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How Photographers, Rockstars & Astronauts Actually Spend Their Time

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

This post should actually be called: “How People THINK Photographers Spend Their Time -VS- How They Actually Spend It — it’s not what you think and it’s not too late”. Come to think of it, perhaps I’ll find an even better title… [Done.] Experience tells me that non-photographers, or amateur photographers often have an idyllic [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/49/59/444959.jpeg[/IMG]

Canon AE-D Mirrorless Camera Concept

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

Olympus recently rebooted its OM line of film SLRs with the OM-D mirrorless camera, and many photographers are hoping that Canon will follow suit with one of its film bodies. Industrial designer and photographer David Riesenberg is among them, and recently decided turn what he wants to see into a concept drawing. After spending months [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/49/24/444924.jpeg[/IMG]

Creating Quality Slideshows

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

All those photos you have on your harddrive, what are you doing with them? Are they sitting there and then up on a website? Maybe a share on Facebook or Google+? Have you ever thought of presenting your work in a slideshow, or projected, exhibition? Presenting a slideshow of your work can be a very [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Creating Quality Slideshows[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/49/02/444902.gif[/IMG]

Hiking from a Corgi?s Point of View

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

YouTube member Syejukoon mounted a GoPro camera to the back of his corgi named Riley using a customized backpack, and then went hiking with Riley in Los Angeles’ Runyon Canyon Park.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/48/78/444878.gif[/IMG]

Portraits of American Girls Posing With Their American Girl Dolls

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

Photographer Ilona Szwarc‘s project “American Girls” is a series of portraits of girls in the United States posing with their avatars — American Girl dolls that are customized to look exactly like their owners. American Girls by Ilona Szwarc (via It’s Nice That) Image credits: Photographs by Ilona Szwarc and used with permission[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/48/49/444849.jpeg[/IMG]

Adobe Releases Photoshop CS6 Beta: Redesigned UI and 65 New Features

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

Adobe has launched the public beta version of Photoshop CS6, which features a completely redesigned user interface along with new saving features (auto and background), new content-aware features (move and patch), new blur filters, an updated Adobe Camera RAW, and improved video editing capability. There’s a 62% increase in features, with 65 of them inspired [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/48/15/444815.jpeg[/IMG]

Readers: Lens Filters: To Use or Not To Use? Your 2 cents, if you please!

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Mar 22nd 2012 - 0 comments

Image Source: John Salvador Lens Filters: general information For those of you who are newer to the wild, wild world of photography, there are many different kinds of lens filters, and thus they are used for varied reasons. The two most commonly used filters would be 1) Polarizing filters which are used to reduce glare [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Readers: Lens Filters: To Use or Not To Use? Your 2 cents, if you please![IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/47/90/444790.png[/IMG]

Man Photographs Himself in a Pink Tutu to Fight Against Breast Cancer

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Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

After photographer Bob Carey moved with his wife to the East Coast in 2003, he found that life suddenly flipped 180-degrees from what he was used to. He then did what every sane, middle-aged, male photographer would do: he began photographing himself in a pink tutu to express himself. Carey writes, Six months after the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/45/88/444588.jpeg[/IMG]

Man Photographs Himself in a Pink Tutu to Fight Against Breast Cancer

by God
Mar 21st 2012 - 1 comments

After photographer Bob Carey moved with his wife to the East Coast in 2003, he found that life suddenly flipped 180-degrees from what he was used to. He then did what every sane, middle-aged, male photographer would do: he began photographing himself in a pink tutu to express himself. Carey writes, Six months after the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/45/74/444574.jpeg[/IMG]

Playing with a Magical Picture Frame

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Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

Steven Alan and Ben Boutwell made this clever little short of themselves taking photos with a magical picture frame. It’s titled “Frame of Mind”.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/45/53/444553.gif[/IMG]

Playing with a Magical Picture Frame

by God
Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

Steven Alan and Ben Boutwell made this clever little short of themselves taking photos with a magical picture frame. It’s titled “Frame of Mind”.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/45/44/444544.gif[/IMG]

US Army Warns Soldiers That Geotagged Photos Can Kill

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Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

Earlier this month the US Army published an article warning its soldiers that the ubiquitousness of geotagged photographs these days can present a serious security risk, citing a real-world example of something that happened back in 2007: When a new fleet of helicopters arrived with an aviation unit at a base in Iraq, some Soldiers [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/45/15/444515.jpeg[/IMG]

US Army Warns Soldiers That Geotagged Photos Can Kill

by God
Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

Earlier this month the US Army published an article warning its soldiers that the ubiquitousness of geotagged photographs these days can present a serious security risk, citing a real-world example of something that happened back in 2007: When a new fleet of helicopters arrived with an aviation unit at a base in Iraq, some Soldiers [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/45/04/444504.jpeg[/IMG]

Photos of Famous Cartoon Characters in Minimalist LEGO Form

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Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

German ad agency Jung von Matt created this brilliant series of photographs for a LEGO advertising campaign titled “Imagine”. The images show famous characters from children’s television shows in simplified LEGO form. Can you figure out each of the shows? Here are the answers (top to bottom): The Simpsons, Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/44/07/444407.jpeg[/IMG]

Photos of Famous Cartoon Characters in Minimalist LEGO Form

by God
Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

German ad agency Jung von Matt created this brilliant series of photographs for a LEGO advertising campaign titled “Imagine”. The images show famous characters from children’s television shows in simplified LEGO form. Can you figure out each of the shows? Here are the answers (top to bottom): The Simpsons, Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/43/93/444393.jpeg[/IMG]

Israel Bans Use of Underweight Models in Advertising Photographs

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Mar 21st 2012 - 1 comments

While a number of countries are taking steps to ban the unrealistic Photoshopping of models, Israel has gone a step further: the country has banned the use of underweight models themselves. Additionally, ads that are Photoshopped to make models look skinnier must also now carry a disclaimer. With the new law in place, all models [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/43/69/444369.jpeg[/IMG]

Israel Bans Use of Underweight Models in Advertising Photographs

by God
Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

While a number of countries are taking steps to ban the unrealistic Photoshopping of models, Israel has gone a step further: the country has banned the use of underweight models themselves. Additionally, ads that are Photoshopped to make models look skinnier must also now carry a disclaimer. With the new law in place, all models [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/43/59/444359.jpeg[/IMG]

What Pancake Lenses Look Like On the Inside

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Mar 21st 2012 - 0 comments

I?ve always been fascinated by pancake lenses. It just amazes me that something that small can actually function. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we?ve been taking things apart to determine where and how (and sometimes if) the lenses can be adjusted optically. So, I decided to do two pancake lenses for mirrorless cameras [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/44/43/26/444326.jpeg[/IMG]