Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources on Jan 5th, 2012 4 Comments »
Everything you need to know about buying a camera Vlad Savov has really done a great job of laying out the pieces of this puzzle you need to think about and in what order. Ultimately, the number one lesson in photography is that there are always tradeoffs. If you want the best possible image quality, [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Canon Powershot S90, Getty Center Abstractions, Photo Resources on Nov 23rd, 2011 4 Comments »
My friend Gary Sharp is visiting for Thanksgiving and he caught me doing some framing of prints for an upcoming show I’ve got. For those who do their own framing, I found out the hard way that using acrylite (acrylic) for the glazing of large prints (23.5″ squares) can be problematic: the acrylic bowed just [...]
Posted in Canon EOS 5D, Canon PowerShot S100, iPhone Photography, Photo Resources on Nov 23rd, 2011 13 Comments »
Can the iPhone 4S replace a “real” digital camera? Great in-depth investigation. As one with an iPhone 4S, a Canon PowerShot S100 and a Canon 5D and some nice lenses, I can attest that the iPhone 4S does not replace the other cameras fully but it does eat into the point and shoot space. and [...]
Posted in iPhone, Photo Resources on Oct 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
B&H Photo has a free iPhone app that’s quite good and if nothing else allows you to check out your wish list(s) while browsing around the store, instead of printing them out as I usually do. Tip: consider making wish lists of things you buy often, like ink and paper for for your printer. That [...]
Posted in Photo Resources, Politics, Travel on Sep 9th, 2011 No Comments »
Know Your Rights: Photographers The American Civil Liberties Union overview of your rights as a photographer in the United States.
Posted in Copyright, Ideas, iPhone Photography, Photo Resources on May 24th, 2011 No Comments »
That famous space shuttle photo: When is sharing stealing? Stefanie Gordon took a picture of the Space Shuttle taking off from a commercial airliner. No doubt some of you have seen the image. She tweeted it to friends with Twitter when she landed and didn’t think much more about it. By the time she was [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Oct 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Self-Publisher Comes to SoHo Blurb, a popular self-publishing company based in San Francisco, has tried to assuage that fear by planting a pop-up store, its first, in the middle of SoHo in New York. It will be there until the end of the month, complete with displays of finished books created by real customers.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources, Video on Oct 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
5Dmk2/7D lens comparison test from Mike Collins on Vimeo. This is a short test with the tripod in the same spot switching between prime lenses to show how the crop affects the 7D. The subject, ace stand in Chris Clement, was roughly five feet from the camera. This isn’t meant to be an aesthetic test [...]
Posted in Photo Resources on Sep 21st, 2010 2 Comments »
Boxes of old photographs – and a simple solution Watch the video (flash) at the bottom of the article. ScanMyPhotos is a photo scanning service that will scan as many photographs that will fit into large USPS flat rate box for $149. And, they do it fast with 24 hour turnaround. They also do slide [...]
Posted in Collections, Photo Resources, Photojournalism, Places on Jun 25th, 2010 No Comments »
Harry Ransom Center unveils the Magnum Archive Vish Vishvanath has written a wonderful appreciation to this most important archive of historic Magnum photographs that was bought by Michael Dell and loaned to the University of Texas at Austin and are now open to the pubic. [via Lensculture]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Photo Printing, Photo Resources, Video on Jun 5th, 2010 2 Comments »
The Impossible Project Nice documentary on The Impossible Project which is the new, reinvented Polaroid. [via Daring Fireball]
Posted in iPad, iPhone, Photo Resources, Social Software on Mar 31st, 2010 No Comments »
Unofficial Flickr App Approved for the iPad No doubt flickr will have an “official” app but this one looks fine and may be better than whatever flickr produces.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources, Tech Stuff on Feb 24th, 2010 No Comments »
ND Filters, Top to Bottom Aaron Bieber explains neutral density filters: what they are, how they work, and why one might want to use them. Clear and excellent.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Resources, Photo Sites, Slide Show on Dec 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
Vowl Vowl is a free Macintosh application from stevenf (Panic) that given a tag or list of tags will display a random flickr slideshow in a window on your computer. Simple, clean, well designed and fun. If you click on an image you go directly to that image on flickr. If this becomes popular it [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Resources on Nov 27th, 2009 4 Comments »
The Zone System Developed by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1941, the zone system is a systematic way work with exposure and processing to get the right gradient of tones from white to black. Most of us are just trying to get a handle on the different light meters in our DSLRs, let alone [...]
Posted in Photo Resources, Politics on Nov 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »
Much loved photo supply store B&H sued for job discrimination against women This will be interesting.
Posted in iPhone, Photo Resources on Nov 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Depth of field iPhone apps Useful iPhone apps for calculating depth of field for a given focal length and aperture. [via Edward McKeown]
Posted in iPhone, iPhone Photography, Photo Resources on Sep 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
Flickr Officially Comes to the iPhone I think it’s fascinating that the camera in the iPhone is the most popular (used) camera on flickr. I do think it would be fun to use this app for taking pictures on hikes and uploading them on the hike. Might have to try that. Flickr app at iTunes [...]
Posted in Photo Resources on Jul 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
Roger Cicala of Lensrentals.com has posted an excellent article on Controlling Depth of Field. All photographers, beginning to advanced should read this. Roger is a clear thinker, good explainer and a terrific writer. [via Leandro Karunungan]
Posted in Photo Resources on Jul 31st, 2009 No Comments »
Photography Tips From National Geographic Experts Actually, aside from a stupid multi-page web presentation, the tips are quite useful. Basic but good, basic information here. [via Leandro Karunungan]
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