When it comes to testing a DSLR video camera, there are few whose judgement I trust as much as Johnnie Behiri, one of the owners of Cinema5D.com. Johnnie has consistently great insights on the entire world of video and video production. He is a master of...
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Squinching. To Squinch, or not to Squinch, is never the question. Not in photography anyway. Squinching is a technique long used by professional portrait photographers, professional models, actors, and most every vacuum cleaner salesman on the plane. But like one of those magician tricks, it...
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To many, including some close photographer friends, Black-and-White is the very definition of photography. Kim Weston is an iconic master of the Black-and-White photography art. Kim has been a fine art nude photographer for over 30 years. He is a third-generation member of one of the most...
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I know the opening "Tissue" line is an old West Virginia play on words, but it is an accurate description of this story. This is one of the best time lapse animations I have seen put together, a monumental execution task for a masterpiece outcome....
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In the above, an obvious sales piece for the new Zeiss OTUS 1.4/55 published on Oct 7, 2013, Zeiss makes some strong claims about this new lens. Statements like "Experience a new dimension. The Otus 1.4/55 is the pinnacle of over 120 years of expertise and experience...
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Most of us as photographers have heard the term "Specular Reflection." Certainly all of us have seen examples of it. But just what does "specular reflection" mean in a technical sense, and how does it impact our photographs? Reflections on still water, as in the...
Most of us as photographers ha...
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Once a generation maybe, pressures for change combine with forces for a better, fresher future, and a generational musical event like "The Fox" happens. That vision satisfies better than an image of a stodgy, smoke filled back room of cigar aficionados deciding who the next...
Once a generation maybe, press...
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Uwe Steinmueller | 11-11-2013 The Adjustment Brush in Lightroom is a very powerful tool. Using the Auto Brush mode allows you to get even more precise results. If you select Auto Mask the brush tries to only cover areas of your image that are close in color to...
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Uwe Steinmueller We are currently working on some new scripts and this reminded us to share the use of Droplets with our readers. We like to streamline our workflow as much as possible, and droplets are a good way to do that. Lightroom is very powerful but...
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IN CELEBRATION OF THE BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINT To many, including some close photographer friends, Black-and-White is the very definition of photography. John Sexton is an iconic master of the Black-and-White photography art. John was born in 1953, and has lived on the Monterey Peninsula in California for more than...
IN CELEBRATION OF THE BLACK-AN...
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If you have never seen the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, you've never seen hot air balloons. There is, simply put, nothing else on earth like it. Last month, at the first part of October, Albuquerque, New Mexico, held its 42nd annual International Balloon Fiesta, or as...
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The All New Nikon Df The fusion of responsive, intuitive dial operation and "flagship D4 image quality" in the smallest and lightest FX-format body, the Nikon Df PRE-ORDER Your Nikon Df DSLR Camera Kit with AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Special Edition Lens HERE! From the Nikon Df Press...
The All New Nikon Df The...
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I photographed Day of the Dead, or "Dia de los Muertos" as it is more properly called, in Mexico seven of the last ten years. It is always a challenging shoot, but such a magical experience it is a must attend event however difficult the...
I photographed Day of t...
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(Video Recorded Entirely With Sony HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder) Amazon.com Widgets [caption id="attachment_4816" align="aligncenter" width="950"] The New Sony HDR-MV1 Music Video Camcorder[/caption] Sony tries to put old guys like me out of work with the all new Sony HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder. It's hard enough getting older and having to fight off...
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“The Lion City,” is the latest creation of tilt shift time lapse photographer Keith Loutit an Australian filmmaker based in Singapore. His stated goal? "For 'The Lion City', the idea behind the extension of the tilt shift technique is for focus and distance to be something the...
“The Lion City,” is the late...
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EDITORS REPLY: It seems that I have inadvertently offended somebody I had no intention to offend. I apologize and beg forgiveness. Since my inadvertent error has lead to most of you now reading this, I will place my open response to him here as...
EDITORS REPLY: It seems that I...
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