A Simple Introduction to Lens Acronyms
Photography lens manufacturers use all sorts of abbreviations and acronyms to explain the features of their lenses. In an effort to educate use, the photography lens manufacturers really just confuse us. Hopefully you’ll understand a bit about the different lens feature abbreviations by reading this post. I can’t even tell you how many of my...
Exploding Polaroid OneStep Land Camera
Photography studio StaudingerFranke created this mind-boggling image of a Polaroid OneStep Land Camera exploding into pieces. Reminds us of Todd McLellan and his exploding Pentax Spotmatic F photograph.
(via Flavorwire)
Image credit: Photograph by St...
A Camera Tape Dispenser for your Desk
Here’s a old-fashioned wooden camera tape dispenser that would make a cute gift and addition to a photography-lover’s desk. Quirky and cute, this handy-dandy desk accessory is shaped like a small camera and doles out all the sticky transparent film you need for piecing together pages of paper or posting reminder notes on your computer...
Mailman Photographs the Dogs That Want to Kill Him
Everyone knows that mail carriers and dogs don’t mix very well. San Diego mailman Ryan Bradford decided to document his encounters with the canine adversaries along his route using a disposable ISO 400, 35mm camera purchased from Rite Aid. The delightful photo essay that resulted, titled “All the Dogs Want to Kill Me“, shows dogs...
Technicolor released the Color compatible LUT file
Thanks again to my friend Robert Cato for pointing to me that Technicolor has added an Apple Color compatible LUT file for their S-Curve LUT. It means you no longer have to use the LUT buddy plugin. It makes using Technicolor picture style even easier which adds another reason why you should be shooting with...
Creating a ‘video timelapse’ – Eirik Solheim’s “one year in 120 seconds”
This is possibly a new concept to most of you – creating a ‘video timelapse’ – in this case, showing the change of seasons over 1 year in 120 seconds. Most are familiar with doing a timelapse with stills, but in this case, Eirik Solheim has done it with video and then explains how it...
The Future Of Advertising Is Integrated
I found this story on TechCrunch about banner advertising quite interesting (here). Companies originally saw online advertising as a way to drive consumers to make a purchase, but they quickly discovered that traditional display ads yielded very few hits. The average banner ad generates 0.2% CTR (click through rate). You can see in this graphic...
Make Pet Personalities Steal The Show
If you have a pet, you know they have more personality then some humans. Take away their favorite toy and they pout. Or if you leave without them, they may ignore you for a while upon your return. If you have a photograph of your pet on your desk, wall or iPhone, why do you...
Wembley to Make History with World’s Largest 360° Panoramic Sports Photo
The story began a few months before the Final when Wembley commissioned renowned photographer Jeffrey Martin from 360 Cities.net, creators of the ground breaking 80-gigapixel London Panorama and 40-gigapixel Renaissance library shots, taken from inside a Prague monastery which currently holds the record for the largest interior photo ever created
Abu Dhabi 2011 – an HDSLR timelapse with history
It isn’t often that we find a timelapse that tells a bit of a story, but “Abu Dhabi 2011″ by Beno Saradzic begins with a history lesson and then moves into the timelapse – which is all very well done. It seems like the level of timelapses being done these days is at a very...
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW: 2011 New York Photo Festival Turns Focus on Photojournalism
“There are no more discoveries to be made,” Elisabeth Biondi tells me on the opening night of the fourth annual New York Photo Festival. “Anyone can take a picture now, so it’s forced documentary photographers to have a more personalized vision.”
via LightBox.Time.com
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