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Weekly Photography Challenge – A Need for Speed
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt In this set of speed busting images you can see the effect that using a fast shutter speed can have on your images. If you want to photograph a moving subject and freeze them in mid-action, that is what is required. By TexasEagle Weekly Photography Challenge – A Need for Speed This week your challenge is to find something moving – fast! It could be traffic on a busy street, or something involving sports of some kind. Just get out there and work on using a fast shutter speed to freeze the subject at the peak...
read more26 Speed Busting Fast Shutter Speed Images
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt Last week we saw some ethereal and mysterious long exposure photos. Now let’s go the opposite way and look at some images there would not be possible without fast shutter speeds (with a couple that have some help using flash to freeze motion too). Images at either end of the shutter speed scale give us a chance to capture life in an altered state; one we cannot see with our eyes. Long exposures blur things beyond recognition and add mystery. Short exposures freeze things in time and space and capture literally...
read moreHow I Made Myself a 16×20-inch Bellows Camera
Starting back in May of 2014, I finally put my first foot forward in the making of a 16×20 inch bellows camera. The idea to build a camera was nothing new to me, but I was always hesitant to begin construction since I am the type of person that prefers to work off a set of blue prints and directions. Unfortunately, since my drawing skills aren’t amazing, it was pretty difficult to visualize and plan a solid blueprint of the project – which ultimately forced me to bite the bullet and simply begin construction of the camera and...
read moreOlympus EE-1 is a Red Dot Sight Hotshoe Attachment for Aiming at Speedy Subjects
Olympus had some pretty big camera announcements today, unveiling the E-M5 II and the Air. Lost amidst the hoopla was a small new accessory called the EE-1. It’s a red dot sight hotshoe attachment that helps you aim your camera at hard-to-track subjects. The accessory is basically a standalone version of the dot sight included in the Stylus SP-100 super zoom, which was announced back in January 2014. The sight in that camera was conveniently tucked between the pop-up flash and the camera body: The EE-1 brings this same feature to the...
read moreFujifilm Bringing Film Simulation to Its Official RAW Conversion Software
Fujifilm is bringing its popular mirrorless camera film simulation modes to its desktop RAW conversation software. Rather than shoot photos in certain modes and have those looks baked into the JPEG files, photographers will be able to choose their film look during post-processing.Fuji says the Film Simulation feature will be appearing in the next version of its Raw File Converter EX, which is powered by the software company SilkyPix. Photographers using the software will be able to apply the looks of Fuji’s popular film stocks to...
read moreHere’s a Look Into the ‘Photos for Mac’ App That Will Replace iPhoto and Aperture
Apple announced last year that it was pulling the plug on its two main photo editing and management programs: iPhoto, which is aimed at consumers, and Aperture, which is geared toward pros. Both products would be replaced with a single app called “Photos for Mac.†Here’s a look at what we can expect when the app arrives later this year. It’s a clean app with four main tabbed sections: Photos, Shared, Albums, and Projects. The interface is clean and intuitive, borrowing many visual elements from how photos are experienced...
read moreStacking Five 2x Teleconverters to Create a Ridiculous 9600mm Lens
Teleconverters are a great way to get some extra reach without having to drop some serious money for a 400mm+ lens. It can be an essential tool for many photographers who are constantly cropping in on their images, even when shooting with a crop camera and telephoto lens. In case you didn’t know, a teleconverter is a small lens element that attaches to your lens and increases the effective focal range, typically by a factor of 1.4x or 2x. Also known as an extender, tele-extender, or a doubler (2x), teleconverters are an important...
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read moreNatural Looking HDR in Photoshop and Lightroom in 5 Easy Steps
A Post By: Viktor Elizarov HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography was developed out of necessity to overcome limitations of photography equipment, mostly in digital cameras’ sensors. From the beginning, the technology was intended to make photographs as close as possible to human experience by bridging the gap between what the human eye perceives, and what the digital camera can actually capture. Montreal, Canada – HDR processed, five exposures, tripod. Think of HDR as a sophisticated, software based, ND (Neutral Density) filter. Instead of...
read moreShoot for the Light – Improve Your Composition
A Post By: Etienne Bossot Here is one of my most valuable tips. The one I will offer to someone who comes to me, complaining that after 20 years of taking photos they can’t get out of their usual compositions, and want to get into a new level of creativity. It may sound like something you have heard before. Yes, photography is all about light, and if there is a good light then there is a good photo. But no, I am talking about something more specific. Please note that I have always focused my photography, and my articles on travel...
read moreNifty Fifty: Canon EOS 5DS / 5DS R First Impressions Review
Not so sure of the new 5D… Megapixel is great, but image quality is utmost important to me, to see that their press are comparing this to 7D Mark II, simply definitely is a turn off, even the image quality of 7D Mark II is not even that much better than the first one. To be the owner of the original 5D, 7D, 1D 4 and 1DX, I can say that even 5D 3 wasn’t even good enough, so when they are comparing the 5 series with a 7, really doesn’t sound good. They need to do better, rather than inflate the resolution. Ever since Nikon...
read moreRebels with a cause: Canon EOS Rebel T6s / T6i First Impressions Review
When average users think “DSLR†Canon Rebel is the first thing that pops into their head. I bet that the new Rebel cameras will have higher total sales than the new Olympus E-M5 MKII and the Samsung NX500 combined. I am positive that these cameras can take excellent still images and probably half decent 1080p @ 30 FPS video. However, I can’t help but smile when I see how gigantic these cameras are even with their “kit†lenses. I will gladly go on using my Panasonic LX100 and GH4 + 35-100mm F2.8 + 25mm F1.4 + 14mm F2.5 lens all in a...
read moreHands-on with Canon’s ‘not-coming-to-USA’ EOS M3
Jeeze! Look at the size of that thing! That looks nice and light and compact! (I’m being facetious here…) Canon…Seriously??? What *are* you thinking? Oh, wait, you’re not. Man, Fuji is going to eat your lunch in this segment. Come to think of it, they already are…. Source Article from http://www.dpreview.com/articles/4715674623/hands-on-with-canon-eos-m3
read moreRebel Alliance: Hands-on with Canon’s new Rebel T6s and T6i
Nice to see at last that someone at Canon noticed better AF and advanced features of junior Nikon and Sony bodies, but splitting the lineup in two and creating even more mess in consumers poor brains… Quite unexpected. Logical, though, considering rivaling lineups. Source Article from...
read moreGo wide! Hands-on with Canon’s 11-24mm F4 L
This is good news for photo magazines, websites and LensRentals. Being introduced along with 50mp cameras, I’m sure it’s wonderfully sharp. It will be interesting to see what looks attractive at 11mm. But why, oh why, is it that Canon can meet or exceed Nikon in lens quality, variety, even price, but the bodies are never as nice? This was true in the film era too, so they’ve had some time to work on it. Source Article from...
read moreSpecial Nikon D810 Designed for Astrophotography is Reportedly On the Way
Nikon will reportedly announce a special version of the D810 full frame DSLR next week that’s designed specifically for astrophotography.Nikon Rumors reports that the camera will boast increased hydrogen-alpha sensitivity for people who want to do deep-sky astrophotography. If you’ve never heard of H-alpha before, here’s what astrophotographer Jerry Lodriguss has to say about the subject over at Catching the Light: Since most deep-sky objects are faint, we usually can’t see color in them. They only appear to us in shades of...
read morePhotographer Brandon Stanton on The Ellen Show to Talk About Raising $1M+ with His Photos
Less than a week ago, we shared how photographer Brandon Stanton had raised well over $1 million for a struggling Brooklyn school after a chance encounter with a 13-year-old boy named Vidal. Stanton was invited onto The Ellen Show this week to talk to Ellen DeGeneres about the story alongside Vidal and his principal Ms. Lopez. It’s an interesting case of a photographer creating a life-changing national story as he’s shooting it. Source Article from...
read moremiggo is the World’s First Camera Strap That Doubles as a Padded Case
miggo is an innovative new camera accessory that can serve two purposes. It can be used as a padded strap, but when you’re done shooting, the strap can be transformed into a protective case for your precious camera. The product comes in two sizes, DSLR and mirrorless, and in two forms, the Strap & Wrap and the Grip & Wrap. Here’s an introduction video: The Strap & Wrap is a larger strap that’s designed to fit comfortably around your neck and/or torso when it’s unzipped in strap form. When you’re done shooting and...
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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.