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Why You Should Get Excited About Emotional Branding
By Rick Sloboda
April 11th, 2014
Business, Trends, Useful
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Globalization, low-cost technologies and saturated markets are making products and services interchangeable and barely distinguishable. As a result, today’s brands must go beyond face value and tap into consumers’ deepest subconscious emotions to win the marketplace. The Role Of Brands Is Changing In recent decades, the economic base has shifted from production to consumption, from needs to wants, from objective to subjective....
First of all, this is just and idea at this point. It’s not yet as real as the Gofor website and video make it sound. The concept is basically a smartphone App that would allow you to schedule a RCMA video or still shot. However, if state and federal laws permitted it I could see this being a high demand service! A real estate photographer could request  a front shot(s) to augment the work they were doing on the ground without even needing to own the RCMA equipment. Very compelling concept, particularly if a lengthy or involved certification and testing process is introduced by future FAA...
A Post By: Navan Viswa In digital photography, just like exposure, colors too have a triangle of their own. Color adjustment triangle The triangle of color adjustments in Lightroom. The three attributes that form the triangle are shown above, now let’s see how they affect the colors of an image. Exposure This attribute controls the brightness level of all the pixels that constitute an image. Whenever the brightness level of the pixel is altered, the color value too gets changed. You can easily identify this effect in a photograph of a landscape. Apply a Graduated Filter on the sky area...
A Post By: Peter West Carey Sometimes the lessons are so basic, they are overlooked. This is one I feel needs to be repeated for new photographers as well as a gentle reminder for those of us with decades of shooting experience. Photography is the process of recording light. It is the same with your eyes, every waking moment of every day you use them. You see subjects around you and mentally are so busy classifying and figuring them out (“What a beautiful red Ferrari! Is it slowing down for a right hand turn?â€) that when it comes time to lift a camera to your eye, you forget to stop and...
Sigma has released pricing and availability information of its new 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens. First announced in January at CES in Las Vegas, the 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art is a completely new lens, rather than a revision of Sigma’s existing 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. The lens employs the company’s Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) system and has 13 elements in eight groups. It will be available for Sigma, Sony, Nikon, and Canon mounts in late April for $949. The UK RRP will be £849.99. Jump to: Press Release Specifications Press Releases: Sigma Corporation of America Announces Pricing and...
While smartphone processing power, screen resolutions and camera performance have all improved significantly over the last few years, one area of development is seemingly standing still. Under heavy use most smartphone batteries still won’t make it through the day, and once plugged in, devices take a long time to charge. This might change though. At the Microsoft Think Next Conference in Tel Aviv, Storedot, a start-up from Israel, has shown a prototype battery that charges in under 30 seconds. The bio-organic battery uses nano-crystal technology that originates from research...
Designed by Lomography and manufactured in Russia by Zenit, the Russar+ is an update to the 1958 Russar MR-2 wide-angle lens. The new lens is handmade out of brass and offers a 20mm focal length. It’s compatible with L39 and M mount cameras. The lens can also be used on mirrorless systems using adapter mounts. Lomography is taking pre-orders now for $649.00 (~£387.) It is expected to ship in July.  To learn more visit Lomography’s Russar+ website. Jump to: Press Release Additional Images Press Release: NEW RUSSAR+ (L39/M) THE BRAND NEW LOMOGRAPHY ART LENS A rebirth of...
A Guide To Validating Product Ideas With Quick And Simple Experiments
By Grace Ng
April 10th, 2014
Techniques, Tools, User Experience
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You probably know by now that you should speak with customers and test your idea before building a product. What you probably don’t know is that you might be making some of the most common mistakes when running your experiments. Mistakes include testing the wrong aspect of your business, asking the wrong questions and neglecting to define a criterion for success. This article is your guide to designing...
A Post By: Omar Zenhom You have ideas. Things that cross your mind that you should do as you build your career as a photographer. They all seem like good ideas but how do you actually know for sure? You’ll need to make decisions on these ideas as you grow as a professional. This can be how you set your prices, your packages or even the look and feel of your website. The problem is most of us try to validate these ideas in our own head. By ed ouimette Your audience and potential customers are real people, not imaginary. So it doesn’t make much sense to be validating ideas in your head?...
A Post By: Sime Western Digital have just announced a new portable storage solution for photographers and digital content creators! The My Passport® Pro Thunderbolt Raid, the first portable, Thunderbolt™-powered dual-drive solution, comes in a 2 or 4TB  flavour and has the cable built into the drive as you can see in the photographs below. Here’s the official press release; SYDNEY, Australia, – Mar. 28, 2014 – WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Passport® Pro, the first portable,...
Nikon’s recently announced flagship V3 1 System camera gave us a look at the latest technology the company has been working on, and many of those features have trickled down to the new, less-expensive J4. The compact J4 sports an aluminum housing and has a 3″, 1.04 million dot touchscreen LCD for composing and reviewing your photos. It can record video at 1080/60p as well as 720/120p for some high speed action. As with most cameras these days, you’ll find a Wi-Fi feature on the J4. To keep the size of the camera down, Nikon is now using microSD cards, instead of the...
Nikon introduces the Coolpix S810c, a compact point-and-shoot running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. With a 16 megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor, a 12x optical zoom lens with VR stabilization and built-in Wi-Fi it replaces the Coolpix S800c. The S810c offers 1080/30p HD video and built-in GPS, both offered in the preceding model, and adds a larger 3.7-inch touch screen LCD with 1.2 million dots of resolution. Battery life is also incrementally improved to a CIPA-rated 270 shots per charge. The S810c can connect to available Wi-Fi networks as well as compatible smartphones or tablets by way of a...
Nikon has unveiled the AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 ED VR (27-450mm equivalent). It doesn’t replace that company’s existing 18-300mm lens, rather it’s a third of a stop slower at the long end and 30% lighter, weighing 19.4 ounces. The new 18-300mm has the usual Vibration Reduction system, which can reduce shake by up to 4 stops. Built with three Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass elements and Nikon’s Silent Wave Motor for quieter focusing, the 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 will be available in May for $899.95. Jump to: Press Release Specifications Press Release: THE NEW...
Canon USA has recalled about 14,000 PowerShot SX50 HS digital cameras. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, ‘A chemical used in the rubber part of the viewfinders on the camera can cause skin or eye irritation or an allergic reaction to the user’. Canon says this only affects a limited number of cameras made from September 1 through November 15, 2013. The cameras in question have serial numbers beginning with 69, 70 or 71 and have 1 as the sixth digit of the serial number. If your camera meets the serial number criteria, contact...
Building The Web App For Unicef’s Tap Campaign: A Case Study
By Nick Jonas, Francis Villanueva
April 9th, 2014
Apps, Case Studies, IOS
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Since a smartphone landed in almost everyone’s pocket, developers have been faced with the question of whether to go with a mobile website or a native app. Native applications offer the smoothest and most feature-rich user experience in almost every case. They have direct access to the GPU, making layer compositions and pixel movements buttery-smooth. Native applications also provide native UI frameworks...
A Post By: Lynford Morton Sometimes the light is perfect, the moment is right, but when you get home you find out that your photo is blurry. Arrgh! Why are your pictures blurry? One obvious reason might be that your camera isn’t focused properly. Today’s cameras and autofocus lenses can help you quickly take sharp images in a wide variety of situations, provided you choose the right autofocus mode. Here are some questions to help you diagnose any situation and choose the correct auto focus setting Photo by Lynford Morton Are you using the Auto-area autofocus or Single-point autofocus...
A Post By: Valerie Jardin Top 6 Reasons NOT to do Street Photography: 1 - Your pics won’t get many ‘likes’ Most people on social media don’t appreciate the art of street photography. Cats and flowers do get more ‘likes’. 2 – Your prints won’t sell People usually don’t buy prints of street images unless the photographer is somewhat famous. ©Valérie Jardin 3 – You won’t make any money doing it No one is going to pay you to walk for hours with your camera to take pictures of strangers. Period. 4 – It’s intimidating It can be scary to photograph strangers in the...
Camera Raw 8.4 is now available as a final release for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. New features include: new preview controls, red eye correction for pets and updates to Local Corrections. This version also has bug fixes, support for new cameras and new lenses. Lightroom 5.4Â is also now on Adobe.com and available through the update mechanism in the application. It provides support for Lightroom mobile, additional camera raw support, lens profile support and fixes bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom. Â A number of new cameras are now supported, including the...
As part of their continuing video series, Photo District News has released an interview with James Estrin, founder of the New York Times ‘The Lens‘ blog. Estrin provides a series of tips for the aspiring photographer. While many of these aren’t groundbreaking, the video has some real gems.  Notably, in his advice to photographers looking to document strife or crisis in exotic places, he says to pursue stories that are closer to home. The three-minute video is a nice primer for new photographers and includes tips on creating good portfolios, finding mentors and much more. ...
How To Build A Ruby Gem With Bundler, Test-Driven Development, Travis CI And Coveralls, Oh My!
By Mark McDonnell
April 8th, 2014
Ruby on Rails, Techniques, Tools
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Ruby is a great language. It was designed to foster happiness and productivity in developers, all the while providing tools that are effective and yet focused on simplicity. One of the tools available to the Rubyist is the RubyGems package manager. It enables us both to include “gems†(i.e. packaged code) that we can reuse in our own applications and to package our own code as...
A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson Andrew S. Gibson is the author of Mastering Lightroom: Book 2 – The Develop Module. There’s a special deal on now at Snapndeals, get 40% off for a limited time only. A Digital Photography School poll held earlier this year revealed that the majority of readers carry out their post-processing in Lightroom. Lightroom is attracting users all the time as it is not just a photo processor – it helps you organize, search and view your photos as well. If you are new to Lightroom then these tips will help you get started. 1. Understand the Lightroom Catalog The...
A Post By: Katie McEnaney Many photographers love to travel. They love the thrill of being in a new place, of capturing new scenes and experiences, and of coming home with quality images. But landscape and travel  photography do not need to be confined to weeks-long trips to far-flung locations. This article will explore how to get the most out of a weekend (or even weekday) local photography outing (all photographs in this article were taken within a few miles of where I live). Before: Planning and Packing Making a plan or having a bucket list of photography wants is a great place to...
Touted as ‘the world’s smallest broadcast camera with the world’s largest viewfinder’, Blackmagic Design has announced its new Studio Camera. The Studio Camera employs a 12.48mm x 7.02mm sensor and a Micro Four Thirds lens mount. It also has a 10-inch viewfinder and a four-hour built-in battery. The Studio Camera is strong on remote management features and includes ports for use with aviation headsets, as well as a built-in fiber-optic connection. As the camera is intended to be used in a live-switching scenario, it does not have any local writing capacity –...
Consumer electronics maker JVC Kenwood has joined the Micro Four Thirds standard and said it will develop products for the system. The company is showing two prototype 4K-capable cameras, including a compact, handheld model at NAB in Las Vegas. We stopped by the JVC Kenwood booth and got a first glimpse of the cameras on display. Interestingly, the company says both cameras will have Super 35 sensors (around 21 x 12mm), which is wider than the original Four Thirds sensor format which the standard was designed around. The Micro Four Thirds system, originally developed by Olympus and...
AJA has announced the Cion – a production camera featuring a 4K APS-C sized sensor – at NAB in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is AJA Video System’s first camera, the company being known primarily as a manufacturer of video interface and conversion products. The camera accepts lenses with a PL mount and records to a single proprietary SSD drive (‘Pak’ storage modules come in either a 256GB or 512GB configurations). The camera is constructed out of magnesium and with its integrated suede shoulder pad, it’s intended for flexible use in the field. Â The sensor can...
Involving Clients In Your Mobile Workflow
By Thomas Joos
April 7th, 2014
Business, Strategy, Techniques
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A lot of mobile-minded talented folks across the globe produce great work, but yet sometimes you still hear many of them complain about their relationships with their clients. They often mention feeling isolated and not truly understanding what the client really needed. This lack of personal interaction often leads to misunderstanding, as well as less awareness of and appreciation for all your hard work. While involving clients in your...
A Post By: Jeff Guyer The MagMod speedlight modifier solves several problems and challenges posed by other systems. Until now, most speedlight modifiers on the market have been pretty inconvenient to use. I’m not talking about the quality of their output– just the lengths we’ve had to go in order to attach them to our flashes, and– perhaps more importantly– get them to stay on our speedlights over the course of a photo shoot. If your flash has a permanently attached strip of Velcro, or you have a collection of assorted straps, bands, tapes, attachment accessories, and other DIY...
A Post By: Kav Dadfar After a recent assignment to Central Turkey I uploaded some images to my website and Facebook page. Since then I have had several people asking me how I managed to capture some of my shots. This particular photo of the inside of a hot air balloon had the most questions. Sometimes opportunities for great shots easily present themselves but most photographers will tell you that hard work, preparation and research help you to get the image you envision. This was no exception. Research the area ahead of time As soon as I had details of the assignment I began to research the...
Sony has announced the Alpha 7S, a 12MP full-frame mirrorless camera designed for both stills and video. The camera can read out its entire sensor fast enough to output 8-bit 4:2:2 4k video over HDMI at up to 30p, without the need for line skipping or pixel binning. This also promises higher quality for the 1080p video (at up to 60p) it can record internally. Unlike the a7 and a7R, the latest model is not constrained by the AVCHD standard, also offering the XAVC S system, with bitrates of up to 50Mbps. The camera records at up to 1080/60p internally with 4:2:0 chroma sub-sampling. The higher...
A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson Andrew S. Gibson is the author of Mastering Lightroom: Book 2 – The Develop Module. There’s a special deal on now at Snapndeals, get 40% off for a limited time only. The Clarity slider is one of the most useful in Lightroom when it comes to giving your images extra punch and impact. Today I’m going to show you several ways you can use it to improve your photos. But first, let’s take a look at exactly what the Clarity slider does, and how it differs from its cousin the Contrast slider. This photo is ideal to demonstrate the difference: It was taken on an...
A Post By: Patrick Elliott Photo A: ‘Reflections On Land’ by Patrick Elliott DEVELOP A CREATIVE EYE The more you get out and use your camera, the more proficient you become as a photographer. In the process of learning and using your camera, you will develop a better eye from a creative perspective. It is important that you put this “creative eye†to use on a regular basis, not only to maintain it, but also to improve it. Taking pictures isn’t the only time you have to use your creative eye. You can use it by looking at other people’s pictures to see what you could have done...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Yesterday I shared a collection of stunning landscape images and asked a question at the end of the list. If you missed it, you can see the collection and my question here. By Eric Bryan If you haven’t figured out the three things that I think make all, or most of those images a cut above – let me help you out: The light – having the right light in landscape photography is crucial to creating an image that is better than good, it’s great. Light is everything and what landscape photographers drool over when they find the “good light†or they wait...
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt This week’s collection of images to inspire you comes from 500px! Thanks to Evgeny Tchebotarev (founder of 500px) for letting us use these images, and for housing such a great website full of amazing images. To view any of them larger in all their glory, just click on the photo credit below the image. Enjoy these amazing landscape photographs! stille wasser by Ralf Thomas on 500px Firewood by Ildiko Neer on 500px blue dreams by dpicture on 500px Mysterious Hallway by David Thompson on 500px Time Lapse by Danny Velasco on 500px Golden Bay: When Night Falls by...
WTD #1459 Check out ‘What the Duck’ in our Link Directory What the Duck is a comic strip by Aaron Johnson. It started as a webcomic, with the first strip posted in July 2006. The strip has appeared as print in numerous photography magazines including Amateur Photographer in the UK. It was picked up for syndication in 2008 by Universal Press Syndicate under the name W. T. Duck. What The Duck is published here every week, and also runs in our weekly newsletter. Source Article from...
Interview With Khajag Apelian“Type Design Is Not Only About Drawing Lettersâ€
By Alexander Charchar
April 4th, 2014
Inspiration, Interviews
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Having started his career studying under some of the best typographic minds in the world, Khajag Apelian not only is a talented type and graphic designer, unsurprisingly, but also counts Disney as a client, as well as a number of local and not-for-profit organizations throughout the Middle East. Even more impressive is Khajag’s willingness to take on work that most people would find too...
A Post By: Jeff Guyer The rotation180 Panorama from MindShift Gear is designed around the needs of outdoor photographers. Last time I checked, I think I had something like 14 camera bags. I think it was when I got #8 or #9 that my wife asked me how many would be enough. I made the egregious mistake of replying with something along the lines of, “I don’t know. How many pairs of shoes will be enough?†Thankfully, I have quick reflexes and was able to dodge the flying stiletto and we’ve never spoken of our addictions again. Seriously, though. Regardless of whether you are a professional...
A Post By: Rick Berk Canon Powershot G16; Exposure 1/60, f/1.8, ISO 640. Lens was zoomed all the way out to 6.1mm (28mm equivalent on a full-frame camera) When starting out in photography, it’s easy to focus (pardon the pun) on the gear and learning about proper exposure, that you can overlook one of the easiest ways to improve your images, whether you use a DSLR, a point and shoot camera, or even just your cell phone’s camera. It’s amazing how a simple change of your point of view can make a bland image, into something much more exciting. Get off of the usual eye level When...
Lensbaby is well known among DSLR photographers for its array of special-effect lenses. Now the Portland, Oregon-based company wants to expand into mobile photography and has launched a Kickstarter project to fund the final development stage of its Lensbaby Sweet Spot lens. The Sweet Spot lens attaches magnetically to the camera of your iPhone 4s, 5, 5s or 5c and provides the effect of the original Lensbaby. It allows you to put the focus on one point of the image which is then surrounded by blur that becomes gradually stronger towards the edges of the frame. You can see the effect in...
Transcend has announced SDXC/SDHC UHS-I Class 3 (U3) rated memory cards with read and write speeds of up to 95MB/s and 85MB/s. The Transcend cards meet requirements to give smooth video capture on new 4K cameras such as the Sony FDR-AX100, Panasonic Lumix GH4 and Canon EOS C500. Featuring 32GB to 128GB capacities, the new cards will available by mid-April in Japan and soon after in the U.S. Jump to: Press Release Press Releases: Transcend Launches SDXC/SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 Cards to Support 4K Video Capture Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend®), a worldwide leader in storage and...
Nokia has launched a new high-end smartphone. The Lumia 930 is the international version of the Lumia Icon that was launched a few weeks ago as an exclusive model for U.S. carrier Verizon. The Nokia Lumia 930 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 2GB of RAM. It comes with 32GB of onboard storage but does not offer a microSD slot. You can compose and view images on a 5-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display with 1080p full-HD resolution. The battery is a 2420mAh variant, and like the iPhone 5s and HTC One M8, you’ll need a Nano-SIM for voice and data service. Looking at the...
Frizz-Free JavaScript With ConditionerJS
By Rik Schennink
April 3rd, 2014
CSS, HTML, JavaScript
4 Comments
Setting up JavaScript-based functionality to work across multiple devices can be tricky. When is the right time to load which script? Do your media queries matches tests, your geolocation popups tests and your viewport orientation tests provide the best possible results for your website? ConditionerJS will help you combine all of this contextual information to pinpoint the right moment to load the functionality you need. Before we jump into the...
A Post By: Olivier Duong The best lessons are the ones you learn the hard way. Here are 10 photography tips I learned after lots of frustration, discouragement, money lost, and forever lost opportunities. These tips are not very common, I never heard them hence you probably never heard of them either. I hope they help you avoid the mistakes I made, and help you improve your photography. Let’s get to it shall we? 10 Photography Tips 1 – Always have a camera in your pocket. Always. Or else. How many times have you been a situation where you kinda wanted to take your camera bag, but ended...
A Post By: Dan Waters We all know most people aren’t comfortable being photographed. What’s less well documented is many photographers actually feel nervous about photographing people. It’s understandable when you think about it. Since we know that the people we’re photographing don’t want to be photographed, we feel we’re invading their space. We also feel just as ‘on show’ as the subject. We have to perform, be charming, build rapport, make people smile, effortlessly change the settings on our camera and ultimately show them how great they look in the photo. It’s a lot of...
There is a large number of third party lens attachments for smartphones available. You can choose from fisheye, wide-angle, macro or tele lenses, or even attach an entire camera module. The Micro Phone Lens Kickstarter project is different though. It’s a minuscule lens attachment made from a scratch-proof polymer that turns your smartphone or tablet into a microscope with a 150x magnification factor. The lens is adhesive, you simply stick it on and pull it off after use. The system works best when using a microscope slide. You focus by gently pressing on the slide until the...
Ricoh Imaging will soon be offering a limited edition Pentax Q7 Premium Kit. The kit includes a black Q7, four lenses (standard prime, standard zoom, tele zoom, wide zoom) plus four hoods, a polarizing filter, and a camera bag that will surely be noticed. Only 1000 kits will be available worldwide, and those in the U.S. can pick up one later this month for $1199.95. Ricoh Imaging Introduces Limited Edition PENTAX Q7 Premium Kit with Four Lenses New PENTAX Q7 Kit Features Four High-Performance Lenses, Special Accessories and Exclusive Packaging  DENVER, CO, April 2, 2014 – Ricoh Imaging...
Freebie: Flat Icon Set (60 Icons, PNG, SVG, EPS, PSD, AI)
By The Smashing Editorial
April 1st, 2014
Freebies, Icons
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Crafted with great attention to detail, today’s icon set is extremely easy to use and will most probably be the next ultimate resource for any of your design projects. This set of round icons was thoroughly designed by the creative team at Roundicons and has been released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. This freebie contains 60 icons that have been designed in both round and flat styles, and can be used...
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By Amir Stern
The Inon “Bugeye†lens, officially called the Inon Underwater Micro Semi-Fisheye Relay Lens UFL-MR130 EFS60, is one of the most unique lenses out there—giving neither a normal wide-angle or a purely macro perspective. Instead, it’s a hybrid: a dedicated “fisheye macro lens.â€
This is the first lens of its kind with the optics specifically designed only for underwater photography. However, as a first-generation lens, there is still much that can be improved in terms of lens quality in the future: The lens is sharp only in the center...
A Post By: Helen Bradley I usually write about tips for Photoshop and Lightroom, but today I’m going to cover more of a workflow solution, solving the problem of duplicate photos on your computer or hard drives. If you’re like me, from time to time you’ve encountered the problem of duplicate photos. You might have imported a set of photos twice, accidentally duplicated a folder of photos, or you might have totally lost control of your photo collection to the extent that you now have multiple copies of your images and you don’t know where to begin finding, and cleaning them up. While...
A Post By: Beryl Young When I began my journey down the wonderful path of becoming a photographer, I never realized how this camera of mine would totally transform my world. I picked up a camera before becoming a mom, not because of burning passion, but because I knew how important it was to document our life. I felt like taking pictures was an essential part of remembering all of the details of growing our family. What I’ve realized over the years though, is that photography isn’t simply about the technical details of achieving the perfect white balance, using the best gear and...
The guys at Apple Insider have spotted another camera-related Apple patent at the US Patent Office. A few months ago Apple patented a magnetic lens mount. This time the iPhone maker from Cupertino is looking at interchangeable lenses for mobile devices that will attach via a bayonet mount, just like on a DSLR or mirrorless system camera. Most patents never turn into a product but if Apple decides to bring the bayonet mount to market you might be able to attach fish-eye, wide-angle, macro or tele lenses to future generation of iPhones, iPads and iPods, without the help of additional...
Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: April 2014
By The Smashing Editorial
March 31st, 2014
Wallpapers
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We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for six years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and...
A Post By: John Corcoran How to Build Relationships to Get More Photography Clients So you’re trying to make a go of it as a freelance photographer. Maybe you are just looking for a few paid gigs on the side, or perhaps you really want to go pro. But the problem is actual paying gigs are still few and far between, even though you’ve tried everything. Shooting every day. Doing free portrait sessions for family or friends. Spent hours and hours editing photos in Photoshop or organizing images in Lightroom. So what should you do? Well, I have some good news – it may not be your...
A Post By: Etienne Bossot As a travel photographer and photography teacher, I meet a lot of photographers on a daily basis. Whether they’re amateur or pro, newbie or experienced, first-timers or old-timers, they often have one thing in common: too much gear. The pro shooters who join me on my photography tours in Southeast Asia tend to look more like pack mules than people: they’re loaded with lenses, lights, filters, and a veritable menagerie of photographic accoutrement – you know, the kind of gear that makes you look like you know what you’re doing. Being comfortable with your...
Why You Should Get Excited About Emotional Branding
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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Why You Should Get Excited About Emotional Branding
By Rick Sloboda
April 11th, 2014
Business, Trends, Useful
5 Comments
Globalization, low-cost technologies and saturated markets are making products and services interchangeable and barely distinguishable. As a result, today’s brands must go beyond face value and tap into consumers’ deepest subconscious emotions to win the marketplace. The Role Of Brands Is Changing In recent decades, the economic base has shifted from production to consumption, from needs to wants, from objective to subjective....
Gofor Envisions Drone On-Demand Service – Cool or Scary?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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First of all, this is just and idea at this point. It’s not yet as real as the Gofor website and video make it sound. The concept is basically a smartphone App that would allow you to schedule a RCMA video or still shot. However, if state and federal laws permitted it I could see this being a high demand service! A real estate photographer could request  a front shot(s) to augment the work they were doing on the ground without even needing to own the RCMA equipment. Very compelling concept, particularly if a lengthy or involved certification and testing process is introduced by future FAA...
The Triangle of Color Adjustments in Lightroom
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Navan Viswa In digital photography, just like exposure, colors too have a triangle of their own. Color adjustment triangle The triangle of color adjustments in Lightroom. The three attributes that form the triangle are shown above, now let’s see how they affect the colors of an image. Exposure This attribute controls the brightness level of all the pixels that constitute an image. Whenever the brightness level of the pixel is altered, the color value too gets changed. You can easily identify this effect in a photograph of a landscape. Apply a Graduated Filter on the sky area...
Life is too Short to be Taking Photos of Great Subjects in Bad Light
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Peter West Carey Sometimes the lessons are so basic, they are overlooked. This is one I feel needs to be repeated for new photographers as well as a gentle reminder for those of us with decades of shooting experience. Photography is the process of recording light. It is the same with your eyes, every waking moment of every day you use them. You see subjects around you and mentally are so busy classifying and figuring them out (“What a beautiful red Ferrari! Is it slowing down for a right hand turn?â€) that when it comes time to lift a camera to your eye, you forget to stop and...
Sigma announces 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art pricing and availability
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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Sigma has released pricing and availability information of its new 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens. First announced in January at CES in Las Vegas, the 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art is a completely new lens, rather than a revision of Sigma’s existing 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. The lens employs the company’s Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM) system and has 13 elements in eight groups. It will be available for Sigma, Sony, Nikon, and Canon mounts in late April for $949. The UK RRP will be £849.99. Jump to: Press Release Specifications Press Releases: Sigma Corporation of America Announces Pricing and...
Prototype battery fully charges in under 30 seconds
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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While smartphone processing power, screen resolutions and camera performance have all improved significantly over the last few years, one area of development is seemingly standing still. Under heavy use most smartphone batteries still won’t make it through the day, and once plugged in, devices take a long time to charge. This might change though. At the Microsoft Think Next Conference in Tel Aviv, Storedot, a start-up from Israel, has shown a prototype battery that charges in under 30 seconds. The bio-organic battery uses nano-crystal technology that originates from research...
Lomography launches Russar+ for L39 and M mount cameras
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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Designed by Lomography and manufactured in Russia by Zenit, the Russar+ is an update to the 1958 Russar MR-2 wide-angle lens. The new lens is handmade out of brass and offers a 20mm focal length. It’s compatible with L39 and M mount cameras. The lens can also be used on mirrorless systems using adapter mounts. Lomography is taking pre-orders now for $649.00 (~£387.) It is expected to ship in July.  To learn more visit Lomography’s Russar+ website. Jump to: Press Release Additional Images Press Release: NEW RUSSAR+ (L39/M) THE BRAND NEW LOMOGRAPHY ART LENS A rebirth of...
Olympus sued for $273 million over accounting scandal
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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Olympus issued false prospectus’s and annual reports upon which investing and lending was done. They falsified information and when caught, Olympus share price and bonds fell, both of which were collateral for money lent. This was likely a breach of the investment contacts between Olympus and the banks and now the banks seek to recoup their losses suffered by their shareholders at the expense of Olympus shareholders (and, likely, customers). Right now Olympus has a very, very poor credit profile. Source Article from...
Fully loaded: Pentax K-3 review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Apr, 2014 |
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I value these reviews not for a final score (I’ve had the K-3 since November and already know its worth), but for actual analysis like this: “On testing, we found the K-3’s ISO to be within 1/6th EV of the expected result, which is the tolerance level allowed in the ISO standard. In which case, the K-3’s ISO ratings should be considered accurate.” . . . and for more detailed information than found in the camera manual, like this information on the actual degrees of change applied by the various ISO options: “The K-3 has one of the best Auto ISO...
Cowgirl and Cowboys to be door hosts at exclusive private party
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Beautiful Curvy Model For Music Video
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Film Facial Hair Models
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Two Models Needed for Photoshoot next Thursday
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Interesting Actors Needed for a Music Video
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Volunteer Photographer Videographer required
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1st AC/Focus Puller required for a Short Film
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Experienced Producer
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Calling All Like Minded, Talented People Who Want to Make Video Content
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Photographers Needed to Shoot for Leading Hair Magazine – London
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Editorial Style Test Shoot / Unpaid TF
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Photographer Wanted for a Small Bridal Shoot on the Beach
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WOW® 2014 Auditions
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Photographer Required for Wedding Style Shoot
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A Guide To Validating Product Ideas With Quick And Simple Experiments
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Guide To Validating Product Ideas With Quick And Simple Experiments
By Grace Ng
April 10th, 2014
Techniques, Tools, User Experience
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You probably know by now that you should speak with customers and test your idea before building a product. What you probably don’t know is that you might be making some of the most common mistakes when running your experiments. Mistakes include testing the wrong aspect of your business, asking the wrong questions and neglecting to define a criterion for success. This article is your guide to designing...
5 Steps to Validating the Next Idea for Your Photography Business
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Omar Zenhom You have ideas. Things that cross your mind that you should do as you build your career as a photographer. They all seem like good ideas but how do you actually know for sure? You’ll need to make decisions on these ideas as you grow as a professional. This can be how you set your prices, your packages or even the look and feel of your website. The problem is most of us try to validate these ideas in our own head. By ed ouimette Your audience and potential customers are real people, not imaginary. So it doesn’t make much sense to be validating ideas in your head?...
Western Digital announce My Passport Pro Thunderbolt Raid storage
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Sime Western Digital have just announced a new portable storage solution for photographers and digital content creators! The My Passport® Pro Thunderbolt Raid, the first portable, Thunderbolt™-powered dual-drive solution, comes in a 2 or 4TB  flavour and has the cable built into the drive as you can see in the photographs below. Here’s the official press release; SYDNEY, Australia, – Mar. 28, 2014 – WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Passport® Pro, the first portable,...
Nikon 1 J4 sports new sensor, improved AF system, and Wi-Fi
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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Nikon’s recently announced flagship V3 1 System camera gave us a look at the latest technology the company has been working on, and many of those features have trickled down to the new, less-expensive J4. The compact J4 sports an aluminum housing and has a 3″, 1.04 million dot touchscreen LCD for composing and reviewing your photos. It can record video at 1080/60p as well as 720/120p for some high speed action. As with most cameras these days, you’ll find a Wi-Fi feature on the J4. To keep the size of the camera down, Nikon is now using microSD cards, instead of the...
Nikon Coolpix S810c with Android continues connectivity trend
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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Nikon introduces the Coolpix S810c, a compact point-and-shoot running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. With a 16 megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor, a 12x optical zoom lens with VR stabilization and built-in Wi-Fi it replaces the Coolpix S800c. The S810c offers 1080/30p HD video and built-in GPS, both offered in the preceding model, and adds a larger 3.7-inch touch screen LCD with 1.2 million dots of resolution. Battery life is also incrementally improved to a CIPA-rated 270 shots per charge. The S810c can connect to available Wi-Fi networks as well as compatible smartphones or tablets by way of a...
Nikon adds underwater housing and flash to 1 System
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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“The housing and speedlight will be available in markets outside the U.S. for a price to be determined.” What does that mean?1. It will not be available in the US?2. It will be available in the US, but the price will not be determined? Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/10/nikon-adds-underwater-housing-and-flash-to-1-system
Nikon debuts lighter 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 to DX lens lineup
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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Nikon has unveiled the AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 ED VR (27-450mm equivalent). It doesn’t replace that company’s existing 18-300mm lens, rather it’s a third of a stop slower at the long end and 30% lighter, weighing 19.4 ounces. The new 18-300mm has the usual Vibration Reduction system, which can reduce shake by up to 4 stops. Built with three Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass elements and Nikon’s Silent Wave Motor for quieter focusing, the 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 will be available in May for $899.95. Jump to: Press Release Specifications Press Release: THE NEW...
Canon recalls about 14,000 PowerShot SX50 cameras
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Apr, 2014 |
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Canon USA has recalled about 14,000 PowerShot SX50 HS digital cameras. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, ‘A chemical used in the rubber part of the viewfinders on the camera can cause skin or eye irritation or an allergic reaction to the user’. Canon says this only affects a limited number of cameras made from September 1 through November 15, 2013. The cameras in question have serial numbers beginning with 69, 70 or 71 and have 1 as the sixth digit of the serial number. If your camera meets the serial number criteria, contact...
Male Actor/Model for Stills Shoot – Mid 30s
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Asian Female Model wanted
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Plus Size Fit Models Wanted!
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Models With An Individual Sense of Style Needed for East London Photoshoot
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Costume Designer/Buyer wanted for short film – Beverley
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Two Female Models Required for Student Panel/Photoshoot
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Editor & Video Retoucher Required for Indie TV Pilot
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Assistant Producers for a Short Film
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Videographer/ Camera Operator Wanted for Up Coming Music Videos
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Looking for Cinematographer for Short Drama
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MUA Required for Photoshoot for Personal Portfolio
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Camera Operator Needed – Paid
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TFP Photographers Wanted for Product Shoot
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Still Life Photographer Wanted for Jewellery Product Shots
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Photographer Wanted for Christening
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Building The Web App For Unicef’s Tap Campaign: A Case Study
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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Building The Web App For Unicef’s Tap Campaign: A Case Study
By Nick Jonas, Francis Villanueva
April 9th, 2014
Apps, Case Studies, IOS
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Since a smartphone landed in almost everyone’s pocket, developers have been faced with the question of whether to go with a mobile website or a native app. Native applications offer the smoothest and most feature-rich user experience in almost every case. They have direct access to the GPU, making layer compositions and pixel movements buttery-smooth. Native applications also provide native UI frameworks...
Lightroom 5.4, Lightroom Mobile and Lightroom Web View
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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Wide-Angle Lenses For Real Estate Photography: How Wide is Wide?
Interior Lighting With Multiple Strobes: By Scott Hargis
What Should You Charge For Real Estate Photography?
Don’t Charge For Real Estate Photography Until Your Verticals are Vertical
Choosing Gear To Get Started in Real Estate Photography For Least the Cost
My Formula For Pricing Real Estate Photography
The Arithmetic Of Real Estate Photography Pricing
Bracketing With Flash For Exposure Fusion and HDR
Flash For Beginners – Why You Eventually Really Do Need To Use...
How to Avoid Blurry Photos by Choosing the Right Autofocus Mode
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Lynford Morton Sometimes the light is perfect, the moment is right, but when you get home you find out that your photo is blurry. Arrgh! Why are your pictures blurry? One obvious reason might be that your camera isn’t focused properly. Today’s cameras and autofocus lenses can help you quickly take sharp images in a wide variety of situations, provided you choose the right autofocus mode. Here are some questions to help you diagnose any situation and choose the correct auto focus setting Photo by Lynford Morton Are you using the Auto-area autofocus or Single-point autofocus...
To be or not to be a Street Photographer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Valerie Jardin Top 6 Reasons NOT to do Street Photography: 1 - Your pics won’t get many ‘likes’ Most people on social media don’t appreciate the art of street photography. Cats and flowers do get more ‘likes’. 2 – Your prints won’t sell People usually don’t buy prints of street images unless the photographer is somewhat famous. ©Valérie Jardin 3 – You won’t make any money doing it No one is going to pay you to walk for hours with your camera to take pictures of strangers. Period. 4 – It’s intimidating It can be scary to photograph strangers in the...
Call for entries: W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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Take your photos and change the world! Good luck to you PJs. Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/09/call-for-entries-w-eugene-smith-grant-for-humanistic-photography
Adobe Camera Raw 8.4 and Lightroom 5.4 now available
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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Camera Raw 8.4 is now available as a final release for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. New features include: new preview controls, red eye correction for pets and updates to Local Corrections. This version also has bug fixes, support for new cameras and new lenses. Lightroom 5.4Â is also now on Adobe.com and available through the update mechanism in the application. It provides support for Lightroom mobile, additional camera raw support, lens profile support and fixes bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom. Â A number of new cameras are now supported, including the...
NYT photo editor gives career tips for photojournalists
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As part of their continuing video series, Photo District News has released an interview with James Estrin, founder of the New York Times ‘The Lens‘ blog. Estrin provides a series of tips for the aspiring photographer. While many of these aren’t groundbreaking, the video has some real gems.  Notably, in his advice to photographers looking to document strife or crisis in exotic places, he says to pursue stories that are closer to home. The three-minute video is a nice primer for new photographers and includes tips on creating good portfolios, finding mentors and much more. ...
DxOMark Mobile report: Sony Xperia Z2 takes top spot
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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First of all dxomark is the world’s best professional camera reviewers. If they give a camera device whether it is a smartphone, dslr, mirrorless, or point and shoot a good score.. That means that one particular device truly has great image quality! And if i’m not mistaken, dpreview and dxomark are actually partners.. Am I right? No, they are not biased and calling them rubbish is just downright preposterous. It is you who just don’t understand their measurements in assessing image quality, in case you don’t know their industry standard test consists of taking...
Adobe Lightroom goes mobile, but only for subscribers
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Apr, 2014 |
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Look, I paid 99,- for DXO Optics. My first choice would have been LR, but due to the (obviously) upcoming subscription model I looked elsewhere, Why should I pay 300,- in 3 years, 400,- in 4 years and so on when I can have a similarily powerful tool for 99,- for as long as I want to use it? DXO is even more powerful in some respects than LR; and lags behind in other fileds, i.e. image organizer; but hey, what does an image organizer cost? Some of the best are freeware or shareware…). I am still using Adobe Bridge to manage my image library (must be some 5 years old or even older, still...
Miss International UK 2014
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Female Model/s Required for Croydon Advertiser Fashion Story
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Presenter Wanted for New Fast Moving, Exciting and Funny Music Show!
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TWO GIRLS NEEDED TO CHEER AT LONDON MARATHON – PAID
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Film Maker wanted for music video / footage
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Female Model Required in Kent For Bridal Photo Shoot on 12th May 2014
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Art Director/set designer wanted for interesting indie film project
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PRODUCER FOR FEATURE FILM "THE WEED"
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Sound Recordist/ Sound Designer For Ongoing Collaborative Gay Project
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Editor wanted from gay community for long term collaborative relationship.
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How To Build A Ruby Gem With Bundler, Test-Driven Development, Travis CI And Coveralls, Oh My!
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Apr, 2014 |
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How To Build A Ruby Gem With Bundler, Test-Driven Development, Travis CI And Coveralls, Oh My!
By Mark McDonnell
April 8th, 2014
Ruby on Rails, Techniques, Tools
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Ruby is a great language. It was designed to foster happiness and productivity in developers, all the while providing tools that are effective and yet focused on simplicity. One of the tools available to the Rubyist is the RubyGems package manager. It enables us both to include “gems†(i.e. packaged code) that we can reuse in our own applications and to package our own code as...
How Far Would You Go To Clean Up For A Real Estate Shoot?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Apr, 2014 |
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Wide-Angle Lenses For Real Estate Photography: How Wide is Wide?
Interior Lighting With Multiple Strobes: By Scott Hargis
What Should You Charge For Real Estate Photography?
Don’t Charge For Real Estate Photography Until Your Verticals are Vertical
Choosing Gear To Get Started in Real Estate Photography For Least the Cost
My Formula For Pricing Real Estate Photography
The Arithmetic Of Real Estate Photography Pricing
Bracketing With Flash For Exposure Fusion and HDR
Flash For Beginners – Why You Eventually Really Do Need To Use...
Seven Pieces of Advice for New Lightroom Users
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson Andrew S. Gibson is the author of Mastering Lightroom: Book 2 – The Develop Module. There’s a special deal on now at Snapndeals, get 40% off for a limited time only. A Digital Photography School poll held earlier this year revealed that the majority of readers carry out their post-processing in Lightroom. Lightroom is attracting users all the time as it is not just a photo processor – it helps you organize, search and view your photos as well. If you are new to Lightroom then these tips will help you get started. 1. Understand the Lightroom Catalog The...
Travel Photography without the Travel – Going Local
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Katie McEnaney Many photographers love to travel. They love the thrill of being in a new place, of capturing new scenes and experiences, and of coming home with quality images. But landscape and travel  photography do not need to be confined to weeks-long trips to far-flung locations. This article will explore how to get the most out of a weekend (or even weekday) local photography outing (all photographs in this article were taken within a few miles of where I live). Before: Planning and Packing Making a plan or having a bucket list of photography wants is a great place to...
Blackmagic Design launches Blackmagic Studio Camera
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Apr, 2014 |
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Touted as ‘the world’s smallest broadcast camera with the world’s largest viewfinder’, Blackmagic Design has announced its new Studio Camera. The Studio Camera employs a 12.48mm x 7.02mm sensor and a Micro Four Thirds lens mount. It also has a 10-inch viewfinder and a four-hour built-in battery. The Studio Camera is strong on remote management features and includes ports for use with aviation headsets, as well as a built-in fiber-optic connection. As the camera is intended to be used in a live-switching scenario, it does not have any local writing capacity –...
Get the story behind the photograph
Posted by Chris Roubis on 8th, Apr, 2014 |
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Funny…so many come to these forums and get ugly about gear..Not many comments here regarding actual photography..Something else to think about……… I have always loved Paul Souders photo of the polar bear…now…I have surfed around the world, been out in giant swells with a waterhousing (with only 36 frames to shoot! LOL!)…etc…etc…blah…blah..hoo…haa….yaddy yadah… I CANNOT BELIEVE what Paul went thru: time, energy and expense-wise to get that photo….. and I have not even discussed him risking his life…After...
JVC Kenwood joins Micro Four Thirds with 4K Super 35 prototypes
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Consumer electronics maker JVC Kenwood has joined the Micro Four Thirds standard and said it will develop products for the system. The company is showing two prototype 4K-capable cameras, including a compact, handheld model at NAB in Las Vegas. We stopped by the JVC Kenwood booth and got a first glimpse of the cameras on display. Interestingly, the company says both cameras will have Super 35 sensors (around 21 x 12mm), which is wider than the original Four Thirds sensor format which the standard was designed around. The Micro Four Thirds system, originally developed by Olympus and...
AJA enters cinema camera market with 4K Cion
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AJA has announced the Cion – a production camera featuring a 4K APS-C sized sensor – at NAB in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is AJA Video System’s first camera, the company being known primarily as a manufacturer of video interface and conversion products. The camera accepts lenses with a PL mount and records to a single proprietary SSD drive (‘Pak’ storage modules come in either a 256GB or 512GB configurations). The camera is constructed out of magnesium and with its integrated suede shoulder pad, it’s intended for flexible use in the field. Â The sensor can...
Canon PowerShot G1X Mark II real-world gallery
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I like Jeff’s samples too, because 1) there’s a point to them (purple fringing tunnel, detail in ChinaTown, etc.), and 2) they’re (mostly) shot on sunny days, which is what I (and I suspect most of us) do too. These samples look good. I don’t see a lot of D.R. advantage to the larger sensor, to be honest. Areas that I would expect to be blown out on a smaller sensor camera are blown out on this camera. The ISO 3200 portrait is a nice result. C.A. is corrected in all images, but you can see a few halos here and there, no biggie. Also, the corners are slightly degraded...
Are You The Next Mr World? Represent Australia.
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Fitness Presenters for Online Fitness Platform
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34B/12 Swimwear Fitting Model Required – London
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38E Bra Fitting Model Required
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Blonde Model with striking eyes needed for music video.
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Photographer and Model Required for Test Shoot
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Makeup Artist Looking to Collaborate with Models, Stylists, Photographers
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Photographer Required this Thursday Morning
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Involving Clients In Your Mobile Workflow
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Apr, 2014 |
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Involving Clients In Your Mobile Workflow
By Thomas Joos
April 7th, 2014
Business, Strategy, Techniques
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A lot of mobile-minded talented folks across the globe produce great work, but yet sometimes you still hear many of them complain about their relationships with their clients. They often mention feeling isolated and not truly understanding what the client really needed. This lack of personal interaction often leads to misunderstanding, as well as less awareness of and appreciation for all your hard work. While involving clients in your...
What Is Your Primary Method Of Lighting For Real Estate Photography?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Apr, 2014 |
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Wide-Angle Lenses For Real Estate Photography: How Wide is Wide?
Interior Lighting With Multiple Strobes: By Scott Hargis
What Should You Charge For Real Estate Photography?
Don’t Charge For Real Estate Photography Until Your Verticals are Vertical
Choosing Gear To Get Started in Real Estate Photography For Least the Cost
My Formula For Pricing Real Estate Photography
The Arithmetic Of Real Estate Photography Pricing
Bracketing With Flash For Exposure Fusion and HDR
Flash For Beginners – Why You Eventually Really Do Need To Use...
The MagMod Speedlight Modifier – a Review
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A Post By: Jeff Guyer The MagMod speedlight modifier solves several problems and challenges posed by other systems. Until now, most speedlight modifiers on the market have been pretty inconvenient to use. I’m not talking about the quality of their output– just the lengths we’ve had to go in order to attach them to our flashes, and– perhaps more importantly– get them to stay on our speedlights over the course of a photo shoot. If your flash has a permanently attached strip of Velcro, or you have a collection of assorted straps, bands, tapes, attachment accessories, and other DIY...
Going the Extra Mile to Get the Image you Envisioned
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Kav Dadfar After a recent assignment to Central Turkey I uploaded some images to my website and Facebook page. Since then I have had several people asking me how I managed to capture some of my shots. This particular photo of the inside of a hot air balloon had the most questions. Sometimes opportunities for great shots easily present themselves but most photographers will tell you that hard work, preparation and research help you to get the image you envision. This was no exception. Research the area ahead of time As soon as I had details of the assignment I began to research the...
A first look at the Sony Alpha 7S 12MP full frame with 4K output
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Apr, 2014 |
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@ Stu 5 – I agree with the comparison with the 1Dc to a certain extent, except for a couple of things. Some may value financial savings over physical size. The 1DC is about $9000, whereas the A7S is likely $4000 including Atomos Shogun. Secondly, the 1DC’s 4K codec produces very bloated files at 8bit 4:2:2, whereas the Shogun will allow 8bit output to 10bit ProRes file. The initial demo videos show that the 4k output of the A7S is extremely good, at least as good as the 1DC, perhaps even better. The 1DC is also apparently as kludgy to operate for video as the 5D Mark II. No...
Sony announces Alpha 7S full-frame mirrorless with 4:2:2 4k video output
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Apr, 2014 |
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Sony has announced the Alpha 7S, a 12MP full-frame mirrorless camera designed for both stills and video. The camera can read out its entire sensor fast enough to output 8-bit 4:2:2 4k video over HDMI at up to 30p, without the need for line skipping or pixel binning. This also promises higher quality for the 1080p video (at up to 60p) it can record internally. Unlike the a7 and a7R, the latest model is not constrained by the AVCHD standard, also offering the XAVC S system, with bitrates of up to 50Mbps. The camera records at up to 1080/60p internally with 4:2:0 chroma sub-sampling. The higher...
Meet the UK’s first female press photographer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 7th, Apr, 2014 |
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Thanks for sharing, very interesting. I bet it was a very hard time to work for her. press/war photographer Gerda Taro (the wife of Robert Capa) mentioned it even more than 20 years later during the Spanish civil war that it were hard times for a female to work as a photographer. Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/06/meet-the-uk-s-first-female-press-photographer
Model Required for a Test Shoot in Manchester – Tuesday 8th April
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Magazine Appearance Opportunity
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models and make up artist required for multiple tfp shoots
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Interview To Be A Poker Totty
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Editorial Fashion Shoot!
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Camera Operators/ Editors
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Sound Designer Needed for an Independent Feature Film
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Seeking one actress, 30-40yrs age for supporting role in short film.
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Photographer Needed for Fashion Shoot
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Photographers – Makeup Artist Submission
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Four Ways to Improve Your Photos With the Clarity Slider in Lightroom
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson Andrew S. Gibson is the author of Mastering Lightroom: Book 2 – The Develop Module. There’s a special deal on now at Snapndeals, get 40% off for a limited time only. The Clarity slider is one of the most useful in Lightroom when it comes to giving your images extra punch and impact. Today I’m going to show you several ways you can use it to improve your photos. But first, let’s take a look at exactly what the Clarity slider does, and how it differs from its cousin the Contrast slider. This photo is ideal to demonstrate the difference: It was taken on an...
Developing a Creative Eye – be Careful Before Deleting Your Photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 6th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Patrick Elliott Photo A: ‘Reflections On Land’ by Patrick Elliott DEVELOP A CREATIVE EYE The more you get out and use your camera, the more proficient you become as a photographer. In the process of learning and using your camera, you will develop a better eye from a creative perspective. It is important that you put this “creative eye†to use on a regular basis, not only to maintain it, but also to improve it. Taking pictures isn’t the only time you have to use your creative eye. You can use it by looking at other people’s pictures to see what you could have done...
Meet the UK’s first female press photographer
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Quite normal images from that time. I see no press images, just portraits. Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/06/meet-the-uk-s-first-female-press-photographer
Lead Female Model
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London Model Academy are Looking for Fashion & Commercial Models
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Art direct and Costume Designer needed for original Teaser/Webseries
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One Director of Photography required for a student film asap
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Film man required for youtube videos
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Asistant Editor Wanted
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Videographer/editor needed asap – London
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This Week In Real Estate Video #105 – NAR Says Don’t Use RCMA For Marketing
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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Wide-Angle Lenses For Real Estate Photography: How Wide is Wide?
Interior Lighting With Multiple Strobes: By Scott Hargis
What Should You Charge For Real Estate Photography?
Don’t Charge For Real Estate Photography Until Your Verticals are Vertical
Choosing Gear To Get Started in Real Estate Photography For Least the Cost
My Formula For Pricing Real Estate Photography
The Arithmetic Of Real Estate Photography Pricing
Bracketing With Flash For Exposure Fusion and HDR
Flash For Beginners – Why You Eventually Really Do Need To Use...
Weekly Photography Challenge Landscapes
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Yesterday I shared a collection of stunning landscape images and asked a question at the end of the list. If you missed it, you can see the collection and my question here. By Eric Bryan If you haven’t figured out the three things that I think make all, or most of those images a cut above – let me help you out: The light – having the right light in landscape photography is crucial to creating an image that is better than good, it’s great. Light is everything and what landscape photographers drool over when they find the “good light†or they wait...
A Collection of Stunning Landscape Photographs
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt This week’s collection of images to inspire you comes from 500px! Thanks to Evgeny Tchebotarev (founder of 500px) for letting us use these images, and for housing such a great website full of amazing images. To view any of them larger in all their glory, just click on the photo credit below the image. Enjoy these amazing landscape photographs! stille wasser by Ralf Thomas on 500px Firewood by Ildiko Neer on 500px blue dreams by dpicture on 500px Mysterious Hallway by David Thompson on 500px Time Lapse by Danny Velasco on 500px Golden Bay: When Night Falls by...
What The Duck #1459
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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WTD #1459 Check out ‘What the Duck’ in our Link Directory What the Duck is a comic strip by Aaron Johnson. It started as a webcomic, with the first strip posted in July 2006. The strip has appeared as print in numerous photography magazines including Amateur Photographer in the UK. It was picked up for syndication in 2008 by Universal Press Syndicate under the name W. T. Duck. What The Duck is published here every week, and also runs in our weekly newsletter. Source Article from...
In photos: Swimming with jellyfish
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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Beautiful pictures of amazing creatures … … but on a point of order re. the biology, “Since the jellyfish in the lake have no natural predators, they have lost their sting” is misleading and wrong. Jellyfish don’t have “sting” to ward of predators – they still get eaten freely by turtles, whales and others. They “sting” in order to paralyse THEIR prey, generally small fish. And without SOME kind of sting, they would simply starve and die. Even if that string cannot penetrate human skin. Brian Source Article from...
Acclaimed AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed in Afghanistan
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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I´m so sad. Anja Niedringshaus was a german photographer, i try to translate and would like to share some quotes with you, she gave in one of her last interviews for a german magazine. About Afghans:“I see their (warm) characters, which doesn’t exists (in the west) anymore. How often i slept on the ground in houses from normal afghan families. They share all their belongings and they even don´t know me!” About war:“We (in the west) believe that we can bring peace with militia and weapons. But with that you achieve nothing. I became the greatest pacifist, since i...
‘Dedicated’: A Nikon D4s video about photographers using the D4s
Posted by Chris Roubis on 5th, Apr, 2014 |
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Any chance on a spoof video with a goofy idiot touting a DX6490 (hung low around the waist) and badgering the pros, running after the moving objects…interfering with shots, proclaiming that with a little photo-shopping, its is “just as good.”….. I would be willing to be that goof… seriously, great video with recognition to the motorcycling and high speed capture….and from an enthusiast’s perspective…happy Friday to all… Source Article from...
3 Actors Needed For A Corporate Film
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Actor Wanted for Online Corporate Video
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Volunteers for Studio Portrait Photo shoot 5th April 2014
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Two Actors required for Old Skool Launderette Stock Footage
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Model Required for Camera Review Shot – Central London
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Music Needed for Award Winning Webseries
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Camera Operator Position – 4 Days Per Week, Immediate Start
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Looking for Assistant for a Location Shoot
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Young Photography Assistant for Photography & Video Shoots
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Interview With Khajag Apelian: “Type Design Is Not Only About Drawing Letters”
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Interview With Khajag Apelian“Type Design Is Not Only About Drawing Lettersâ€
By Alexander Charchar
April 4th, 2014
Inspiration, Interviews
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Having started his career studying under some of the best typographic minds in the world, Khajag Apelian not only is a talented type and graphic designer, unsurprisingly, but also counts Disney as a client, as well as a number of local and not-for-profit organizations throughout the Middle East. Even more impressive is Khajag’s willingness to take on work that most people would find too...
MindShift Gear’s rotation180 Panorama Rotating Backpack – a Review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Jeff Guyer The rotation180 Panorama from MindShift Gear is designed around the needs of outdoor photographers. Last time I checked, I think I had something like 14 camera bags. I think it was when I got #8 or #9 that my wife asked me how many would be enough. I made the egregious mistake of replying with something along the lines of, “I don’t know. How many pairs of shoes will be enough?†Thankfully, I have quick reflexes and was able to dodge the flying stiletto and we’ve never spoken of our addictions again. Seriously, though. Regardless of whether you are a professional...
Change Your Point of View – Literally
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: Rick Berk Canon Powershot G16; Exposure 1/60, f/1.8, ISO 640. Lens was zoomed all the way out to 6.1mm (28mm equivalent on a full-frame camera) When starting out in photography, it’s easy to focus (pardon the pun) on the gear and learning about proper exposure, that you can overlook one of the easiest ways to improve your images, whether you use a DSLR, a point and shoot camera, or even just your cell phone’s camera. It’s amazing how a simple change of your point of view can make a bland image, into something much more exciting. Get off of the usual eye level When...
Waterproof camera returns to owner after being lost at sea
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Apr, 2014 |
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After arrival in Bangkok, i had a Taxi to a 4 star hotel near Siam Square. I paid and tipped the driver and moved my trolley to reception. While talking to reception, i saw the driver entering the impressive hotel lobby. What does he want here, i asked myself. The driver walked towards me; i wondered if any trouble lay ahead; the receptionists also looked askance at this simple local man who seemed not to be comfortable with the surroundings. The driver stepped up to me, nodded formally and dropped into my hand – my Ixus compact camera. I had forgotten it on his taxi’s back seat. The...
Lensbaby brings ‘Sweet Spot ‘ selective focus lens to iPhone
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Apr, 2014 |
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Lensbaby is well known among DSLR photographers for its array of special-effect lenses. Now the Portland, Oregon-based company wants to expand into mobile photography and has launched a Kickstarter project to fund the final development stage of its Lensbaby Sweet Spot lens. The Sweet Spot lens attaches magnetically to the camera of your iPhone 4s, 5, 5s or 5c and provides the effect of the original Lensbaby. It allows you to put the focus on one point of the image which is then surrounded by blur that becomes gradually stronger towards the edges of the frame. You can see the effect in...
Kenro launches Nissin i40 compact flash with video light
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Apr, 2014 |
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this looks very nice:SB400, 2AAs, 125g, 66 x 56.5 x 80 mm, tilt but no swivel – super compactSB600, 4AAs, 300g, 68 x 123.5 x 90, tilt + swivelNissin i40 4AAs, 203g, 85 x 61 x 85, tilt + swivel I too will be watching to see the price come down. Would think it would complement the D40/3xxx body size very well. Source Article from...
Transcend UHS-I Class 3 memory cards support 4K video capture
Posted by Chris Roubis on 4th, Apr, 2014 |
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Transcend has announced SDXC/SDHC UHS-I Class 3 (U3) rated memory cards with read and write speeds of up to 95MB/s and 85MB/s. The Transcend cards meet requirements to give smooth video capture on new 4K cameras such as the Sony FDR-AX100, Panasonic Lumix GH4 and Canon EOS C500. Featuring 32GB to 128GB capacities, the new cards will available by mid-April in Japan and soon after in the U.S. Jump to: Press Release Press Releases: Transcend Launches SDXC/SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 Cards to Support 4K Video Capture Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend®), a worldwide leader in storage and...
Nokia unveils 20MP Lumia 930 with Windows Phone 8.1
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Nokia has launched a new high-end smartphone. The Lumia 930 is the international version of the Lumia Icon that was launched a few weeks ago as an exclusive model for U.S. carrier Verizon. The Nokia Lumia 930 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 2GB of RAM. It comes with 32GB of onboard storage but does not offer a microSD slot. You can compose and view images on a 5-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display with 1080p full-HD resolution. The battery is a 2420mAh variant, and like the iPhone 5s and HTC One M8, you’ll need a Nano-SIM for voice and data service. Looking at the...
Models Wanted For Bridal Show
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Promotional models! Represent premium brand at MUSIC FESTIVALS & EVENTS
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Shot Girls Needed for Redditch Nightclub
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Model Required for Swimsuit Shoot
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TF Portfolio Photoshoots
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ENG Cameraman/Editor needed for TV Show
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Video Advert Needed ASAP
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Runner Needed for Professional Film Team – PAID – Saturday 5 April
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Film Camera Operator for New Vintage Wedding Business
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Camera / Videographer needed for Avatar dance solo in Sydney
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Stills Photographer for Show/Photoshoot – Supported by Stephen Fry and RSC
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Seeking Team for TFP Bridal Shoot
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Assistant Photographer for Fashion Style Scooting
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Photographer Required for a Bridal Fair April 4th
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Frizz-Free JavaScript With ConditionerJS
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Frizz-Free JavaScript With ConditionerJS
By Rik Schennink
April 3rd, 2014
CSS, HTML, JavaScript
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Setting up JavaScript-based functionality to work across multiple devices can be tricky. When is the right time to load which script? Do your media queries matches tests, your geolocation popups tests and your viewport orientation tests provide the best possible results for your website? ConditionerJS will help you combine all of this contextual information to pinpoint the right moment to load the functionality you need. Before we jump into the...
Real Estate Photography Questions From Readers
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Wide-Angle Lenses For Real Estate Photography: How Wide is Wide?
Interior Lighting With Multiple Strobes: By Scott Hargis
What Should You Charge For Real Estate Photography?
Don’t Charge For Real Estate Photography Until Your Verticals are Vertical
Choosing Gear To Get Started in Real Estate Photography For Least the Cost
My Formula For Pricing Real Estate Photography
The Arithmetic Of Real Estate Photography Pricing
Bracketing With Flash For Exposure Fusion and HDR
Flash For Beginners – Why You Eventually Really Do Need To Use...
10 Photography Tips to Help You Take Your Photography up a Level
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A Post By: Olivier Duong The best lessons are the ones you learn the hard way. Here are 10 photography tips I learned after lots of frustration, discouragement, money lost, and forever lost opportunities. These tips are not very common, I never heard them hence you probably never heard of them either. I hope they help you avoid the mistakes I made, and help you improve your photography. Let’s get to it shall we? 10 Photography Tips 1 – Always have a camera in your pocket. Always. Or else. How many times have you been a situation where you kinda wanted to take your camera bag, but ended...
Tips for Boosting Your Confidence Doing People Photography
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A Post By: Dan Waters We all know most people aren’t comfortable being photographed. What’s less well documented is many photographers actually feel nervous about photographing people. It’s understandable when you think about it. Since we know that the people we’re photographing don’t want to be photographed, we feel we’re invading their space. We also feel just as ‘on show’ as the subject. We have to perform, be charming, build rapport, make people smile, effortlessly change the settings on our camera and ultimately show them how great they look in the photo. It’s a lot of...
Up close: The beauty of butterfly wings
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Little-known fact: the irridescent colours of butterfly wings are produced not by pigments, but by nanometric structures on the scales’ surface that reflect different colours of light, much like the microscopic pits on a CD. God, I love nature. Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/03/up-close-the-beauty-of-butterfly-wings
Tiny lens turns your smartphone camera into a microscope
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There is a large number of third party lens attachments for smartphones available. You can choose from fisheye, wide-angle, macro or tele lenses, or even attach an entire camera module. The Micro Phone Lens Kickstarter project is different though. It’s a minuscule lens attachment made from a scratch-proof polymer that turns your smartphone or tablet into a microscope with a 150x magnification factor. The lens is adhesive, you simply stick it on and pull it off after use. The system works best when using a microscope slide. You focus by gently pressing on the slide until the...
Roll with it: Official World Cup ball goes HD
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Well i’m too old for these kinds of visuals and music. Footage from a football’s point of view sounds great, but the presentation must be digestable too. Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/03/roll-with-it-official-world-cup-ball-goes-hd
Legendary photographer David Goldblatt shares insights from career
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What Amber said. How often I’ve encountered the same need to cool my own ideas. For too long. I’m retired now and can do what I want. BAB Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/02/legendary-photographer-david-goldblatt-shares-insights-from-career
Ricoh to offer limited edition Pentax Q7 Premium Kit
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Ricoh Imaging will soon be offering a limited edition Pentax Q7 Premium Kit. The kit includes a black Q7, four lenses (standard prime, standard zoom, tele zoom, wide zoom) plus four hoods, a polarizing filter, and a camera bag that will surely be noticed. Only 1000 kits will be available worldwide, and those in the U.S. can pick up one later this month for $1199.95. Ricoh Imaging Introduces Limited Edition PENTAX Q7 Premium Kit with Four Lenses New PENTAX Q7 Kit Features Four High-Performance Lenses, Special Accessories and Exclusive Packaging  DENVER, CO, April 2, 2014 – Ricoh Imaging...
Models Needed for Gadget Show Live 8th – 13th April NEC Birmingham
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C31 sketch comedy show requires sketches
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Established Funky Band Needs Guitarist
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Film Editor Needed for WANDERLUST Project
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Editing Technician of Final Cut Pro
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Crew Needed for Occult Web Series
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Photographer Moving to Melbourne
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Freebie: Flat Icon Set (60 Icons, PNG, SVG, EPS, PSD, AI)
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Freebie: Flat Icon Set (60 Icons, PNG, SVG, EPS, PSD, AI)
By The Smashing Editorial
April 1st, 2014
Freebies, Icons
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Crafted with great attention to detail, today’s icon set is extremely easy to use and will most probably be the next ultimate resource for any of your design projects. This set of round icons was thoroughly designed by the creative team at Roundicons and has been released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. This freebie contains 60 icons that have been designed in both round and flat styles, and can be used...
Bugeye Lens Underwater Photography
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Solving the Problem of Duplicate Photos
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A Post By: Helen Bradley I usually write about tips for Photoshop and Lightroom, but today I’m going to cover more of a workflow solution, solving the problem of duplicate photos on your computer or hard drives. If you’re like me, from time to time you’ve encountered the problem of duplicate photos. You might have imported a set of photos twice, accidentally duplicated a folder of photos, or you might have totally lost control of your photo collection to the extent that you now have multiple copies of your images and you don’t know where to begin finding, and cleaning them up. While...
10 Ways Photography Makes You a Better Parent
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A Post By: Beryl Young When I began my journey down the wonderful path of becoming a photographer, I never realized how this camera of mine would totally transform my world. I picked up a camera before becoming a mom, not because of burning passion, but because I knew how important it was to document our life. I felt like taking pictures was an essential part of remembering all of the details of growing our family. What I’ve realized over the years though, is that photography isn’t simply about the technical details of achieving the perfect white balance, using the best gear and...
Apple patents bayonet mount for mobile devices
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The guys at Apple Insider have spotted another camera-related Apple patent at the US Patent Office. A few months ago Apple patented a magnetic lens mount. This time the iPhone maker from Cupertino is looking at interchangeable lenses for mobile devices that will attach via a bayonet mount, just like on a DSLR or mirrorless system camera. Most patents never turn into a product but if Apple decides to bring the bayonet mount to market you might be able to attach fish-eye, wide-angle, macro or tele lenses to future generation of iPhones, iPads and iPods, without the help of additional...
Sony RX10 added to enthusiast compact buying guide
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To help lazy readers: By R Butler:The GR, X100S, Coolpix A, Sigma DPMs and possibly the Canon G1X would fall into a more specialist class, but we’re probably not going to have a chance to cover those, this time ’round. By Andy Westlake:We’ve reviewed most of those cameras in detail. The only ones missing are the Sigma DP Merrills (which we struggle to recommend for most users, as they’re highly reliant on Sigma Photo Pro for Raw conversion, which can produce great output but is painfully slow and clunky), and the Leica X2, which is pretty much eclipsed by the X100S....
Mockups emerge of new Olympus OM-D ‘OM-G’
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While this is published April 1st and obviously an April joke I think it has some interesting ideas. 6-axis IBIS with the sensor moving back and forth? Remember the Contax AX: it had a movable film plane to get AF, and it worked quite well. In theory at least it would be possible to get AF a similar way with a moving sensor. Imagine AF with all those legacy lenses of OM, FD and other mounts existing out there. Anyway, I actually own an OM-G, bought in the US 30 years ago, hiding in a cupboard. It exists. It’s a very basic entry level slr though. Source Article from...
Promotional Models – Festival & Music Event Work in Cardiff
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Promotional Models – Festival & Music Event Work in Leicester
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Promotional Models Wanted for Music Events & Festivals in Brighton
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Promotional Models – Festival & Music Event Work in Sheffield
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Promotional Models – Festival & Music Event Work in Newcastle
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Sound Recordist required for short film.
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Producer required for short film
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Film crew member for experience on set
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Sound Recordist Wanted For Short Film – 2 Days
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Crew Members required for Short Feature Film
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Photo Assistant Required
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Photographer / Photography Student Wanted with Own Shooting Space&Camera
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Photographer Required To Shoot Portfolios
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Photographer Required For Dance Promo Shoot
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Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: April 2014
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Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: April 2014
By The Smashing Editorial
March 31st, 2014
Wallpapers
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We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for six years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and...
Now Accepting Master Bedroom Photos For April PFRE Photographer Of The Month
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Apr, 2014 |
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Wide-Angle Lenses For Real Estate Photography: How Wide is Wide?
Interior Lighting With Multiple Strobes: By Scott Hargis
What Should You Charge For Real Estate Photography?
Don’t Charge For Real Estate Photography Until Your Verticals are Vertical
Choosing Gear To Get Started in Real Estate Photography For Least the Cost
My Formula For Pricing Real Estate Photography
The Arithmetic Of Real Estate Photography Pricing
Bracketing With Flash For Exposure Fusion and HDR
Flash For Beginners – Why You Eventually Really Do Need To Use...
5 Steps to Building Relationships to Help You Get More Photography Clients
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Apr, 2014 |
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A Post By: John Corcoran How to Build Relationships to Get More Photography Clients So you’re trying to make a go of it as a freelance photographer. Maybe you are just looking for a few paid gigs on the side, or perhaps you really want to go pro. But the problem is actual paying gigs are still few and far between, even though you’ve tried everything. Shooting every day. Doing free portrait sessions for family or friends. Spent hours and hours editing photos in Photoshop or organizing images in Lightroom. So what should you do? Well, I have some good news – it may not be your...
The Worst Mistake a Travel Photographer Can Make
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A Post By: Etienne Bossot As a travel photographer and photography teacher, I meet a lot of photographers on a daily basis. Whether they’re amateur or pro, newbie or experienced, first-timers or old-timers, they often have one thing in common: too much gear. The pro shooters who join me on my photography tours in Southeast Asia tend to look more like pack mules than people: they’re loaded with lenses, lights, filters, and a veritable menagerie of photographic accoutrement – you know, the kind of gear that makes you look like you know what you’re doing. Being comfortable with your...
Budget lighting: Flashpoint 180 Monolight review
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“It carries a guide number of 48, which means it can cast usable light from a maximum of 48 meters” That’s a bit of an oversimplification, don’t you think? The correct definition would be something like this. “At full power, it can provide proper illumination from a distance of 48 metres when using an f/1 lens and a sensitivity setting of ISO 100/21°, as long as you shoot without a light modifier.” Otherwise a fine review (though I do believe Biowizard has it right and you ought to substitute Watt seconds for Watts). What I do miss are the t0.1 and t0.5...
SmugMug Films: Capturing what you can’t control
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Great stuff, you go girl!! Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/04/01/smugmug-films-capturing-what-you-can-t-control
LensRentals.com needs name for massive lens calibration tool
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Apr, 2014 |
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It is nearly midnight CST here so I will probably go to sleep when I post this… Ok let’s name it the LOPTIC… LensOptimizingPatternedTechnologyIntegratedConsole “So let’s see how it will do on the LOPTIC” Good night fellow cameraphiles…. 🙂 Source Article from...
Matterport shows off its 3D camera technology
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Capturing 3D models is one of the latest technology trends. The recent announcement of Google’s Project Tango smartphone got tech heads excited and at the same time horrified users with concerns about privacy. Matterport is a startup that cooperated with Google in Project Tango and built its own 3D camera. The $4,500 device is linked with an iPad running the Matterport app and captures the interior of a room or any other scene. Matterport does not reveal much information about the camera’s specification but on the company website the system is described as follows: The...
Olympus updates OM-D E-M1 with electronic first curtain ‘anti-shock’
Posted by Chris Roubis on 1st, Apr, 2014 |
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As one who had a big problem with shutter shock on my first EM1 body (quickly exchanged, thanks to understanding people in the shop) and slight issues in my current body, this is good news. BUUUUUTTTTT …. I thought the camera already had this feature? What is the option in Menu C, at the bottom, for “release lag time: short”? I found it made a significant difference to the occurrence of shutter-shock but destroyed battery life. It also makes a difference to the shutter sound. In the absence of real knowledge of what is going on, I tend to think this new option is actually...
Looking for The Face of South Africa
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Werbegesichter gesucht! – NRW
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US TV Show
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Models Needed for Photo Shoots – Enlight Photography
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Topless Waiters Required – All States
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Experienced Camera Operator Required, With Own Equipment for Short Piece
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Cameraman/Editor required for online children’s series.
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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.