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Lawyer Suing Apple Over the Loss of His First Child?s Birth Pictures

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Jun 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Backing up your photos is always a good idea, but if your storage device failed and the photos you lost consisted of some very precious family memories, would you hold the hard drive company responsible? Lawyer Perminder Tung would, which is why he is currently suing Apple over the photos of his first child’s birth [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/54/67/485467.jpeg[/IMG]

Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Thailand

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Jun 17th 2012 - 0 comments

Thailand is our next country in the DPS Travel Photography Inspiration Project. When I request photos from readers I also ask them to provide tips to help other readers take the same picture, should they decide to travel to the country. Today I am going to present Margaret Ingles? tips as an introduction to 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. Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Thailand[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/54/01/485401.jpeg[/IMG]

A Behind The Scenes Look At The First Ever Film Shot at 35,000 Feet

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

About a month ago we featured a teaser for Departure Date, a Virgin Produced romantic comedy that holds the title of first ever film to be shot at 35,000 feet. And now, Virgin have released a full trailer, plus a great behind the scenes look at this ground-breaking (or maybe air-breaking?) film. If the teaser [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/52/67/485267.gif[/IMG]

Watch Peter Lik Photograph New York

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

Check out this Behind the Scenes video from Aussie landscape photographer Peter Lik as he explores and photographs New York City. Peter’s images from this project are breathtaking – I particularly enjoy the lengths he goes to to capture unique perspectives on landmarks that have been photographed so many times before. The detail in his [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Watch Peter Lik Photograph New York[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/52/56/485256.gif[/IMG]

Getty To Capture Olympics With Helicams Timelapse, 360-Degree Cameras and More

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

You may or may not know this, but Getty Images is actually the official photo agency of the 2012 London Olympics, and they plan on making this one of the most innovatively captured events in the history of photography. To do this they’ve enlisted as many new technologies as they can get their hands on: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/52/43/485243.gif[/IMG]

Getty To Capture Olympics With Helicams and 360-Degree Cameras

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

You may or may not know this, but Getty Images is actually the official photo agency of the 2012 London Olympics, and they plan on making this one of the most innovatively captured events in the history of photography. To do this they’ve enlisted as many new technologies as they can get their hands on: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/52/32/485232.gif[/IMG]

Awesome ?World?s Tiniest Police Chase? Video Shot and Projected Without any CGI

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

Made by directing duo The Theory as a personal project, this video is one of the cooler, more creative uses of video and pocket projector technology we’ve seen. Titled “Speed of Light / aka / The World’s Tiniest Police Chase,” the entire thing was filmed on a Canon 5d MkII and an HD MiniCam, and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/52/21/485221.gif[/IMG]

Awesome Tiny Police Chase Video Shot and Projected Without Any CGI

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

Made by directing duo The Theory as a personal project, this video is one of the cooler, more creative uses of video and pocket projector technology we’ve seen. Titled “Speed of Light / aka / The World’s Tiniest Police Chase,” the entire thing was filmed on a Canon 5d MkII and an HD MiniCam, and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/52/09/485209.gif[/IMG]

Photog Sues Police After Unlawful Arrest Leads to Loss of White House Credentials

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

When photographer Mannie Garcia — known best, perhaps, for his iconic photograph of President Obama — was arrested for disorderly conduct while recording Maryland police officers performing an arrest, he didn’t realize that it would mean the loss of his White House credentials. And although he was eventually acquitted and given back his camera (with [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/51/80/485180.jpeg[/IMG]

Romina Amato On Capturing Great News and Sports Photography

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

In this short video, courtesy of Red Bull, Swiss photographer Romina Amato is asked to elaborate on what makes a great sports/news photographer. She offers some great insights, ranging from what gear/settings she uses to the makings of a phenomenal news shot and how important it is to get your photos out there quickly. Plus, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/51/69/485169.gif[/IMG]

Romina Amato On Capturing Great News and Sports Photos

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

In this short video, courtesy of Red Bull, Swiss photographer Romina Amato is asked to elaborate on what makes a great sports/news photographer. She offers some great insights, ranging from what gear/settings she uses to the makings of a phenomenal news shot and how important it is to get your photos out there quickly. Plus, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/51/50/485150.gif[/IMG]

Romina Amato On Being a Great News and/or Sports Photographer

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

In this short video, courtesy of Red Bull, Swiss photographer Romina Amato is asked to elaborate on what makes a great sports/news photographer. She offers some great insights, ranging from what gear/settings she uses to the makings of a phenomenal news shot and how important it is to get your photos out there quickly. Plus, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/51/41/485141.gif[/IMG]

3 Things I learned from a Rock Star about The Business of Portrait Photography

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Jun 16th 2012 - 0 comments

Ingrid Michaelson is a singer; I?m not. She is young, pretty, hip, funny, talented and sings like a extra dirty and extra cold martini on a hot day – smooth  with just the right amount of earth. No, no, no, I?d like to think so, my mom thinks so and yes I will. We, Ally, [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. 3 Things I learned from a Rock Star about The Business of Portrait Photography[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/51/32/485132.jpeg[/IMG]

Time Travel and Ethical Photojournalism

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

Our goal in photojournalism is reality. The foundation of ethics in photojournalism is that our photographs of any situation should look the way our eyes saw it. Let?s use the human eye as our benchmark standard of reality. How the eye sees is our goal, and thus our reality. We forget that the human eye [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/50/36/485036.jpeg[/IMG]

Animation in a City Time-Lapse Using 1050 Paintings

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

This time-lapse video by Benjamin Ducroz, titled Points in Space and shot in Melbourne, Australia, features a stop-motion animation within a city that’s bustling in time-lapse. Ducroz used 1,050 black and white abstract images to create the effect. (via The Creators Project)[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/50/26/485026.gif[/IMG]

9-Year-Old Girl?s School Lunch Photoblog Shut Down and Reinstated

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

Martha Payne, a 9-year-old girl in Scotland, started her photoblog NeverSeconds as a writing exercise. With her school’s permission, she photographed her school meals and offered some commentary to go along with the pictures. The blog soon went viral, amassing millions of views and attracting the attention of Jamie Oliver. As children around the world [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/50/05/485005.jpeg[/IMG]

The ?S? in Canon?s EF-S Lens Mount Stands for ?Small Image Circle?

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

If you’re a crop sensor Canon shooter, you may have learned in the past that the ‘S’ in EF-S stands for “Short-Back Focus”. Well, that’s not true anymore. The lens mount was originally for lenses with rear elements closer to the sensor plane than in EF lenses, but there are recent EF-S lenses that eschew [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/49/93/484993.jpeg[/IMG]

Shoot Rainbow Smoke Using Color Gels

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

Want to shoot photographs of rainbow-colored smoke? Just strap some color gels to your flash(es). Photographer Sean Wyatt used three snooted flashes with two colored gels on each flash to create a rainbow blend of color. He then used the setup to photograph smoke from burning incense sticks. Here are some of the resulting photographs: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/49/74/484974.jpeg[/IMG]

Dropbox Updates iOS App with Automatic Camera Uploads

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

File hosting powerhouse Dropbox has added automatic camera uploads to its iOS app — a feature that Android users have enjoyed for some time now. In addition to backing up your photos in the cloud, the company is offering a new gallery view for browsing photos and 3GB of additional free space if you upload [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/49/56/484956.jpeg[/IMG]

This is What Happens to 35mm Film in Hydrochloric Acid

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Jun 15th 2012 - 0 comments

Chemistry and physics teacher MattAttackPro shot the above photo showing what happens when a roll of unused 35mm camera film is dropped into a beaker of hydrochloric acid. What you’re seeing is the emulsion (light sensitive chemicals suspended in gelatin) separating from the clear plastic backing. (via Boing Boing) Image credits: Photograph by MattAttackPro[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/49/35/484935.jpeg[/IMG]