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Next Gen MacBook Pro to Offer Retina Display for High-Res Photo Editing

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Big updates coming at you from Apple’s WWDC for the MacBook Pro line today, the most impressive of which was their super thin, “next generation” 15-inch MacBook Pro that now boasts a retina display. With 220 pixels per inch, and over 5 million pixels overall, the screen will offer 4-times the resolution of HDTV displays [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/32/49/483249.jpeg[/IMG]

What?s the F-number of the Human Eye?

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Ever wonder what the f-number of your eyes are? It can easily be calculated using the human eye’s focal length (~22mm) and physical aperture size. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: Computing the f-number of the human eye involves computing the physical aperture and focal length of the eye. The pupil can be as large [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/32/20/483220.jpeg[/IMG]

Inspiring New York City Time Lapse: The Manhattan Project

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

I’m headed back to New York city this week. The city has a unique way of pushing photographers and filmmakers to be more creative. The constant pulse of visual inspiration is motivational. My own work has been given the occasional Big Apple boost – in fact, it was just one year ago that I wrapped [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/32/12/483212.gif[/IMG]

PQI Offers Eye-Fi-style WiFi Cards With microSD Slots for Flexible Capacity

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Eye-Fi cards have seen their fair share of competition, but a new product from memory manufacturer PQI could pose a bigger threat than they’re used to. The Air Card, as PQI are calling it, made its debut at Computex 2012 and, for the most part, offers exactly what we’d expect from a WiFi memory card: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/31/92/483192.jpeg[/IMG]

Portraits of Kids Before and After Tooth Surgery

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Being Brave is a series of portraits by photographer Andy Brown showing children before and after tooth extraction surgery. Brown first photographed each child bright-eyed and smiling in the waiting room, and then captured their faces again as they were waking up from general anesthesia. Being Brave by Andy Brown (It’s Nice That) Image credits: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/31/71/483171.jpeg[/IMG]

Sandisk 32gb Card Sale

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Today B&H are having a one day sale on 32gb CF/SD cards. 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 [...] 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/17/00/48/31/63/483163.jpeg[/IMG]

Advanced Portrait Retouch on a Male Subject in Lightroom 4 ? Part 3 of 3

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Jun 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Introduction This tutorial has been transcribed from the SLR Lounge Lightroom 4 Workshop on DVD, a 14 hour Lightroom 4 A – Z guide with over 130 tutorials for mastering Lightroom from start to finish. The Digital download can be purchased from SLR Lounge while the physical copy is available through Amazon Prime. Overview In the first and second [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Advanced Portrait Retouch on a Male Subject in Lightroom 4 – Part 3 of 3[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/31/33/483133.jpeg[/IMG]

Sounds of the Americans: Converting Iconic Images Into Sound and Back Again

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Over the last month we’ve featured two re-interpretations of Robert Frank’s classic photo book “The Americans” — one controversial and minimalistic, another analytical. And now we bring you a third, very different, auditory take on Frank’s classic work. Photographer Andrew Emond’s Sounds of the Americans is a re-interpretation of The Americans using sound. By using [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/29/25/482925.jpeg[/IMG]

Where Your Focus Goes, So Does Your Exposure

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

The subject line up there is a bit of a generalization, yet true for most cameras, be they DSLR or point and shoot. And not a lot of people realize this fact. Many of my students just assume the camera makes one determination about the lighting in the scene and that is that. If only [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Where Your Focus Goes, So Does Your Exposure[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/29/14/482914.jpeg[/IMG]

DIY Kino Flo Alternative for Awesome Headshot Lighting

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

About a week ago, Winnipeg-based photographer Tristan Shea Penner made quite a splash in the DIY world by releasing the above video about his DIY alternative to the Kino Flo lights that iconic headshot photographer Peter Hurley uses. People were intrigued by the quality of the portraits Penner was getting with his rig, while managing [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/28/99/482899.jpeg[/IMG]

Rumored Firmware Update Will Bring Several New Features to the Canon 7D

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Firmware updates roll out all the time, but rarely are they worthy enough to take serious notice of. A new firmware version for the Canon EOS 7D, however, may bring with it several new features that have the rumor mill spinning at the moment. According to Canon Rumors, a couple of days ago a Canon [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/28/75/482875.jpeg[/IMG]

The Manhattan Project: An Ode to An Ever Changing Borough

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

A great timelapse is a labor of love, and photographer Cameron Michael‘s Manhattan Project is a result of the love he has for the incredible city of New York, or more specifically the island/borough of Manhattan. Never lacking in subject matter or diversity, the biggest challenge in making this video — the pictures for which [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/28/46/482846.gif[/IMG]

Stunning Underwater Photography

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Having just mentioned National Geographic yesterday, it’s appropriate that we’re featuring a photographer whose work has been used in the magazine many times over. David Doubilet is certainly one of the greatest underwater photographers in the world, and his work in both fresh and salt water, in both black and white and color, really leaves [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/28/17/482817.jpeg[/IMG]

Using Manual Mode: Exposure Lesson #4

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

This is the third in a series of four articles about exposure by Andrew S Gibson – author of Understanding Exposure: Perfect Exposure on your EOS camera. You can read the first lesson, which explored the reasons for using program, aperture priority and shutter priority modes, here, the second lesson, which explained why your camera’s [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Using Manual Mode: Exposure Lesson #4[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/27/59/482759.jpeg[/IMG]

Alphatron EVF Review Posted

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Jun 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Alister Chapman has posted a thorough look at the new Alphatron EVF which uses the same screen as the iPhone 4S.  The EVF is about to start shipping for approximately $1300 and features HDMI to HD-SDI conversion as well as just about every other feature under the sun using monitor technology from TVLogic. (Alister’s site) [...] 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/17/00/48/27/22/482722.jpeg[/IMG]

A Game of Hide and Seek Through The Eyes of a Toddler

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Jun 9th 2012 - 0 comments

Photographers and cinematographers are infamous (or maybe just famous) for using their children to create sometimes moving, sometimes cute, but always creative photo and video projects. Take, for example, Dutch photographer Frans Hofmeester’s time lapse of his daughter from birth to age 12. Filmmaker Daniel Brace, however, took a different approach: he strapped a GoPro [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/26/27/482627.gif[/IMG]

Cloudee: An App for Sharing Those Long-Lost Videos on Your iPhone

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Jun 9th 2012 - 0 comments

Just like point-and-shoots, the camcorder market was also hit hard by the advent of good-quality smartphone cameras. For the average person, all the home video capability they might ever need can now be found in, say, their iPhone. The only problem with that — besides a higher susceptibility to Vertical Video Syndrome — is that [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/26/02/482602.jpeg[/IMG]

Turning Pro ~ Part IV: Style Development and Life Long Learning

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Jun 9th 2012 - 0 comments

A few weeks ago I wrote 15 Tips About Turning Pro.  I thought it would be a good time to expand on some of those tips and add a few more. Today’s article is the fourth in that series. Hope you find these new suggestions useful. If you missed the previous three articles in the series, you can [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Turning Pro ~ Part IV: Style Development and Life Long Learning[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/25/86/482586.gif[/IMG]

Editorial Fashion Shoot Taken and Edited Entirely In-Phone With The iPhone 4S

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Jun 9th 2012 - 0 comments

Back in 2010, Lee Morris set out to prove that you don’t need expensive camera gear to be a photographer by doing an entire fashion shoot using an iPhone 3G; while people were impressed, many nevertheless said that the use of professional studio lighting and post-processing negated the point he was trying to make. In [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/25/74/482574.gif[/IMG]

Sony Defends 4K Video: It?s Not Just About The Resolution

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Jun 9th 2012 - 0 comments

It seems like almost every time the subject of 4K video comes up, someone inevitably argues that such high resolution is unnecessary. Well, Sony have taken notice, and this week DoP Philippe Ros — who was hired to shoot a 4K promo video — jumped to 4K’s defense by explaining that it’s not all about [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/25/62/482562.jpeg[/IMG]