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A Look at How Circular Polarizers Affect the Look of Outdoor Scenes
If you’ve never used a circular polarizer filter before, here’s an interesting video by Mitch Bergsma that shows the effect it has on various outdoor scenes. He mounted a B+W Polarizer filter onto a couple of lenses on his Canon 7D and filmed a number of landscape spots while turning the filter to see its effect as a gradual transition. Pay attention to the sky, leaves, and reflections. (via MicBergsma via Reddit) Source Article from...
read moreNYPD Looking for Two Middle Eastern Guys Spotted Photographing Synagogues
Is this a case of sensible anti-terrorism measures or racial profiling and an inappropriate suspicion of photography? Police in New York are currently looking for two men of Middle Eastern descent who were spotted taking pictures in front of multiple Jewish synagogues in Brooklyn. Here’s surveillance video of one of the incidents: “What are they doing? What else have they been? And what do they have in mind?†city councilman David Greenfield tells CBS New York. Another woman from the community reportedly saw a similar situation...
read moreASUS Unveils a Smartphone Xenon Flash Unit That’s 400x Brighter Than LED Flashes
Taking photos is one of the main ways people use smartphones these days, and phone makers are trying all kinds of ideas for one-upping its competitors in photo features. ASUS just showed off its latest idea today: a powerful xenon flash dongle that attaches to the back of the phone.Engadget reports that the new accessory was revealed during the ZenFone 2 launch today in Taiwan. The ZenFlash, as its called, will connect to ASUS smartphones via USB OTG and will provide flash that’s 400 times strong than what’s offered in the smaller...
read moreUnderstanding Depth of Field: How Focal Distance Affects DOF, Visualized
Note: This is part two of a series on depth of field. you can read part one here. This video is seen from a third person point-of-view, perpendicular to that of what the camera user would see. Depth of field is a phenomenon of near and far, forward and backward from the point of focus. Changing our point of view rotates the axis of the depth of the field 90Ëš so that we may view it laterally across the X axis. This helps us better understand the optic principles at play. The overlays in this video visually quantify the changing depth...
read moreVSCO Cam Update Brings Copy and Paste Feature for Batch Editing Photos
VSCO updated its popular VSCO Cam app today to introduce Copy and Paste functionality that helps speed up your workflow. Instead of editing individual photos at a time, you can now copy the edits from one photo and paste them onto multiple images. “It is one of the most frequently requested product features,†VSCO tells us. The update will allow users to “streamline workflow, dramatically decrease editing time, and achieve consistency in photo stories.†Here’s how it works. First, select the photo with the updates you’d...
read moreNikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers...
read moreNikon Corporation Received Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award
Nikon Corporation (Kazuo Ushida, President) has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2014. This supplier has demonstrated industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost, availability, technology, customer service, labor and ethics systems and environmental sustainability. Nikon Corporation is recognized for their significant contributions providing Intel with semiconductor...
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read morePhotographer to Shoot Promo for Feature Film
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read more4 Lighting Effects You Can Create in Photoshop
A Post By: Sarah Hipwell Lighting Effects using Color Dodge Blend Mode in Photoshop. There are numerous methods to creating lighting effects in Photoshop. I’m only going to cover four but they can be used in many ways. But first let’s take a look at a couple that are in the Filter gallery under Render in Photoshop (CS6 and CC). The first is Lighting Effects, which has been upgraded and is more powerful and easier to use than previous versions of Photoshop. How to access Lighting Effects in Photoshop CS6. The preview box has been replaced...
read moreFive Places for Perfect Natural Portrait Lighting
A Post By: Bruce Lovelace Wouldn’t it be great if you could get beautiful, natural-looking portraits without ever having to use flash? Well, perhaps you can. There are many different locations, often closer than you think, where you can find the right lighting for great looking portraits. Often they’re missed because we might not know where to look. Generally, your best strategy is to look for what is called Open Shade. Ideally, you are looking for a situation where the stronger overhead light is being blocked by a structure, either...
read moreFlasher smartphone flash launched on Kickstarter
The built-in LED-flashes are still one of smartphone cameras’ most glaring weaknesses and we have seen a number of accessory makers addressing the problem with different external light solutions. The latest one comes from Vision global which has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund mass production of its Flasher accessory. Flasher is a small external photo and video light with 21 LEDs that attaches to your phone or tablet’s headphone socket and weighs only 24 grams. In contrast to the built-in flash, Flasher is always...
read moreMaking ‘Art’: We go inside Sigma’s lens factory
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read moreCP+ 2015 Ricoh Imaging interview – full-frame DSLR may have ‘something extra built-in’
We recently returned from the CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan, where we sat down with Kazunobu Saiki – General Manager of the Marketing Communication Department, in the Global Marketing Division of Ricoh Imaging. We spoke to Mr Saiki about Ricoh’s forthcoming full-frame DSLR, the success of the 645Z and about his desire to improve AF performance in Pentax’s DSLRs and lenses. Kazunobu Saiki – General Manager of the Marketing Communication Department, in the Global Marketing Division of Ricoh Imaging....
read moreMapillary is Building a Crowdsourced Street View with User Submitted Photos
Google’s well-known Street View service is one of several monumental efforts to document the world’s travel routes through ground-level photos. These projects generally use fancy camera rigs on cars, backpacks, and even camels to capture their images. Mapillary is a startup that’s trying to do things a little differently. Instead of taking the grunt work of photo-taking upon itself, the service is building a crowdsourced Street View competitor using photos submitted by users. Members of the service are asked to shoot and submit...
read more9 Reasons You Look Awful in Photos… And How to Fix Them
Want to improve the way you look in portraits, or improve the portraits that you shoot? Here are 9 common reasons people look awful in portraits and tips on how to fix them. #1: The shooting angle is too low Generally, the lens should be above your eye level for a more flattering photo. Here’s a pretty dramatic example: Either hold the camera little higher (if it’s a selfie), ask the photographer to hold the camera a little higher, find a taller friend to shoot the photo, or bend your knees a little to even the odds. Also, tilt...
read moreCosmos: Abstract Images Created by Destroying Star Photo Film Slides with Bacteria
Without context, the images in Cosmos by photographer Marcus DeSieno may look like colorful and abstract images created with some mysterious method. Read the description and captions, and you may experience a sense of revulsion. Each of the photos was created by introducing photographic film to bacteria collected from various places, both unusual and ubiquitous. The microscopic organisms eat away at the film, creating a series of abstract artworks. For example, the image above shows a photo of a star cluster eaten away by bacteria...
read moreThese Are Three of the Earliest Photos Ever Made
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce is a French photography pioneer who is credited with capturing the oldest surviving photograph of a real world scene, a print made back in 1825. In addition to that famous image, titled View from the Window at Le Gras, Niépce also created a number of other photos that are recognized as being some of the earliest photos ever made. Niépce dubbed his early photographic creations “heliographs,†or drawings created with the sun. There are reportedly only 16 of these early Niépce heliographs in the world...
read moreHow The Rescued Film Project Processes C-41 Color Film at Home
Photographer Levi Bettweiser of the Rescued Film Project regularly processes large batches of old films of different styles and eras. Earlier this year he received quite a bit of attention after finding, processing, and sharing 31 rolls of undeveloped film from World War II. Bettweiser recently spent 14 hours processing a batch of C-41 color film at home. The 10-minute video above is a walkthrough on his technique and workflow. With processing labs getting more expensive and disappearing, this could be of interest to you if you’ve...
read moreNikon’s New DX-Format D7200 DSLR Will Help Passionate Photographers Conquer Their Next Challenge with Incredible Speed and Image Quality
MELVILLE, NY – Today, Nikon Inc. introduced the Nikon D7200, a powerful DX-format DSLR built for enthusiasts ready to conquer the next challenge in their photographic journey. Featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and the EXPEED 4 image processing system, the D7200 is capable of incredibly fast performance and capturing phenomenally detailed, sharp images and HD video. Nikon’s newest lightweight DSLR also adds increased buffer capacity compared to the D7100, includes new Picture Controls and offers...
read moreNikon Corporation Received Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award
Nikon Corporation (Kazuo Ushida, President) has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2014. This supplier has demonstrated industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost, availability, technology, customer service, labor and ethics systems and environmental sustainability. Nikon Corporation is recognized for their significant contributions providing Intel with semiconductor...
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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.