USING PHOTOSHOP TO DESIGN A PHOTO LAYOUT Jim Quinn used Photoshop to create the complicated layout of his documentary photo exhibit, "Good Friday in Colonia San Luis Rey," which was shown in the winter of 2012 in the Instituto Allende's Galeria Pergola in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. If...
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Hobbits, wizards and other Middle Earthlings are becoming an ever greater part of New Zealand's tourism push. The Kiwi government footed $99 million of "The Hobbit" film's $270 million production price tag, and chipped in an additional $10 million to its marketing coffer, all to make...
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The new Olympus 17mm f/1.8 has been officially released for sale! It will cost you. Estimated Street Price: $499.99 And it's worth it, from our first look. With a total length of just 1.4 inches, the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f1.8 is light as a feather and incredibly compact. The autofocus performance of...
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Amore Mio is Italian for "My Love." Judging by this excellent wedding production done by Austin, Texas, wedding filmmaker Joe Simon, that love certainly shines too. Joe shot Amore Mio using a prototype software version of the new Panasonic GH3. Joe's thoughts? Well, the quality of...
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Dig - Sony F55. Looking for a hearty new camera rig to add some spice to your next indie film? Not satisfied the new Panasonic GH3 will be sufficient upgrade as a video answer for your client's needs? Are you one of those people who won't settle...
Dig - Sony F55. Looking for...
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By Jim Quinn With some photo subjects, extending the frame to the left or right, or even up or down, can work far better than the usual 3x2 format that photographers have been dealing with since the earliest Leicas. And with the Sweep Panorama feature in...
By Jim Quinn With some phot...
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Lens design is a major act of compromises. Field of View (focal length) Quality Zoom or Prime Size Weight Image circle (targeted sensor size) Price (depends also on number of sold copies) All lenses show to some extent different lens artifacts: Chromatic Aberrations (Lateral and Longitudinal ) Distortions Vignetting Corner softness Software can improve your lenses The better the...
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This one minute commercial was published by Canon on November 20, 2012. As of this morning, twelve days later, it has racked up 319,692 YouTube views. It's received 2,830 likes, 12 dislikes. It has over a hundred comments. Someone is paying attention. I have no knowledge whether...
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First up, here are Canon's marketing claims for their first mirrorless camera system, the EOS-M: "Inspired by Canon's EOS technology, the EOS M digital compact system camera allows limitless creativity. Capture full HD video with smooth, quiet continuous autofocus made possible by Movie Servo AF and...
First up, here are Canon's mar...
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Surf photographers are an interesting lot. Heroes of the surf all, the best bravely move with fierce determination directly towards a force of nature that engulfs, mangles, and tries its best to break their bodies into many tiny broken pieces. How do they manage to...
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Since moving imaging has become so easy and inexpensive to produce and post, many photographers wonder if there is any room for still photography to exist and thrive as an art form. Indeed, one of the purposes of this forum is to share ideas for...
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The Bicycle Series It was just after sunrise on an October morning in 1989 when Arturo Monroy, a brilliant watercolor painter living in Antigua, Guatemala, opened his window to 7A Avenida Norte. A neighbor Arturo knew to possess unquestionable psychic talent greeted him as he passed...
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And you think video doesn't lie? Here's 3 anamorphic illusions; a Rubik's cube, a roll of tape, and an old tennis shoe. Every one of these fooled me. Which one is your favorite? I think I like the tennis shoe the best, but they are...
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Did you ever wonder how food commercials capture that perfect shot of beer cascading into a glass, or perfectly moistened vegetables falling elegantly onto a plate? Let's go behind the scenes for a visit to the German studio The Marmalade, where they specialize in slow...
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It's Monday after the long Thanksgiving Weekend here in the USA so something fun is called for as we all head back to the grindstone. Here's a tutorial from the Webby Award nominated site Glove And Boots that's just the ticket. Many thanks to our friends at mirrorlesscentral.com for...
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Long ago and far away in my distant past - about 25 years to be exact - I had the crazy idea of learning to fly an R/C Helicopter. I wasn't all that interested in the R/C bits of it, my vision was to mount a...
Long ago and far away in my di...
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