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Writer’s Favorite Lens – the 50mm f/1.4 Lens
A Post By: Melinda Smith 1/400, f/4.0, ISO 320 It’s easy to love the 50mm f/1.4 lens. It’s a jack-of-all-trades. It’s that best friend that never lets you down. It’s the cowboy of all the lenses; it can pretty much do anything you ask it to do. If I was forced to only keep one lens, I’d have to choose this one. I’d even go as far as to say that most of you probably have this lens, and if you don’t, you should. Sometimes the 50mm f/1.4 doesn’t get appreciated as much as it deserves to be. It’s unassuming. It doesn’t look...
read more5 Tips for Stress-free and Successful Child Portraits
A Post By: Anna Durfee Children are the best examples of spontaneity, creativity, and wonder and that is precisely why we all love them so much. Then family picture day comes and you wish they’d just sit down and be still for five seconds. Photographing children comes with its own brand of challenges, but if you arrive to a session with a few tricks in your bag, you’ll come away from that shoot with pictures that perfectly capture that what being a kid is all about. Here are five tips to help you have more stress-free and successful child...
read moreSamsung NX1 real-world sample images
If you’re talking about JPEG, ignore everything I’m about to say. If you’re talking about Raw, that’s just not true. The D7100 is one of the best high ISO performers out there amongst APS-C cameras. DxO’s SNR 18% data, which essentially answers the question ‘how clean are my midtones?’, shows the D7100 and 7D II are neck to neck. Our own studio test scene shots here show that even when the D7100 gets 1/3 EV less light than the 7D II, it’s barely any worse in terms of amount of noise. Compared to...
read moreThe Earth and Moon Captured Together by Chinese Spacecraft Camera
Check out this amazing photograph of our planet with the Moon hovering in the background. It was published today by China’s State Administration of Science, and was captured by the country’s Chang’e 5-T1 spacecraft that did a flyby of the moon late last month. A description on the page states that the image was captured yesterday by the spacecraft’s service module as it orbited Earth at a distance of about 336,000 miles from Earth and 572,000 miles from the Moon. By comparison, the “Blue Marble†photo captured by Apollo 17...
read moreThis CCTV System Edits Out People and Other Moving Objects On the Fly
While the video above is a bit short and doesn’t explain what exactly is going on, the technology at work in the video is intriguing to say the least — especially for CCTV cameras. According to New Scientist, the system was created by San Francisco-based imaging company Prism Skylabs, who is in the business of collecting analytics of sort for retail stores. Usually, its technology is precise enough to track almost every detail of a shopper’s trip, from how long they’re in the store to what products they pick up. But this system...
read moreVideo: The Life and Work of Iconic Photographer Robert Doisneau
Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography is back at it again, taking an in-depth look at the life and work of another inspirational and iconic figure in the world of photography. This time, the subject is French photographer Robert Doisneau. A contemporary of Henri-Cartier Bresson and a man who had a great impact on the classic era of European photojournalism, Doisneau captured some truly iconic images between the 1930s and 1950s. The nineteen minute video breaks Doisneau’s incredible life down into bite-sized chunks. Forbe’s speaks to...
read moreTime-Lapse Perfectly Captures the Sunset Through a Hole in a Norwegian Mountain
It may have taken Harald Warholm years of trial and error, but he finally captured the time-lapse he’d dreamt of. The final video, embedded above, shows the sun passing perfectly behind and shining through Torghatten, a well-known mountain near Brønnøysund, Norway. The clip is a mere 41 seconds, but it took days and days of work over the course of three long years to capture this event, which Warhol says only happens twice a year — once in Spring, and once in Fall. Source Article from...
read moreInstagram Finally Lets You Edit Captions After You Post, No More Typeos… Typoes… Typos
The new update to Instagram, launched just hours ago and rolling out to both iOS and Android as we type this, brings two major feature upgrades. First: Instagram is making it easier to explore and discover new accounts to follow. And second: you can FINALLY edit captions after you post a photograph. The second update is the headline-making one, and will no doubt take some of the stress out of crafting the perfect photo caption for fear of posting a typo. Because, as we all know, misspelling something on the Internet is punishable by...
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read morePacific Islanders, Maori, Indian and European Male or Females Wanted
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read moreCamera Operator/Editor required for a Brand New YouTube Show
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read moreVisual Artist and Storyboard Artist wanted for TV Web Series Development
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read moreCameraman & VFX Editor Required
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read morePhotographer Wanted for Commercial Fashion Photography
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read moreEvent Photographer – Ongoing Work Photographing Media Wall / Guests
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read moreHow to Correct Skin Blemishes Using the Patch Tool in Photoshop
A Post By: Lori Peterson There are many articles that discuss the overuse of skin smoothing in portrait photography. Photographers strive to find a balance between realistic skin and fixing the imperfections. Obviously, one way to minimize the use of Photoshop for skin issues is to hire a phenomenal makeup artist who can make the skin look realistic and flawless all at the same time. For the times when there are issues with a client’s skin I try to not go overboard and fix every little thing. I want my client to still look like themselves...
read moreTop 10 Mistakes that Cause Blurry Photos
A Post By: Anne McKinnell If your photos are not sharp, you are not alone! The most common question I get asked by beginning photographers is “how do you get your images so sharp?†Blurry photos is very common issue with a whole plethora of possible culprits, making it very difficult to pinpoint exactly what the problem is. But if you go through this list of the top 10 mistakes that cause blurry photos, you will probably find the answer that works for you. 1. Your shutter speed is too slow This is the #1 culprit of blurry photos. You...
read moreCanon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM becomes a reality
The much-rumored replacement for Canon’s aging EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L has officially arrived. Announced in 1998, the original trombone-style lens is replaced by a traditional rotating zoom design and boasts a number of optical enhancements. The lens itself is slightly taller, wider and heavier than the original, but the move to a rotating zoom design should resolve problems associated with dust being sucked in during operation. It also offers three image stabilization modes and offers 4 stops of stabilization...
read moreTiffen launches 10-stop ND range to prevent red-tinted long exposures
Tiffen has introduced a new range of neutral density filters that aim to allow stills photographers to shoot extreme long exposures without incurring the red color cast that is so common with ND filters. The XLE series comprises three 10-stop ND filters with differing infrared-cut characteristics, ranging from none in the XLE Axent, to moderate in the Advantix and complete IR suppression in the Apex. The series is designed to overcome a problem that occurs when photographers use high density filters to shoot long...
read moreBreakthrough Photography launches ultra-slim UV and ND filters
Breakthrough Photography, a San Francisco-based startup, has introduced its X-Series lineup of ultra-slim ND and UV filters, which are available for pre-order now through the company’s Kickstarter campaign. The series consists of three filter models, the X3 Traction Filter, X2 Traction Filter, and the X1 Black Filter, with a ridged design that aims to make them easier to attach to and detach from a lens. The X3 Traction Filter in particular is CNC machined from brass and features SCHOTT B270 glass from Germany....
read moreVideo: Capturing nature with the Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Enjoyable to watch, a well made video indeed.The introduction goes “When we review high end DSLRs,”. I would like to ask when DO you review high end DSLRs?The last full DSLR review was the Nikon D3300, which can hardly be called high end, which was published in April, seven months ago. The excellent Pentax K3 made it two for April but since then, nothing.I really enjoy the site but I have to say I think it’s failing to properly cover a whole branch of digital photography, which despite the obvious interest in mirrorless ILCs...
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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.