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A Post By: Gina Milicia “Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don’t be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.” – Rich Dad, Robert Kiyosaki I was at a high-pressure shoot recently, and one of my clients was watching me make adjustments to my camera and lighting. They commented, “How do you remember all that stuff? You make it all look so effortless.”. The truth is that after thousands of photo shoots it has become second nature, but this wasn’t always the case. I broke a wedding. Why am I...
A Post By: Mujahid Urrehman Facial expressions, skin and hair, and sad or sparkly faces have attracted the artist’s eye since the first caveman recorded his first story on rock. Facial features have the power to convey stories. A single image says more than a thousand words. If you are a photographer who shares this joy in the human form, you would recognize that each person is unique and beautiful in his or her own way. If you are a portrait photographer, you know how humbling it is when you are given the privilege of taking a photo. Storytelling through portraits requires a code of conduct...
Renting gear from professional camera rental services has served as a vital resource for many photographers borrowing expensive or niche equipment for a shoot. Now, a new challenger has arrived, and the Los Angeles startup aims to create a peer-to-peer alternative to online rental services – enter, ShareGrid. ShareGrid is a service that allows local photographers and filmmakers to rent to and from each other. It provides a ‘fully verified and always secure’ platform backed by Athos Insurance Services, so both buyers and renters can feel safe. In addition, all...
ACDSee Ultimate 8 adds layer creation and manipulation to the existing features of ACDSee Pro 8 and ACDSee 18. ACD Systems has announced ACDSee Ultimate 8, bringing for the first time layer-based editing to its Digital Asset Management and image manipulation software. It offers the same image adjustment capabilities provided by ACDSee Pro 8 with the added ability to create and manipulate layers, as well as support for 32-bit and 64-bit transparency. It’s available now to PC users only for $149.99. Press release: ACD Systems Announces First All-in-One Digital Asset...
The Most Expensive Photo in the World, or the Best Marketing Stunt? Published on December 10, 2014 by Allen Murabayashi The airways and Internet tubes have been filled with news that Peter Lik has sold a black and white photo of Antelope Canyon for a record setting $6.5 million, raising eyebrows amongst many photographers. This tops the previous record holder, Andreas Gursky, by nearly $2.2m. As with his 2010 piece, One, the purported sale was to a private collector, and therefore there was no way to verify the claim. Rumors have swirled for years that Lik’s investors “buy” his works at...
About 6 months ago, I put an ad on Craigslist trying to sell a 2×12 guitar cabinet. The next day I got a response from a nice guy named PJ who was interested and the transaction was soon under way. While at my house to pick up the equipment, PJ noticed my Canon 7D and various other camera gear sitting on my desk. He then proceeded to tell me that he too was a photographer and that he used to take a lot of photos of bands on the East Coast in the mid 70s early 80s. Being a musician myself and a big fan of rock and roll photography, I inquired as to what kind of bands he shot. For the...
Shooting time-lapse is fun. Watching a big storm devour a city is fun. Doing both at the same time is ‘super’ fun. Sydney has been getting hit with unusually big storms for this time of year over the past week. This past Sunday my girlfriend and I went out to shoot one of them. As it happened it was one of the bigger ones! In this post I will explain a few things about the capturing and editing, as well as thought processes behind certain editing decisions. Time-lapsing a Big Storm Camera? I used a Canon 5D MkIII with external battery grip and two fully charged batteries because I...
The airways and Internet tubes have been filled with news that Peter Lik has sold a black and white photo of Antelope Canyon for a record setting $6.5 million, raising eyebrows amongst many photographers. This tops the previous record holder, Andreas Gursky, by nearly $2.2m. Andreas Gursky’s Rhine II sold for $4.2m – the most expensive (verified) photo ever. As with his 2010 piece, One, the purported sale was to a private collector, and therefore there was no way to verify the claim. Rumors have swirled for years that Lik’s investors “buy” his works at absurd prices as a marketing...
Peer into the Gowanus Canal in New York City, and you’ll see what is widely recognized as one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States. The contamination is so bad that the canal has been designated a Superfund site. When photographer Steven Hirsch looks, he sees something more: fine art. His project “Gowanus: Off The Water’s Surface” is a series of photographs that explore the abstract explosions of patterns and colors seen on the surface of the water — sights reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock painting. Here’s what New York’s Lilac Gallery — Hirsch has a solo...
Want to decorate your wall with a collage of your photos, but don’t want to spend the time, energy, and money required to make it happen? CollageMo can help. It’s an app that does for photo collages what Mosaic does for photo books. The app is designed to be simple and efficient. Select a collage design (there are many premade templates that range from 4 panels to 15 panels), import photos (from your phone, Facebook, or Instagram), and check out. A complete collage kit with your photos will arrive at your doorstep ready for hanging. Each of the photos is printed in high definition on...
A Post By: Darren Rowse Over the last week we’ve published posts revealing the most popular DSLRs and Compact System cameras among our readers (based upon what they’ve been buying in the last 3 months). Today we’re looking at the best selling and most popular DSLR Lenses*. This list is completely dominated by Canon and Nikon lenses so we’ve decided to break them out separately into two lists and then have put the 6 other lenses (from a variety of manufacturers) into a third list. Note: at this stage we didn’t see any major trends in lenses for compact camera systems which is why we’ve not...
A Post By: Gavin Hardcastle Yes I just blasphemed against the gods of landscape photography. Not using a polarizing filter for landscape photography could be considered sacrilegious among some circles and indeed, I myself have written ad nauseam of the importance of this simple yet powerful photographer’s tool. Now I’m going to selectively contradict myself. The fact is that in most outdoor photography situations a circular polarizing filter can hugely improve your photographs, but there are times when leaving that shady piece of glass off the lens can actually gives better results. What...
A Post By: Kelly Wolfe Canine action images are my absolute favourite thing to photograph. The freedom you can see in their expressions that split second as they leap into the air in excitement, and being able to freeze that moment into a single photograph is amazing. It’s a lot of fun for the photographer, dog, owners and is a good challenge too! Safety first Before you attempt any of the tips in this guide, please remember that no image is worth risking the safety of you or the animal. With dogs it is important that you only choose locations where dogs are permitted, that are secure and...
A Post By: Darren Rowse Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system cameras. In fact if we combined the two lists we’d now see compact system cameras in the top 20 cameras bought by our readers with the Sony Alpha a6000 and the Sony Alpha a7II both making that list. What is remarkable about this is that the newly announced Sony Alpha a7II is not even released yet and it makes...
Lytro’s processing software just received a significant update. Lytro Desktop 4.1 provides some new and very useful features for users of the Illum light field camera, including Focus Spread, which allows photographers to pick beginning and ending points for depth of focus. The video above demonstrates the capabilities of Focus Spread. Using a single exposure, the effect is similar to focus stacking with multiple exposures using a traditional camera – subjects at different depths in a photograph can be kept in focus while the background is blurred. We have a...
Alien Skin software has announced Exposure 7, a new version of its flagship film emulation software. This iteration introduces non-destructive Raw editing, supporting files from a number of Canon and Nikon cameras as well as a handful of mirrorless models from Fujifilm, Olympus and Sony. Using Exposure 7 in standalone mode now offers crop and rotate tools and file browsing. New textures and film presets are also introduced. Exposure 7 is available for download now. Anyone who bought Exposure 6 since its launch in June this year can upgrade to version 7 for free. Those...
It seems ultra-portable LED-based external light sources are the flavor of the season. Last month we wrote about the Lume Cube, and today there is Relio. Relio is a 35mm small aluminum cube that uses a USB connection as power source for its LED light. It can be mounted on tripods and other camera supports using a 1/4-inch standard thread. Relio says its light offers the highest color accuracy of comparable products and at approximately 200 lumens is the most powerful USB-light currently available. Depending on your intended use, you can choose from versions with a color temperature...
Photo copyright Cor Boers courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2015. Netherlands, Entry, Architecture Category, Open Competition The World Photography Organization has announced its judges for the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards. Photo editors from major publications around the world make up the judging committee. The competition is open to youth, amateurs and pros alike and is accepting entries until early January – the Open and Youth competitions close January 5th 2015, and the Professional competition will close January 8th. See the full list of judges...
Want to learn the basics of US copyright law without having to spend eons going through imageless websites and backbreaking textbooks? Check out Bound by Law. It’s a comic book that translates abstract and confusing copyright laws into easy to understand “visual metaphors.” By the time you’re through with the 72-page comic, you’ll know quite a bit about the basics of copyright law, including fair use, infringement, and public domain. The comic is the creation of James Boyle, a Professor of Law at Duke, a co-founder of the school’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and one of...
If you’re a professional photographer using Fujifilm camera equipment and have been envious of Canon and Nikon’s professional service departments, take heart: you may soon have top tier support and services starting next year. The news comes courtesy of FujiRumors, who heard from an anonymous source that the new “pro photographer service” will be in the same vein as Canon Professional Services (CPS) and Nikon Professional Services (NPS). Photographer Rick Lewis left a comment saying he heard the same thing from a service technician: I think I can confirm this (100%). I spoke with a...
Here’s a new idea that’s quite a bit off the beaten path: RoboStage is a new online studio that lets photographers conduct a photo shoot through their browser. We’re not talking about some kind of faked virtual environment, but an actual photo shoot done in an actual location, controlled through your browser. The site is a project of TopModelGroup, a large model management company over in Europe. Founder Eugene Svirepov wants to make the company’s wide portfolio of international models available to photographers around the world, and RoboStage is how he’s trying to do it. Users will...
A Post By: Darren Rowse Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system cameras. In fact if we combined the two lists we’d now see compact system cameras in the top 20 cameras bought by our readers with the Sony Alpha a6000 and the Sony Alpha a7II both making that list. What is remarkable about this is that the newly announced Sony Alpha a7II is not even released yet and it makes...
A Post By: Johny Spencer Currently on for 33% OFF is Johny’s Lightroom Essentials for Landscape Photographers Course. Grab it now, only until December 23rd, 2014. Here are five things that will make a huge difference to your Lightroom workflow by making you more efficient and saving you time. 1. Solo Mode Do you get frustrated scrolling up and down the panels looking for the right adjustment or setting? If so, then your frustration is over. Right click on one of the panels and in the drop down menu, select Solo Mode. Solo Mode only allows you to have one panel open at a time, so every time...
Adorama has announced the Aries Blackbird X10 quadcopter, sold exclusively by the retailer. Unlike drones with mounts for operators to attach their own cameras, the Blackbird X10 features an integrated 16MP camera with 1/2.3-inch type sensor able to record up to 1080p video at 30fps. Feature-wise the drone is decidedly mid-tier, falling between the lower-end Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 and the higher-end DJI Inspire 1 drones, for example, while retaining a moderate price tag at $799 USD. The Aries Blackbird X10’s camera features a 120° FOV f/2.8 wide angle lens. Operators...
A growing number of Leica users are reporting white spots appearing on images taken with M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E cameras. The common element in all of these models is their 18MP full frame Kodak CCD sensor which is protected by a piece of Schott S8612 glass. As well as the regular models, this issue also has the potential to affect any of Leica’s many special editions that were based on the M9, including the $29,000 M9 Titanium. In comments on Leica forum La Vida Leica, a company representative confirms that that the issue is a result of ‘corrosion...
The professional’s perspective: By David Wentworth David Wentworth is a commercial and editorial photographer, and owner of FLUTTER Studios in Seattle Goodbye, Nikon? So long, Canon? Perhaps.. Just so you know, I am not one to jump on every tech bandwagon that comes rolling along. I work regularly with an almost 3-year old Nikon D800, occasionally a Canon EOS 5D, and when needed, I’ll make a trip to the rental house for a Hasselblad H5D medium-format. This system (or rather ‘systems’) has suited me well, however, the tradeoff between having at hand...
Pine (Bluffs), Wyoming lay at the extreme south-eastern corner of the state, a stone’s throw from Nebraska along the Old Lincoln Highway and I-80. My visit to Pine was late in the year with my dog Henry. Over the course of several months we’d seen Henry begin to slow and knew he’d begun his journey home. Not wanting to miss any opportunities with him I took the Jeep this trip, knowing he’s more comfortable than in the front seat of the Subaru. Though it may appear largely devoid of life at first glance – the sleepy town of Bushnell, on the western edge of Nebraska’s panhandle – is not. We...
More than 1.4 million photos of Earth have been captured from the International Space Station over the course of 41 expeditions. San Francisco-based developer Callum Prentice wanted a better way to browse the images and the locations they were captured over, so he created a nifty 3D web app called the ISS Photo Viewer. Here’s what the main screen of the app looks like: There’s a 3D earth in the top frame of the viewer. In the bottom right is the currently displayed photo, and in the bottom left is an expedition selector containing 41 patches: Select one or more of the patches, and...
Here’s a stunt you probably shouldn’t try at home — unless you’ve been featured in a GoPro commercial or something. Photographer Matthew Jones recently attempted what he calls a “Human Rig shot.” The goal was to shoot a motorcycle zipping down a road, but instead of using a fancy rig or a car, Jones decided to step into a pair of rollerblades. The camera of choice for the project was a Canon 5D Mark II. It’s “so we don’t have to worry about any fancy gear getting broken,” Jones says. Donning a pair of lubed-up rollerblades, the photographer followed the Triumph Scrambler 900 using...
Photographer Noah Kalina is best known online for his everyday project, in which he took a selfie every day for over a decade. He’s also an avid shopper with his Amazon Prime account. Since February 2014, Kalina has been photographing all of his Prime purchases and documenting them through a Tumblr blog titled Primed. Now, tens of entries in, Kalina is turning the project into a photo book — one that’s available through Amazon Prime. The book is also titled Primed, features 78 pages of Kalina’s purchases, and is priced at $15 with free shipping. Primed [Amazon Prime via Primed via...
A Post By: Jack Thatcher Cameras can be super complex these days. Buttons, knobs and switches are everywhere. How can you remember what all of them do and where to begin? Well, Canon has given you a secret button to use that allows you to access all of those most important functions within your complex machine. Perfect, where is this secret button you ask? It’s right on the back of your camera marked with the letter Q. It’s not really a secret, it’s just under utilized. The Q Button What does Q stand for? Quick. The button makes navigating just that. Using the button gives you quick access...
A Post By: Simon Ringsmuth One of my favorite types of photo shoots is families with kids. It’s fun to spend an hour talking and laughing with people while taking photos. I enjoy being a small part of creating images that will preserve their precious memories for the rest of their lives. But these types of sessions don’t always work out as you might like, and even when you think you have all your ducks in a row something might pop up at the last minute that sends everything into a tail spin. Fortunately, with a bit of planning and preparation you can put a few things in place that will help...
A Post By: Darren Rowse Every few months we like to report back to the dPS community which cameras (and other gear) are most popular with our readers. Today we’re going to take a look at the highest selling DSLRs among our readers over the last 4 months (as ranked by the reports that Amazon gives us*). As usual you’ll see it is largely a battle between Canon and Nikon (who dominate this class of camera) and that at the top of the list we see entry level DSLRS most popular (mainly due to their price). Further down the list we see more serious (and expensive) contenders. Note: Amazon currently...
Photographers in need of portable tripod stabilization have a new option called WaterWeights. These balloon-like devices are made from PVC and weigh 139g / 0.3lb when in storage, expanding to a weight of up to 1.3kg / 2.9 lb when filled with water. A WaterWeight can slide down the length of a tripod to rest over its feet or can hang from its handle to keep gear stable. Photographers (justifiably) concerned about having water near their equipment can instead fill the WaterWeights with sand (which will result in a heavier weight than water). They can also take comfort that...
Wedding photographer Jonas Peterson has captured dozens of beautiful weddings all over the world. But even with his impressive resume and archive of incredible images, he says a wedding he recently shot in Masai Mara, Kenya might just top them all. “I’ve traveled the world and shot weddings pretty much everywhere, but no place blew my mind in the same way Masai Mara did,” Peterson tells us in an email. “I secretly almost dreaded shooting the wedding there, knowing how difficult it is to shoot images that represent a place, especially during the constraints of a wedding day.” Represent...
Using an 8×10 camera requires patience, attention to detail and a whole lot of steps in between. But don’t worry if you’ve never done it before: here to walk you, step-by-step, through the entire rewarding workflow is Tim Layton of Black and White Fine Art. Coming in at fifteen minutes, the video above breaks down the process of shooting large format film one step at a time. From how to best mount your camera to a sturdy tripod, to proper exposure methods, there’s not much about the process you’ll find is missing from the video. That being said, we will apologize in advance on behalf...
Well known Instagram user, street photographer, and Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley Richard Koci Hernandez has announced he will be deleting all of his photographs from the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service. With almost a quarter of a million avid followers and over 1,100 posts, this announcement has come as quite a surprise to everyone. However, according to Hernandez, it’s been in the making for quite some time. As he explains on his website: I’m hoping this will give me new motivation to make new images. Basically, I’d like to “clear-out the attic” and start with a clean...
There may never be a better time to jump into Hasselblad digital medium format than between now and Christmas Eve. All of December, the storied brand is offering steep, thousands-of-dollars-off discounts on its H5D cameras and lenses — you can even get one for under $10,000! Launched this last week, by far the most eye-widening deal of the bunch is being offered on the H5D-40. The 40MP medium format camera body, retail price $18,500, is currently available for $9,995. Of course, because this discount is so large, the 40 is also back-ordered through B&H right now, but you can still...
If Patrick and Lee from Fstoppers and landscape/travel photographer Elia Locardi‘s goal was to get our hearts racing, they’ve succeeded in spades with the drone footage they just released from their time in Iceland. A “quick cut” of the best drone footage they’ve captured while in Iceland filming one portion of a much larger project, all of the video you see was filmed with a DJI Phantom 2, GoPro Hero 4 Silver and Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal. Here are just a few of our favorite screenshots: As they detail in the post on Fstoppers, all the footage was captured at 2.7K and 30fps, then slowed...
A Post By: Nick Fancher The setup If I want to take dramatic portraits on a black backdrop (without even needing a single light), a garage is your new go to spot. This is the simplest (and most makeshift looking) setup that I use. As you can see in the image above, all I am using is a piece of black foam core, folded into a “v,” set inside a garage on a sunny day. While you can accomplish this setup on overcast days, having a sunny day helps to increase the brightness of everything outside the garage, thus increasing the catch light in the model’s eyes. The sunny daylight scene outside the...
This roundup contains the majority of current full-frame camera offerings available. Full-frame cameras have image sensors as large as a frame of 35mm film, and for good reason: larger sensors offer the potential for better image quality, low light performance, and dynamic range. If you want a drastic upgrade to the image quality of your phone, or portraits with superior subject to background separation, it’s hard to beat what full-frame offers. We’ve excluded the Nikon D4s and Canon EOS 1DX from this roundup because they’re aimed at a distinctly different...
In this article I’ll take you far away to a special place in Namibia, where I spent a month shooting and preparing for my upcoming ‘Desert Storm‘ photo workshop. I spent 3 days in the amazing ghost town of Kolmanskop (read more about my experience here), and I’d like to discuss my favorite image from my stay there, one that is also worth explaining due to several interesting characteristics. ‘Dalí’s Dream’, Kolmanskop, Namibia, March 2013 I really enjoyed shooting in Kolmanskop. There’s such an abundance of surreal...
Adventure photographer Andy Mann’s journey into the world of photography has been unconventional in almost every regard. Without any formal training or education in the field, it was a pure love for adventure and photographs that inspired him to pick up a camera. In the video above, a presentation he gave for B&H, Mann tells his coming of age story, evaluating what it is that has led him to this particular point in his career. Different in both format and tone to most of the B&H presentations we’ve shared, the 45-minute class is chock full of information and inspiration that...
The Canon 7D Mark II has kind of stolen many of the headlines away from a different camera that was released right around the same time: the Nikon D750. A full-frame shooter that boasts an impressive sensor, DPReview recently took the 750 out to Seattle’s Museum of Flight for a very informative, in-depth set of real-world tests that they’ve compiled into the 19-minute video review above. The video really is the most comprehensive real-world test of the Nikon D750’s capabilities we’ve seen, and offers more than enough information for anybody who is trying to decide between it, the...
From an adorable puppy into… well.. a much larger adorable puppy, this short time-lapse by Greg Coffin captures his dog Sophia’s growth from 2 months to 3 years old. The most challenging part of the whole production was, of course, getting Sophia to sit still, a task Coffin delegated to his Amanda. As you can see from the outtakes at the end of the video, it wasn’t always an easy task… Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Sophia’s tail between her legs in many of these photographs is NOT because she’s scared or hurt. As Greg explains in the comments of the video “This is a natural...
Recently, after a decade as a successful wedding photographer and another decade as a professional snowboarder, photographer Hillary Maybery decided to switch it up a bit and start shooting more commercial lifestyle and fashion work. But her favorite type of work is personal work. And it’s her personal desire for continued growth and variety that led her to challenge her own pre-conceptions and create an interesting photo series that follows a 15-year-old girl who loves to elk hunt. The idea came to Maybery while browsing Facebook for a teen model to shoot. She came across an image of...
A Post By: Simon Ringsmuth Recently there has been a great deal of buzz in the photographic community regarding a few terms that might sound a little odd or strange, like “mirrorless” or “micro four thirds.” These refer to different types of cameras that might not be as popular as standard DSLR models right now, but many think are the future of photography. However, just understanding what everything means can be an exercise in frustration, especially when all you likely want to do is buy a camera you can enjoy using. By Nadir Hashmi To that end, I’m going to try and dispel a bit of the...
A Post By: Nat Coalson Better images from capture to output A comprehensive look at the essential steps and principles in an effective photo editing workflow with highlights of key tools. Have you ever tried to find a digital photo you know you worked on, but couldn’t remember where you saved it, or even what it’s called? Do you find yourself re-editing photos you’re sure you finished before? Or are you stuck, staring at an image you know could be made better, but not sure which adjustments to make, or even where to start? We’ve all been there: hundreds of images to sort through. Files...
Ona Capri www.onabags.com $349 /£313 We’ve heard the refrain ‘the best camera is the one you have with you.’ It’s implied here that you don’t have a proper camera with you, and are using your smartphone to take pictures. Quality suffers, but hey, at least you got a picture rather than none at all. The underlying assumption is that you’re not carrying a proper camera because it’s a pain. And in lots of situations, it is. Cameras require care, and bags with nice little padded compartments, and if you want to bring an extra lens...
After three years of teasing and a handful of tentative release dates that have come and gone, the Polaroid Socialmatic instant printing digital camera officially has a release date. As in, an actual day… not just a month or quarter. Starting January 1st, 2015, the blown up Instagram logo will be ready for the world to hold, see, shoot and share. Similar in almost every regard to the concept first shown off years ago, the specs are slightly different, fortunately for the better. The final specs for the camera include a 14-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel user-facing camera, 4GB of...
Media storage has come a long way since the days of the room-sized 3.75MB hard disk drives (HDDs) you had to carry around with a fork lift. Most recently, solid state drives (SSDs) have taken over, providing a much more durable means of storing your media, since there are no moving parts inside. But just how durable are we talking here? It turns out, very. The Tech Report recently put six different drives through the wringer, and it’s been concluded that today’s SSDs will last a thousand years of use — long enough to last until we find the technology to start literally storing data in...
In honor of the holiday season, Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens decided it would be a wonderful idea to show the world how to photograph Christmas lights. Breaking down the task into an easy-to-follow process, this four-minute video will get you ready to go Christmas light hunting as December wears on. What stands out in the video is Morgan’s helpful graph that explains why time-of-day is more important than most every other factor when you’re trying to capture the perfect shot of a Christmas-light covered house. The lights will have the same exposure value as long as they’re on, he...
If you’re like us, seeing the Aurora Borealis in person is high on your bucket list… quite possibly right at the top. The idea of watching this spectacular natural light show in real-time is thrilling, and while you don’t get there sitting on your couch reading this, the video above by Ole C. Salomonsen of Arctic Light Photo is about as close as you’re likely to get without being there in person. Captured over the course of several months in Norway, Salomonsen has compiled the best of the best real-time footage he was able to capture with the Sony a7S into 5 minutes of northern lights...
Is it the best job ever? Well yeah, sometimes, most of the time really, but it also comes along with some bullsh** that not everybody realizes. I know that most people would imagine being a photographer is all glamour, all fun, all exciting… well here’s some things that really happen… 1. You end up spending a lot of time on your own Because if photography is your job, then editing can take up a ton of time, and that means being stuck inside for days sometimes staring at a screen… on your own. You stare outside at the beautiful sun waiting for your eyes to adjust because they’ve been...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Earlier I shared a set of frosty images to get you in the wintery mood. Now it’s the time for the weekly photography challenge, so it’s your turn to get out and shoot winter. Since winter means different things and looks different depending on where in the world you live – this challenge is about winter and what it means to you. If you’re in the northern hemisphere that might mean: Snow Ice Frost Fog Winter sports Frozen things Cold Here are some examples: By @Doug88888 By Sharon Mollerus By Mathias Erhart By Samuel John By Alexey Kljatov By dorena-wm By...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt If you’ve followed the news recently you may have heard about the crazy snow storm in New York state in the USA. Many feet of snow fell in 24 hours and whole cities were brought to a halt. But cold weather can make for some great photographic opportunities. Enjoy this series of frosty winter images, but stay warm! The Magic of Bled Island by Dan Briski on 500px Ice on Fire by Javier de la Torre on 500px Sugar house by Andrey Chabrov on 500px No End In Sight by Todd Shaffer on 500px In Hiding by Robert Beideman on 500px The Ice Mountain by Hougaard Malan on...
We have seen a number of smartphone-controlled camera trigger devices enter the market in the last three years or so and it seems we will soon have another, very feature-rich, option if the CamsFormer Kickstarter campaign is successful. Given it has already reached almost 75% of its $7000 funding goal at 57 days to go we can assume it will be. CamsFormer plugs into the USB and cable release port of your camera or flash and is controlled wirelessly from a smartphone and tablet. It can trigger up to two cameras and two flashes using built-in sensors and allows you to remotely view and...
Photo by Vincenzo Mazza, winner of the Luminous Landscape Grant. Pollino National Park, Italy. The Luminous Endowment, an charitable fund headed by Michael Reichmann, has announced its first round of grant recipients. Reichmann is the founder of Luminous Landscape, a website dedicated to fine art photography. His focus has shifted recently to the creation of the Endowment, which awards merit-based grants to photographers seeking to start or complete projects, books or exhibitions. The aim, according to Reichmann, is to create ‘a global community of those who can...
Phase One has announced a new photo contest today offering photographers a chance to win the use of a Phase One IQ250 medium format camera system for a month. The contest seeks submissions demonstrating the contest’s theme “What the world’s best __ is made of”, and will run through the rest of the month. Photographers may submit a single photograph illustrating their answer to the contest’s theme; there are no restrictions on subject matter or the gear used. Once the contest ends, Phase One will reveal ten finalists in January and showcase...
Rumors are swirling about a possible replacement to Olympus’ venerable OM-D E-M5 (pictured above). Rumors are circulating about a possible successor to the Olympus OM-D E-M5. According to rumor site 43rumors.com, the camera is likely to be called the Olympus E-M5II or the Olympus E-M5 Mark II and is said to feature a 16MP sensor but with a sensor shift function allowing users to boost resolution up to an equivalent 40MP. This follows a rumor from November that Olympus has stopped production of the E-M5 model. According to 4/3 Rumors, the information was provided by...
UK-based photographer Nicholas Buer wanted to see what the view over London would look like if the city skies were void of the light pollution that illuminates the streets long after the sun has set. Camera gear ready and with a plan of attack, he got to it, cleverly piecing together Blackout City, an awe-inspiring time-lapse that shows what the skyline of London would look like if there were ever a complete blackout and you could see the milky way. Buer started this project back in August of 2013. Since then, he’s been slowly gathering footage when the conditions were right....
Casio has officially unveiled its latest point-and-shoot camera. Its official name is the Exilim MR1, but to the general public, it’s more likely to go by its street name, the ‘Kawaii Selfie by Mirror Cam.’ As the name suggests, this camera is designed with one thing in mind: selfies. The 14-megapixel camera features a rather unusual form factor, as there is no visible lens element. Instead of being out there for the world to see, the unusually slow f/5 lens is hidden behind a two-way mirror of sorts that allows users to more perfectly frame the shot when they turn the camera on...
I was immune, I thought. Having been looking at Photoshop tutorials for over a year, I thought I knew all the tools needed to make a photo “pop”. I had also been reading up on a bunch of photography theory so I thought I knew the dangers of over-editing. Resolving myself to not boost contrast +100 or saturation +100 or tonemapping the sh** outta my pictures, I still managed to end up with this eye manure that I had decided to give a 4 star to in LR. I was the perfect example of all theory and no practice. Quick side note on my current star system: 0: The majority of pictures. Never...
Biomedical researchers at the University of Washington have created what they claim to be the world’s fastest 2D ‘receive-only’ camera. Just how fast exactly? Up to 100 billion frames per second with the help of a technological process called Compressed Ultrafast Photography. This allows the scientists to SEE laser light moving… actually watch it move… think about that for a second (or 100 billion frames). As they currently stand, receive-only cameras are capable of capturing roughly 10 million frames per second, limited due to on-chip storage and the bandwidth of readout speeds. This...
When you’re shooting on-location, you often want to pack as light as possible to minimize the physical effort needed to set things up. Just one problem: you’re probably going to need to carry around big, cumbersome sandbags in order to hold down all that ultra-light gear you packed. Here to change the game is WaterWeight, a creative reinvention of the sandbag by the folks at Inspired Photo Gear. Small, portable and versatile, these little beasts ensure that your lights will be staying right where you need them without weighing you down on the way to the shoot. As the name suggests,...
A Post By: Lynsey Mattingly Writing for dPS has afforded me several opportunities, the best one being getting to converse with photographers – hobbyists to professionals and everything in between – from all over the world. Each time an article I write is published, I get the loveliest emails and comments, and I do my very best to respond to each of them. The question I get most often is one I ask other photographers all the time: How do you make your pictures look like……..that? The question may be worded differently, but ultimately it is the same: How do you get your colors to pop? What lens...
A Post By: James Maher If you have seen the recent photos of the record snowfall in Buffalo, NY, you know that for much of the world winter is here and it’s coming fast, whether you like it or not. While your feet might be cold for the next four months, a reason to get excited is the photographic opportunities that will come from it. I am writing this to convince you to prepare now for photographing that next snowstorm because it will creep up on you, and you want to take full advantage of it. Tips for planning a winter photography excursion Poets’ Walk, Central Park, NYC. 1. Plan to go out...
Rumors are swirling about a possible replacement to Olympus’ venerable OM-D E-M5 (pictured above). Rumors are circulating about a possible successor to the Olympus OM-D E-M5. According to rumor site 43rumors.com, the camera is likely to be called the Olympus E-M5II or the Olympus E-M5 Mark II and is said to feature a 16MP sensor but with a sensor shift function allowing users to boost resolution up to an equivalent 40MP. This follows a rumor from November that Olympus has stopped production of the E-M5 model. According to 4/3 Rumors, the information was provided by...
DxO’s latest update to its Optics Pro software, version 10.1, brings compatibility with several new camera models including the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, PowerShot G7 X and GoPro Hero4. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are also included, and this update also makes OpticsPro 10 compatible with star rating systems used by Lightroom and other programs using XMP data. Other improvements include increased performance with Windows computers in rendering visual presets. See a full list of updates in OpticsPro 10.1 below. Press release: Faster than ever, DxO OpticsPro v10.1 improves...
Casio has taken the selfie camera a logical step forward with a new design. The Casio Exilim EX-MR1 uses a lens behind a large mirror so that shooters can check their appearance as they take a picture. The camera, which the company seems to be targeting at women, is a 14MP compact camera with an extra wide angle 4x zoom that starts at 21mm equivalent – a focal length Casio says is optimal for taking self-portraits. Not only can users check their lipstick in the camera’s mirror before the picture is taken, but those who have forgotten theirs can make the most...
Every year Instagram goes through their data and compiles a list of the ten most Instagrammed locations of the year. And while they haven’t published the list themselves yet, they were kind enough to send it over to us. So, without further ado, join us as we count down the top 10 geotagged locations of 2014 on Instagram. 10. The Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates #thedubaimall#dubai#dubaimallwaterfall#dubaifountain#дубай#дубаймолл#фонтан A photo posted by Елена Павлишина (@lemusik2013) on Nov 11, 2014 at 7:58am PST 9. Yankee Stadium, New York, New York I hope we don’t have...
The life of a taxi driver can be a strange one… to put it mildly. South Wales native Mike Harvey found this out first hand when he decided to take up the job to help fund his desire to travel the world. From drunk pregnant women running away without paying, to illicit drug offers instead of payment, Harvey has seen the full array of eclectic personalities South Wales has to offer. At some point, Harvey decided to pick up a DSLR and capture his short-term travel companions. And now that he’s since given up the life of a taxi driver, he’s decided to share a handful of the portraits he...
This year, the White House hosted its first ever Maker Faire, and amongst the barrage of incredible creations presented stood the elaborate camera/scanner/light setup responsible for capturing, rendering, and printing the world’s first 3D printed presidential portrait. Autodesk, 3D Systems, the Smithsonian, and the University of Southern California are the folks behind the project. Together, they created an impressive device that surrounded President Barrack Obama and captured every intricate detail of his head using 50 LED lights, and 14 cameras and hand-held 3D scanners. Once...
New York-based photographer Josh Owens spent over a month a few years back bringing New York City to life in the time-lapse above called Manhattan in Motion. Using three cameras, a motion dolly, a special intervalometer and a lot of planning, he was able to capture the always-changing cityscape in an engaging and fresh light that few time-lapses have been able to match, much less beat. By securing prime locations across the rooftops of twelve NYC hotels, Owens complied some of the most beautiful vantage points you’ll find in a NYC time-lapse. You might not feel quite this strongly,...
This September, Airbus took to the skies to capture photos of five of its massive test and development A350–900s. The photo shoot was meant to celebrate the certification of the company’s latest twin-engine, wide-body jetliner. It was also probably one of the most expensive photo shoots we’ve ever come across. At a cool $300 million for each of the five A350–900s, the cost of the subjects alone totals $1.5 billion dollars. Initial capital aside though, the cost to actually perform the shoot is equally nauseating for us plebs. According to information we dug up in the A350–900...
A Post By: Tim Gilbreath Your First DSLR For whatever the reason, you’re ready to buy your first DSLR. It could be that your point-and-shoot isn’t cutting it anymore in regards to features, speed, or image quality, or it could be that you’d like to turn photography into more than a rarely-touched hobby. By Romain Ballez DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras are what the vast majority of professional photographers use to get the job done. Unlike point-and-shoot camera models, which record light (and therefore an image) onto an electronic sensor directly, a DSLR uses a mirror to bounce the...
A Post By: Jim Hamel There is perhaps no more important tool in composition than lines. The eye will virtually always follow an actual or implied line across the picture. Because of this tendency, many lines are referred to as leading lines They are actual, or implied lines that control the eye of the viewer through the frame. Some leading lines guide the viewer entirely through the frame. Some lines are the subject of the photo themselves. But others, and my favorite sort of leading lines, are the ones that draw the viewer into the picture. They add depth to your image. So today I want to...
A Post By: Barry J Brady Notice the difference some quick adjustments using the Levels tool can make Image editing is an important part of making your good images look spectacular. Photoshop and Lightroom are packed with tools to help you get your images to look great after you have downloaded them on to your computer. While there are many different tools in Photoshop to enhance your image, there are really only a handful of tools that you will use on just about every image; one of those is the levels tool. Photoshop has a levels tool, Lightroom doesn’t unfortunately. Each photographer has a...
Twitter has launched an update to its mobile apps for iOS and Android bringing a range of new photo filters. In addition to the added filter options, filter strength can now be adjusted via a slider, providing more control over the final result. We’ve installed the updated version on a Sony Xperia Z3 and found using the new functions to be very straightforward. After attaching an image to your tweet, you tap on the thumbnail to open up the filter dialogue. You can then scroll through the filter options and get a real-time preview. After a filter has been selected tapping on the...
F-Stop Gear has introduced Kashmir, a camera backpack designed specifically for women. Kashmir is billed as an ultra-light camera pack with a harness system and torso height adjusted to complement a woman’s body, something accomplished through the use of an Ultra Lite EVA-padded hip belt and what the maker says are ‘female specific S-shoulder straps’. The bag is being funded through Kickstarter. Kashmir weighs a bit over 1kg and is compatible with F-Stop’s Internal Camera Unit system. In addition to the tailored design, the backpack features...
…And we’re back! After a much-needed summer hiatus, it’s that time of the year again when my comrades in the SNL Film Unit all reconvene on the 17th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza for another season of filmmaking speed-drills. While the usual shoot is a dead sprint from Thursday thru Saturday night, every few years we produce a new Title Sequence and that sprint becomes a 3-week non-stop marathon. Especially when it’s the 40th Anniversary season. The passing of Don Pardo — the legendary voice of SNL since 1975 — only amplified the feeling that this new sequence needed to be something...
In response to the controversy surrounding the shooting death of Michael Brown — and especially the differing versions of events from officer Darren Wilson and others who were at the scene — there has been a massive call to equip police officers nationwide with body cameras. The Brown family themselves have been outspoken on the matter, and it seems the White House was listening. In a report released yesterday, the Obama administration laid out a proposal to spend $263 million on improving law enforcement, $75 million of which will be used to equip cops with body cams. According to...
We’re not sure whether this is funny, tragic, or some combination of both. In this viral Vine from over the holiday weekend, you get to see the effect that takings selfie-after-selfie with adoring fans can have on a man’s psyche. The six-second video was uploaded by user yeahstyles, and shows a clip of Liam Payne of British pop boy band One Direction taking selfies with fans. If you saw the final shots, you’d think he was really enjoying his time, but the video reveals a very different reality: Gotta give him credit, not a lot of people can switch a genuine looking smile on and off on...
With the exception of color choices, more often than not, photography gear is designed to be unisex. This isn’t inherently an issue, but when it comes down to it, there’s no denying that male and female bodies differ from one another in certain respects. It would make sense, then, that wearable gear be designed to reflect these differences, right? F-Stop Gear thinks so, which is why they’ve decided to design a camera bag built specifically for women. It’s called the Kashmir UL pack and it’s essentially an altered version of the F-Stop Gear Loka UL we reviewed earlier this year....
While usually reserved creatures, there is no more spectacular sight in the natural world than a British person flying through the air in a defensive body position. There’s something almost intimate about the comedian portraits in Seth Olenick‘s new photo book Funny Business. Not intimate in a candid moment sort of way — that sort of candid is difficult to capture when your subjects have dedicated their lives making other people laugh. Seth’s portraits seem to capture unguarded moments of humor, the kind you might imagine you would see daily if you were friends with these celebrities....
A Post By: Barry J Brady Notice the difference some quick adjustments using the Levels tool can make Image editing is an important part of making your good images look spectacular. Photoshop and Lightroom are packed with tools to help you get your images to look great after you have downloaded them on to your computer. While there are many different tools in Photoshop to enhance your image, there are really only a handful of tools that you will use on just about every image; one of those is the levels tool. Photoshop has a levels tool, Lightroom doesn’t unfortunately. Each photographer has a...
A Post By: Jim Hamel Perhaps the greatest challenge you will face in outdoor photography is the high contrast created by the sun and the bright sky versus a darker foreground. That is one of the reason photographers try very hard to shoot at dawn or sunset. Otherwise, the sky is virtually always so much brighter than anything on the ground that it is hard for your camera to deal with the contrast. Either your camera exposes the sky correctly, which makes everything on the ground look black, or the camera exposes the foreground correctly resulting in a blown out (or pure white) sky. If you...
Tim Matsui tells stories. A multimedia journalist by trade, his still photography projects have taken him from native Alaskan villages to Brazilian Air Force training facilities. His latest project documenting the lives of those impacted by sex trafficking in Seattle started life in still photography but when his access grew deeper, turned to video. The final product, called ‘The Long Night,’ debuts this week online. Matsui shares with us his journey in creating the film, from its beginnings in stills to the adaptations he made to turn it into a video...
It might surprise you to find out that you can detect exoplanets — planets that don’t orbit our Sun — from your own back yard. While more expensive and elaborate optics certainly yield better results, the video above shows you how you can detect an exoplanet using gear you probably have in your camera bag right now. It’s worth noting from the get-go that this project requires a fair bit of experience with electronics and some basic science knowledge, but if you have the required equipment and enough determination, you’ll soon be able to detect exoplanets for yourself. The first step...
If you thought that 41-megapixel camera in the Lumia 1020 was a bit… excessive… then you’re probably going to find the newest rumors about the 1020 followup a bit crazy. Apparently Microsoft intends to pack even more megapixels onto the next camera’s sensor, making it far and away the highest resolution camera phone in the world. The rumors began swirling this weekend when images of a supposed Lumia prototype appeared on the Chinese auction site Taobao (link has since been taken down). The photos show a phone similar to the 1020, with the same massive camera hump on the back. At the...
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who knows as much about ZEISS as Bernd K. Otto. From the company’s entry into the photography world in 1890, to its long-lived history and reputation throughout the 20th century, Otto’s knowledge and passion for the company led him to create Carl Zeiss Kamera-Register 1902–2012, the most comprehensive anthology of ZEISS cameras in existence. The massive book has 1,300 pages to its name, weighs 7.7lbs and includes structured and organized information on over 220 cameras and 4,600 model variations. It’s taken decades of work to bring together...
While hiking in the Beskydy Mountains on the border of Slovakia and the Czech Republic last week, photographer Jan Bainar captured this stunning image of frost-covered tree trunks. The weather conditions lined up just right to create these wind-blown frost patterns on just one side of the tree trunks across the entire forest Bainar was hiking through. It looks a bit as though frost is exploding out of the center of each trunk. To see more from Bainar, be sure to give his profile a follow on 500px where he uploads more beautiful landscape photographs from this mountainous region: (via...
I recently captured this picture of Jupiter, the 5th planet from the Sun. It was well received and many liked it. Lots of people wanted to know how to take a picture like this and what it would cost, and surprisingly I did this on a relatively low budget for astrophotography. Here’s a rundown of how it was done, including a list of all the gear I used. Equipment List The setup itself is around $400. That is including a T-adapter, camera, and telescope. The actual products I used are: Telescope: Orion XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope ($300) Camera: Modified Microsoft Lifecam Cinema HD...
Sound Mixer for Short Film Required
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One DOP to Help with Short Film
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Looking for Photographer for Portfolio Update
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Second Photographer in Hawaii
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My Biggest Photography Failures and What I Learned
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A Post By: Gina Milicia “Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don’t be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.” – Rich Dad, Robert Kiyosaki I was at a high-pressure shoot recently, and one of my clients was watching me make adjustments to my camera and lighting. They commented, “How do you remember all that stuff? You make it all look so effortless.”. The truth is that after thousands of photo shoots it has become second nature, but this wasn’t always the case. I broke a wedding. Why am I...
7 Tips and Etiquette for Taking Portraits in Public
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A Post By: Mujahid Urrehman Facial expressions, skin and hair, and sad or sparkly faces have attracted the artist’s eye since the first caveman recorded his first story on rock. Facial features have the power to convey stories. A single image says more than a thousand words. If you are a photographer who shares this joy in the human form, you would recognize that each person is unique and beautiful in his or her own way. If you are a portrait photographer, you know how humbling it is when you are given the privilege of taking a photo. Storytelling through portraits requires a code of conduct...
Adobe releases Camera Raw 8.7.1 with Sony a7 II support
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Adobe Camera Raw 8.7.1 final release is now available, adding support for the Sony Alpha 7 II and a handful of lens profiles including the EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM and EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM from Canon. A bug related to chromatic aberration with the Samsung NX1 has also been addressed in this update. See the full details from Adobe below. Download Adobe DNG Converter 8.7.1 Camera Raw 8.7.1 is now available as a final release for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. This release includes support for the Sony ILCE-A7M2 and also includes a bug fix related to support for the...
Take two: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Review
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Ok, I get that this thing is weather proofed, has modern high ISO performance, as good a shutter as you’re going to get, and an AF system that’s best in class for tracking motion. All that said, it’s an $1,800 APS-C camera! Who has that kind of budget and can’t afford a FF camera that for not much more money can match most of the 7Dm2’s features with about double the sensor area? The Sony A99 is only 10% more money. I get the “It’s pro” stuff, I just don’t get who is pro AND APS-C. If you’re pro, don’t you have enough glass...
ShareGrid offers peer-to-peer gear rental
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Renting gear from professional camera rental services has served as a vital resource for many photographers borrowing expensive or niche equipment for a shoot. Now, a new challenger has arrived, and the Los Angeles startup aims to create a peer-to-peer alternative to online rental services – enter, ShareGrid. ShareGrid is a service that allows local photographers and filmmakers to rent to and from each other. It provides a ‘fully verified and always secure’ platform backed by Athos Insurance Services, so both buyers and renters can feel safe. In addition, all...
ACDSee Ultimate 8 introduces layer-based editing
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ACDSee Ultimate 8 adds layer creation and manipulation to the existing features of ACDSee Pro 8 and ACDSee 18. ACD Systems has announced ACDSee Ultimate 8, bringing for the first time layer-based editing to its Digital Asset Management and image manipulation software. It offers the same image adjustment capabilities provided by ACDSee Pro 8 with the added ability to create and manipulate layers, as well as support for 32-bit and 64-bit transparency. It’s available now to PC users only for $149.99. Press release: ACD Systems Announces First All-in-One Digital Asset...
Peter Lik’s most expensive $6.5m photograph – best marketing stunt.
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The Most Expensive Photo in the World, or the Best Marketing Stunt? Published on December 10, 2014 by Allen Murabayashi The airways and Internet tubes have been filled with news that Peter Lik has sold a black and white photo of Antelope Canyon for a record setting $6.5 million, raising eyebrows amongst many photographers. This tops the previous record holder, Andreas Gursky, by nearly $2.2m. As with his 2010 piece, One, the purported sale was to a private collector, and therefore there was no way to verify the claim. Rumors have swirled for years that Lik’s investors “buy” his works at...
I Discovered a Treasure Trove of Unpublished Rock and Roll Photographs
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About 6 months ago, I put an ad on Craigslist trying to sell a 2×12 guitar cabinet. The next day I got a response from a nice guy named PJ who was interested and the transaction was soon under way. While at my house to pick up the equipment, PJ noticed my Canon 7D and various other camera gear sitting on my desk. He then proceeded to tell me that he too was a photographer and that he used to take a lot of photos of bands on the East Coast in the mid 70s early 80s. Being a musician myself and a big fan of rock and roll photography, I inquired as to what kind of bands he shot. For the...
How I Shot a Time-Lapse of a Large Thunderstorm Rolling Through Sydney
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Shooting time-lapse is fun. Watching a big storm devour a city is fun. Doing both at the same time is ‘super’ fun. Sydney has been getting hit with unusually big storms for this time of year over the past week. This past Sunday my girlfriend and I went out to shoot one of them. As it happened it was one of the bigger ones! In this post I will explain a few things about the capturing and editing, as well as thought processes behind certain editing decisions. Time-lapsing a Big Storm Camera? I used a Canon 5D MkIII with external battery grip and two fully charged batteries because I...
The Most Expensive Photo in the World, or the Best Marketing Stunt?
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The airways and Internet tubes have been filled with news that Peter Lik has sold a black and white photo of Antelope Canyon for a record setting $6.5 million, raising eyebrows amongst many photographers. This tops the previous record holder, Andreas Gursky, by nearly $2.2m. Andreas Gursky’s Rhine II sold for $4.2m – the most expensive (verified) photo ever. As with his 2010 piece, One, the purported sale was to a private collector, and therefore there was no way to verify the claim. Rumors have swirled for years that Lik’s investors “buy” his works at absurd prices as a marketing...
The Polluted Waters of NYC’s Gowanus Canal Turned into Colorful and Abstract Art
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Peer into the Gowanus Canal in New York City, and you’ll see what is widely recognized as one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States. The contamination is so bad that the canal has been designated a Superfund site. When photographer Steven Hirsch looks, he sees something more: fine art. His project “Gowanus: Off The Water’s Surface” is a series of photographs that explore the abstract explosions of patterns and colors seen on the surface of the water — sights reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock painting. Here’s what New York’s Lilac Gallery — Hirsch has a solo...
CollageMo Helps You Turn Your Photos Into Beautiful Collages for Your Wall
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Want to decorate your wall with a collage of your photos, but don’t want to spend the time, energy, and money required to make it happen? CollageMo can help. It’s an app that does for photo collages what Mosaic does for photo books. The app is designed to be simple and efficient. Select a collage design (there are many premade templates that range from 4 panels to 15 panels), import photos (from your phone, Facebook, or Instagram), and check out. A complete collage kit with your photos will arrive at your doorstep ready for hanging. Each of the photos is printed in high definition on...
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URGENT – BLOKEY COUNTRY MEN for TV Commercial
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Cameraman Wanted for YouTube Channel
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Film Editor Wanted for Exciting Projects
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Still Photographer Needed for Corporate Training Shoot
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How Long Do You Take To Deliver Real Estate Photos?
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The 30 Most Popular DSLR Lenses with our Readers
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A Post By: Darren Rowse Over the last week we’ve published posts revealing the most popular DSLRs and Compact System cameras among our readers (based upon what they’ve been buying in the last 3 months). Today we’re looking at the best selling and most popular DSLR Lenses*. This list is completely dominated by Canon and Nikon lenses so we’ve decided to break them out separately into two lists and then have put the 6 other lenses (from a variety of manufacturers) into a third list. Note: at this stage we didn’t see any major trends in lenses for compact camera systems which is why we’ve not...
When NOT to use a Polarizing Filter
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A Post By: Gavin Hardcastle Yes I just blasphemed against the gods of landscape photography. Not using a polarizing filter for landscape photography could be considered sacrilegious among some circles and indeed, I myself have written ad nauseam of the importance of this simple yet powerful photographer’s tool. Now I’m going to selectively contradict myself. The fact is that in most outdoor photography situations a circular polarizing filter can hugely improve your photographs, but there are times when leaving that shady piece of glass off the lens can actually gives better results. What...
6 Tips for Photographing Dogs in Action
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A Post By: Kelly Wolfe Canine action images are my absolute favourite thing to photograph. The freedom you can see in their expressions that split second as they leap into the air in excitement, and being able to freeze that moment into a single photograph is amazing. It’s a lot of fun for the photographer, dog, owners and is a good challenge too! Safety first Before you attempt any of the tips in this guide, please remember that no image is worth risking the safety of you or the animal. With dogs it is important that you only choose locations where dogs are permitted, that are secure and...
The 19 Most Popular Compact System and Mirrorless Cameras with Our Readers
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A Post By: Darren Rowse Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system cameras. In fact if we combined the two lists we’d now see compact system cameras in the top 20 cameras bought by our readers with the Sony Alpha a6000 and the Sony Alpha a7II both making that list. What is remarkable about this is that the newly announced Sony Alpha a7II is not even released yet and it makes...
Lytro software update introduces Focus Spread feature
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Lytro’s processing software just received a significant update. Lytro Desktop 4.1 provides some new and very useful features for users of the Illum light field camera, including Focus Spread, which allows photographers to pick beginning and ending points for depth of focus. The video above demonstrates the capabilities of Focus Spread. Using a single exposure, the effect is similar to focus stacking with multiple exposures using a traditional camera – subjects at different depths in a photograph can be kept in focus while the background is blurred. We have a...
Alien Skin offers Exposure 7 with Raw support
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Alien Skin software has announced Exposure 7, a new version of its flagship film emulation software. This iteration introduces non-destructive Raw editing, supporting files from a number of Canon and Nikon cameras as well as a handful of mirrorless models from Fujifilm, Olympus and Sony. Using Exposure 7 in standalone mode now offers crop and rotate tools and file browsing. New textures and film presets are also introduced. Exposure 7 is available for download now. Anyone who bought Exposure 6 since its launch in June this year can upgrade to version 7 for free. Those...
Relio is a powerful LED light in your pocket
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Dec, 2014 |
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It seems ultra-portable LED-based external light sources are the flavor of the season. Last month we wrote about the Lume Cube, and today there is Relio. Relio is a 35mm small aluminum cube that uses a USB connection as power source for its LED light. It can be mounted on tripods and other camera supports using a 1/4-inch standard thread. Relio says its light offers the highest color accuracy of comparable products and at approximately 200 lumens is the most powerful USB-light currently available. Depending on your intended use, you can choose from versions with a color temperature...
Sony World Photography Awards judges revealed as deadline for entries nears
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Photo copyright Cor Boers courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2015. Netherlands, Entry, Architecture Category, Open Competition The World Photography Organization has announced its judges for the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards. Photo editors from major publications around the world make up the judging committee. The competition is open to youth, amateurs and pros alike and is accepting entries until early January – the Open and Youth competitions close January 5th 2015, and the Professional competition will close January 8th. See the full list of judges...
Bound by Law: A Comic Book That Will Teach You the Basics of US Copyright Law
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Dec, 2014 |
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Want to learn the basics of US copyright law without having to spend eons going through imageless websites and backbreaking textbooks? Check out Bound by Law. It’s a comic book that translates abstract and confusing copyright laws into easy to understand “visual metaphors.” By the time you’re through with the 72-page comic, you’ll know quite a bit about the basics of copyright law, including fair use, infringement, and public domain. The comic is the creation of James Boyle, a Professor of Law at Duke, a co-founder of the school’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and one of...
Steve McCurry: Don’t Focus On Your Destination So Much That You Miss the Journey
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Here’s a short and inspiring video in which renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry talks about one of the big lessons he has learned over the course of his career: that photography is more about the journey than the destination. “Some of my best pictures have happened as I was traveling to a particular place,” McCurry says. “The destination has long since been forgotten, but those pictures along the way end up being memorable.” (via ISO 1200 ) Source Article from...
Fujifilm Will Reportedly Launch Professional Services in the US Next Year
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If you’re a professional photographer using Fujifilm camera equipment and have been envious of Canon and Nikon’s professional service departments, take heart: you may soon have top tier support and services starting next year. The news comes courtesy of FujiRumors, who heard from an anonymous source that the new “pro photographer service” will be in the same vein as Canon Professional Services (CPS) and Nikon Professional Services (NPS). Photographer Rick Lewis left a comment saying he heard the same thing from a service technician: I think I can confirm this (100%). I spoke with a...
Kenji Yamaguchi: The Tinkerer Who Builds Custom Gear for National Geographic Photographers
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Here’s a fascinating short video that offers a look into the workshop of Kenji Yamaguchi in the basement of National Geographic. He has worked there for 32 years after being sent by Nikon to train the original technician over 3 decades ago. Anytime a National Geographic photographer needs some kind of custom gear, Yamaguchi sets to work and builds it on his camera part-laden workbench. His mission is simple: help the photographers accomplish their goals.The Magic Starts Here: Kenji’s Workshop of Camera Wizardry [PROOF] P.S. For an example of the fruits of Yamaguchi’s work, check out...
RoboStage: Do Remote Photo Shoots in Your Browser with Real Models, Gear and Studios
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Here’s a new idea that’s quite a bit off the beaten path: RoboStage is a new online studio that lets photographers conduct a photo shoot through their browser. We’re not talking about some kind of faked virtual environment, but an actual photo shoot done in an actual location, controlled through your browser. The site is a project of TopModelGroup, a large model management company over in Europe. Founder Eugene Svirepov wants to make the company’s wide portfolio of international models available to photographers around the world, and RoboStage is how he’s trying to do it. Users will...
LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! Top Model Worldwide 2015
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Miss Pageants UK 2015 – Apply Now
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1 gold oscar male model required
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One Hostess Required the Friday in Sydney CBD
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Hair Model casting
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Paradise Through Your Lens
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Tech Crew, Backstage Help, Sewers, Set Builders/Painters, Hair and Makeup
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Editor(s) & Camera Ops People for 5 Month Short Films Project
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Film Editor Required For Short Film’s For Film Festivals
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Photographer Required for New Natural/Organic Clothing Maternity Shoot
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Looking for Photographer to Edit Pro Photos
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Christmas/Photography Staff Required in Moonee Ponds
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What’s Happened To Real Estate Photography Income Between 2007 and 2014
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Most Popular Compact System and Mirrorless Cameras with Our Readers
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Darren Rowse Earlier in the week we revealed the DSLRs that were best selling among our readers over the last few months. While DSLRs are still the most popular type of readers among our readers this last quarter has seen a big rise in the number of you using compact system cameras. In fact if we combined the two lists we’d now see compact system cameras in the top 20 cameras bought by our readers with the Sony Alpha a6000 and the Sony Alpha a7II both making that list. What is remarkable about this is that the newly announced Sony Alpha a7II is not even released yet and it makes...
5 Ninja Tips to Speed Up Your Lightroom Workflow
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Johny Spencer Currently on for 33% OFF is Johny’s Lightroom Essentials for Landscape Photographers Course. Grab it now, only until December 23rd, 2014. Here are five things that will make a huge difference to your Lightroom workflow by making you more efficient and saving you time. 1. Solo Mode Do you get frustrated scrolling up and down the panels looking for the right adjustment or setting? If so, then your frustration is over. Right click on one of the panels and in the drop down menu, select Solo Mode. Solo Mode only allows you to have one panel open at a time, so every time...
Adorama launches exclusive Aries Blackbird X10 quadcopter
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Adorama has announced the Aries Blackbird X10 quadcopter, sold exclusively by the retailer. Unlike drones with mounts for operators to attach their own cameras, the Blackbird X10 features an integrated 16MP camera with 1/2.3-inch type sensor able to record up to 1080p video at 30fps. Feature-wise the drone is decidedly mid-tier, falling between the lower-end Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 and the higher-end DJI Inspire 1 drones, for example, while retaining a moderate price tag at $799 USD. The Aries Blackbird X10’s camera features a 120° FOV f/2.8 wide angle lens. Operators...
Leica M9 users report sensor corrosion issue
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A growing number of Leica users are reporting white spots appearing on images taken with M9, M9-P, M Monochrom and M-E cameras. The common element in all of these models is their 18MP full frame Kodak CCD sensor which is protected by a piece of Schott S8612 glass. As well as the regular models, this issue also has the potential to affect any of Leica’s many special editions that were based on the M9, including the $29,000 M9 Titanium. In comments on Leica forum La Vida Leica, a company representative confirms that that the issue is a result of ‘corrosion...
Medium well done: Two takes on the Pentax 645Z
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Dec, 2014 |
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The professional’s perspective: By David Wentworth David Wentworth is a commercial and editorial photographer, and owner of FLUTTER Studios in Seattle Goodbye, Nikon? So long, Canon? Perhaps.. Just so you know, I am not one to jump on every tech bandwagon that comes rolling along. I work regularly with an almost 3-year old Nikon D800, occasionally a Canon EOS 5D, and when needed, I’ll make a trip to the rental house for a Hasselblad H5D medium-format. This system (or rather ‘systems’) has suited me well, however, the tradeoff between having at hand...
National Geographic Photographer Cory Richards on Pushing the Boundaries of Adventure
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Dec, 2014 |
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Adventure photographer Cory Richards gave this inspiring talk earlier this year at National Geographic Live! He tells the story of his “lifelong quest to push the limits of adventure and storytelling.” After becoming the first American to summit any 8,000-meter peak during winter at age 29, Richards was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Award 2012. If you enjoyed this talk, be sure to check out the two other videos about Richards’ life and work here and here. Source Article from...
Fear and Loathing in Bushnell, Nebraska
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Dec, 2014 |
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Pine (Bluffs), Wyoming lay at the extreme south-eastern corner of the state, a stone’s throw from Nebraska along the Old Lincoln Highway and I-80. My visit to Pine was late in the year with my dog Henry. Over the course of several months we’d seen Henry begin to slow and knew he’d begun his journey home. Not wanting to miss any opportunities with him I took the Jeep this trip, knowing he’s more comfortable than in the front seat of the Subaru. Though it may appear largely devoid of life at first glance – the sleepy town of Bushnell, on the western edge of Nebraska’s panhandle – is not. We...
An Interactive 3D Viewer for Earth Pictures Captured From the International Space Station
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More than 1.4 million photos of Earth have been captured from the International Space Station over the course of 41 expeditions. San Francisco-based developer Callum Prentice wanted a better way to browse the images and the locations they were captured over, so he created a nifty 3D web app called the ISS Photo Viewer. Here’s what the main screen of the app looks like: There’s a 3D earth in the top frame of the viewer. In the bottom right is the currently displayed photo, and in the bottom left is an expedition selector containing 41 patches: Select one or more of the patches, and...
Human Rig Shot: Photographer Shoots a Motorcycle While on Rollerblades
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Dec, 2014 |
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Here’s a stunt you probably shouldn’t try at home — unless you’ve been featured in a GoPro commercial or something. Photographer Matthew Jones recently attempted what he calls a “Human Rig shot.” The goal was to shoot a motorcycle zipping down a road, but instead of using a fancy rig or a car, Jones decided to step into a pair of rollerblades. The camera of choice for the project was a Canon 5D Mark II. It’s “so we don’t have to worry about any fancy gear getting broken,” Jones says. Donning a pair of lubed-up rollerblades, the photographer followed the Triumph Scrambler 900 using...
Man Photographs All of His Amazon Prime Purchases, Turns Project into a Photo Book Sold on Prime
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Photographer Noah Kalina is best known online for his everyday project, in which he took a selfie every day for over a decade. He’s also an avid shopper with his Amazon Prime account. Since February 2014, Kalina has been photographing all of his Prime purchases and documenting them through a Tumblr blog titled Primed. Now, tens of entries in, Kalina is turning the project into a photo book — one that’s available through Amazon Prime. The book is also titled Primed, features 78 pages of Kalina’s purchases, and is priced at $15 with free shipping. Primed [Amazon Prime via Primed via...
2 models required
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TFP Bridal Editorial in the Southern Highlands
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International Client’s Shoot – PAID
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Film Camera Operators Required
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3d Artist/ Cartoonist Needed (Paid)
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Film Crew Needed for Music Video Production
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Looking for a Great Video/Film Editor
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Camera Crew Needed – Various Roles
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Can You Prevent Someone From Linking To Your Real Estate Photos?
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The Q Button – What Every Canon DSLR Photographer Needs to Know
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Jack Thatcher Cameras can be super complex these days. Buttons, knobs and switches are everywhere. How can you remember what all of them do and where to begin? Well, Canon has given you a secret button to use that allows you to access all of those most important functions within your complex machine. Perfect, where is this secret button you ask? It’s right on the back of your camera marked with the letter Q. It’s not really a secret, it’s just under utilized. The Q Button What does Q stand for? Quick. The button makes navigating just that. Using the button gives you quick access...
Tips to Help You Prepare for a Successful Portrait Session
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A Post By: Simon Ringsmuth One of my favorite types of photo shoots is families with kids. It’s fun to spend an hour talking and laughing with people while taking photos. I enjoy being a small part of creating images that will preserve their precious memories for the rest of their lives. But these types of sessions don’t always work out as you might like, and even when you think you have all your ducks in a row something might pop up at the last minute that sends everything into a tail spin. Fortunately, with a bit of planning and preparation you can put a few things in place that will help...
The 19 Most Popular DSLRs Among our Readers
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A Post By: Darren Rowse Every few months we like to report back to the dPS community which cameras (and other gear) are most popular with our readers. Today we’re going to take a look at the highest selling DSLRs among our readers over the last 4 months (as ranked by the reports that Amazon gives us*). As usual you’ll see it is largely a battle between Canon and Nikon (who dominate this class of camera) and that at the top of the list we see entry level DSLRS most popular (mainly due to their price). Further down the list we see more serious (and expensive) contenders. Note: Amazon currently...
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD real-world samples
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Got this lens 5 months ago. Since then, didn’t take it off my Canon 100D and didn’t use any other lens as my all around gear. Sure, IQ is not near premium lenses, but it’s Ok for me. I try to remember that photography is about moment, composition, feelings, Light, etc. ant not about sharpness on the upper right edge in a print sizing as large as a football arena, and even not about sensor size/latest camera model.If you can enjoy A3 size prints – this lens will be great for you and more than that.Yet, I speak as an amateur and not as a pro. Source Article from...
WaterWeight rethinks the sandbag approach to stability
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Photographers in need of portable tripod stabilization have a new option called WaterWeights. These balloon-like devices are made from PVC and weigh 139g / 0.3lb when in storage, expanding to a weight of up to 1.3kg / 2.9 lb when filled with water. A WaterWeight can slide down the length of a tripod to rest over its feet or can hang from its handle to keep gear stable. Photographers (justifiably) concerned about having water near their equipment can instead fill the WaterWeights with sand (which will result in a heavier weight than water). They can also take comfort that...
Masai Warriors, Elephants and Giraffes All Made an Appearance at This Stunning Wedding in Kenya
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Dec, 2014 |
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Wedding photographer Jonas Peterson has captured dozens of beautiful weddings all over the world. But even with his impressive resume and archive of incredible images, he says a wedding he recently shot in Masai Mara, Kenya might just top them all. “I’ve traveled the world and shot weddings pretty much everywhere, but no place blew my mind in the same way Masai Mara did,” Peterson tells us in an email. “I secretly almost dreaded shooting the wedding there, knowing how difficult it is to shoot images that represent a place, especially during the constraints of a wedding day.” Represent...
How to Shoot 8×10 Large Format Film: A Detailed Step-by-Step Walkthrough
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Using an 8×10 camera requires patience, attention to detail and a whole lot of steps in between. But don’t worry if you’ve never done it before: here to walk you, step-by-step, through the entire rewarding workflow is Tim Layton of Black and White Fine Art. Coming in at fifteen minutes, the video above breaks down the process of shooting large format film one step at a time. From how to best mount your camera to a sturdy tripod, to proper exposure methods, there’s not much about the process you’ll find is missing from the video. That being said, we will apologize in advance on behalf...
A Clean Slate: Why One of Instagram’s Most Followed Photographers is Deleting All 1K of His Posts
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Well known Instagram user, street photographer, and Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley Richard Koci Hernandez has announced he will be deleting all of his photographs from the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service. With almost a quarter of a million avid followers and over 1,100 posts, this announcement has come as quite a surprise to everyone. However, according to Hernandez, it’s been in the making for quite some time. As he explains on his website: I’m hoping this will give me new motivation to make new images. Basically, I’d like to “clear-out the attic” and start with a clean...
Hasselblad Offers Massive Price Cuts on H5D Cameras; Get the H5D-40 Almost Half Off
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There may never be a better time to jump into Hasselblad digital medium format than between now and Christmas Eve. All of December, the storied brand is offering steep, thousands-of-dollars-off discounts on its H5D cameras and lenses — you can even get one for under $10,000! Launched this last week, by far the most eye-widening deal of the bunch is being offered on the H5D-40. The 40MP medium format camera body, retail price $18,500, is currently available for $9,995. Of course, because this discount is so large, the 40 is also back-ordered through B&H right now, but you can still...
Seriously Epic Drone Footage from Iceland to Get Your Heart and Wanderlust Racing
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If Patrick and Lee from Fstoppers and landscape/travel photographer Elia Locardi‘s goal was to get our hearts racing, they’ve succeeded in spades with the drone footage they just released from their time in Iceland. A “quick cut” of the best drone footage they’ve captured while in Iceland filming one portion of a much larger project, all of the video you see was filmed with a DJI Phantom 2, GoPro Hero 4 Silver and Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal. Here are just a few of our favorite screenshots: As they detail in the post on Fstoppers, all the footage was captured at 2.7K and 30fps, then slowed...
Models Needed to Feature in YouTube Channel
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Samsung Commercial Casting Extras
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Catwalk Models Needed for Asian Bridal Show in March 2015
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Beach Photoshoot
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Mobile App Display Model
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Extra help appreciated for Christian feature film…
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Colourist Required for a Short Film – Paid Job
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Full Documentary Team required for interesting project
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Seeking Production Runner in Swindon
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Photographer For Children’s Parties
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StarNow Christmas giveaway: Memberships and credits!
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Wedding Photographer Wanted in Brisbane
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Questions About Virtual Staging
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House To Hold Drone Hearing
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Who Should Be The PFRE Photographer and Videographer For 2014
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How to Create Dramatic Portraits in Your Garage
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A Post By: Nick Fancher The setup If I want to take dramatic portraits on a black backdrop (without even needing a single light), a garage is your new go to spot. This is the simplest (and most makeshift looking) setup that I use. As you can see in the image above, all I am using is a piece of black foam core, folded into a “v,” set inside a garage on a sunny day. While you can accomplish this setup on overcast days, having a sunny day helps to increase the brightness of everything outside the garage, thus increasing the catch light in the model’s eyes. The sunny daylight scene outside the...
Tips for Posing Men
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt In this video clip from a full course, Lynda.com instructor Natalie Fobes talks about, and demonstrates flattering poses for men. Her subject has concerns about his weight and skin, both of which she handles. Watch and find out how! She does a lot of things I do and recommend to my students as well, such as: Gets permission before adjusting his clothes Gets permission before touching him in any way Explains why she is asking him to do things that might feel odd Tells him that it looks good, he looks good Helps him relax his hand by lightly shaking it In this...
Heavy Hitters: 2014 High-end Full-Frame Camera Roundup
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pew: The A7S isn’t the king of lowlight cameras; it’s about at the level of the Canon 6D, which is behind the Nikon D750, then come the serious high ISO bodies–the 1DX, Df and D4S. The A7S shows significant magenta and cyan blotches in shadows at ISO 25,600 and there are other noise problems at that ISO absent from serious high ISO bodies like the Df. tkbslc: A better way of thinking about high ISOs is not so much lens speed, but more like: “Now I don’t have to use only the fastest, heaviest, most expensive, slowest to AF lenses, if I can use higher ISOs. And I...
High-end full frame roundup (2014)
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This roundup contains the majority of current full-frame camera offerings available. Full-frame cameras have image sensors as large as a frame of 35mm film, and for good reason: larger sensors offer the potential for better image quality, low light performance, and dynamic range. If you want a drastic upgrade to the image quality of your phone, or portraits with superior subject to background separation, it’s hard to beat what full-frame offers. We’ve excluded the Nikon D4s and Canon EOS 1DX from this roundup because they’re aimed at a distinctly different...
Behind the Shot: Dali’s Dream
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In this article I’ll take you far away to a special place in Namibia, where I spent a month shooting and preparing for my upcoming ‘Desert Storm‘ photo workshop. I spent 3 days in the amazing ghost town of Kolmanskop (read more about my experience here), and I’d like to discuss my favorite image from my stay there, one that is also worth explaining due to several interesting characteristics. ‘Dalí’s Dream’, Kolmanskop, Namibia, March 2013 I really enjoyed shooting in Kolmanskop. There’s such an abundance of surreal...
Adventure Photographer Andy Mann On His Unconventional Journey Into the World of Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2014 |
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Adventure photographer Andy Mann’s journey into the world of photography has been unconventional in almost every regard. Without any formal training or education in the field, it was a pure love for adventure and photographs that inspired him to pick up a camera. In the video above, a presentation he gave for B&H, Mann tells his coming of age story, evaluating what it is that has led him to this particular point in his career. Different in both format and tone to most of the B&H presentations we’ve shared, the 45-minute class is chock full of information and inspiration that...
Hands On: See How the Nikon D750 Performs in a Plethora of Real-World Situations
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The Canon 7D Mark II has kind of stolen many of the headlines away from a different camera that was released right around the same time: the Nikon D750. A full-frame shooter that boasts an impressive sensor, DPReview recently took the 750 out to Seattle’s Museum of Flight for a very informative, in-depth set of real-world tests that they’ve compiled into the 19-minute video review above. The video really is the most comprehensive real-world test of the Nikon D750’s capabilities we’ve seen, and offers more than enough information for anybody who is trying to decide between it, the...
Watch Sophia the Rhodesian Ridgeback Grow from 2 Months to 3 Years Old in 23 Seconds
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From an adorable puppy into… well.. a much larger adorable puppy, this short time-lapse by Greg Coffin captures his dog Sophia’s growth from 2 months to 3 years old. The most challenging part of the whole production was, of course, getting Sophia to sit still, a task Coffin delegated to his Amanda. As you can see from the outtakes at the end of the video, it wasn’t always an easy task… Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Sophia’s tail between her legs in many of these photographs is NOT because she’s scared or hurt. As Greg explains in the comments of the video “This is a natural...
Photo Shoot with a 15-Year-Old Elk Hunter Challenges Photographer’s Views On Hunting
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Recently, after a decade as a successful wedding photographer and another decade as a professional snowboarder, photographer Hillary Maybery decided to switch it up a bit and start shooting more commercial lifestyle and fashion work. But her favorite type of work is personal work. And it’s her personal desire for continued growth and variety that led her to challenge her own pre-conceptions and create an interesting photo series that follows a 15-year-old girl who loves to elk hunt. The idea came to Maybery while browsing Facebook for a teen model to shoot. She came across an image of...
Resort Family Shot Required Tweed Heads – 2 adults 2 children
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Models Needed for Photoshoots for Makeup and Hair Focused Shoots.
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Santa’s Little Helpers
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Photographer for children’s parties
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DSLR versus Mirrorless: Guide to help you decide which is right for you?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Simon Ringsmuth Recently there has been a great deal of buzz in the photographic community regarding a few terms that might sound a little odd or strange, like “mirrorless” or “micro four thirds.” These refer to different types of cameras that might not be as popular as standard DSLR models right now, but many think are the future of photography. However, just understanding what everything means can be an exercise in frustration, especially when all you likely want to do is buy a camera you can enjoy using. By Nadir Hashmi To that end, I’m going to try and dispel a bit of the...
Digital Photo Editing Workflow – Better Images From Capture to Output
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Nat Coalson Better images from capture to output A comprehensive look at the essential steps and principles in an effective photo editing workflow with highlights of key tools. Have you ever tried to find a digital photo you know you worked on, but couldn’t remember where you saved it, or even what it’s called? Do you find yourself re-editing photos you’re sure you finished before? Or are you stuck, staring at an image you know could be made better, but not sure which adjustments to make, or even where to start? We’ve all been there: hundreds of images to sort through. Files...
All-in-one: Ona Capri bag review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2014 |
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Ona Capri www.onabags.com $349 /£313 We’ve heard the refrain ‘the best camera is the one you have with you.’ It’s implied here that you don’t have a proper camera with you, and are using your smartphone to take pictures. Quality suffers, but hey, at least you got a picture rather than none at all. The underlying assumption is that you’re not carrying a proper camera because it’s a pain. And in lots of situations, it is. Cameras require care, and bags with nice little padded compartments, and if you want to bring an extra lens...
Weird and wonderful: International science photography competition open for entries
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Dec, 2014 |
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wow, best 6 photos series I seen on here. Science photos are always fun to see, the funny ant. Not as easy to capture, so you don’t see much of it as other genres (landscape, street, portrait, etc). Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6107777625/international-science-photography-competition-open-for-entries
Polaroid’s Instagram Logo Look-a-Like Camera, the Socialmatic, Gets an Official Release Date
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Dec, 2014 |
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After three years of teasing and a handful of tentative release dates that have come and gone, the Polaroid Socialmatic instant printing digital camera officially has a release date. As in, an actual day… not just a month or quarter. Starting January 1st, 2015, the blown up Instagram logo will be ready for the world to hold, see, shoot and share. Similar in almost every regard to the concept first shown off years ago, the specs are slightly different, fortunately for the better. The final specs for the camera include a 14-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel user-facing camera, 4GB of...
New Report Shows Solid State Drives Can Take Over 1,000 Years of Data-Writing Abuse
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Media storage has come a long way since the days of the room-sized 3.75MB hard disk drives (HDDs) you had to carry around with a fork lift. Most recently, solid state drives (SSDs) have taken over, providing a much more durable means of storing your media, since there are no moving parts inside. But just how durable are we talking here? It turns out, very. The Tech Report recently put six different drives through the wringer, and it’s been concluded that today’s SSDs will last a thousand years of use — long enough to last until we find the technology to start literally storing data in...
Get Ready for the Holidays with this Tutorial on How to Photograph Christmas Lights
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Dec, 2014 |
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In honor of the holiday season, Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens decided it would be a wonderful idea to show the world how to photograph Christmas lights. Breaking down the task into an easy-to-follow process, this four-minute video will get you ready to go Christmas light hunting as December wears on. What stands out in the video is Morgan’s helpful graph that explains why time-of-day is more important than most every other factor when you’re trying to capture the perfect shot of a Christmas-light covered house. The lights will have the same exposure value as long as they’re on, he...
Watch the Northern Lights Dance Over Norway in Real-Time for 5 Breathtaking Minutes
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Dec, 2014 |
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If you’re like us, seeing the Aurora Borealis in person is high on your bucket list… quite possibly right at the top. The idea of watching this spectacular natural light show in real-time is thrilling, and while you don’t get there sitting on your couch reading this, the video above by Ole C. Salomonsen of Arctic Light Photo is about as close as you’re likely to get without being there in person. Captured over the course of several months in Norway, Salomonsen has compiled the best of the best real-time footage he was able to capture with the Sony a7S into 5 minutes of northern lights...
10 Truths About Being a Photographer
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Is it the best job ever? Well yeah, sometimes, most of the time really, but it also comes along with some bullsh** that not everybody realizes. I know that most people would imagine being a photographer is all glamour, all fun, all exciting… well here’s some things that really happen… 1. You end up spending a lot of time on your own Because if photography is your job, then editing can take up a ton of time, and that means being stuck inside for days sometimes staring at a screen… on your own. You stare outside at the beautiful sun waiting for your eyes to adjust because they’ve been...
TFP Shoot This Sunday
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Tall Models Required, Male and Female
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Model Required for Three Hour Shoot
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Professional photographer required for gym and sport shoot.
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Which Flash Should Beginning Real Estate Photographers Start With?
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Weekly Photography Challenge What Winter Means to You
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Earlier I shared a set of frosty images to get you in the wintery mood. Now it’s the time for the weekly photography challenge, so it’s your turn to get out and shoot winter. Since winter means different things and looks different depending on where in the world you live – this challenge is about winter and what it means to you. If you’re in the northern hemisphere that might mean: Snow Ice Frost Fog Winter sports Frozen things Cold Here are some examples: By @Doug88888 By Sharon Mollerus By Mathias Erhart By Samuel John By Alexey Kljatov By dorena-wm By...
31 Awe Inspiring Majestic Winter Images
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt If you’ve followed the news recently you may have heard about the crazy snow storm in New York state in the USA. Many feet of snow fell in 24 hours and whole cities were brought to a halt. But cold weather can make for some great photographic opportunities. Enjoy this series of frosty winter images, but stay warm! The Magic of Bled Island by Dan Briski on 500px Ice on Fire by Javier de la Torre on 500px Sugar house by Andrey Chabrov on 500px No End In Sight by Todd Shaffer on 500px In Hiding by Robert Beideman on 500px The Ice Mountain by Hougaard Malan on...
CamsFormer is a programmable smartphone trigger for DSLRs
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Dec, 2014 |
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We have seen a number of smartphone-controlled camera trigger devices enter the market in the last three years or so and it seems we will soon have another, very feature-rich, option if the CamsFormer Kickstarter campaign is successful. Given it has already reached almost 75% of its $7000 funding goal at 57 days to go we can assume it will be. CamsFormer plugs into the USB and cable release port of your camera or flash and is controlled wirelessly from a smartphone and tablet. It can trigger up to two cameras and two flashes using built-in sensors and allows you to remotely view and...
Luminous Endowment announces first round of grant winners
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Photo by Vincenzo Mazza, winner of the Luminous Landscape Grant. Pollino National Park, Italy. The Luminous Endowment, an charitable fund headed by Michael Reichmann, has announced its first round of grant recipients. Reichmann is the founder of Luminous Landscape, a website dedicated to fine art photography. His focus has shifted recently to the creation of the Endowment, which awards merit-based grants to photographers seeking to start or complete projects, books or exhibitions. The aim, according to Reichmann, is to create ‘a global community of those who can...
Phase One’s new photo contest rewards winner with IQ250 loan
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Phase One has announced a new photo contest today offering photographers a chance to win the use of a Phase One IQ250 medium format camera system for a month. The contest seeks submissions demonstrating the contest’s theme “What the world’s best __ is made of”, and will run through the rest of the month. Photographers may submit a single photograph illustrating their answer to the contest’s theme; there are no restrictions on subject matter or the gear used. Once the contest ends, Phase One will reveal ten finalists in January and showcase...
Rumored Olympus OM-D E-M5 successor may offer resolution-boosting ‘sensor shift’
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Dec, 2014 |
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Rumors are swirling about a possible replacement to Olympus’ venerable OM-D E-M5 (pictured above). Rumors are circulating about a possible successor to the Olympus OM-D E-M5. According to rumor site 43rumors.com, the camera is likely to be called the Olympus E-M5II or the Olympus E-M5 Mark II and is said to feature a 16MP sensor but with a sensor shift function allowing users to boost resolution up to an equivalent 40MP. This follows a rumor from November that Olympus has stopped production of the E-M5 model. According to 4/3 Rumors, the information was provided by...
Blackout Time-Lapse: This is What the London Skyline Would Look Like if You Could See the Milky Way
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Dec, 2014 |
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UK-based photographer Nicholas Buer wanted to see what the view over London would look like if the city skies were void of the light pollution that illuminates the streets long after the sun has set. Camera gear ready and with a plan of attack, he got to it, cleverly piecing together Blackout City, an awe-inspiring time-lapse that shows what the skyline of London would look like if there were ever a complete blackout and you could see the milky way. Buer started this project back in August of 2013. Since then, he’s been slowly gathering footage when the conditions were right....
Casio’s ‘Kawaii Selfie by Mirror Cam’ Puts the Lens Behind a Two-Way Mirror
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Casio has officially unveiled its latest point-and-shoot camera. Its official name is the Exilim MR1, but to the general public, it’s more likely to go by its street name, the ‘Kawaii Selfie by Mirror Cam.’ As the name suggests, this camera is designed with one thing in mind: selfies. The 14-megapixel camera features a rather unusual form factor, as there is no visible lens element. Instead of being out there for the world to see, the unusually slow f/5 lens is hidden behind a two-way mirror of sorts that allows users to more perfectly frame the shot when they turn the camera on...
Growth: Comparing Photography 2 Years Apart
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I was immune, I thought. Having been looking at Photoshop tutorials for over a year, I thought I knew all the tools needed to make a photo “pop”. I had also been reading up on a bunch of photography theory so I thought I knew the dangers of over-editing. Resolving myself to not boost contrast +100 or saturation +100 or tonemapping the sh** outta my pictures, I still managed to end up with this eye manure that I had decided to give a 4 star to in LR. I was the perfect example of all theory and no practice. Quick side note on my current star system: 0: The majority of pictures. Never...
Researchers Develop 2D Camera Capable of Shooting 100 Billion Frames Per Second
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Biomedical researchers at the University of Washington have created what they claim to be the world’s fastest 2D ‘receive-only’ camera. Just how fast exactly? Up to 100 billion frames per second with the help of a technological process called Compressed Ultrafast Photography. This allows the scientists to SEE laser light moving… actually watch it move… think about that for a second (or 100 billion frames). As they currently stand, receive-only cameras are capable of capturing roughly 10 million frames per second, limited due to on-chip storage and the bandwidth of readout speeds. This...
The Photographer’s Sandbag Has Evolved… and Become the Donut-Like WaterWeight
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Dec, 2014 |
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When you’re shooting on-location, you often want to pack as light as possible to minimize the physical effort needed to set things up. Just one problem: you’re probably going to need to carry around big, cumbersome sandbags in order to hold down all that ultra-light gear you packed. Here to change the game is WaterWeight, a creative reinvention of the sandbag by the folks at Inspired Photo Gear. Small, portable and versatile, these little beasts ensure that your lights will be staying right where you need them without weighing you down on the way to the shoot. As the name suggests,...
Camera Operator Needed For Grease The Musical Interview
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Photographers Needed for a Catwalk in London on the 12th December!
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Photography Assistant Required for Christmas Party
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Looking for Photographer With Studio for a Online Clothing Shoot
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Should You List Your Prices On Your Real Estate Photography Website?
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5 Tips to Help You Take More Natural Looking Portraits
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Dec, 2014 |
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A Post By: Lynsey Mattingly Writing for dPS has afforded me several opportunities, the best one being getting to converse with photographers – hobbyists to professionals and everything in between – from all over the world. Each time an article I write is published, I get the loveliest emails and comments, and I do my very best to respond to each of them. The question I get most often is one I ask other photographers all the time: How do you make your pictures look like……..that? The question may be worded differently, but ultimately it is the same: How do you get your colors to pop? What lens...
5 Tips for Planning a Winter Photography Excursion
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A Post By: James Maher If you have seen the recent photos of the record snowfall in Buffalo, NY, you know that for much of the world winter is here and it’s coming fast, whether you like it or not. While your feet might be cold for the next four months, a reason to get excited is the photographic opportunities that will come from it. I am writing this to convince you to prepare now for photographing that next snowstorm because it will creep up on you, and you want to take full advantage of it. Tips for planning a winter photography excursion Poets’ Walk, Central Park, NYC. 1. Plan to go out...
Rumored Olympus OM-D E-M5 successor may offer resolution-boosting ‘sensor shift’
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Rumors are swirling about a possible replacement to Olympus’ venerable OM-D E-M5 (pictured above). Rumors are circulating about a possible successor to the Olympus OM-D E-M5. According to rumor site 43rumors.com, the camera is likely to be called the Olympus E-M5II or the Olympus E-M5 Mark II and is said to feature a 16MP sensor but with a sensor shift function allowing users to boost resolution up to an equivalent 40MP. This follows a rumor from November that Olympus has stopped production of the E-M5 model. According to 4/3 Rumors, the information was provided by...
DxO OpticsPro update adds Canon 7D II, GoPro Hero4 Black Edition support
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DxO’s latest update to its Optics Pro software, version 10.1, brings compatibility with several new camera models including the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, PowerShot G7 X and GoPro Hero4. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are also included, and this update also makes OpticsPro 10 compatible with star rating systems used by Lightroom and other programs using XMP data. Other improvements include increased performance with Windows computers in rendering visual presets. See a full list of updates in OpticsPro 10.1 below. Press release: Faster than ever, DxO OpticsPro v10.1 improves...
Sony Alpha 7 II real-world sample gallery posted
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No @ulfie, your remark is not just an opinion, it’s a misinformed statement. You said: “[The picture] is smeary-noisy as heck for ISO 640 full-frame no less! At this ISO full-frame should be crisp and sharp.” And I’m telling you you can’t say ‘for an ISO 640 shot’. The definition of ISO is not as straightforward when you add post-processing to the mix. If you lift tones 3 stops, you can’t just say that that’s how the camera performs at ISO 640. At that point, you have to add 3 EV to the ISO rating, and say it’s how the camera...
Casio launches EX-MR1 selfie camera with lens behind a mirror
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Casio has taken the selfie camera a logical step forward with a new design. The Casio Exilim EX-MR1 uses a lens behind a large mirror so that shooters can check their appearance as they take a picture. The camera, which the company seems to be targeting at women, is a 14MP compact camera with an extra wide angle 4x zoom that starts at 21mm equivalent – a focal length Casio says is optimal for taking self-portraits. Not only can users check their lipstick in the camera’s mirror before the picture is taken, but those who have forgotten theirs can make the most...
The Top 10 Most Instagrammed Locations of 2014
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Dec, 2014 |
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Every year Instagram goes through their data and compiles a list of the ten most Instagrammed locations of the year. And while they haven’t published the list themselves yet, they were kind enough to send it over to us. So, without further ado, join us as we count down the top 10 geotagged locations of 2014 on Instagram. 10. The Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates #thedubaimall#dubai#dubaimallwaterfall#dubaifountain#дубай#дубаймолл#фонтан A photo posted by Елена Павлишина (@lemusik2013) on Nov 11, 2014 at 7:58am PST 9. Yankee Stadium, New York, New York I hope we don’t have...
Taxi Driver Captures Black-and-White Portraits of His Most Eclectic Passengers
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The life of a taxi driver can be a strange one… to put it mildly. South Wales native Mike Harvey found this out first hand when he decided to take up the job to help fund his desire to travel the world. From drunk pregnant women running away without paying, to illicit drug offers instead of payment, Harvey has seen the full array of eclectic personalities South Wales has to offer. At some point, Harvey decided to pick up a DSLR and capture his short-term travel companions. And now that he’s since given up the life of a taxi driver, he’s decided to share a handful of the portraits he...
Check Out the Impressive Rig Used to Capture the First 3D Printed Presidential Portrait
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This year, the White House hosted its first ever Maker Faire, and amongst the barrage of incredible creations presented stood the elaborate camera/scanner/light setup responsible for capturing, rendering, and printing the world’s first 3D printed presidential portrait. Autodesk, 3D Systems, the Smithsonian, and the University of Southern California are the folks behind the project. Together, they created an impressive device that surrounded President Barrack Obama and captured every intricate detail of his head using 50 LED lights, and 14 cameras and hand-held 3D scanners. Once...
Photographer Captures ‘Manhattan in Motion’ in Engaging Time-Lapse
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New York-based photographer Josh Owens spent over a month a few years back bringing New York City to life in the time-lapse above called Manhattan in Motion. Using three cameras, a motion dolly, a special intervalometer and a lot of planning, he was able to capture the always-changing cityscape in an engaging and fresh light that few time-lapses have been able to match, much less beat. By securing prime locations across the rooftops of twelve NYC hotels, Owens complied some of the most beautiful vantage points you’ll find in a NYC time-lapse. You might not feel quite this strongly,...
Airbus Captures Five $300M A350 Jetliners Flying Together In This Billion-Dollar Photo Shoot
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This September, Airbus took to the skies to capture photos of five of its massive test and development A350–900s. The photo shoot was meant to celebrate the certification of the company’s latest twin-engine, wide-body jetliner. It was also probably one of the most expensive photo shoots we’ve ever come across. At a cool $300 million for each of the five A350–900s, the cost of the subjects alone totals $1.5 billion dollars. Initial capital aside though, the cost to actually perform the shoot is equally nauseating for us plebs. According to information we dug up in the A350–900...
Looking for Hair Cut Model – NSW
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URGENT PROMOTIONAL STAFF REQUIRED IN MELBOURNE- Assisting an EVENT
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Feature Film Crew Required
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Camera Operator + Two Runners/Extras Needed For Short Film Re-shoot
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Crew Needed for Promo Video
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Audio Operator Needed for Grease The Musical Interview
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Indian/Asian Female and Black Male Actor – Interracial Series
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Cancer Charity Fashion Show February 2015
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Calibration Work – Models Needed Male or Female
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Photographer Needed for Jewelry Product Shoot
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Professional Filmmaker/Photographer Needed For Music Video on Central Coast
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Photographer Required For Hard Lines Film Premiere
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How Should Real Estate Photographers Handle Modifying Property Photos?
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Guide to Buying Your First DSLR
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A Post By: Tim Gilbreath Your First DSLR For whatever the reason, you’re ready to buy your first DSLR. It could be that your point-and-shoot isn’t cutting it anymore in regards to features, speed, or image quality, or it could be that you’d like to turn photography into more than a rarely-touched hobby. By Romain Ballez DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras are what the vast majority of professional photographers use to get the job done. Unlike point-and-shoot camera models, which record light (and therefore an image) onto an electronic sensor directly, a DSLR uses a mirror to bounce the...
6 Tips for Creating Leading Lines to Make Your Photos Stand Out More
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A Post By: Jim Hamel There is perhaps no more important tool in composition than lines. The eye will virtually always follow an actual or implied line across the picture. Because of this tendency, many lines are referred to as leading lines They are actual, or implied lines that control the eye of the viewer through the frame. Some leading lines guide the viewer entirely through the frame. Some lines are the subject of the photo themselves. But others, and my favorite sort of leading lines, are the ones that draw the viewer into the picture. They add depth to your image. So today I want to...
How to Use Levels in Photoshop Correct Color and Contrast
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A Post By: Barry J Brady Notice the difference some quick adjustments using the Levels tool can make Image editing is an important part of making your good images look spectacular. Photoshop and Lightroom are packed with tools to help you get your images to look great after you have downloaded them on to your computer. While there are many different tools in Photoshop to enhance your image, there are really only a handful of tools that you will use on just about every image; one of those is the levels tool. Photoshop has a levels tool, Lightroom doesn’t unfortunately. Each photographer has a...
New photo filters added to Twitter iOS and Android apps
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Twitter has launched an update to its mobile apps for iOS and Android bringing a range of new photo filters. In addition to the added filter options, filter strength can now be adjusted via a slider, providing more control over the final result. We’ve installed the updated version on a Sony Xperia Z3 and found using the new functions to be very straightforward. After attaching an image to your tweet, you tap on the thumbnail to open up the filter dialogue. You can then scroll through the filter options and get a real-time preview. After a filter has been selected tapping on the...
F-Stop Gear’s Kashmir camera bag is designed for women
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F-Stop Gear has introduced Kashmir, a camera backpack designed specifically for women. Kashmir is billed as an ultra-light camera pack with a harness system and torso height adjusted to complement a woman’s body, something accomplished through the use of an Ultra Lite EVA-padded hip belt and what the maker says are ‘female specific S-shoulder straps’. The bag is being funded through Kickstarter. Kashmir weighs a bit over 1kg and is compatible with F-Stop’s Internal Camera Unit system. In addition to the tailored design, the backpack features...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 review-in-progress posted
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Just when DPReview was getting good at giving us charts with equivalents, I think this one falls down, especially when comparing the GM5 and the RX100 Mk. III. The review notes the GM5’s “tiny viewfinder”, but the specifications say it has 0.92x magnification, which sounds large. Presumably reconciling these statements requires adjusting for sensor size, and the GM5’s viewfinder has 0.46x-‘equivalent to 35mm / full frame’ viewfinder magnification. The RX100 III specs list the magnification as 0.59x, which I suspect is already an ‘equivalent’...
How We Did It: The SNL Title Sequence
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…And we’re back! After a much-needed summer hiatus, it’s that time of the year again when my comrades in the SNL Film Unit all reconvene on the 17th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza for another season of filmmaking speed-drills. While the usual shoot is a dead sprint from Thursday thru Saturday night, every few years we produce a new Title Sequence and that sprint becomes a 3-week non-stop marathon. Especially when it’s the 40th Anniversary season. The passing of Don Pardo — the legendary voice of SNL since 1975 — only amplified the feeling that this new sequence needed to be something...
White House Wants to Spend $75 Million on Body Cameras for Police Officers
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In response to the controversy surrounding the shooting death of Michael Brown — and especially the differing versions of events from officer Darren Wilson and others who were at the scene — there has been a massive call to equip police officers nationwide with body cameras. The Brown family themselves have been outspoken on the matter, and it seems the White House was listening. In a report released yesterday, the Obama administration laid out a proposal to spend $263 million on improving law enforcement, $75 million of which will be used to equip cops with body cams. According to...
Sad-But-Funny Vine of Miserable One Direction Star Taking Selfie-After-Selfie with Fans
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We’re not sure whether this is funny, tragic, or some combination of both. In this viral Vine from over the holiday weekend, you get to see the effect that takings selfie-after-selfie with adoring fans can have on a man’s psyche. The six-second video was uploaded by user yeahstyles, and shows a clip of Liam Payne of British pop boy band One Direction taking selfies with fans. If you saw the final shots, you’d think he was really enjoying his time, but the video reveals a very different reality: Gotta give him credit, not a lot of people can switch a genuine looking smile on and off on...
F-Stop Gear Is Creating a Camera Backpack Designed Specifically for Women
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With the exception of color choices, more often than not, photography gear is designed to be unisex. This isn’t inherently an issue, but when it comes down to it, there’s no denying that male and female bodies differ from one another in certain respects. It would make sense, then, that wearable gear be designed to reflect these differences, right? F-Stop Gear thinks so, which is why they’ve decided to design a camera bag built specifically for women. It’s called the Kashmir UL pack and it’s essentially an altered version of the F-Stop Gear Loka UL we reviewed earlier this year....
Funny Business: Funny Portraits of Funny People Being Ridiculous at Home
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While usually reserved creatures, there is no more spectacular sight in the natural world than a British person flying through the air in a defensive body position. There’s something almost intimate about the comedian portraits in Seth Olenick‘s new photo book Funny Business. Not intimate in a candid moment sort of way — that sort of candid is difficult to capture when your subjects have dedicated their lives making other people laugh. Seth’s portraits seem to capture unguarded moments of humor, the kind you might imagine you would see daily if you were friends with these celebrities....
Nikon to Provide Aid to Assist Ebola Relief Efforts
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December 3, 2014
Nikon Corporation would like to express its profound sympathy and condolences to the people affected by the Ebola virus disease which has primarily been spreading in West Africa.
In response to the serious outbreak of the disease, we have decided to make the following donation to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Japan and Japan Association for the World Food Programme in order to support infection control by providing emergency medical care and food aid to the victims and local citizens.
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Blonde Model Needed For Free Photoshoot
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Female Model Required for Music Video – Auckland
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Promotional Models Required for Taste Testing
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Promotional Models Required for Taste Testing
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Female Lead for Music Video
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Art Director wanted for music video
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Gaffer Required For Our New Short Film ‘The Man In The Photograph’
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Music Video Colorist
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Collaborators Wanted For The Mill Park Series
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Attention All Writers – Anywhere In The World
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Fun Photographer for Candid Shots
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$15 Discount On Image Editing For Real Estate Photography Thru Dec 31
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What Is The Income Potential Of Real Estate Photography? How To Raise Your Price?
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Using Levels in Photoshop to Image Correct Color and Contrast
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A Post By: Barry J Brady Notice the difference some quick adjustments using the Levels tool can make Image editing is an important part of making your good images look spectacular. Photoshop and Lightroom are packed with tools to help you get your images to look great after you have downloaded them on to your computer. While there are many different tools in Photoshop to enhance your image, there are really only a handful of tools that you will use on just about every image; one of those is the levels tool. Photoshop has a levels tool, Lightroom doesn’t unfortunately. Each photographer has a...
7 Ways to Handle High Contrast Scenes
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A Post By: Jim Hamel Perhaps the greatest challenge you will face in outdoor photography is the high contrast created by the sun and the bright sky versus a darker foreground. That is one of the reason photographers try very hard to shoot at dawn or sunset. Otherwise, the sky is virtually always so much brighter than anything on the ground that it is hard for your camera to deal with the contrast. Either your camera exposes the sky correctly, which makes everything on the ground look black, or the camera exposes the foreground correctly resulting in a blown out (or pure white) sky. If you...
Real-world test: Nikon D750 at the Museum of Flight
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What, not text review? Do not have the time, nor the patience for the video. Might be useful as a conclusive detail after analysis. But not at first. In my office we bill by the hour and every moment has value. And economically, we are the target audience for a camera like this ( or the D810 too ). Nobody on our staff of 4,500 professionals wanted to view it either. I only write this so that maybe you guys will go back the written reviews, with the video as augmentation. We like your tone. Approachable. Low key. Reasonable accurate-a rare thing in today’s online world. We would like to...
Documentary photographer turns to video for ‘The Long Night’
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Tim Matsui tells stories. A multimedia journalist by trade, his still photography projects have taken him from native Alaskan villages to Brazilian Air Force training facilities. His latest project documenting the lives of those impacted by sex trafficking in Seattle started life in still photography but when his access grew deeper, turned to video. The final product, called ‘The Long Night,’ debuts this week online. Matsui shares with us his journey in creating the film, from its beginnings in stills to the adaptations he made to turn it into a video...
creativeLIVE presents ‘The Art of Wildlife Photography’ with Tom Mangelsen
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Thanks for posting this DPR. Video interviews and field sessions with real working photographers offer so much insight into the craft. I don’t mind waiting for gear reviews, if you guys start doing more collaboration like this with CreativeLive. Are there any plans to do more collaborative videos like the series of industry interviews? It would be nice to have a schedule in place, if this becomes a regular thing. I missed most of the first half of Tom’s presentation, because I only just noticed the link. Source Article from...
How to Detect Exoplanets Using Your DSLR, a Telephoto Lens and a Homemade Star Tracker
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It might surprise you to find out that you can detect exoplanets — planets that don’t orbit our Sun — from your own back yard. While more expensive and elaborate optics certainly yield better results, the video above shows you how you can detect an exoplanet using gear you probably have in your camera bag right now. It’s worth noting from the get-go that this project requires a fair bit of experience with electronics and some basic science knowledge, but if you have the required equipment and enough determination, you’ll soon be able to detect exoplanets for yourself. The first step...
Rumor: Images of Lumia 1030 Prototype Leaked, Supposedly Boasts a 50MP Sensor
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If you thought that 41-megapixel camera in the Lumia 1020 was a bit… excessive… then you’re probably going to find the newest rumors about the 1020 followup a bit crazy. Apparently Microsoft intends to pack even more megapixels onto the next camera’s sensor, making it far and away the highest resolution camera phone in the world. The rumors began swirling this weekend when images of a supposed Lumia prototype appeared on the Chinese auction site Taobao (link has since been taken down). The photos show a phone similar to the 1020, with the same massive camera hump on the back. At the...
Meet The Man Who Documented the Entire History of ZEISS Cameras in a 1,300-Page 7.7-Pound Book
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You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who knows as much about ZEISS as Bernd K. Otto. From the company’s entry into the photography world in 1890, to its long-lived history and reputation throughout the 20th century, Otto’s knowledge and passion for the company led him to create Carl Zeiss Kamera-Register 1902–2012, the most comprehensive anthology of ZEISS cameras in existence. The massive book has 1,300 pages to its name, weighs 7.7lbs and includes structured and organized information on over 220 cameras and 4,600 model variations. It’s taken decades of work to bring together...
Wind, Water and Cold Temperatures Lead to Beautiful Photo of Frost-Covered Forest
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While hiking in the Beskydy Mountains on the border of Slovakia and the Czech Republic last week, photographer Jan Bainar captured this stunning image of frost-covered tree trunks. The weather conditions lined up just right to create these wind-blown frost patterns on just one side of the tree trunks across the entire forest Bainar was hiking through. It looks a bit as though frost is exploding out of the center of each trunk. To see more from Bainar, be sure to give his profile a follow on 500px where he uploads more beautiful landscape photographs from this mountainous region: (via...
How to Photograph Jupiter from Your Own Backyard On the Cheap
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I recently captured this picture of Jupiter, the 5th planet from the Sun. It was well received and many liked it. Lots of people wanted to know how to take a picture like this and what it would cost, and surprisingly I did this on a relatively low budget for astrophotography. Here’s a rundown of how it was done, including a list of all the gear I used. Equipment List The setup itself is around $400. That is including a T-adapter, camera, and telescope. The actual products I used are: Telescope: Orion XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope ($300) Camera: Modified Microsoft Lifecam Cinema HD...
FULL MOON PARTY – PROMOTION TEAM!
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Film Team For OnlineTV Channel
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Editor/VFX Editor For a Short Film
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Filming Crew Needed for a Short 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.