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Garmin has taken a leap into the rugged action camera market with the Garmin VIRB and VIRB Elite, designed to capture video and stills in extreme conditions. In a market segment currently dominated by GoPro, the VIRB steps into the ring with a 1.4-inch display, 1080p video capture, integrated weatherproof housing and ANT+...
Semantic CSS With Intelligent Selectors
By Heydon Pickering
August 20th, 2013
CSS, HTML, Semantics
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“Form ever follows function. This is the law.†So said the architect and “father of skyscrapers†Louis Sullivan. For architects not wishing to crush hundreds of innocent people under the weight of a colossal building, this rule of thumb is pretty good. In design, you should always lead with function, and allow form to emerge as a result. If you were to lead with form, making your skyscraper look pretty would be easier, but at the...
A couple of days ago a real estate photographer on the east coast sent me a copy of a photo release that a real estate brokerage asked him to sign. Here is the first paragraph of the release: I hereby assign to x, its agents, assigns or successors in interest my entire right, title and interest, if any, in and to photographic pictures/video (“Photosâ€) provided by me to x such that the Photos may be used in any and all publications, advertising, news media, video, internet and any other media hereafter devised. I waive any right to inspect and/or approve the finished advertising copy or...
With my background being in classic style studio portraiture (aka “boringâ€), and 25 years experience photographing portraits and weddings, I have a few tips up my sleeve for you. If you’ve never done a family or group portrait before don’t be intimidated. Be honest with the family and tell they you’re just learning, I bet they’ll be willing participants to help you out and they get some nice photos in exchange. With a little planning, doing a family portrait should be fun for both you, and the family you’re photographing. Here are 10 quick tips to...
The Pose of a Generation. The next time you are out shooting street photography, try this.  Put your camera down at your side and just look around for awhile.  Watch things happen and let moments develop in front of your eyes. It sounds simple but it goes against our natural instincts to throw the camera in front of our face every time we see something remotely interesting.  That is especially true with digital. The camera is the tool, but it can get in the way sometimes. The camera can be easy to hide behind and it can become a crutch.  It’s so easy to rev...
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Rokinon has made available a video version of the Samyang 16mm f/2.0 prime. The 16mm T2.2 Cine lens is available for pre-order in Nikon F, Canon EF, Micro Four Thirds, Sony A, and Sony E mounts. Like other video primes, it offers focus and aperture racks for use with cinema rigs, stepless aperture control, and calibration in T-stops rather than...
Key Ingredients To Make Your App Go Viral
By Carla White
August 19th, 2013
Apps, Strategy, Techniques
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A viral app is the highest achievement on iTunes and Google Play. It’s an app that customers eagerly share across the Internet, through social networks, email, chat and word of mouth. It’s like rocket fuel, and it is the best case scenario for an app developer because word of mouth is far more powerful than any paid advertising. Ad clutter is everywhere, and people just ignore it. No one trusts ads, and they cost too much for...
A couple of days ago Dan Ryan if Southfield Media in Sterling, NJ sent me a copy of a photo release that Coldwell Banker Previews International ask him to sign. Here is the first paragraph of the release: I hereby assign to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, its agents, assigns or successors in interest (“Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerageâ€), my entire right, title and interest, if any, in and to photographic pictures/video (“Photosâ€) provided by me to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage such that the Photos may be used in any and all publications, advertising, news media,...
In portraiture, negative space is the area around the main subject of your photograph. The portrait above has negative space – it is the dark area around the model. I’ve highlighted it below in green so you can see exactly what I mean: There’s a quote in photography attributed to photojournalist Robert Capa: “If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.†A lot of the time, that’s good advice – many portraits can be improved by getting in closer to the subject, either physically or with a longer lens, so the model dominates the...
We are all familiar with the old refrain, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t teach, teach gym.â€Â I’m still not sure about that last part, but I think by now we’ve pretty much debunked the middle part. The photography world is full of incredibly successful, highly talented photographers who willingly and eagerly pass along their knowledge and expertise to a new wave of hobbyists, enthusiasts, and professionals. From workshops and photo walks, to seminars and tutorials, there is a lot of solid information to be found. ...
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Landscape photographer Carsten Krieger is no stranger to poor weather, but in this article he explains how you can get great shots even when the sun is hidden from view. His three-page article features several images taken in his native Ireland which should provide plenty of inspiration for those damp, rainy days that are...
The B-Grip (short for “belt gripâ€) is a way to carry your camera on a belt, rather than around your neck. The camera is carried around in the holster with a quick release plate that’s easily accessed when you’re ready to shoot. It’s best paired with the hand strap also available, and it is this pair which I was sent for review by a local reseller. I tested this grip out on the busy weekend of an anime convention which I attend every year and usually take about 1000 photos a day for each of the two days. For Saturday I used the B-Grip. For Sunday I...
Wouldn’t it be nice to make money doing something you love – even if it were just enough to cover the costs of that hobby? I’m going to share with you four ways that I have personally used to try and make money as a photographer. I’ll share with you my experience with each, advice on getting started, and whether or not I was successful in my attempts. I’ve also found a few more posts on DPS that will help you find more information on a few of these topics if they peak your interest. The Wedding Photographer Wedding photography is probably one of the more...
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Printing in 3D is in the news a lot lately, but applications are usually limited to industrial prototypes. A company called Captured Dimensions has a different use for this technology. They’ve rigged 60 DSLRs in a 360 degree array to capture 3D portraits. The likeness is then printed using a substance containing gypsum...
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World War II and Depression-era America was mostly documented in black and white. That’s color photos of the time belonging to the Library of Congress is so engrossing. Shot in color at the same time as more widely recognized black-and-white photos, these images offer a vivid look into American life in 30’s and...
Useful InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work
By Alexander Charchar
August 16th, 2013
Tools, Workflow
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Few applications feel as complete as Adobe’s InDesign. First released in 1999 as a direct attack against the then-industry standard, Quark, the page-layout application has been made faster and more feature-rich with each iteration. But even the best applications lack some features. Luckily, Adobe realized this some years ago and opened the doors to allow designers to expand this beloved set of tools through plugins. Many...
Earlier this week we published a post on composition of images in which author Matt Dutile introduced the concept of adding a second point of interest to your photos to give your image a natural viewing progression. Adding a secondary point of interest can not only add more interest in your image but reinforce a theme or perspective argues Matt. A number of people commented that they’d not considered this technique before so we thought this might be a fun weekly challenge – taking photos that not only have a single point of interest – but which have a second...
In music they say the spaces between the notes are just as important as the notes themselves. Similarly in photography, it can be the spaces that are not in the light that add impact to an image. If it were not for the shadow cast by the dirt bike, it might be difficult to tell it was off the ground. Shadows help tell a story and enhance the mood and visual power of a photograph. In fact, they can be so interesting, that they “overshadow†the subject itself! By focussing your attention on the shadows, you can create beautiful compositions full of contrast,...
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WTD #1427 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...
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ThinkTank has announced a new sling-style camera bag. Called the TurnStyle, it’s available in three different models, the smallest of which is targeted to mirrorless camera owners. TurnStyle 5 is designed to hold a mirrorless body and up to four lenses. ThinkTank claims the larger TurnStyle 10 and TurnStyle 20 will hold...
InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work
By Alexander Charchar
August 16th, 2013
Tools, Workflow
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Few applications feel as complete as Adobe’s InDesign. First released in 1999 as a direct attack against the then-industry standard, Quark, the page-layout application has been made faster and more feature-rich with each iteration. But even the best applications lack some features. Luckily, Adobe realized this some years ago and opened the doors to allow designers to expand this beloved set of tools through plugins. Many designers...
Introducing Jelly Navigation Menu: When Canvas Meets PaperJS
By Oleg Solomka
August 15th, 2013
CSS, HTML, JavaScript
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It’s our great pleasure to support active members of the Web design and development community. Today, we’re proud to present the Jelly Navigation Menu that shows the power of PaperJS and TweenJS when used together. This article is yet another golden nugget of our series of various tools, libraries and techniques that we’ve published here on Smashing Magazine: LiveStyle, PrefixFree, Foundation, Sisyphus.js, GuideGuide,...
![Is that a Workshop, Tour or Seminar [Part III]](https://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Part-III-568x600.jpg)
In part I and part II of this series we learned the photo workshop is typically one where the instructor concentrates on delivering an intense teaching/learning experience at a location conducive to enhancing that goal. In comparison is the photo tour where the delivery is all about exotic or exciting locations with a photo tour leader putting you in the right place at the right time, and might provide minimal formal instruction. Located somewhere between the tour and workshop is the photo seminar. More often than not the seminar combines the best attributes of...
Along with lighting, subject, perspective, composition is one of the fundamental tools to creating better images. It’s one of the easier ones to begin applying to your own photography as well. Here are a few tips on improving your composition, with examples from a recent fitness photo shoot. 1. Rule of Thirds You’ve probably heard this one beat to death, but the rule of thirds is one of the fundamental keys in creating stronger compositions. It involves dividing an image into nine equal grids at the thirds. By placing your subject on the line of a third, or at...
Grab Your Bag and Join Us: Full-Day Smashing Workshops In Germany By Cat Clark August 6th, 2013 1 Comment Quality has and will always matter to us. With our full-day workshops in Freiburg and Berlin, we aim to bring together only the most talented, skilled and passionate experts from various fields of Web design close to you. Well, if these workshops won’t help improve your workflow and skills, what will? Seriously. Save 50€ On Your Next Workshop! We listen to your thoughts, and we listen carefully. Let us know where you’d like us to organize the next Smashing workshops in the comments...
Only 24 hours until the August PFRE contest is closed. I will accept any entry I get with email dated August 15. We have a great bunch of daylight exterior shots from literally all over the planet in this months contest… most of them with lakes like Craig Ryder’s last year’s winner! So you think the judges like lakes? I’m traveling right now so you may not get as quick a response from me as usual when you submit an entry… but I will respond by Aug 16 for sure. Before you make your submission take a look at the Contest page that describes all the rules and the whole contest...
In my 20 years in photography, I’ve seen a lot of different assignments teachers have given their students. Most I have heard, or been given myself from time to time, have centered around learning to use the camera. Things like “Use Only One Exposure Modeâ€, “Use Only One Lensâ€, or “Use One Aperture Settingâ€. The most interesting to me, from a photographic standpoint, involved learning to see. The reason I say this is that simple camera use can be easily learned. It’s basic math when you boil it down. But learning to see creatively,...
By Lori Peterson Booking teens and tweens for photo shoots is always fun. They have so much energy and enthusiasm and it really shows once they step in front of the camera. For that time when they are in front of your camera they feel like they are celebrities. That can be good for fragile egos and low self-esteem, especially when their hair and makeup is done and they look absolutely gorgeous. Teens and tweens of today have seen enough modelling shows that they know the drill for posing. Some of them even have that runway walk down too! It’s very easy as a...
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We’ve been working on a brand-new studio comparison scene for some time, and we’ve decided to give you a sneak peek, as a beta, using images from the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. We’ll be speaking more about this new scene (and the new interface that goes with it) very soon, but for now we wanted to let you...
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We’ve just published a gallery of real-world samples shot using the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. The GX7 is Panasonic’s latest Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens camera, and one of the company’s most interesting models yet. It features a new 16MP sensor, tiltable EVF and LCD, and offers several...
Are you bored with your smartphone camera but wearing a camera on your face just a little too weird? Lucky for you, Swiss company Hyetis has created a 41-megapixel wristwatch. At $1,200, the Crossbow smartwatch is $300 cheaper than the beta release of Google Glass. Hyetis’s smartwatch sends photos taken on the watch to an iOS, Android, or Windows Phone 8 smartphone through the watch’s wi-fi, Bluetooth, or near field communication (NFC) connectivity. From Hyetis‘ typo-ridden website: High resolution camera sensor with 41 mega-pixel is integrated in Crossbow with an...
Email Marketing For Mobile App Creators
By Ros Hodgekiss
August 14th, 2013
Apps, Strategy
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If you’ve developed mobile applications or have just started building one, then you probably realize that marketing should be as much of an ongoing concern as the product’s design and development. After all, what’s the point in creating a beautiful, valuable app if no one knows about it? Assuming that promotion on Google Play or Apple’s App Store will take your app from beta to bestseller is… well, magical thinking. In reality, most...
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By Richard Smith It was during a trip to Cenderawasih Bay on Papua’s north coast in Indonesia that I really got into photographing reef fish. This unique bay has been cut off from the outside world by large landmasses several times over the past several million years, and subsequently new species have evolved in isolation. This environment fascinated me as both a marine biologist and underwater photographer. I set out to document as many of the indigenous fishes as I could during my once in a lifetime visit.  Thus began my love of reef fish portraiture.  Why Photograph Reef Fish?...
By Lori Peterson There seems to be a constant war waged between photographers who sell prints and the “shoot and burn†photographers that give their clients a disc with edited images. Photographers who sell prints think that photographers who sell (or ***gasp***) give away their images on a CD are devaluing photographers and photography as a whole. Photographers who provide discs (whether given or purchased) to their clients think they are just keeping up with technology and client demand. So, who is right in this war pitting photographer against photographer?...
By: Oded Wagenstein Great tips and tricks on overcoming the harsh mid-day sun to create beautiful portraits on either side of the “golden hours†The Golden Time The best time to take almost any kind of  picture, is in the “golden hoursâ€: around one hour before sun down and one hour after sunrise, because that’s when the light is at its softest, lacking hard shadows, rich in colors, bathing your subject in even light, which entering from the side and that gives your subjects face definition. -Uzbekistan-Canon EFS 17-55mm f/2.8Fstop of 3.5, shutter...
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While some of us were sleeping this weekend, photographers around the northern hemisphere were capturing the Perseid meteor shower as it peaked. The annual shower continues through August 24th, but it reached its highest activity levels on August 11th and 12th as debris from a passing comet produced as many as 100 meteors per...
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Jesse Pinkman and Walter White (alias Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston) in a promotional still for Breaking Bad. Photo: Frank Ockenfels III Commercial photographer Frank Ockenfels III has worked on several high-profile blockbusters like Harry Potter and Men in Black 3, as well as a number of TV shows, and his most recent work...
A Guide To Designing Touch Keyboards (With Cheat Sheet)
By Christian Holst
August 13th, 2013
Mobile, Usability, User Experience
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Touch devices have rightfully been praised for generally being much more intuitive than the decades-old computer mouse and keyboard. Users interact directly with touch interfaces, which narrows the gap between human act and software response. Yet typing on mobile devices — in particular on smartphones — is quite the horror story. It’s slow, painful and error-prone. The obvious culprits are keyboard character...
The Evolution Of Tours/Marketing Systems For Home Marketing August 12th, 2013 Presenting a property online is at the very center of real estate marketing. The options for doing that online presentation have increased enormously since they first became available in about 2000. Should real estate photographers provide tours? Here are some basics: What’s a tour? Historically the term virtual tour meant a series of 360 views. Nowadays the tours have evolved into multi-featured marketing site/systems. A tour is effectively a page or site dedicated to marketing a property. We should perhaps...
If you look at some of the most famous photographs in history, such as Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl, or much of Irving Penn’s work, you might notice there’s one thing that they have in common, a powerful emotion in the main subject’s eyes. While this is far from a steadfast rule, if you’re doing portraiture, street photography, or photojournalism, catching a powerful expression in the eyes can be the difference between a mediocre photograph and the best photo you’ve ever taken. If you watch a person’s eyes and wait,...
![So You’re Going to Shoot A Wedding: Part 2 of 3 [Day Of]](https://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_1868b-600x400.jpg)
If you want to know how to photograph a wedding, there are ton of books on the subject but the truth is nothing is going to be a greater lesson than just doing it.  This series is not about what shots to take or how to shoot.  It’s about being a lone ranger vendor with no roadmap. Read Part 1 on the topic of Preparation here. It’s Game Day folks.  Your pockets are jammed packed with spare batteries, CF cards, and gum.  You’re rested and ready.  You’re a vision of both professionalism and cool comfort.  You’re terrified out of your mind that...
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Which words spring to mind when you think about 70-200mm zoom lenses – solid and dependable or fragile and unreliable? Lenrentals’ Roger Cicala has just published an analysis of the failure rates of the 12,000 lenses he rents out, and the results may surprise you. Even having taken into account popularity and...
  SonyAlpha Rumors has posted new photos of two supposedly soon-to-be-released Sony interchangeable sensor/lenses for smartphones, which, if true, would provide a serious boost for mobile photographers. According to the site, there will be two versions of these unusual smartphone photo accessories (for lack of a better term):  the DSC-QX10 and the DSC-QX100. Both are said to have a built-in sensor, Bionz processor, WiFi, NFC and an SD card slot and can be magnetically attached to both iOS and Android devices. Communication between the “lens-camera” (a SonyAlpha...
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Lytro CEO Jason Rosenthal has acknowledged that the company made a ‘small number’ of layoffs earlier this year and that there are some ‘kinks’ to be worked out with its unique ‘light field’ camera. Meanwhile, according to an article by tech blog SFGate, industry sources report that the...
Creating High-Performance Mobile Websites
By James Rosewell
August 12th, 2013
Responsive Design, Techniques
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People start to lose interest in a website if they don’t get a response within three seconds. Fulfilling this expectation for mobile phone users requires a different approach to usage analysis, design and testing. This article expands on the techniques that Johan Johansson explains in his article “How to Make Your Websites Faster on Mobile Devices,†published in April 2013. We’ll demonstrate methods to identify how people...
There are several types of photography that are very similar to real estate photography and depending on your geographic location can do one of these types of photography as an extension to a real estate photography business: Yacht’s – See this post. Many PFRE reader do Yacht photography. Luxury Motor Coaches – If you are near a motor home manufacturing company check this out. Airplanes – This is a new discovery for me. Lee Jinks in McAllen, TX who has an extensive background in aviation told me about his experiences breaking into corporate aircraft photography: About two years ago...
by Steven McConnell Do you remember the time you were learning to drive a car? If you’re like most people, it began as a purely technical, logical activity. You had to think about your every move. You were reacting to your environment, rather than anticipating it. Over time, that settled into a form of unconscious competence. You began to drive by feeling the car, rather than thinking about it. Learning to shoot portraiture is similar. Beyond the mechanical, logical world of preoccupation with gear, ISO, f-stops and focal lengths is a realm of feeling your way...
Long Island and Brier Island, along with several much smaller uninhabited islands, form the archipelago that lies right at the tip of Digby Neck, a peninsula that juts into the Bay of Fundy. With a population hovering around 300 residents, Westport, Brier Island’s only village, cannot help but be relaxing. Consequently I recommend the village of Westport as one of the most relaxing three-day summer holiday destinations in Nova Scotia. There is only one access route to Brier Island: drive west on Highway 217 from Digby for about an hour, and two small ferry...
A contribution from Lori Peterson A few years ago I shot a beautiful, heartfelt wedding. The bride’s grandmother had just gotten out of the hospital after a terrible fall. Her grandfather was not doing well, but he was managing the care of her grandmother in addition to taking care of himself. They made it a huge family occasion and created a beautiful, family oriented evening. Celebrations continued to the later hours in the evening and then the bride and groom left to spend their first few days as man and wife. It was a beautiful, perfect day. The images I...
A Guest Post by Jeff Guyer. We love photography. We love our kids. So, it would stand to reason that if we can find a way to combine photography and spending time with our kids it’s a big win, right? Of course it is. If your kids are anything like mine, however, they’ve either already reached a point where they vanish into thin air the moment they even sense a camera coming out of a bag, or will reach that point soon enough. So, how do we enjoy our cherished hobby without abandoning our kids for hours or days at a time? If they’ve grown weary of their time...
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Walker Evans’ iconic images of American life in the early 20th century helped elevate photography to the status of fine art. His 1938 book ‘Walker Evans: American Photographs’ celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and the Museum of Modern Art is commemorating this milestone by bringing it back into print...
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What’s the safest way to get close up photos of lions on the Serengeti? Send in a robot. And an aerial drone. That’s what photographer Michael Nichols and his crew did, producing incredible images for a National Geographic feature. From a nearby car, Nichols and crew directed a small remote-controlled robot...
Absolute Horizontal And Vertical Centering In CSS
By Stephen Shaw
August 9th, 2013
CSS, Techniques
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We’ve all seen margin: 0 auto; for horizontal centering, but margin: auto; has refused to work for vertical centering… until now! But actually (spoiler alert!) absolute centering only requires a declared (variable) height and these styles: .Absolute-Center {
margin: auto;
position: absolute;
top: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0;
} I’m not the pioneer of this method (yet I have dared to name it Absolute...
Jim Coon, the Broker/Owner of Alleda Real Estate in Bend, Oregon showed me the video he had done for a large ranch property he has listed out in the “Big Sky country†of Central Oregon. As you can see from Jim’s website he lists a lot of huge ranch properties like the Cougar Springs Ranch shown in this video. Jim says the challenge with these large ranch properties is to showcase these large ranch properties in under 3 minutes of video and not put the viewer to sleep. A sequence aerial shots is the  perfect solution, as you can see. I think the aerial shots of this big ranch are...
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been running ‘Landscapes’ challenges to celebrate the launch of our new Landscape Photography eBook – this week we’re going to continue that by nominating ‘Black and White Landscapes’ as the theme for your challenge. Once again – there’s a section on black and white landscapes in the eBook (see the screen shot of the first page of the section below) but whether you’ve read it or not – we think it’s a fun challenge because many photographers don’t think to take landscapes with out colour – to their own...
A Guest Contribution by Dan Bailey We photographers seem to have it easy. Whereas most artists spend anywhere from hours, to months to years to manufacture their creations, we can simply point, press and be done. However, that kind of convenience doesn’t necessarily translate into great imagery. Shooting powerful photos that have lasting visual appeal requires more than just pointing and clicking; it takes applying some fundamental compositional methods that are designed to simplify your compositions and actively engage your viewers. Here are five steps that...
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WTD #1429   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...
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Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy you some pretty weird things. Luxury London store Harrods has a long history of catering to the 1%, and its exclusive ‘Olympus Pen Art Edition’ kit includes two Olympus E-P5 camera bodies – one hand-painted – with an assortment of lenses and accessories, all...
Backbone.js Tips And Patterns
By Phillip Whisenhunt
August 9th, 2013
Frameworks, JavaScript
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Backbone.js is a popular open-source JavaScript “MV*†framework that has gained significant traction since its first release a little over three years ago. Although Backbone.js provides structure to JavaScript applications, it leaves a lot of design patterns and decisions up to the developer, for better or worse, and developers run into many common problems when they first begin developing in Backbone.js. Therefore, in this article, we’ll...
![Is that a Workshop, Tour or Seminar [Part II]](https://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Cuba-Lady-1jpg-600x471.jpg)
In our previous post on this topic we learned that the photo workshop is primarily a teaching venue, with a very structured curriculum leading to measureable outcomes. The keynote teacher and/or assistant instructors should be available upon demand and continuously be pushing, cajoling and exciting you to advance your skill set. The workshop is all about learning. The photo tour was borne as a hybrid from the conventional tour business that blossomed in the 1970’s.  While travelling tourists enjoyed the convenience of having another labour over the details of...
An article by +Sean Ogle Selecting a new DSLR can be really overwhelming, especially if you’re a first time buyer. Not only do you have to decide between brands, but then you have to decide between models, lenses, and accessories – all of which can lead to a daunting experience. That being said, the goal of this post is to help make that decision a little bit easier. Why Nikon? I’ve been shooting Nikon since I first got into DSLR photography about 5 years ago. When I bought my first camera (a D5000), the decision was a relatively simple one: my dad had some...
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Nikon has lowered its estimates for unit sales and revenue for the current fiscal year based on disappointing first quarter sales. Nikon cites poor market conditions, a large drop in compact camera sales and, most interestingly, a ‘deceleration’ in mirrorless camera sales growth. Nikon’s first quarter...
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We’ve previously reported on Lomography‘s attempt to crowd-source funding to bring the centuries-old Petzval lens back into production via Kickstarter and it seems like they’ve done well, raising more than $1 million, which is more then ten times their original target of $100,000. The ‘New...
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Ricoh has released firmware v2.30 for its GR Digital IV enthusiast compact. The latest update is the fifth for the GRD IV, and adds a couple of features, slightly modifies the camera’s behavior and fixes some minor bugs. The latest update brings the white balance options of the GRD IV into line with the more recent,...
Over the past year or so we’ve come across stories about smartphone thieves inadvertently posting their images (including selfiies) online or, as in the case of a thief named Hafid, in a continuous stream, unaware that the phone was set to automatically upload images to Dropbox and then onto the owner’s computer desktop. The woman whose smartphone was stolen has kept a Tumblr blog with Hafid’s images and even a video of Hafid and his buddy wrestling (now set to the tune of Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz). You can see more of Hafid’s images from the stolen...
Artist Rolf Sachs’ photo series inspired by train travel, embraces blur
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Aug, 2013 |
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Oh, he used a Leica S2, so it must be art….. Leaving aside sarcasm and cheap shots, which given the prentention of this series are all to easy, from an art perspective I don’t see much value either. There seems to be no coherent vision, just randomness. And absolutely no oiginality of expression. Whatever, he’s not hurting anyone. Source Article from...
Ten unique cameras from the dawn of consumer digital photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Aug, 2013 |
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Mid 1990s, I was given a Logitech Pixtura for a project (made by Kodak, and similar to the Apple digital camera). Whilst in vacation in Yosemite with my mother, I took 144 photos, the max it could hold. On the last day, to free up memory to take a few more shots, I selected DELETE, but because the camera had no display (other than a frame counter), there was no prompt, so I had no idea I had selected the wrong option. I erased all 144 photos, including some once in a life time shots, such as a chipmunk that hopped right up to me. I got a close up of his lovely face. Distraught, back at the...
Garmin takes on GoPro with VIRB and VIRB Elite action cameras
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Aug, 2013 |
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Garmin has taken a leap into the rugged action camera market with the Garmin VIRB and VIRB Elite, designed to capture video and stills in extreme conditions. In a market segment currently dominated by GoPro, the VIRB steps into the ring with a 1.4-inch display, 1080p video capture, integrated weatherproof housing and ANT+...
Professional photographers go head-to-head in Instagram shootout
Posted by Chris Roubis on 21st, Aug, 2013 |
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Being a photojournalist is inherently competitive. Sometimes, you are competing against other professionals in your area, sometimes you are competing against the kid with an iPhone who happened to get to the crime scene 30 minutes before you. For Eric Thayer (@ericthayer) and Joshua Lott (@joshualott), the competition is personal and public. It started as an informal battle of classic one-up-manship. The two photographers were hanging out, taking photos of the same scenes and uploading them to Instagram. When a friend suggested that they make it an official face-off, Lott and Hayer...
Two Models Required for Australian Fashion Awards Show – VIC
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D490182
Music Label looking for new and upcoming artists – UK
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D490183
Aspiring Photographers Needed – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Aspiring Photographers – Paris
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Photographer needed for screening event in Norwich
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D490166
Semantic CSS With Intelligent Selectors
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Semantic CSS With Intelligent Selectors
By Heydon Pickering
August 20th, 2013
CSS, HTML, Semantics
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“Form ever follows function. This is the law.†So said the architect and “father of skyscrapers†Louis Sullivan. For architects not wishing to crush hundreds of innocent people under the weight of a colossal building, this rule of thumb is pretty good. In design, you should always lead with function, and allow form to emerge as a result. If you were to lead with form, making your skyscraper look pretty would be easier, but at the...
New Video Tutorial On How Sensor Size Affects Focal Length
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Simon Maxwell, our man in London, has just released a brand new video tutorial on how sensor size affects the effective focal length of your lens. This subject is a huge issue when you are getting started in interior photography in that the less expensive DSLRs that a beginner will want to purchase will have a telephoto effect on the focal length on your lens because the sensor size is smaller than a Full Frame sensor. So if you are just getting into real estate photography you need to watch and understand Simon’s tutorial. Cropped (small) sensors are why 18-55mm kit lenses that come on...
Broker Release Asks For Exclusive Licensing Of Property Photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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A couple of days ago a real estate photographer on the east coast sent me a copy of a photo release that a real estate brokerage asked him to sign. Here is the first paragraph of the release: I hereby assign to x, its agents, assigns or successors in interest my entire right, title and interest, if any, in and to photographic pictures/video (“Photosâ€) provided by me to x such that the Photos may be used in any and all publications, advertising, news media, video, internet and any other media hereafter devised. I waive any right to inspect and/or approve the finished advertising copy or...
10 Tips for Creating Great Family Portraits
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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With my background being in classic style studio portraiture (aka “boringâ€), and 25 years experience photographing portraits and weddings, I have a few tips up my sleeve for you. If you’ve never done a family or group portrait before don’t be intimidated. Be honest with the family and tell they you’re just learning, I bet they’ll be willing participants to help you out and they get some nice photos in exchange. With a little planning, doing a family portrait should be fun for both you, and the family you’re photographing. Here are 10 quick tips to...
Seeing and Street Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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The Pose of a Generation. The next time you are out shooting street photography, try this.  Put your camera down at your side and just look around for awhile.  Watch things happen and let moments develop in front of your eyes. It sounds simple but it goes against our natural instincts to throw the camera in front of our face every time we see something remotely interesting.  That is especially true with digital. The camera is the tool, but it can get in the way sometimes. The camera can be easy to hide behind and it can become a crutch.  It’s so easy to rev...
Sony Cyber-shot RX1R Samples Gallery Expanded!
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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the price is ok, some pay 3200$ for a similar lens only, in M-mount. The problem for me is that for the price we pay, we get a bitty of camera and a lot of lens, good shots, and still no VF. If you want a VF for it, it costs hella lot more. For me, an EVF and 10% bigger in size had done the job, even for the price it costs. But, on the end, you only have a P&S for tourists, with all the disadvantages of those cameras, and the sole advantage of a good sensor and good shot. If that is worth the money you pay, is up to you to decide. As you said, just look at the price, problem solved....
Rokinon launches Cine 16mm T2.2 lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds
Posted by Chris Roubis on 20th, Aug, 2013 |
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Rokinon has made available a video version of the Samyang 16mm f/2.0 prime. The 16mm T2.2 Cine lens is available for pre-order in Nikon F, Canon EF, Micro Four Thirds, Sony A, and Sony E mounts. Like other video primes, it offers focus and aperture racks for use with cinema rigs, stepless aperture control, and calibration in T-stops rather than...
Mini Miss & Little Man Britannia Liverpool need contestants
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489758
4 – 6 Models, Stylists and MUA Required – Perth
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487624
Yummy Mummy 2013 – UK
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489756
Bikini / Lingerie Model wanted for video shoot
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Two Models Required for Fashion Shoot – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Sound Recordist with Studio
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Amateur Film buffs who would like to help produce a low budget film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Events venue in East London looking for full time Duty Manager
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS & EDITORS NEEDED
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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PAID Weekly Photographer Needed
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489580
Photographers, Models and Stylists Wanted for Portfolio Shoot – Southampton
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Martina Lucinda Fashion Parade at Bohemian Rhapsody Club – Victoria
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Photographer for TV Show – Queensland
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489516
Health & Wellness Shoot for Well Known PR Company – NSW
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489548
Key Ingredients To Make Your App Go Viral
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Key Ingredients To Make Your App Go Viral
By Carla White
August 19th, 2013
Apps, Strategy, Techniques
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A viral app is the highest achievement on iTunes and Google Play. It’s an app that customers eagerly share across the Internet, through social networks, email, chat and word of mouth. It’s like rocket fuel, and it is the best case scenario for an app developer because word of mouth is far more powerful than any paid advertising. Ad clutter is everywhere, and people just ignore it. No one trusts ads, and they cost too much for...
Coldwell Banker Previews International Release Asks For Exclusive Licensing Of Property Photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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A couple of days ago Dan Ryan if Southfield Media in Sterling, NJ sent me a copy of a photo release that Coldwell Banker Previews International ask him to sign. Here is the first paragraph of the release: I hereby assign to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, its agents, assigns or successors in interest (“Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerageâ€), my entire right, title and interest, if any, in and to photographic pictures/video (“Photosâ€) provided by me to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage such that the Photos may be used in any and all publications, advertising, news media,...
Composition and Negative Space
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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In portraiture, negative space is the area around the main subject of your photograph. The portrait above has negative space – it is the dark area around the model. I’ve highlighted it below in green so you can see exactly what I mean: There’s a quote in photography attributed to photojournalist Robert Capa: “If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.†A lot of the time, that’s good advice – many portraits can be improved by getting in closer to the subject, either physically or with a longer lens, so the model dominates the...
3 of My Favorite Photography Books
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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We are all familiar with the old refrain, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t teach, teach gym.â€Â I’m still not sure about that last part, but I think by now we’ve pretty much debunked the middle part. The photography world is full of incredibly successful, highly talented photographers who willingly and eagerly pass along their knowledge and expertise to a new wave of hobbyists, enthusiasts, and professionals. From workshops and photo walks, to seminars and tutorials, there is a lot of solid information to be found. ...
Sanna Dullaway Adds Color to the Most Iconic Photos in History
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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This is an expression of artistic reality. The quality, from the thumbnails, seems quite good. More importantly, these are derivative works of merit. Sometimes the photographer chooses a specific medium for printing, other times he or she is forced to use a particular process by technology limitations. A black and white print may be chosen for it’s impact – but often it was the only available technology for prints. For all of history humans have lived in a color-filled world, but for more than half of photographic history our prints have been black and white by limitation, not by...
When Bad Weather Means Great Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Landscape photographer Carsten Krieger is no stranger to poor weather, but in this article he explains how you can get great shots even when the sun is hidden from view. His three-page article features several images taken in his native Ireland which should provide plenty of inspiration for those damp, rainy days that are...
Gorgeous color photos of America in the 1930’s and 40’s
Posted by Chris Roubis on 19th, Aug, 2013 |
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Scott, did your boss fire you today? I don’t see anyone glorifying film over digital. I don’t know what the heck you’re referring to, but I think you need to go back and reread the posts, then count to 10, and come back and apologize for your rant. And oh, by the way, we had lots of ways to view photographs before the web. Magazines, museums, making multiple prints from a negative and sending them to people, projecting slides on a big screen (way more engrossing than viewing images on a little 17 or 20″ monitor, btw). Digital is great, but don’t think it’s...
video needed for my song, looking for video production/film crewe
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489411
Film Crew for Tropfest Short Film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489364
Producer WANTED – Periodic crime drama based in 1930’s New York.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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LOOKING 4 A CAMERAMAN/WOMEN 4 A CREATIVE PROJECT 20th AUGUST
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489356
Sound Technician and extra stage crew member for Sydney NSW Tropfest film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Looking for Photographer – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489271
B-Grip Camera Holster Review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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The B-Grip (short for “belt gripâ€) is a way to carry your camera on a belt, rather than around your neck. The camera is carried around in the holster with a quick release plate that’s easily accessed when you’re ready to shoot. It’s best paired with the hand strap also available, and it is this pair which I was sent for review by a local reseller. I tested this grip out on the busy weekend of an anime convention which I attend every year and usually take about 1000 photos a day for each of the two days. For Saturday I used the B-Grip. For Sunday I...
4 Ways To Make Money As A Photographer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Wouldn’t it be nice to make money doing something you love – even if it were just enough to cover the costs of that hobby? I’m going to share with you four ways that I have personally used to try and make money as a photographer. I’ll share with you my experience with each, advice on getting started, and whether or not I was successful in my attempts. I’ve also found a few more posts on DPS that will help you find more information on a few of these topics if they peak your interest. The Wedding Photographer Wedding photography is probably one of the more...
Full 360-degree camera rig takes your 3D portrait with 60 DSLRs
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Printing in 3D is in the news a lot lately, but applications are usually limited to industrial prototypes. A company called Captured Dimensions has a different use for this technology. They’ve rigged 60 DSLRs in a 360 degree array to capture 3D portraits. The likeness is then printed using a substance containing gypsum...
Gorgeous color photos of America in the 1930’s and 40’s
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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World War II and Depression-era America was mostly documented in black and white. That’s color photos of the time belonging to the Library of Congress is so engrossing. Shot in color at the same time as more widely recognized black-and-white photos, these images offer a vivid look into American life in 30’s and...
Bolivian airline’s demise documented in haunting photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 18th, Aug, 2013 |
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Great photos, but far from the worst cases in those “People governments”, it is very sad to go to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina, where now everything has gone to hell, everything deteriorated, thieves, beggars, poor people poorer, and the rich? left the country…. closed their businesses and went to Miami – leaving more people without jobs. Before, they used to have a lot of poor, a good amount of working class with decent livelyhood , and a few rich, usually because they are industrialists and worked harder than anyone else, or stole...
Mannequins/Mod̬les D̩butants H/F pour Tests Photos РIDF
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489245
Relationship song needs Visuals – UK
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489230
Photographer Wanted – Essex
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489165
3 Models Wanted for a Photoshoot in November – New South Wales
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489156
Photographer Wanted for Testing Shoots – Biggleswade
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489081
Useful InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Useful InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work
By Alexander Charchar
August 16th, 2013
Tools, Workflow
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Few applications feel as complete as Adobe’s InDesign. First released in 1999 as a direct attack against the then-industry standard, Quark, the page-layout application has been made faster and more feature-rich with each iteration. But even the best applications lack some features. Luckily, Adobe realized this some years ago and opened the doors to allow designers to expand this beloved set of tools through plugins. Many...
This Week In Real Estate Video #71 – Elegant Property Vid By ProspektVideo.no
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Here’s a promo video done by a property video start up business in Norway.  This property video by Oliver Wiig of Prospekt.no has a elegant look and feel to it and dramatically shows off a relatively simple little apartment: You’ll notice in the comments that this is Oliver’s first property video. Oliver obviously has previous experience with  shooting and editing video. It’s relatively long (5:00) but is it interesting and easily holds attention the whole time. Makes great use of time-lapse. The 3D modeling work adds some interest and a  professional look. This may not be...
Secondary Point of Interest: Weekly Photography Challenge
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Earlier this week we published a post on composition of images in which author Matt Dutile introduced the concept of adding a second point of interest to your photos to give your image a natural viewing progression. Adding a secondary point of interest can not only add more interest in your image but reinforce a theme or perspective argues Matt. A number of people commented that they’d not considered this technique before so we thought this might be a fun weekly challenge – taking photos that not only have a single point of interest – but which have a second...
Add Impact to Your Photos by Including Shadows
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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In music they say the spaces between the notes are just as important as the notes themselves. Similarly in photography, it can be the spaces that are not in the light that add impact to an image. If it were not for the shadow cast by the dirt bike, it might be difficult to tell it was off the ground. Shadows help tell a story and enhance the mood and visual power of a photograph. In fact, they can be so interesting, that they “overshadow†the subject itself! By focussing your attention on the shadows, you can create beautiful compositions full of contrast,...
Bolivian airline’s demise documented in haunting photos
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Great photos, but far from the worst cases in those “People governments”, it is very sad to go to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina, where now everything has gone to hell, everything deteriorated, thieves, beggars, poor people poorer, and the rich? left the country…. closed their businesses and went to Miami – leaving more people without jobs. Before, they used to have a lot of poor, a good amount of working class with decent livelyhood , and a few rich, usually because they are industrialists and worked harder than anyone else, or stole...
What The Duck #1427
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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WTD #1427 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...
User experience: In-depth look at Canon EOS 70D’s Dual Pixel AF system
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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@Sdaniella “evf is fine for smaller sensors prevalent in video/tv cameras where dof is much deeper and thus closer to ‘focus free’ and far less demanding on any AF system, even CD-AF, particularly in good (tv broadcast, studio, arena, stadium, or day-) light one could spend most of one’s time panning and tracking, and less time with any AF faltering when contrast is quite high that is common to well lit scenarios already listed above but once one ventures into low light, with much wider apertures, the dim lower contrast bogs down every video/tv system such that AF is...
ThinkTank introduces TurnStyle sling bag
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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ThinkTank has announced a new sling-style camera bag. Called the TurnStyle, it’s available in three different models, the smallest of which is targeted to mirrorless camera owners. TurnStyle 5 is designed to hold a mirrorless body and up to four lenses. ThinkTank claims the larger TurnStyle 10 and TurnStyle 20 will hold...
Exposure: Jason van Genderen on ‘pocket filmmaking’
Posted by Chris Roubis on 17th, Aug, 2013 |
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Sometimes, the best thing that you can do creatively is to give yourself limitations. For filmmaker Jason van Genderen, that meant putting down his camera and picking up his smartphone. Van Genderen (@Jasonvangenderen on Instagram and Twitter) prides himself on being a “pocket filmmaker.” Living in Terrigal, Australia, van Genderen spends his days running a creative agency and whenever he gets a chance, he uses smartphones to create films. Recently, he gained notoriety when his documentary Red Earth Hip Hop that he made for a Nokia competition was featured at the...
40+ Female Model needed for shoot on the 29th August in Bristol
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489019
Female Fitness Model for Instructional Video – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D488981
Gorgeous Male Models for London Event
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D488954
Top Promotional Staff Required – Milton Keynes
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D488952
Female, Sexy Competitors for web bikini pageant – California
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D488945
Graphic designer required to design product logo
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D489027
Boom Operator needed for Feature Shoot
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Music Video Shoot for a Modern Jazz singer recently signed to a Label.
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Last few Crew members needed for short film!
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marketing and pr team needed for feature horror film
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InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work
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InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work
By Alexander Charchar
August 16th, 2013
Tools, Workflow
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Few applications feel as complete as Adobe’s InDesign. First released in 1999 as a direct attack against the then-industry standard, Quark, the page-layout application has been made faster and more feature-rich with each iteration. But even the best applications lack some features. Luckily, Adobe realized this some years ago and opened the doors to allow designers to expand this beloved set of tools through plugins. Many designers...
Introducing Jelly Navigation Menu: When Canvas Meets PaperJS
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Introducing Jelly Navigation Menu: When Canvas Meets PaperJS
By Oleg Solomka
August 15th, 2013
CSS, HTML, JavaScript
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It’s our great pleasure to support active members of the Web design and development community. Today, we’re proud to present the Jelly Navigation Menu that shows the power of PaperJS and TweenJS when used together. This article is yet another golden nugget of our series of various tools, libraries and techniques that we’ve published here on Smashing Magazine: LiveStyle, PrefixFree, Foundation, Sisyphus.js, GuideGuide,...
Is that a Workshop, Tour or Seminar [Part III]
Posted by Chris Roubis on 16th, Aug, 2013 |
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In part I and part II of this series we learned the photo workshop is typically one where the instructor concentrates on delivering an intense teaching/learning experience at a location conducive to enhancing that goal. In comparison is the photo tour where the delivery is all about exotic or exciting locations with a photo tour leader putting you in the right place at the right time, and might provide minimal formal instruction. Located somewhere between the tour and workshop is the photo seminar. More often than not the seminar combines the best attributes of...
3 Ways to Improve Your Images With Composition
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Along with lighting, subject, perspective, composition is one of the fundamental tools to creating better images. It’s one of the easier ones to begin applying to your own photography as well. Here are a few tips on improving your composition, with examples from a recent fitness photo shoot. 1. Rule of Thirds You’ve probably heard this one beat to death, but the rule of thirds is one of the fundamental keys in creating stronger compositions. It involves dividing an image into nine equal grids at the thirds. By placing your subject on the line of a third, or at...
User experience: In-depth look at Canon EOS 70D’s Dual Pixel AF system
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@Sdaniella “evf is fine for smaller sensors prevalent in video/tv cameras where dof is much deeper and thus closer to ‘focus free’ and far less demanding on any AF system, even CD-AF, particularly in good (tv broadcast, studio, arena, stadium, or day-) light one could spend most of one’s time panning and tracking, and less time with any AF faltering when contrast is quite high that is common to well lit scenarios already listed above but once one ventures into low light, with much wider apertures, the dim lower contrast bogs down every video/tv system such that AF is...
Exposure: Jason van Genderen on ‘pocket filmmaking’
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Sometimes, the best thing that you can do creatively is to give yourself limitations. For filmmaker Jason van Genderen, that meant putting down his camera and picking up his smartphone. Van Genderen (@Jasonvangenderen on Instagram and Twitter) prides himself on being a “pocket filmmaker.” Living in Terrigal, Austrailia, van Genderen spends his days running a creative agency and whenever he gets a chance, he uses smartphones to create films. Recently, he gained notoriety when his documentary Red Earth Hip Hop that he made for a Nokia competition was featured at the...
Grid Girls Promotions Casting – London
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Models wanted for final 4th year University asignment
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Wanted – Lead Female Role for Music Video Shoot – Manchester
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The World Famous Dreamboys Seek New Members – UK
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Topless Waiters Required – UK Wide
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Fringe Festival – Dublin
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Seeking Camera Assistant and Sound Recordist for Comedy Sketch. NSW
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Sound Engineer Required for Live Discovering Music Event – Expenses Only
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Boom Operator Needed for VCA Short – Victoria
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The Ultimat Vodka Experience Short Film Competition is now open in NZ!
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Grab Your Bag and Join Us: Full-Day Smashing Workshops In Germany
Posted by Chris Roubis on 15th, Aug, 2013 |
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Grab Your Bag and Join Us: Full-Day Smashing Workshops In Germany By Cat Clark August 6th, 2013 1 Comment Quality has and will always matter to us. With our full-day workshops in Freiburg and Berlin, we aim to bring together only the most talented, skilled and passionate experts from various fields of Web design close to you. Well, if these workshops won’t help improve your workflow and skills, what will? Seriously. Save 50€ On Your Next Workshop! We listen to your thoughts, and we listen carefully. Let us know where you’d like us to organize the next Smashing workshops in the comments...
PFRE Photographer Of The Month Contest Closing In 24 Hours
Posted by Chris Roubis on 15th, Aug, 2013 |
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Only 24 hours until the August PFRE contest is closed. I will accept any entry I get with email dated August 15. We have a great bunch of daylight exterior shots from literally all over the planet in this months contest… most of them with lakes like Craig Ryder’s last year’s winner! So you think the judges like lakes? I’m traveling right now so you may not get as quick a response from me as usual when you submit an entry… but I will respond by Aug 16 for sure. Before you make your submission take a look at the Contest page that describes all the rules and the whole contest...
Five Self Assignments That Teach You To See
Posted by Chris Roubis on 15th, Aug, 2013 |
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In my 20 years in photography, I’ve seen a lot of different assignments teachers have given their students. Most I have heard, or been given myself from time to time, have centered around learning to use the camera. Things like “Use Only One Exposure Modeâ€, “Use Only One Lensâ€, or “Use One Aperture Settingâ€. The most interesting to me, from a photographic standpoint, involved learning to see. The reason I say this is that simple camera use can be easily learned. It’s basic math when you boil it down. But learning to see creatively,...
Photographing Tweens and Teens
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By Lori Peterson Booking teens and tweens for photo shoots is always fun. They have so much energy and enthusiasm and it really shows once they step in front of the camera. For that time when they are in front of your camera they feel like they are celebrities. That can be good for fragile egos and low self-esteem, especially when their hair and makeup is done and they look absolutely gorgeous. Teens and tweens of today have seen enough modelling shows that they know the drill for posing. Some of them even have that runway walk down too! It’s very easy as a...
A Day in the Life of the KKK: Anthony Karen talks trust & photojournalism
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There is no more enslaved than the one who claims to be free. Racism is the same, most of time, those who claim to be victims are more racist than those they accuse. Racism, intergrism, blasphemy, heresy, all those things are most of time excuses used for just anything. Those who use those words are generally those that hide behind them to be allowed to do things that wil bring others in jail right away. I do not give examples, but look around you, some break, rob people, steal, destroy, break, and if you say something, your are mister bad guy, you are a racist. So, let’s stay with the...
New test scene beta begins with Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 samples
Posted by Chris Roubis on 15th, Aug, 2013 |
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We’ve been working on a brand-new studio comparison scene for some time, and we’ve decided to give you a sneak peek, as a beta, using images from the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. We’ll be speaking more about this new scene (and the new interface that goes with it) very soon, but for now we wanted to let you...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Real-world Samples
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We’ve just published a gallery of real-world samples shot using the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. The GX7 is Panasonic’s latest Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens camera, and one of the company’s most interesting models yet. It features a new 16MP sensor, tiltable EVF and LCD, and offers several...
20 people injured trying to win new LG phone
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Now, now… Lets all be civilized in these things… LG did the right thing by providing medical compensation, BUT there should be other things done as well: 1. Fire the AD company that came up with the idea and blacklist it in the industry. 2. Sentence the creative AD director who approved the scheme. 3. Charge the BB gun and spear users with cheating and endangering the public. 4. Fine LG for nuisance in a public place. 5. As an act of contrition, LG should give away 100 G2 phones to DPR comment posters for being silly enough to react and comment on their article at DPR. . Source...
Prepare yourself for the 41-megapixel… wristwatch?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 15th, Aug, 2013 |
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Are you bored with your smartphone camera but wearing a camera on your face just a little too weird? Lucky for you, Swiss company Hyetis has created a 41-megapixel wristwatch. At $1,200, the Crossbow smartwatch is $300 cheaper than the beta release of Google Glass. Hyetis’s smartwatch sends photos taken on the watch to an iOS, Android, or Windows Phone 8 smartphone through the watch’s wi-fi, Bluetooth, or near field communication (NFC) connectivity. From Hyetis‘ typo-ridden website: High resolution camera sensor with 41 mega-pixel is integrated in Crossbow with an...
Light Director Wanted
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D488251
Talented Film-Maker Wanted for Short Charity Promo – Bristol
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VFX Artist for Opening Sequence – Victoria
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Need Editor for Comedy TV Pilot – NSW
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Camera Assistant on a Slasher for Two Days in Late August – London
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Photographer wanted for close up portrait shoot
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Assistant to Photographer Required near Parramatta – NSW
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Photographer needed for High Profile Fashion Trade Show – London
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Photographers needed for Fashion Beauty Shoots – Colchester
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Several Photographers Required – Victoria
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Aug, 2013 |
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Email Marketing For Mobile App Creators
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Email Marketing For Mobile App Creators
By Ros Hodgekiss
August 14th, 2013
Apps, Strategy
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If you’ve developed mobile applications or have just started building one, then you probably realize that marketing should be as much of an ongoing concern as the product’s design and development. After all, what’s the point in creating a beautiful, valuable app if no one knows about it? Assuming that promotion on Google Play or Apple’s App Store will take your app from beta to bestseller is… well, magical thinking. In reality, most...
Photographing Reef Fish
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Aug, 2013 |
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Prints vs. CDs: When Business Strategies Collide
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Aug, 2013 |
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By Lori Peterson There seems to be a constant war waged between photographers who sell prints and the “shoot and burn†photographers that give their clients a disc with edited images. Photographers who sell prints think that photographers who sell (or ***gasp***) give away their images on a CD are devaluing photographers and photography as a whole. Photographers who provide discs (whether given or purchased) to their clients think they are just keeping up with technology and client demand. So, who is right in this war pitting photographer against photographer?...
Portrait Photography: How to Photograph People in the Harsh Midday Sun
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Aug, 2013 |
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By: Oded Wagenstein Great tips and tricks on overcoming the harsh mid-day sun to create beautiful portraits on either side of the “golden hours†The Golden Time The best time to take almost any kind of  picture, is in the “golden hoursâ€: around one hour before sun down and one hour after sunrise, because that’s when the light is at its softest, lacking hard shadows, rich in colors, bathing your subject in even light, which entering from the side and that gives your subjects face definition. -Uzbekistan-Canon EFS 17-55mm f/2.8Fstop of 3.5, shutter...
Did you miss it? Take a look at the Perseid meteor shower’s peak
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Aug, 2013 |
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While some of us were sleeping this weekend, photographers around the northern hemisphere were capturing the Perseid meteor shower as it peaked. The annual shower continues through August 24th, but it reached its highest activity levels on August 11th and 12th as debris from a passing comet produced as many as 100 meteors per...
‘Film was never this sharp’: Breaking Bad photographer interviewed
Posted by Chris Roubis on 14th, Aug, 2013 |
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Jesse Pinkman and Walter White (alias Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston) in a promotional still for Breaking Bad. Photo: Frank Ockenfels III Commercial photographer Frank Ockenfels III has worked on several high-profile blockbusters like Harry Potter and Men in Black 3, as well as a number of TV shows, and his most recent work...
Sound Designer Needed for Independent Feature Film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487873
Costume designers required for Retro Psychedelic Comedy Pilot.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Videoographer needed for a Photoshoot
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DSLR Cameraman Wanted
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Photographers Needed for Paid Event Work – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Videographer Wanted for Simpson Street Sessions – Victoria
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Seeking Two Yummy Mummy’s For Live Workout Video – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Photographer required for Portfolio – Greater Manchester/Lancashire
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Photographer for High Fashion Shoots – Victoria
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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A Guide To Designing Touch Keyboards (With Cheat Sheet)
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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A Guide To Designing Touch Keyboards (With Cheat Sheet)
By Christian Holst
August 13th, 2013
Mobile, Usability, User Experience
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Touch devices have rightfully been praised for generally being much more intuitive than the decades-old computer mouse and keyboard. Users interact directly with touch interfaces, which narrows the gap between human act and software response. Yet typing on mobile devices — in particular on smartphones — is quite the horror story. It’s slow, painful and error-prone. The obvious culprits are keyboard character...
The Evolution Of Tours/Marketing Systems For Home Marketing
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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The Evolution Of Tours/Marketing Systems For Home Marketing August 12th, 2013 Presenting a property online is at the very center of real estate marketing. The options for doing that online presentation have increased enormously since they first became available in about 2000. Should real estate photographers provide tours? Here are some basics: What’s a tour? Historically the term virtual tour meant a series of 360 views. Nowadays the tours have evolved into multi-featured marketing site/systems. A tour is effectively a page or site dedicated to marketing a property. We should perhaps...
How Capturing Expressive Eyes Can Be The Key To Good Portraiture
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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If you look at some of the most famous photographs in history, such as Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl, or much of Irving Penn’s work, you might notice there’s one thing that they have in common, a powerful emotion in the main subject’s eyes. While this is far from a steadfast rule, if you’re doing portraiture, street photography, or photojournalism, catching a powerful expression in the eyes can be the difference between a mediocre photograph and the best photo you’ve ever taken. If you watch a person’s eyes and wait,...
So You’re Going to Shoot A Wedding: Part 2 of 3 [Day Of]
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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If you want to know how to photograph a wedding, there are ton of books on the subject but the truth is nothing is going to be a greater lesson than just doing it.  This series is not about what shots to take or how to shoot.  It’s about being a lone ranger vendor with no roadmap. Read Part 1 on the topic of Preparation here. It’s Game Day folks.  Your pockets are jammed packed with spare batteries, CF cards, and gum.  You’re rested and ready.  You’re a vision of both professionalism and cool comfort.  You’re terrified out of your mind that...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 Sample Images
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Good up to 87mm, definitely soft at 155mm. Skin tones tend to look posterised at full size. Most shots I looked at were ISO 100 f/5.6. Stopping down might help at the tele end, but if higher ISOs don’t keep up, it might be a camera for bright daylight – as the samples and other commenters suggest. I assume the lens narrows down to f/5.6 quite early. f/4 at 11mm is sharp. I tried downsampling to half size (to just under four megapixels), and I’ll say at that size and ISO 100, most won’t notice the skin tone flaws unless they know what they’re looking for. ISO 400...
Epic fail? 70-200s of all makes among least reliable lenses
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Which words spring to mind when you think about 70-200mm zoom lenses – solid and dependable or fragile and unreliable? Lenrentals’ Roger Cicala has just published an analysis of the failure rates of the 12,000 lenses he rents out, and the results may surprise you. Even having taken into account popularity and...
What’s up, dock? Sigma USB Dock review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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This is another example of technology getting out of hand. As I went digital, I had to familiarise myself with all sorts of concepts only to subsequently dispose of most of them, like having twenty two subject modes, none of which are needed for serious photography where the camera operator still knows what he is doing and remains in control. I am not saying that this Sigma device is unnecessary, just that it ought to be in the labs of manufacturers. If one is using high quality equipment where fine tuning to this degree makes sense, for the exorbitant amounts one has to pay, let them get it...
Pictures purport to show rumored Sony smartphone lens/sensor module
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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  SonyAlpha Rumors has posted new photos of two supposedly soon-to-be-released Sony interchangeable sensor/lenses for smartphones, which, if true, would provide a serious boost for mobile photographers. According to the site, there will be two versions of these unusual smartphone photo accessories (for lack of a better term):  the DSC-QX10 and the DSC-QX100. Both are said to have a built-in sensor, Bionz processor, WiFi, NFC and an SD card slot and can be magnetically attached to both iOS and Android devices. Communication between the “lens-camera” (a SonyAlpha...
Lytro CEO admits layoffs, promises ‘breakthrough’ products in 2014
Posted by Chris Roubis on 13th, Aug, 2013 |
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Lytro CEO Jason Rosenthal has acknowledged that the company made a ‘small number’ of layoffs earlier this year and that there are some ‘kinks’ to be worked out with its unique ‘light field’ camera. Meanwhile, according to an article by tech blog SFGate, industry sources report that the...
women affected by benefit cap
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Promotional Staff in Exeter
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487433
Male Models Wanted for GUNGEit – Manchester.
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Promo Staff in Lincoln!
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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URGENT – Paid Make Up Artist Needed Sunday 18 August
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Successful teenage mum
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Production Runner needed
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Unit Manger needed
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Film Crew Needed
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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videographer/video editor needed for project
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Fashion Photographers – Paris
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Creating High-Performance Mobile Websites
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Creating High-Performance Mobile Websites
By James Rosewell
August 12th, 2013
Responsive Design, Techniques
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People start to lose interest in a website if they don’t get a response within three seconds. Fulfilling this expectation for mobile phone users requires a different approach to usage analysis, design and testing. This article expands on the techniques that Johan Johansson explains in his article “How to Make Your Websites Faster on Mobile Devices,†published in April 2013. We’ll demonstrate methods to identify how people...
Extend Your Real Estate Photography Business With Similar Types Of Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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There are several types of photography that are very similar to real estate photography and depending on your geographic location can do one of these types of photography as an extension to a real estate photography business: Yacht’s – See this post. Many PFRE reader do Yacht photography. Luxury Motor Coaches – If you are near a motor home manufacturing company check this out. Airplanes – This is a new discovery for me. Lee Jinks in McAllen, TX who has an extensive background in aviation told me about his experiences breaking into corporate aircraft photography: About two years ago...
7 Ways To Create Authentic & Powerful Portraits
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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by Steven McConnell Do you remember the time you were learning to drive a car? If you’re like most people, it began as a purely technical, logical activity. You had to think about your every move. You were reacting to your environment, rather than anticipating it. Over time, that settled into a form of unconscious competence. You began to drive by feeling the car, rather than thinking about it. Learning to shoot portraiture is similar. Beyond the mechanical, logical world of preoccupation with gear, ISO, f-stops and focal lengths is a realm of feeling your way...
Canadian Travelogue – Nova Scotia – Brier Island
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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Long Island and Brier Island, along with several much smaller uninhabited islands, form the archipelago that lies right at the tip of Digby Neck, a peninsula that juts into the Bay of Fundy. With a population hovering around 300 residents, Westport, Brier Island’s only village, cannot help but be relaxing. Consequently I recommend the village of Westport as one of the most relaxing three-day summer holiday destinations in Nova Scotia. There is only one access route to Brier Island: drive west on Highway 217 from Digby for about an hour, and two small ferry...
Nokia ad takes us inside the new Lumia 1020
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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@ MiwokI am guessing, of course, but the guess is based on some of my experience. White Shadow mentions long walks with plenty of food and water. He may mean day walks or he may mean overnight trips. A person traveling with light camera and light camping gear can easily end up with the weights White Shadow mentions. The camera people ask why carry so much. The trekking people ask why carry so much. Same answer could be offered to both. Sometimes the place you want to visit is not at the end of a day trail accessible from a parking lot. When you get there, you want to take a decent picture....
Walker Evans’ iconic ‘American Photographs’ turns 75
Posted by Chris Roubis on 12th, Aug, 2013 |
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“Has Walker Evans’ body of work influenced your own photography?†Yes. The care in framing, what to include, accentuate, portray. Photographers and illustrators of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s presented a view of life, a viewpoint, and stories that still speak today. Thanks for posting the links. Source Article from...
Models required for supporting roles in Music Video Production
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487165
Model for Natural Light Shoot for Hair/ Skin Product – Bristol – PAID
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487154
Male / Female Models for Garment/Accessory Photoshoot – Wellington
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Runway Models for Arise Fashion Africa Show – VIC
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Miss V8 Supermodel Search 2013 – Peden’s Hotel, NSW
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487101
5 Production Runners Needed – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D487006
Co-Producer wanted
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Sound crew required – feature film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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DOP and Asst. DOP required – feature film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Crew call – feature film
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Cloud Storage: Why an External Hard Drive is Not Enough
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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A contribution from Lori Peterson A few years ago I shot a beautiful, heartfelt wedding. The bride’s grandmother had just gotten out of the hospital after a terrible fall. Her grandfather was not doing well, but he was managing the care of her grandmother in addition to taking care of himself. They made it a huge family occasion and created a beautiful, family oriented evening. Celebrations continued to the later hours in the evening and then the bride and groom left to spend their first few days as man and wife. It was a beautiful, perfect day. The images I...
What to Teach Your Kids about Photography
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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A Guest Post by Jeff Guyer. We love photography. We love our kids. So, it would stand to reason that if we can find a way to combine photography and spending time with our kids it’s a big win, right? Of course it is. If your kids are anything like mine, however, they’ve either already reached a point where they vanish into thin air the moment they even sense a camera coming out of a bag, or will reach that point soon enough. So, how do we enjoy our cherished hobby without abandoning our kids for hours or days at a time? If they’ve grown weary of their time...
Walker Evans’ iconic ‘American Photographs’ turns 75
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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Walker Evans’ iconic images of American life in the early 20th century helped elevate photography to the status of fine art. His 1938 book ‘Walker Evans: American Photographs’ celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and the Museum of Modern Art is commemorating this milestone by bringing it back into print...
National Geographic drones help capture Serengeti wildlife close up
Posted by Chris Roubis on 11th, Aug, 2013 |
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What’s the safest way to get close up photos of lions on the Serengeti? Send in a robot. And an aerial drone. That’s what photographer Michael Nichols and his crew did, producing incredible images for a National Geographic feature. From a nearby car, Nichols and crew directed a small remote-controlled robot...
Long Hair Female Models Wanted – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486824
Model for Glamour Recreation – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486972
Brand Ambassadors for Coolongatta Gold Festival – Queensland
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486621
Casting call – fashion-savvy kids wanted for photo shoot – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486950
Sound recordist needed
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486988
Film Producer Sydney wanted to film short Reels of fight scenes/combat role
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486941
Photographers Wanted Paid Work – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486872
Assistant Photographer Plymouth Saturday 7 September 2013
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Freelance DSLR Videographer & Photographer – Edinburgh
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Absolute Horizontal And Vertical Centering In CSS
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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This Week In Real Estate Video #70 – Shooting Big Ranches From The Sky
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Jim Coon, the Broker/Owner of Alleda Real Estate in Bend, Oregon showed me the video he had done for a large ranch property he has listed out in the “Big Sky country†of Central Oregon. As you can see from Jim’s website he lists a lot of huge ranch properties like the Cougar Springs Ranch shown in this video. Jim says the challenge with these large ranch properties is to showcase these large ranch properties in under 3 minutes of video and not put the viewer to sleep. A sequence aerial shots is the  perfect solution, as you can see. I think the aerial shots of this big ranch are...
Black and White Landscapes: Weekly Photography Challenge
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been running ‘Landscapes’ challenges to celebrate the launch of our new Landscape Photography eBook – this week we’re going to continue that by nominating ‘Black and White Landscapes’ as the theme for your challenge. Once again – there’s a section on black and white landscapes in the eBook (see the screen shot of the first page of the section below) but whether you’ve read it or not – we think it’s a fun challenge because many photographers don’t think to take landscapes with out colour – to their own...
5 Steps to Building More Powerful Images
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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A Guest Contribution by Dan Bailey We photographers seem to have it easy. Whereas most artists spend anywhere from hours, to months to years to manufacture their creations, we can simply point, press and be done. However, that kind of convenience doesn’t necessarily translate into great imagery. Shooting powerful photos that have lasting visual appeal requires more than just pointing and clicking; it takes applying some fundamental compositional methods that are designed to simplify your compositions and actively engage your viewers. Here are five steps that...
Tough Decision? We round up the best rugged cameras of 2013
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Hi DPR, thanks for your review. People buy these things because there’s no alternative other than a bigger camera and a housing. I’d like to see a manufacturer opt for a new approach. Year after year your reviews (and others) comment on their small sensors and poor IQ. The internet is also littered with leak complaints and poor company response on guarantees. There seems to be a view that wilderness/outdoor/water sport followers don’t value better IQ, which is absolutely untrue. And that serious photographers should have a D4 in a housing. Try stuffing one of those in your...
What The Duck #1429
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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WTD #1429   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...
Behind the Shot: Nautilus
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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I did more than blinking the images in my browser, I copied both into PS and compared them there. I then tried “boosting the saturation a bit” to try and get the same result. I’m positive there was more to it (and I’m not talking about the obvious brightness equalization he didn’t mention in the tutorial, that I can accept). I’m glad these processing techniques are trivial for you (really). Unfortunately, not all of us, me included, are as good as the professionals. If we knew how everything is done, we wouldn’t be here reading these tutorials. Which...
Olympus stems losses but PEN sales disappoint
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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First, update the OMD, give it more, better features, focus peaking, get out of the 4/3 format, or, at least, put a second and third format beside of it. An OMD with FF, APSCn and 4/3, can do good, manual facilities with focus peaking, better EVF, and so on, and then, more weather sealed lenses for that body. And, then look at the pricing of the latest Pen, it is more expensive than Pana GX7, and has no VF at all. We must progress and have reasonable prices, the mass makes it, many cents make also big money, GOD and the Vatican show us the way, they get rich by earning billions of pennies a...
Hand-painted Olympus E-P5 comes with bonus… Vespa?
Posted by Chris Roubis on 10th, Aug, 2013 |
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Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy you some pretty weird things. Luxury London store Harrods has a long history of catering to the 1%, and its exclusive ‘Olympus Pen Art Edition’ kit includes two Olympus E-P5 camera bodies – one hand-painted – with an assortment of lenses and accessories, all...
SIZE 8 MODELS WANTED FOR TOP DESIGNER IN LONDON!
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486764
Male Models Wanted for GUNGEit – Stockport
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486733
Looking to launch 1 or 2 Male swimwear model
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486634
Model Needed for Beauty Shoot – Queensland
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486604
Female Models Required for Fashion Editorial Type Shoot – Wellington
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486295
*OPPORTUNITY* Videographers Wanted For Popular Music Online Publication
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486708
Hands on costume & design to work in the theatre
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486652
Writer/Director seeks experienced producer
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486629
Sound and Lighting Technician Required – Victoria
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486611
Need Crew & Actors to Collaborate with for Work for Showreel – NSW
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486608
Celebrity Pap Photographer Required – NSW
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486590
Looking to Collaborate for Test Shoot – London
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Actors, Models, and Musicians wanted.All ages and looks, no experience required. Source Article from http://www.starnow.com.au/Link.aspx?l=4815&return_url=%2Flistings%2FListingDetail.aspx%3Fl_id%3D486570
Backbone.js Tips And Patterns
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Backbone.js Tips And Patterns
By Phillip Whisenhunt
August 9th, 2013
Frameworks, JavaScript
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Backbone.js is a popular open-source JavaScript “MV*†framework that has gained significant traction since its first release a little over three years ago. Although Backbone.js provides structure to JavaScript applications, it leaves a lot of design patterns and decisions up to the developer, for better or worse, and developers run into many common problems when they first begin developing in Backbone.js. Therefore, in this article, we’ll...
Is that a Workshop, Tour or Seminar [Part II]
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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In our previous post on this topic we learned that the photo workshop is primarily a teaching venue, with a very structured curriculum leading to measureable outcomes. The keynote teacher and/or assistant instructors should be available upon demand and continuously be pushing, cajoling and exciting you to advance your skill set. The workshop is all about learning. The photo tour was borne as a hybrid from the conventional tour business that blossomed in the 1970’s.  While travelling tourists enjoyed the convenience of having another labour over the details of...
How to Select the Perfect Nikon DSLR for Your Needs
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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An article by +Sean Ogle Selecting a new DSLR can be really overwhelming, especially if you’re a first time buyer. Not only do you have to decide between brands, but then you have to decide between models, lenses, and accessories – all of which can lead to a daunting experience. That being said, the goal of this post is to help make that decision a little bit easier. Why Nikon? I’ve been shooting Nikon since I first got into DSLR photography about 5 years ago. When I bought my first camera (a D5000), the decision was a relatively simple one: my dad had some...
Join the Q: In-depth Pentax Q7 review
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Not so much negativity?Perhaps it’s the third version and no company would continue if it wasn’t doing ok, especially in Japan,its small, colorful, matching with handbags, scarfs and Japanese painted dolls. I love the general tone of the review: Most people in the office Love it butIt doesn’t fit into any kind of category we want to put it inIt takes pretty good photo’s Butits not a compact zoom or a rangefinder or a M43 or ait takes videobut it’s not quite like a canon or panny or..this is the third one: butNot sure who wants oneIts got a few lenses;but...
Nikon rethinks 1 System and cuts 2013 forecast citing poor sales
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Nikon has lowered its estimates for unit sales and revenue for the current fiscal year based on disappointing first quarter sales. Nikon cites poor market conditions, a large drop in compact camera sales and, most interestingly, a ‘deceleration’ in mirrorless camera sales growth. Nikon’s first quarter...
Lomography raises more than $1M for production of New Petzval lenses
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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We’ve previously reported on Lomography‘s attempt to crowd-source funding to bring the centuries-old Petzval lens back into production via Kickstarter and it seems like they’ve done well, raising more than $1 million, which is more then ten times their original target of $100,000. The ‘New...
Ricoh issues fifth feature-enhancing upgrade for GR Digital IV
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Ricoh has released firmware v2.30 for its GR Digital IV enthusiast compact. The latest update is the fifth for the GRD IV, and adds a couple of features, slightly modifies the camera’s behavior and fixes some minor bugs. The latest update brings the white balance options of the GRD IV into line with the more recent,...
Photographs offer look into the life of a Phone thief
Posted by Chris Roubis on 9th, Aug, 2013 |
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Over the past year or so we’ve come across stories about smartphone thieves inadvertently posting their images (including selfiies) online or, as in the case of a thief named Hafid, in a continuous stream, unaware that the phone was set to automatically upload images to Dropbox and then onto the owner’s computer desktop. The woman whose smartphone was stolen has kept a Tumblr blog with Hafid’s images and even a video of Hafid and his buddy wrestling (now set to the tune of Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz). You can see more of Hafid’s images from the stolen...
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.