally introduce 100mm f2.8 macro lens
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On March 27, Samyang and Rokinon teased a new lens on the Samyang Facebook page, saying that it would offer ‘immense focus and unparalleled features’. That lens was officially introduced today, and it’s a 100mm f2.8 Macro offering with 1:1 magnification and a 1ft. minimum focusing distance. Though it won’t be shipping until next month, the lens is available to pre-order from retailers now. In addition to the aforementioned features, the lens offers an Ultra Multi-Coating to help keep flare and ghosting to a minimum. There’s a rounded 9-blade...
Touch and go: Nikon D5500 review posted
Posted by Chris Roubis on 3rd, Apr, 2015 |
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I agree with richard. I’ve been shooting with nx cameras for almost 4 years now, but nx1 is such a different beast, that I’m learning something new day by day. It has a pretty outstanding dr in low light areas. As proven by the new dpr tools, iso 100+6ev is ahead of any apsc camera and most (all?) ff ones. And it’s much better than in camera iso 6400 of the nx1 itself. So it’s probably better shooting at -5ev and low iso, rather than using 0ev and high iso!! That sensor is so much different than any other one. Another example: raw files are very flat, but can be...
Touching Photos of a Family’s Special Bond with the Magpie They Rescued
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The Photo I Wish I Had
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A Look at the Camera Lenses Used by Stanley Kubrick Over His Career
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A Roundup of April Fools’ 2015 Jokes in the World of Photography
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Sony Sells Half Its Stake in Olympus for Cash, Now No Longer Largest Shareholder
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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...
Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lenses NIKON 1 J5
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Three Nikon products receive the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 The Nikon 1 J4 and Nikon 1 S2, and the COOLPIX S6900
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Videographer or Editor
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Photographer Wanted For High Fashion Bridal Shoot
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Photographer Required For Two Childrens Portfolio
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Looking to Collaborate With Photographers & Models on a TFP Basis
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Model & Photographer Needed
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Congratulations Ryan Fletcher – Feb/Mar 2015 PFRE Videographer Of The Month
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Post-Processing Tips for Overcoming Beginners Acts of Omission
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A Post By: Mujahid Urrehman In an old dressmaking shop in Paris, a master-tailor has finished stitching a bridal gown. He is eager to show it to the world, but he knows that the job is not yet done. He has a few thoughts passing through his mind, and he has to make sure that the dress is presentable before the bride arrives. He tells himself that these threads dangling from here and there need to be trimmed, the ruffles need to be neatened, and the seams still need to be pressed. The master in him criticizes the dress until the tailor in him fixes the final details. When it comes to...
Tips for Photographing a Lunar Eclipse
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A Post By: Phil Hart While some obscure astronomical events get over-hyped, a total lunar eclipse is always a crowd-pleaser. It is easy to observe and photograph, even among the bright lights of the big cities. April’s Easter Lunar Eclipse (2015) is visible from North America, across the Pacific to Australia, and eastern parts of Asia. The photography advice below will also serve the rest of the world well in September when an eclipse is visible to those who miss out on this one. Eclipse Details for Saturday April 4th, 2015 A lunar eclipse occurs when the alignment of the moon’s orbit is...
Nikon 1 J5: What you need to know
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Deliberately slowing the 4K to just 15fps (as opposed to it taking 20MP photos at 20fps???) it’s nice to know how oblivious Nikon is regarding the current market. They are not being competitive, they are surfing on their own hubris because they are Nikon! And now, for essentially a little bigger body, way bigger BSI sensor, 8 extra megapixels, more available lenses, full 4K and most likely cheaper when the J5 is out, the Samsung NX500 is a way better deal. On a positive note, the J6 will have 4K at 24fps next year. Panasonic, Sony and Samsung thanks you. Source Article from...
Nikon 1 J5 offers 20.8MP BSI sensor and revamped look
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The Nikon 1 J5 has been announced as the latest member of Nikon’s mirrorless lineup. It offers a more traditional shape and feel with a contoured grip and secondary command dial. Its 1″-type 20.8MP BSI-CMOS sensor – which does not have an anti-aliasing filter – offers a boost in resolution over its predecessor, and is also capable of 4K video capture at 15 fps. Intact from the previous model is a 171-point hybrid AF system with 105 phase-detect points. Also included is built-in Wi-Fi with NFC. The Nikon 1 J5 will be available in late April in...
Fujifilm announces firmware updates for X100T, X-T1, S1 and several X-mount OIS zoom lenses
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Fujifilm has rolled out firmware updates aimed at fixing quirks in the X100T and X-T1, improving image quality in the FinePix S1 superzoom, and improving OIS functionality in several X-mount zoom lenses. Updates for the X-T1 and X100T are fairly minor, but concentrate mainly on fixing bugs in both cameras (see the press release below for specifics). Firmware version 3.10 is the latest for the X-T1 and 1.10 is the latest for the X100T. Fujifilm has also updated the S1 superzoom to firmware version 1.02; this new firmware aims to improve the sharpness of images when...
Sony sells half of its Olympus stake
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Olympus’ booth at Photokina 2014 in Cologne, Germany. Sony is selling half its stake in Olympus to investment bank JP Morgan to free up cash for ‘strategic investments,’ the company has announced. Sony bought a 10% stake in the medical and camera company in 2012, primarily to gain access to the global medical market to which it hoped to apply its sensor, 3D and display technologies. At the time Olympus’s future was in doubt, following revelations that it had misstated its accounts having been secretly redirecting money to pay off long-standing...
GoPro granted patent for square-profile action camera housing
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GoPro has been granted a patent for a small square camera housing, which eschews the rectangular shape its cameras have taken thus far in favor of something resembling the Polaroid Cube. According to the patent, which was recently published by the USPTO, the square design would allow for additional mounting options, with every orientation being the same. The patent was filed on January 4, 2014, and details a camera housing with four sides that are the same size to allow for ‘a plurality of orientations relative to the housing body’. The openings on the camera...
Your Camera Lens Can Double as a Lighter in a Pinch
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If you’re out shooting on a sunny day and suddenly find that you need to start a fire, your lens may be able to do the trick. The video above shows how a photographer named Mohammad recently used his Carl Zeiss 45mm f/2 lens to light his cigarette while out hiking with friends. You could also use this handy little trick to light a fire if you’re out camping — as long as you have some direct sunlight to focus to a point. Source Article from...
A TEDx Talk by TED’s Photographer on Finding Photos Right Before Your Eyes
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Several times a year, Portland-based photographer Duncan Davidson is called upon by TED to shoot portraits of the notable speakers while they’re giving their presentations. Some months ago, Davidson himself stepped onto the stage and gave a talk at TEDxBeaconStreet about finding things to photograph right before your eyes. “Light, details, and gesture are the building blocks I use to create my images for the TED stage, my work in the field, and even simply using my iPhone when walking about town,” Davidson writes. (via TEDxBeaconStreet via ISO 1200) P.S. Back in 2012, Davidson also...
Facebook Launches ‘Scrapbook’ to Help Parents Tag Photos of Their Kids
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Sitting Down for a Conversation with White House Photographer Pete Souza
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Photographer Robert Caplin of The Photo Brigade recently visited the White House and sat down with Pete Souza, President Obama’s official White House photographer. The 50-minute interview, which can be viewed above, is a fascinating look into the life, work, and mind of the man who serves as the public’s eye into the White House. Source Article from...
Arkansas Privacy Bill Vetoed, Street Photography Lives Another Day
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New Appointment of an Officer
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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...
Model Required for Informal Shoot
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Experienced Lead Collector Required
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Female Promotional Model
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Editor for Walking Dead Fan Audio Series
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Seeking collaboration with a Fashion and Editorial Photographer
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The Spanish Version Of What Real Estate Agents Need To Know About Photography
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Simple Tips to Improve your Travel Photography – Photographing Deserts
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A Post By: Kav Dadfar Photographing deserts usually delivers very dramatic and beautiful landscape images. But it can also be challenging to prevent your photos from appearing flat and uninteresting, on top of the harsh conditions which can cause havoc with your camera. Here are a few tips on how you can improve your travel photography of desert photos: Catch the right light It’s no secret that photographing early morning or late afternoon provides a wonderfully soft light which can make any image look much more interesting. This can be even more vital in the desert where the low angle of...
DIY Light Modifier You Can Do With Savage Translum Material
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A Post By: Tristan Robitaille The thing studio product photographers hate the most is when undesirable reflections show up in their images. There are many ways to control these and I’ve got one that you can easily build at home. It’s a DIY project using the Savage Translum material. What you’ll be creating is a rollable sheet of Translum with a hole in the middle for your camera lens. That will enable you to set it between the object you’re photographing and the camera which will eliminate the big direct reflections you get by using a softbox pointed straight on the subject. What is Savage...
Phase One Industrial’s new 80MP drone camera is the smallest of its kind
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Phase One Industrial, a division of Phase One focusing on specialized equipment, has designed a new camera specifically for drones. It’s billed as the smallest 80 megapixel medium format camera in the world. The iXU 180 camera features an 80 megapixel CCD sensor, a choice of five Schneider-Kreuznach lenses, and an overall modular design. The camera won’t be arriving until the middle of next month, but Phase One Industrial has detailed its specs ahead of time. The iXU 180 camera weighs 2lbs and measures 97.4 x 93 x 110mm (body only), which is light enough for...
Nikon D7200 real-world samples gallery posted
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The Nikon D7200 improves over its predecessor in one important way, offering a greatly improved buffer. Other improvements are more subtle, but more sensitive AF and an improved video specification make the D7200 a more capable camera than the model which came before it. We’ve had a D7200 for a few days, and wasted no time pairing it with Sigma’s excellent 18-35mm F1.8 A to get some real-world samples. View our gallery of real-world samples from the Nikon D7200 Source Article from...
Microsoft announces Surface 3 tablet running full Windows
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Microsoft has today announced the latest model in its Surface line of tablets, the Surface 3. The big news here is that, unlike its predecessors, which were running Windows RT, the new model comes with a full version of Windows 8.1. This means, like on the more expensive Surface Pro models, you can install and run any Windows application including Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom, making the Surface 3 a real alternative to a conventional PC. In terms of design, with its magnesium body without any cooling vents and the kickstand, the new model is close to its predecessor but inside an...
Ready, steady: Sony Alpha 7 II Review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Apr, 2015 |
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I don’t think that Sony did anything. In fact, DxO rates the sensor/processor/FW combination higher for low light than the A7. I think that the results are what they are because of simple operator error mistakes, which indicates a true flaw of the camera, namely it being sensitive to user settings. Likely not a big deal in real life, but in a controlled documented studio setup, big conclusions are derived from small mistakes. I have both A7 and 7ii, and I don’t see what dpreview sees, sorry. As to the differences, the A7r has no AA filter, no PDAF grid (CDAF only), a higher...
Is This a First Look at Canon’s Upcoming Large Sensor PowerShot Camera?
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Shooting Selfies with Strangers Using a 16mm Bolex Film Camera
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Short-film makers Adrian Morphy and Marissa Bergougnou of Rhymes with Orange did an interesting little social experiment recently. They had a guy named Geoffrey Cork stand on a street and ask passersby to stop and pose for a selfie with him. It wasn’t just a smartphone selfie, though, but also one shot with a bulky 16mm Bolex motion picture camera. The black-and-white cinematic selfies turned out pretty well. Source Article from...
‘Stormlapse’ Photographer Ryan McGinnis Shares His Most Epic Shots of 2014
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Grandma Sells Trove of Rare Civil War-Era Photos to the Library of Congress
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A TEDx Talk by Photographer Leif Norman About the Past and Future of Photography
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Professional photographer Leif Norman recently gave a talk at TEDxManitoba titled “The Past and Future of Photography.” Norman spent 18 minutes giving the audience a brief history of photography and sharing Gladys, a large format view camera he built to experiment with older processes. One of his recent discoveries was that he could scan a 4×5 calotype negative and turn it into a high quality 120 megapixel digital photograph. Gladys is therefore the equivalent of a 820 megapixel camera. (via TEDxManitoba via ISO 1200) Source Article from...
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...
Fashion & Artistic Models needed for Autumn projects
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Jim Beam Party Crew
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Tasmanian Staff Needed
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Promotional Staff Needed In **Newcastle** Fun Job 4 Days Work!
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Promo Models for Hostess Work Corporate Event Fortitude Valley
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Graphics Needed for New Short Film Twisted Ballroom
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Production designer , Set deck and ward robe person required
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Photographers Required For Sporting Rugby Event
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Photographer Required For Photo Shoot
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The Scandinavian Style Of Interior Photographer Jonas Berg – Gothenburg Sweden
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The Importance of Capturing Gesture and Emotion in Street Photography
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A Post By: James Maher Sometimes an expression can cut you like a knife. One of the most fascinating things about street photography is that it can be so hard to pinpoint the reasons why one photograph works and another does not. A good street photograph can be sharp or it can be blurry; it can be in contrasty light or in soft and even light; it can be an energetic scene with layers of people or it can be a quiet shot with nobody in it. It gets further complicated when you start to think about the ideas, moods, and feelings that your images suggest. Despite this lack of certainty, I believe...
How to Mix Ambient Light and Fill-Flash for Outdoor Portraits
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A Post By: Craig Beckta If you have ever wondered how to improve your outdoor portraits. Turn off your Smartphone, shuffle your schedule, and make sure you read every single word on this page. Because outdoor portrait lighting secrets will finally be revealed. Below is an example of one of my typical on-location lighting setups. It consists of a studio strobe with a battery pack and a Westcott 35″ Deep Parabolic Zeppelin modifier. I am guessing you have most likely stumbled upon this article because you are searching for a way to improve your outdoor portraits. If you would like to capture...
Yale acquires Meserve-Kunhardt Collection with iconic Abraham Lincoln portraits
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This image features Lincoln at the center of the frame, and is the only known photo of his second inauguration. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Meserve-Kunhardt Collection Yale has announced the acquisition of the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection, which is comprised of more than 73,000 items including portraits of Abraham Lincoln. The collection was assembled by Frederick Hill Meserve, called America’s first photograph collector, and his daughter Dorothy Meserve, and serves to document American history spanning from the Civil War up to the 19th century. This...
Mint introduces Instantflex TL70 instant film TLR camera
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Polaroid camera repair and maintenance company Mint has introduced its own instant camera called the Mint Instantflex TL70. Fitted with a 65.4mm lens the camera offers aperture settings of f/5.6, f/8, f/16 and f/32 with an additional setting called f/bokeh – which creates a 5-pointed star shaped aperture. The Instantflex also has a flip-up flash unit housed on the backside of its nameplate above the viewing lens. With much reference to the Rolleiflex 3.5F, the company says its new camera is 30% smaller than traditional TLRs due to the simplification of its knobs and...
DPReview recommends: Best smartphone cameras
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DPReview recommends: Best smartphone cameras In many users’ pockets consumer-level digital compact cameras have been replaced by smartphones. The cameras of the latter don’t usually have zoom lenses or xenon flashes but image sensor technology has been rapidly improving and clever software processing helps rival, and in some cases even surpass, image quality of dedicated cameras. Add large high-resolution screens for image framing and viewing along with the ability to add special features and new shooting modes by installing apps to the mix, and it’s no surprise that...
Readers’ Showcase: Raymond Pang
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A comment/criticism was posted, then deleted. One issue was the rigid symmetry present in two of the images. Any amount of investigating art history (or more specifically the history of photography, mid 20th century up to the contemporary) will yield many examples of symmetry yet parochial standards, even today, tend to discourage its use in the form of things such as “rule of thirds” (this, itself, an simplified extension of compositional principle sometimes referred to as the “golden mean/ratio” derived from the Greeks and employed to a great degree in Renaissance...
Don’t Let the Fear of Failure Cripple Your Growth as a Photographer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 30th, Mar, 2015 |
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Here are some encouraging words from photographer and educator Mike Browne, who talks about one of the biggest obstacles some photographers face: the feature of failure and getting it “wrong.” “Many photographers don’t get into action because they are afraid they might get it wrong,” Browne writes. “Instead they do endless research, read, watch videos and tell themselves they just need to know a little more before they attempt it themselves. To master photography or anything else in life there is some knowledge needed – and a lot of practice and experimentation.” Source Article from...
Future Camera Bag Essential: Night Vision Eyedrops?
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Humor: That Annoying ‘Take Another Photo!’ Girl You Always Get in Group Portraits
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You know that girl in group photos who always wants to see the photo you capture and is never satisfied with the way she turns out? The short sketch above is an exaggerated tongue-in-cheek sketch about what “Take Another Photo girl” sounds like to photographers. “Weird” humor channel CH2, which made the video, writes: “That’s what you sound like. Stop asking.” (via CH2 via Reddit) Source Article from...
Arkansas Passes Privacy Bill That Could Kill Street Photography
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How to Do Cinematic Color Grading on Your Photos with Photoshop
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Want to give your photographs a “Hollywood movie” look? Here’s a fantastic 25-minute tutorial on how to do cinematic color grading on your photographs using Photoshop. The technique involves using the Curves tool to create a teal-orange look, a color scheme that is very prevalent in movies released in recent years. Photoshop Training Channel writes: “This effect gives the dark shades of your image a cool teal tone, while the light shades take a warm orange look. This makes the actor stand out since the colors are complementary and create a ‘pop’ when put side by side.” (via Photoshop...
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 30th, Mar, 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...
Major Promotion in Victoria
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OPEN CASTING CALL for Television Commercial
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Bikini Photo Shoot Adelaide
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Film Crew Required for Tropfest Short that Will Be Turned into a Web Series
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Could You Be Miss World Australia 2015?
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Actors, Launch Your Hollywood Career!
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Photographer Needed in Sydney for International Brands
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Photographer Assistant
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Still Photographers Top Gear Application Promo
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Minimum Cost For Real Estate Photography Essential Items Startup Kit
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5 Simple Yet Clever Ways to Impress Your Photography Clients
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A Post By: Julia May While a satisfied client is the fuel for further sales and word of mouth, an excited client is the jet engine for your marketing. Unfortunately, many photographers don’t know how to turn regular customers into fans. In this article you’ll find five simple, time-proven techniques of impressing your photography clients and building a long-lasting relationship from an ordinary photo shoot. 1. Be Professional Image by niekverlaan You should portray a professional image of yourself right from the beginning. This doesn’t necessarily involve spending hundreds of dollars on...
5 Tips for Doing Candid Wedding Photography
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A Post By: Bobby Roy Weddings have changed drastically in the past few years. Couples want more from a wedding these days, they don’t want the traditional, normal photography anymore. They frequently ask for documentary or candid wedding photography because it captures the emotions of not only the couple, but also the guests enjoying themselves without lining them up in front of the camera. But, candid photography is so much more than just pointing your camera at people and shooting away to glory. You, as a photographer, need to know and understand the finer nuances involved in candid...
Readers’ Showcase: Raymond Pang
Posted by Chris Roubis on 30th, Mar, 2015 |
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A comment/criticism was posted, then deleted. One issue was the rigid symmetry present in two of the images. Any amount of investigating art history (or more specifically the history of photography, mid 20th century up to the contemporary) will yield many examples of symmetry yet parochial standards, even today, tend to discourage its use in the form of things such as “rule of thirds” (this, itself, an simplified extension of compositional principle sometimes referred to as the “golden mean/ratio” derived from the Greeks and employed to a great degree in Renaissance...
Instagram Censors Photo of Fully Clothed Woman on Period, Causes Uproar
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Mar, 2015 |
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Buying or Selling Used Gear on Craigslist? Arrange the Meetup at a Police Station
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Photographers Shooting in West Virginia Reportedly Harassed and Detained by ‘Mob’
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Photographer Marisha Camp and her brother Jessie were recently passing through West Virginia on a nationwide tour for a documentary series when they were reportedly confronted by “a hostile mob.” The residents were suspicious of the photo taking and allegedly harassed and detained the duo until a trooper arrived and escorted the photographers from the scene. Above is a news report about the incident that aired on local NBC station WVVA, which reports that it received phone calls, emails, and Facebook messages from parents concerned about their children’s safety. The messages accused...
Matt Herron on His Iconic Photographs of the Selma to Montgomery Marches
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50 years ago, civil rights photographer Matt Herron documented the Selma to Montgomery marches that highlighted racial injustices in the American South and helped to pass the Voting Rights Act that year. He ended up capturing one of the iconic photographs of the marches that remains recognizable to this day. In the video above, Herron talks about photographing the march and how the iconic shot came about. (via ISO 1200) Source Article from...
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...
Just the Lenses: The Great 200mm Shootout
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Miss United Kingdom Beauty 2015
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Female Model Needed on TFP basis
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Rock Goddess required for Guitar Hero "Pandora"style promo video
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Hair Models Needed in June
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TFP/TFCD Models Wanted
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Editor Required for a Short Film
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Five Piece Blues Band Needs Engineer and General Help,,,
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DOP / Cinematographer Required
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Lighting Director Required
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Film Crew Required for Short Film
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Photographer and Model Required for a TFP Shoot
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Looking for TFM Shoots to Update my Portfolio
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Overview of the New Affinity Photo Editing Software
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A Post By: Suzi Pratt In early February, software company Serif announced the free beta version of Affinity Photo, a Mac-only photo editing program said to rival the likes of other editing tools, including the standards for creative professionals, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. In this article, I’ll walk through the public beta version of Affinity Photo and describe some pros and cons to using this new software. Affinity Photo Basics At the moment, Affinity Photo beta is available as a free online download and is compatible with Apple OSX Lion 10.7.5, and up. Some key features that move...
Review: Flash Disc Lighting Modifier by Fstoppers
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Mar, 2015 |
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A Post By: Suzi Pratt The more you experiment with off-camera flash, the more you realize that many lighting modifiers are pretty large in size. From softboxes to beauty dishes to umbrellas, many take up space not only in your camera equipment bags, but also on site at a photo shoot. This may be a small price to pay for the dramatic impact these modifiers can have on the resulting image, but sometimes you just want a really compact lighting modifier that can produce great results. One of the answers to this problem is the new Flash Disc by Fstoppers. A handy little device made to fit...
Readers’ Showcase: Raymond Pang
Posted by Chris Roubis on 29th, Mar, 2015 |
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Mirrored: Photos Show the Parallels of Two Cities on Opposite Sides of the Globe
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Pranksters Put Up Fake ‘Shot on iPhone 6′ Ads Next to Real Apple Billboards
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An Automated Slide Film Scanner Built with LEGOs
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Woman Becomes a Instagram Celebrity by Sharing a Cheerier Side of Somalia
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KitSentry Helps You Manage and Track Your Camera Gear for Peace of Mind
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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 28th, Mar, 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...
Posting of the Documents for the Scheme of Arrangement: Recommended Cash Offer for Optos by Nikon
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Two Models Required for Photoshoot
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Female Model Wanted For Shoot In East London 6th June -TFP
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Females Models Wanted For Music Video And CD Cover
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URGENT CASTING- Stills Shoot
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Two Models Required For Image Library/Stock Imagery Shoot
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Key Crew (Make Up Artist and Production Designer) for VCA Graduate Film
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Two Runners Required For Third Year Final Film
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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.