7 Things To Think About Before You Host Your Site
It’s time for a new website. And if you’re thinking of doing some of the work yourself, you’ll have to invest in a great hosting company. Before you make your selection, remember all hosting companies ARE NOT created equally. Yes they pull you in with those low, low prices and those great sounding guarantees. But...
Friday Happy Hour: The Death of Flickr & More
This week’s Happy Hour touches on a number of different sectors of the photography industry, but perhaps namely the business of photography. There’s the in-depth Gizmodo article on “The Death of Flickr”; Leica selling the world’s most expensive camera; Fotolia’s latest round of funding; and more. Take a look to see what interested us this...
With Facebook IPO Underway, One Man Pitches a Polaroid-Style Instagram Camera
They say the easiest way to get rich is to hang around billionaires because they leak money. Antonio De Rosa is an Italian designer who is clearly looking to find one of those leaky rich guys to stand as close to as possible. De Rosa...
A Specific, Detailed Program for Absolutely, Positively Getting Better as a Digital Printmaker
Who this is for: Novice or occasional printmakers (of any skill level as photographers) who currently don't print a lot and feel insecure about their abilities or dissatisfied with their results—and who have the luxury of making a considerable commitment...
Geotagging, without the privacy issues: Canon offers a solution
Geolocation can be great for keeping track of where you've been, and what photos you've shot on your travels, but it also has a dark side. Location-aware cameras are increasingly common, especially in smartphones. If you don't ...
Trippy Mirror Photo Created Without the Help of Photoshop
You’ve probably seen photographs similar to the image above before, but this one is special in that it wasn’t created digitally. Photographer Matthew Spiegelman shot it with a 4×5 camera and 180mm lens using a two-way mirror. The photo is titled Portal {Matthew Spiegelman in his studio with mirror, two way mirror, c-stands, clamp with...
What the Fujifilm FinePix X100 Looks Like Completely Disassembled
If you’ve ever wanted to know what the Fuji X100 looked like on the inside, without breaking your own apart that is, then you can benefit from James Maher‘s misfortune. On a recent fishing trip, the dry container Maher used to store his camera gear turned out not to be watertight and soaked all of...
How to Scan Film Negatives with a DSLR
Well, lets just say I’ve gotten better at this over the last couple of years. The left image was one of the first I’ve “scanned” with my DSLR, and the one on the right I’ve just rescanned using the techniques described below (higher resolution available here). Right now I can get higher resolution and better...
This 112MP Sensor Can Capture the Sun and the Stars At the Same Time
There are many different levels of camera, ranging from point-and-shoot compacts to medium format behemoths, but what if there was something much more powerful than even the highest end Haselblads? What if someone other than space stations could get their hands on a camera that could shoot, say, 112MP photos with enough dynamic range to...
Fashion Photographs with Faces Pressed Against Glass
Fashion photographs are generally shot to make the clothing and the models look attractive, but British photographer Neil Bedford chose not to go that route when shooting a series for clothing label Neighborhood‘s lookbook. He had his models press their faces against invisible panes of glass, resulting in quirky and humorous fashion photos featuring smeared...
“Act of Valor” Workflow and Post Production
My name is Mike McCarthy, and as the production engineer for Act of Valor, I worked with Shane and his team in developing solutions to the obstacles presented by early DSLR filmmaking, both on set and in post.
This Week In Photography Books – Bernhard Fuchs
by Jonathan Blaustein Waiting for the sunshine. Waiting for the sunshine. Tired of the gray days. Tired of the gray days. Oh, but it ain’t comin’, it ain’t comin’, Soon. No, it ain’t comin’, it ain’t comin’, Soon. The above text is not actually an old blues song. I swear. It’s an ironic little ditty...
