Member Icon

God

News

news
  1. 0

Be Aware of Facial Expressions When Taking Picture of People Singing

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

So I’ve been shooting some shows for some of the choral groups on campus at my school, and I’ve started to notice a trend: people make some stupid faces when they are singing. They can range from an approaching sneeze to a full-on O-face. Now, to the average viewer during a performance, these faces go [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/72/46/427246.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Training a Newbie in One Week to Fake It as a Pro Photographer

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

Kai Wong over at DigitalRev recently conducted this interesting experiment in which they spent a week training a newbie photographer — an IT guy without any background — to go up head-to-head in a studio environment against an actual photographer. The goal was to see whether they could fake it well enough so that one [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/71/79/427179.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

iOS Unlock Screen to Include Slider for Faster Camera Access

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s some good news for all you iPhoneographers out there: Apple’s upcoming iOS 5.1 update — the rumored release date is March 9th — will feature a new unlock screen that’s designed to make accessing your iPhone (or iPod) camera as easy as unlocking your phone. They’ve decided to include a new fixed camera slider [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/71/63/427163.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Time-Lapse Stop-Motion Music Video by Indie Band Wildlife Control

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

San Francisco-based indie band Wildlife Control made this creative music video for their song “Analog or Digital” using both time-lapes and stop-motion techniques. They spent a day on at Ocean Beach in SF, shooting the entire video in one take as a series of 3,060 individual photographs. The fast playback makes the world around them [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/71/30/427130.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

How to Create Impossible Images: Erik Johansson

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

Got a spare 6 minutes? Here’s photographers Erik Johansson presenting at TED about his ‘Impossible Photography’. Erik combines photos together to create surreal yet realistic images. In the video he shares his rules of doing it. View more of Erik’s Imagery at his site What do you think? Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. How to Create Impossible Images: Erik Johansson[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/71/19/427119.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Nikon to Stop Making Parts Available to Unauthorized Camera Repair Shops

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

In mid-January, Nikon sent an letter out to independent camera repair technicians across the US, informing them that “it will no longer make repair parts available for purchase by repair facilities that have not been authorized by Nikon Inc. to perform camera repairs.” After July 13th, 2012, unauthorized repair shops will no longer be able [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/70/78/427078.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Every Photographer Goes Through a Phase of Disappointment

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

Do you feel like the quality of your photography falls short of where you want it to be? Don’t worry: every creative goes through a period in their growth in which there’s a disappointing gap between their “taste” and their work. Here’s an inspiring video in which Ira Glass encourages people going through this to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/70/62/427062.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Use Lightroom Presets in Adobe Camera RAW

by God
Feb 20th 2012 - 0 comments

If you?re like me, you have some presets that you?ve created in Lightroom that you would like to use in Adobe Camera Raw. Unfortunately the format of the preset files in each program is different so you can’t just install a Lightroom preset in ACR. However you can make an ACR preset from a file [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Use Lightroom Presets in Adobe Camera RAW[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/69/87/426987.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Know Your Rights as a Photographer & Filmer! [PSA from JGL + ACLU.org]

by God
Feb 19th 2012 - 0 comments

Want to know what your rights are as a photographer in the USA for shoot photos in public? All of us USA’ers do, as well as anyone who might travel here. So…As a part of his hitRECORD project, kudos go out to actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (my best friend panel pal – here we are talking [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/67/60/426760.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Help This Locationally Challenged Photographer Improve Her Portraiture

by God
Feb 19th 2012 - 0 comments

“I’ve been working on my portrait photography recently – but one thing that I lack is good locations. Most of the great portraits I see online by other photographers have exotic locations that add so much to the image – but I’m trapped in a very unstylsh house most days looking after kids in a [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Help This Locationally Challenged Photographer Improve Her Portraiture[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/67/22/426722.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

HDR and Beyond ? Seeing is Believing!

by God
Feb 19th 2012 - 0 comments

A Guest Post by by Gavin Phillips What is High Dynamic Range Imaging? (HDR) HDR is when you take 3-5 or 7 photos at different exposure settings, and then merge them into a single image using speciality software. What you get are beautiful photos with incredible detail, controlled lighting and accurate colour. You cannot reproduce [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. HDR and Beyond – Seeing is Believing![IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/66/17/426617.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

How to Create Contact Sheets in Lightroom

by God
Feb 18th 2012 - 0 comments

Historically a contact sheet was a page of images each printed at the same size as the film negative ? they were used as a reference for the images on the film roll. They were called contact sheets because the film was placed in close contact with the paper when printing them. These days the [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. How to Create Contact Sheets in Lightroom[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/64/00/426400.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

How To Deliver A Useful Photo Critique

by God
Feb 18th 2012 - 0 comments

Much has been written on DPS about receiving feedback and examining your own photos to help improve. Today I want to give you some pointers on providing a critique to others (when asked for) so the conversation between you and the photographer is time well spent. At its base, a critique is an examination of [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. How To Deliver A Useful Photo Critique[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/63/61/426361.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Camera Lenses with Custom Paint Jobs

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

A week ago we published a tongue-in-cheek post on how to improve the quality of your Canon kit lens by painting a red ring around it. While that wasn’t intended to be taken seriously, we were pointed to a Korean workshop named Park in Style that actually takes custom lens body work quite seriously. What [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/61/97/426197.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Samsung?s New SD Cards Are as Sleek as They Are Sturdy

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Samsung has released a new line of SD and microSD memory cards that focus not only on speed and durability but appearance as well. They come with a brushed metal look in silver or black, and are able pretty dang tough as well: In order to ensure their reliability, Samsung has designed both lines of [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/61/83/426183.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

Make a Portable Tabletop Studio Using a Collapsible Hamper

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Want to shoot professional-looking shots of smaller objects. You can build your own tabletop studio using a collapsible clothes hamper, a white plastic sheet (e.g. a table cover), and a sheet of white posterboard. Stick the posterboard inside the hamper for your infinite white backdrop, and then use the plastic sheets on the sides to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/61/45/426145.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

LED Light Suit Turns Snowboarder Into a Sole Light Source

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton recently had the idea of capturing “a lone character made of light surfing through darkness”. He had designer John Spatcher create an LED enveloped suit, and then had pro snowboarder William Hughes wear it while zipping down the slopes of the Rhône-Alpes region in south-east France. Here’s the beautiful [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/60/74/426074.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

DAWN: Weekly Photography Challenge

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Earlier today we posted 24 Beautiful Dawn Images – with the hope of giving you a little inspiration to set those alarm clocks a little earlier this week and to get out at – or before – sunrise to take some dawn images of your own. So let’s make ‘Dawn’ the theme for this weeks [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. DAWN: Weekly Photography Challenge[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/60/54/426054.jpeg[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

How to Accentuate the Jawline in Portraits

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s an excellent video tutorial on how to improve your portrait photographs by focusing on the jawline of your subject. It’s a simple technique that can drastically improve the quality of your images. (via Scott Kelby)[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/60/34/426034.gif[/IMG]

news
  1. 0

D-CAN: A Cylindrical Concept Camera

by God
Feb 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Designer Jean-michel Bonnemoy thinks that traditional camera designs are wrong, and that form factors were driven more by technical necessity (e.g. the need to hold film) than by ergonomics and ease of use. Instead, he proposes that modern digital cameras should be cylindrical and resembling a handheld telescope. A lens cap is built into the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/42/60/15/426015.jpeg[/IMG]