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Is Being a Photographer Synonymous With Being an Artist?
A Post By: Will G. MacNeil Sure, the concept of photography falls under the realm of one the arts, but can you strictly label someone an artist based on their job or hobby? Photographers are everywhere nowadays. Beyond the thousands upon thousands of photographers who have businesses and make a living taking pictures, there are also all the families with cameras and anyone who halfway knows how to use a camera phone. Every single one of you who calls yourself a photographer has the opportunity, in my opinion, to call yourself an artist. The...
read moreHow to get more from your printer – besides good quality prints!
A Post By: Sarah Hipwell Canon Pixma MG6350 All-in-one-printer If you like to print hard copies of your photos at home, how do you decide which inkjet printer to buy? With such a myriad of printers on the market it can be daunting which one to choose. However, similar to buying a camera, one main consideration will be how much do you want to spend. I bought a Canon PIXMA MG6350 a little over a year ago. As luck would have it, my local computer shop had the white version in stock for nearly 50 Euros ($62USD) less than the black one. The white...
read moreUpdated: Enthusiast compact camera roundup
Is this large-sensor compacts? Or viewfinder compacts? Or also 1/1.7″, raw-capable compacts? Or compacts above a certain physical size? And why exclude the elephant in the room, the RX100? It seems this is a collection of cameras that stand out in some way or another. Or maybe it was to have one or two contenders in each interesting category. (a) compact, 200 mm, viewfinder, but 1/1.7″ (P7800)(b) compact, fast-ish lens, 1/1.7″ (G16)(c) compact-ish, 200+ mm, viewfinder, 1/1.7″ (Stylus)(d) compact, large-ish sensor...
read moreHasselblad introduces Stellar II luxury enthusiast compact
Hasselblad has announced the Stellar II, an enthusiast compact which the company says has been ‘conceived and crafted exclusively for aficionados, collectors, and connoisseurs’. Like other recent Hasselblads, the Stellar II is a rebadged Sony camera – which in this case is the Cyber-shot RX100 II. Available grip finishes include olive, walnut, padouk, and carbon fiber. You can pick one up for yourself at a price of €1650. This is most likely the last of the rebadged Sony cameras from...
read moreNikon D750 shooting experience published
@HowaboutRAW So you are basically saying that 2 cameras that have the same noise level, both of them stochastically, would render differently using magic noise-level reduction?!? Maybe you should consider another training in basic math, when talking about stochastically dispersed noise. My conclusion is that they share the same sensor, maybe with different layers in front of them, one that smooth things but diminish moiré (D610), one that let’s things sharper but increase moiré problems. For me it’s a matter of taste, and I am...
read moreCNN Cameraman Pits the iPhone 6 Against His Standard Issue Broadcast Camera
Footage shot with smartphones has become much more common in the world of journalism today, where quick turnaround times are just as important as getting the shot. Knowing this, one CNN cameraman wanted to see if it was possible for a smartphone (namely the iPhone 6) to keep up with a much larger, traditional broadcast camera. To find out, 14-year CNN cameraman Harvey Hogan decided to pit the iPhone 6 against his standard broadcast camera in the heart of London’s Piccadilly Square. The three-minute video above dives almost straight...
read moreRed Bull Raises the Extreme Video Bar with Interactive 3rd Person 360º Little Planet Kite Surfing Video
Red Bull is known for its clever advertising and incredible collection of sponsored adrenaline junkies. So, to make the most of both of these assets, the company recently decided to pair up with kite surfer Jason Polakow to create one of the most intense and immersive ‘tiny planet’ videos you’ve probably ever seen. To capture the footage as you see it above — with Polakow’s head and bottom still in the frame — Red Bull’s camera team had to custom build a four-GoPro system that used a long pole attached to Polakow’s...
read moreCreative Underexposure with Nikon DSLRs
With the release of the D750, much has been made of its ability to recover shadow detail. Given the range of talents that the D750 has it is strange that this has been singled out given that the D800 and D4, released in 2012, outperform it in this regard, and the cheaper D600 (also from 2012) is able to match it at base ISO. And the old guard, the D700, D3 and D3s, weren’t too shabby at recovery either! With news of incredible shadow recovery typically there comes two responses: the hyperbolic “That’s amazing! I want one NOW!â€...
read moreReports Confirm that the 5-Axis Stabilization on Sony’s a7II Works with All 3rd Party Glass
Just four days ago, Sony announced its a7II: the world’s first full-frame digital camera with 5-axis image stabilization build into the body. But as impressive as we know the image stabilization could be, no one was quite sure what glass said stabilization would work with. The news, however, is all good. New reports are confirming that the a7II’s stabilization will work with all(!) 3rd party lenses. According to a number of Sony Alpha Rumors’ ‘highly trusted’ sources, all third party lenses — such as those from the Zeiss...
read moreDixie Dixon Tells the Nightmarish (Now Funny) Story Behind One of Her First Huge Production Shoots
It’s easy to assume the successful photographers in the industry have always had it figured out. Commercial shoots fell in their laps and they took to the experience like they were born with a Hasselblad in their hands. But that, of course, is not always the case. In the episode of Behind the Glass above, Nikon Ambassador Dixie Dixon tells the tale of one of her first major campaign shoots… and how it almost went terribly wrong. Keep in mind, Dixon is no slouch behind the camera. Her clients include Nikon (of course), Disney,...
read moreGladiators Required
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read moreGirls and Guys needed for an aviation photo shoot.
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read moreCanberra Summernats, Promotional Hosts; 1 Male and 3 Females Required – ACT
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read moreGetting to Know Your New Camera
A Post By: Andrew S. Gibson With my new camera I can set Film Simulation to black and white and the camera gives me a black and white view in the electronic viewfinder. I can also select the square format and see a square image. This is a great aid to composition. Finding and using helpful features like this is part of getting to know your new camera. I recently purchased a new camera and the process of learning to use it has been a good reminder of just how long the process can take. My new Fujifilm X-Pro 1 is a very different machine from...
read moreF-Stop Tilopa BC Backpack Review
A Post By: Daniel Korzeniewski I have to shamelessly admit that I, as are many other photographers, am a camera bag junkie. Maybe the reason behind it is that I was never able to find the perfect fit for my needs. Granted, different situations or travel circumstances may require different type of bags. It’s not the same to go out for a walk in your neighborhood as it is to go on an overseas trip. As I mentioned in one of my prior posts, I am a big believer in going light. During the years I have purchased, used, tested, abused and torn...
read morePanasonic DMC-CM1 to go on sale in UK
Panasonic has announced that its DMC-CM1 ‘compact camera with smartphone technology’ will be sold in the UK. Originally the company had marked out France and Germany as the only countries to get the device, but citing ‘high demand’ it has included a limited number of UK stores to stock it. The Panasonic DMC-CM1 is being marketed as a camera with smartphone technology, rather than a smartphone with a camera, and Panasonic has selected camera stores through which to sell it. The DMC-CM1...
read moreReaders’ Showcase: Portraits and People
LarsLeibgott: Names, names, names, now. Indeed looks can be intrinsically sexual. (It’s a fact of life, you act as if I’m advocating some man, likely, take action based on the look; wrong, the action appears to already be occurring in some fashion.) I’m not the person with the problems of shame here. “you would get laughed out of any women’s studies class in America.” That would likely be an honor, though I think that actual women’s studies types do admit that women, and men, flirt and put on...
read moreA Portrait of Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing for the Cover of TIME Magazine
TIME released this behind-the-scenes video showing a recently photo shoot of actor Benedict Cumberbatch for the cover of the magazine. Cumberbatch will appear in the upcoming film “The Imitation Game†as Alan Turing, the renowned British mathematician, codebreaker, and computer science pioneer. Photographer Dan Winters was the man behind the camera. Having studied World War II in great detail, Winters wanted to include an original Enigma code machine as a prop in the shot. After some searching, the team finally located and borrowed...
read morePhotographer Stefan Litster Shoots Portraits on the Street with a 4×5 Camera and Instant Film
Photographer Stefan Litster created this “photo adventure†video showing how he shoots portraits on the street with a Tachihara 4×5 large format camera and some Fuji instant film. The 10 minute video is part informative, sharing tidbits about this photographic workflow, and part inspiration, showing off how simple interactions and the instant-gratification of instant film can better help you connect with your subjects and give an experience rather than just a simple image. Source Article from...
read moreTED Talk: Photographing the Whole Earth Every Day With an Army of Tiny Satellites
Back in June, we reported that a company called Planet Labs is working to improve the efficiency of satellite photography by using a large number of tiny satellites instead of a single satellite. Company co-founder and CEO Will Marshal recently gave a TED Talk (shown above) that sheds some light on what the company is doing. The first image transmitted from one of Planet Labs’ satellite cameras Together, Planet Labs’ satellites will create what is the largest constellation of Earth imaging satellites ever. 28 of these satellites...
read morePhotographer Turns His Old Darkroom Enlarger Into a Large Format Camera
Photographer Chuck Baker is a self-proclaimed “camera and darkroom equipment hoarder†who can’t bear to get rid of gear even when it no longer works. Having a large number of enlargers in his collection, Baker recently decided to upcycle one of them by turning it into a working camera. The large format camera you see about is what resulted from the project. Baker created his camera using an old Meopta 35mm enlarger. Baker started with an old 35mm enlarger created by the Czechoslovakian optics company Meopta, and the lens of the...
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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.