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Apples New Macbook Are Up For Order ? Check Out The Retina Display!

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Jun 13th 2012 - 0 comments

B&H has all of the new Macbooks up for order. 2012 Next Generation Macbook Pro with Retina display 15″ Macbook Pro Next Gen – i7 2.3 Ghz , 8GB, 256GB SSD 15″ Macbook Pro Next Gen – i7 2.6 Ghz, 8GB , 512GB SSD 2012 Macbook Air 11″ Macbook Air – 1.7GHz , 4GB of [...] Support the site If you enjoyed reading this post and found it helpful, please consider supporting the site by making your next photography purchase by clicking through one of the links below. B&H Photo Amazon.com Adorama Zacuto Outdoor Photo Gear ebay Think Tank Photo -As a friend of this site, clicking through to the Think Tank site and spending more than $50 will earn you a FREE bag when you reach the checkout. Choose from several different accessory or modular bags for FREE! Borrowlenses.com DROBO Enter coupon code DANCARRPHOTO for up to $150 off on certain models. Clicking through these links doesn't cost you a penny more but helps me to bring you new, fresh content.Thanks for your support ! [IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/39/36/483936.jpeg[/IMG]

Facebook Camera Renamed Camera?

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

After Facebook launched its own iOS camera app last month, many people were surprised that the app was simply named “Camera” on the home screen. To clear up confusion — and likely to prevent any trouble from Apple — Facebook has updated the app with a new name: Camera?. No word on how it’s supposed [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/37/64/483764.jpeg[/IMG]

A Tiny Planet Journey Around the World Using Google Street View

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Chemin Vert is a project created by Italian artist Giacomo Miceli using photographs from Google Street View. It’s a journey through five continents over four seasons at a simulated 930 mph. The video above was created by mapping the Street View images as stereographic projections (i.e. “tiny planets”), but there’s also an interactive, immersive version [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/37/43/483743.gif[/IMG]

Focus On Bruno Mercier ~ De Lumière Et De Vent

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

De lumière et de vent means Of light and wind. I discovered the work of fellow photographer Bruno Mercier quite recently and I was quite taken by his high contrast black and white images of a region that I know quite well. Bruno lives in Normandy, France, which is where I grew up and visit [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Focus On Bruno Mercier ~ De Lumière Et De Vent[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/37/17/483717.jpeg[/IMG]

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

For his project titled All Look Same, San Francisco-based photographer Howard Cao photographed celebrity impersonators in Las Vegas and then had Sugar Digital do some post-processing magic to transform their race. The result is a series of images that is meant to ask the question, “Would celebrities be as interesting to American culture if they [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/36/96/483696.jpeg[/IMG]

Trigger an External Flash with Some Fiber Optic Cable

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

After buying a Yongnuo flash and finding its wireless capabilities “hit and miss”, Marcell of fiberstrobe decided to try out something he saw on a forum: using a fiber optic cable as a sync cord. The Yongnuo YN460-II can function as an optical slave, so the basic idea is to channel light from your camera’s [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/36/82/483682.jpeg[/IMG]

The Uncropped Versions of Iconic Photos

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Here are some uncropped (or “unzoomed”) versions of iconic photographs that show more context than their famous cropped counterparts. It’s interesting to see what photographers and photo editors chose to keep and what they chose to throw away. The image above is an alternate view of Tank Man. Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda showing Che [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/36/65/483665.jpeg[/IMG]

Rooms Turned into Colorful Camera Obscura Light Installations

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Artist Chris Fraser creates beautiful light displays by turning rooms into giant camera obscuras. Rather than use a single pinhole as the lens, he bores numerous holes into the walls to create layered patterns of light. He writes, My light installations use the ?camera obscura? as a point of departure. They are immersive optical environments, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/36/32/483632.jpeg[/IMG]

It?s Not About The F-Stop!

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Last year I did a lecture about how to get commercial assignments by photographing and promoting personal photography projects at the Event Space at B&H Photo in NYC. It was a wonderful lecture discussing how to come up with tests shoots that are artistic, enjoyable to shoot, and could be marketable to potential clients. Most [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/36/16/483616.jpeg[/IMG]

Make a Declaration of Creativity

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

I just received a very inspiring email. I thought it was worth sharing. I?ve changed or left out some of the personal details to protect the privacy of the sender. ?Hey Chase, It worked. Everything you said worked. I declared myself a photographer, got business cards, set up an LLC, pumped out shots and pimped [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/36/12/483612.jpeg[/IMG]

Nikon In Hot Water After Canceling WWII ?Comfort Women? Exhibit

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Nikon found themselves at the center of a controversy this last weekend after they decided to cancel a sensitive photography exhibit without giving a reason why. The exhibit, a photographic documentary on the theme of “Comfort Women” (Korean women used as sex slaves during WWII in Japan), was put together by Korean photographer Ahn Sehong [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/35/81/483581.jpeg[/IMG]

Amazing Slow Motion Footage Using a High Speed Camera Robot

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Super slow motion footage captured by high speed cameras usually shows slow movements (if any), but German studio The Marmalade came up with a brilliant way of speeding up the movements: a high-speed robot camera operator. Our groundbreaking High Speed Motion Control System ‘Spike’ brings the creative freedom of a moving camera to the world [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/35/71/483571.gif[/IMG]

5 Tips for Shooting Detail Shots at Weddings

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Jun 12th 2012 - 0 comments

To be completely honest, there are few things i enjoy more than capturing gorgeous detail shots on a wedding day. No matter how chaotic or behind the day is running, I will make or find the time to capture the little details which the Bride and Groom labored to choose, but most likely will never [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. 5 Tips for Shooting Detail Shots at Weddings[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/35/50/483550.jpeg[/IMG]

Canon Rebel T4i/650D Touchscreen in Action

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Here are a few videos showing the new Canon Rebel T4i/650D’s touchscreen LCD in action. The navigation options (e.g. pinch to zoom and swipe to change) are very similar to controls found on smartphones. Gizmodo suggests that many of the new features (e.g. touchscreen interface and continual autofocus Live View) could be a foreshadowing of [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/33/94/483394.gif[/IMG]

Kodak Used a Calendar That Had 13 Months

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s a random but interesting piece of photo-related trivia: did you know that Kodak used a calendar that had 13 months? It was called the “International Fixed Calendar“, and was proposed by a guy named Moses B. Cotsworth in 1902. The system divided each year into 13 months of 28 days each, with one or [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/33/79/483379.jpeg[/IMG]

Olympus Paying Out $15.4M to Former Chief, No Help Coming From Panasonic

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

A couple of weeks ago, reports confirmed that Olympus ex-CEO Michael Woodford would be settling with his former employer out of court rather than taking them to task for his unfair dismissal. Woodford was let go after blowing the whistle on Olympus’ financial scandal, but now it seems he will have the last laugh as [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/33/44/483344.jpeg[/IMG]

Apple Job Postings Hint at Mobile Version of Aperture

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Rounding out a day packed with Apple announcements and general excitement at the WWDC 2012, here’s one final Apple tidbit coming from rumor site Apple Insider. According to them, recent job postings at Apple hint at the possibility of an Aperture mobile app coming in the near future. After receiving a tip from an anonymous [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/33/20/483320.jpeg[/IMG]

Apple Announces ?Shared Photo Streams? Coming in iOS6

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

It looks like previous rumors about an updated photo stream in iOS6 were right. Apple has officially announced what they’re calling “shared photo streams,” which are exactly what they sound like: mark certain photos or albums as “shared,” choose who you would like to share them with, and you’re done. The folks you chose to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/33/04/483304.jpeg[/IMG]

Travel Photography Inspiration Project: Costa Rica

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Costa Rica will be a short and sweet visit. A country largely covered with forest and jungle and bordered by two countries and tow major bodies of water, Costa Rica is a favorite retreat from the USA any time of the year but especially in the winter. Roads are moderate and buses are plenty. 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: Costa Rica[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/32/81/483281.png[/IMG]

How to Use a Heavy-Duty Laptop Bag Strap with Your Camera

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Laptop bag straps make for pretty comfortable camera straps since they’re designed for carrying a good amount of weight on your shoulders, but they usually come with clasps that aren’t compatible with strap mounts. Nano_Burger has the solution: add clasp-friendly loops to your camera using some thin strapping, staples, and Gorilla glue. The sturdy loops [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/32/70/483270.jpeg[/IMG]