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Sony reportedly shifting focus to full-frame cameras
I’m curious just how big the market is for people to buy a $1000 a7 and then a whole bunch of $1000+ lenses. There’s the kit zoom and used/grey marketZony f4 standard zoom, the 28 mm + adapters, the slow (and tiny) 35 mm f2.8, and then used/grey market 55. That’s it for less than $1000 lenses. Is their goal to have a high profit margin in ILCs? Sure, the a7 family will give them that. Largest market-share? I’m skeptical. They need more <$1000 lenses to keep their impressive market share if they’re going to...
read moreSensor sales help Sony triple net profit in second quarter
Motorola’s new Moto X Style carries Sony’s IMX 230 1/2.3-inch sensor Sales of image sensors helped push Sony to triple its net profit after the second quarter this year (Sony’s first quarter) compared to the same period last year, up to 82.4 billion Yen. Sales of Devices, the category containing Sony’s sensor business, rose 35% year-on-year, which Sony attributes in part to higher demand of mobile products containing its sensors. Also responsible for the jump is a healthy trade in Playstation...
read moreThis One Teen Was Behind Two Major Drone Stories
Austin Haughwout has a knack for getting drones featured in news stories… and usually not in a positive light. The 18-year-old’s name first appeared here back in 2014 when he captured viral video of himself getting attacked by a woman on a beach. She claimed that he was being a “pervert” and was using his camera drone to photograph girls in bikinis. Here’s the video that was shared across the Internet and in many news articles: Back in March, it was reported that the woman may have her charges cleared through an “accelerated rehab”...
read moreThis is a Stereograph Photo Viewer from 1896
Australian toy photographer Ray of ToyShoots recently purchased this old school stereoscope that was apparently manufactured in 1896. It’s the device people used to view stereoscopic photos as one 3D image (the View-Master, which was released in 1936, is also a stereoscope). On one side of the device are two lenses to look through, and on the other end is a holder for side-by-side stereoscopic cards. When you look through the lenses, the two photos appear to be a single 3D photograph: Ray tells us that he picked up this old stereoscope...
read more5 Photoshop Tricks You (Probably) Don’t Know
The Photoshop Training Channel published this great 9-minute video with 5 useful Photoshop tricks that the majority of casual Photoshop users probably have never learned before. Here’s a quick overview of the different tricks and techniques shared in the video (watch the video above for details on how to use them and for examples of what they do). #1: Advanced blending options Uncheck “Transparency Shapes Layer” in the Layer Styles panel to make pixels blend differently when using blending options. #2: Precise lens flare You can bring...
read moreKFC Has Created a Fried Chicken Bucket That Doubles as an Instant Photo Printer
To celebrate 60 years in Canada, KFC created a new bucket for fried chicken that doubles as an instant photo printer. The “Memories Bucket” is a new high-tech, limited-edition bucket that helps you print your memories on the go as you’re creating them with friends. While specs of the device are sparse, the functionality is extremely simple — it’s just a standard instant photo printer that’s bucket shaped. First, snap a photograph. Next, power up the Memory Bucket by pressing the on/off button. Once the printer is on, you select your...
read morePortraits of Babies in Camera Bags
When photographer Alessandro Della Bella‘s son Claudio was born in December 2014, he shared the happy news of the new family member by shooting a picture of Claudio sleeping in the main compartment of his camera bag. Photojournalist Tom Pennington shared a similar photograph several years ago. It’s a shot that has been shared in photography forums over the years: When photographer Drake Busch photographed his baby Grayson, he not only placed Grayson in a camera bag… …but he gave Grayson a photographer press access pass as well! If...
read moreWinter Fashion Photoshoot
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read moreSydney Based Male Model Required for Print Ad – Retail Use
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read moreBrand Ambassadors for Instore Demonstrations
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read moreFive Actors Wanted for Corporate and Internet Commercial
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read morePhotographer Urgently Needed
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read moreBeginners Guide to Creating and Applying Texture Overlays Using Photoshop
Adding texture to photographs was happening long before the invention of Photoshop and other editing programs. In the days of the darkroom, we would scratch negatives with pins, sand paper them, stain the photographic paper with fixer before exposing, layer two negatives on top of each other in the enlarger, or push our film ISO to increase grain. These days, with editing programs being our digital darkroom, we simply have yet another way of adding texture to photographs. What is a texture? In digital photography terms it’s simply another...
read moreHow to Light a Beer Bottle – a Video Tutorial
If you’ve ever wanted to photograph a bottle (beer, wine, soda, ever water) and make it look like they do in the magazines or advertisements you’ll want to watch this! In this video tutorial Lee Morris from Fstoppers shows how to light a beer bottle, step by step, one light at a time. See what each is doing as he adds them one by one. Check it out and scroll down below the video to get links to some of the gear he mentions in the video. Things mentioned in the video: Yongnuo flash Flash Disc by Fstoppers PocketWizard triggers C-stand Magmod...
read moreReaders’ Showcase: Sarnim Dean
I can’t find anything nice to say about these. Sure, they’re pictures from a beautiful place, but a beautiful place doesn’t necessarily make for interesting photographs. These never stray away from the beaten paths of amateur-level digital photography.Before you start replying this is too blunt and respond ‘where are your pictures?’, think about this: how can someone grow as a photographer if he/she only gets complacency for anything he/she does, even if it’s nondescript and uninteresting? Sometimes people...
read moreFujifilm XF 90mm F2 LM WR real-world samples
It does matter. I have owned more bodies than most people on this form : Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, canon, Nikon, and Fuji to name a few. They all have a certain look, a certain way of rendering and even in post not two are really alike. Also as in camera processors continue to get better, the need for RAW will become less of a necessity for most people. Source Article from...
read moreIs Your Camera Keeping You From Experiencing Life’s Precious Moments?
Yesterday we shared a cringeworthy short film about how photo sharing has altered the way we experience the special moments in our lives; instead of being in the moment and enjoying it, it’s easy to get caught up with making sure it’s caught on camera (and perhaps shared on social media). The 2-minute movie clip above shows a different outlook on life and photography. It’s from the film “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty,” and features actor Sean Penn as a photographer named Sean O’Connell. After searching high and low for the elusive...
read moreHow to Make a Light Modifier for $5 with Card Stock, Glue, and Glitter
Here’s a neat little weekend project you can try doing if you’re looking for new lighting ideas. The Angry Photographer on YouTube posted this 10-minute video tutorial on how you can create a custom light reflector for around $5. All you need is black card stock, some colored glitter, and some strong glue. “It really makes for a fascinating light,” the Angry Photographer says. “It’s a really, really neat effect for macro photography, child photography, indoor portraiture, and even outdoor portraiture.” “How is this any different from a...
read moreWatch as Children Describe What They See in Luxury Fashion Photos
Artist Yolanda Dominguez believes that there is something wrong with the way women are portrayed in fashion photographs. For her recent project titled Ninos vs Moda (“Children vs Fashion”), she asked a group of 8-year-old children to look at an assortment of fashion shots and to describe what they see in them. The reactions can be seen in the 4.5-minute video above. “The result is revealing,” Dominguez writes. The women are often described as “sick, and dead drunk” while the men are seen as heroes, leaders and entrepreneurs. Here are a...
read moreModels Needed for High Fashion Shoot
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read moreA Model Required in Oxford for a Casual Photo Shoot
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read morePaid Job London Fashion Week Casting, Female Models Only
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read moreModels For Conceptual Photography
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Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.