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Futuristic Family Portraits Involving Skype Projections

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Jun 7th 2012 - 0 comments

In many Asian cultures it’s common for families to gather together for formal portraits on special occasions, but this tradition is becoming much harder to coordinate as more and more young people are moving abroad for work. Photographer John Clang has a new series of photographs that features an interesting solution to this problem: Skype [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/15/97/481597.jpeg[/IMG]

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First Leaked Photos of the Canon T4i

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Fresh off the press: Canon Price Watch just put up the first images of Canon’s up and coming T4i — which is rumored to drop this Friday. Interestingly enough, Canon Price Watch seems to think that the new Rebel will be announced tomorrow, a day earlier than expected, alongside the rumored 18-135mm IS STM and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/14/67/481467.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photo Of Canon?s Upcoming 40mm Pancake Lens Leaks Out

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Jun 6th 2012 - 1 comments

This lens will be officially announced on Friday at midnight. It looks tiny! Pricing is rumored to be under $200. 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 [...] 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/17/00/48/13/81/481381.jpeg[/IMG]

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How to Make a 360° Analog Camera Hat

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Mike Warren has written up an in-depth tutorial on how you can build a 360° camera hat using 6-8 disposable cameras. The cameras are worn around the head like a crown, and are simultaneously trigger using a single shutter release with the help of servo motors that depress the shutter when triggered. Warren writes, With [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/13/54/481354.jpeg[/IMG]

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Google Street View Has Snapped 20 Petabytes of Street Photos

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Earlier today Google gave a sort of “state of Google Maps” address to many of the biggest names in tech, and one of the most impressive statistics to arise out of the presentation was that so far, Google Street View cars have driven over 5 million miles and collected over 20 petabytes of imagery. To [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/13/41/481341.jpeg[/IMG]

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Use Your Hand as a Makeshift Gray Card for Estimating Exposure

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Peter West Carey of DPS has a neat trick for always having a gray card “at hand”: he suggests using your hand as a gray card when you don’t have a card handy. You’ll need to start with an actual gray card for “calibration”: In a nice even light, using spot metering and manual exposure [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/13/23/481323.jpeg[/IMG]

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Shoot Surfing Photos on Dry Land with a Tarp and Skateboard

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s a neat idea for a photo shoot: tarp surfing. This involves faking the look of surfing photographs using a giant blue tarp and a skateboarder riding across it. Have someone pull the tarp over the skateboarder and photograph him riding through the tube. Here are a few videos showing this “extreme sport”: (via Doobybrain)[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/12/99/481299.jpeg[/IMG]

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How CCD Sensors Work

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Ever wondered what’s going on inside your camera and how the technology behind your camera’s sensor works? Check out this video that explains the CCD imagee sensor. This video is an excerpt from the book – Eight Amazing Engineering Stories: Using the Elements to Create Extraordinary Technologies Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out [...]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 CCD Sensors Work[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/12/92/481292.gif[/IMG]

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A Homemade All-In-One Macro Rig for the Financially Challenged

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Photographer Christian Lobo came up with this thrifty macro setup that uses his Canon Rebel T3/1100D and a 50mm f/1.8. It might look ghetto, but it actually functions pretty well for casual macro photography. Here’s an ingredients list: Fotodiox extension tube – $12 Neewer TT560 flash – $35 Diffuser made out of foam sheets and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/12/66/481266.jpeg[/IMG]

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How far can you go in one year?

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

It has been just over one year since my last encounter with the Pangaea. I met Mike Horn and his crew onboard the Pangaea in Seattle last summer shortly after our adventure in the South China Sea together (the chronicles of that trip are here and here). Now, by example of what can be accomplished [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/12/62/481262.jpeg[/IMG]

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Sony Announces the RX100, Touted as ?Best Pocket Camera of All Time?

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Sony’s new Cybershot — specs and pictures of which were leaked just a couple of days ago — was just made official this morning, accompanied by quite a few nods of approval from tech and photo nerds everywhere. PC World are even calling it the “Best Pocket Camera of All Time,” and they may not [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/12/23/481223.jpeg[/IMG]

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A High Definition Time-Lapse of Venus Flying Past the Sun

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

There was a much-hyped transit of Venus yesterday in which Venus appeared as a small black circle moving across the face of the sun. This rare phenomenon occurs in pairs of eight years separated by more than a century: the previous transit was in 2004, but the next one won’t occur until 2117. If you [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/12/04/481204.jpeg[/IMG]

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Panasonic To Pump $635 Million Into Floundering Olympus

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Due in large part to the massive accounting scandal that Olympus found itself in at the end of last year, the company hasn’t been doing that great financially. And now, according to Reuters, Panasonic is preparing to jump to Olympus’ aid by providing approximately 50 billion yen (635 million dollars) in capital. The move will [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/11/94/481194.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photographs of Various Workspaces

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Photographer Joseph O. Holmes spent four years between 2007 and 2011 documenting the place where a person’s personal and professional lives meet: their desk. He traveled around to various companies and businesses making photographs of workspaces exactly as he found them. Workspace by Joseph O. Holmes (via Boing Boing) Image credits: Photographs by Joseph O. [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/11/69/481169.jpeg[/IMG]

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Facebook Doubles the Size of News Feed Photographs

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

After rolling out a similar mobile update a few weeks ago, Facebook is now bringing the “bigger is better” mentality to their standard news feed as well. In case you don’t use Facebook mobile, what this translates into for you is bigger, browser-filling photo previews that should make it that much easier to determine whether [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/11/57/481157.jpeg[/IMG]

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Get Oversized B&W Prints On the Cheap at Staples

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

If you’re looking for a thrifty way to have gigantic (monochrome) prints made of your photographs, look no further than your local Staples. Monica and Jess of East Coast Creative write, Have you heard about the engineer prints from Staples? Oh.My.Goodness. They have completely changed our life for the better. Just wait, you?ll feel the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/11/46/481146.jpeg[/IMG]

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5D Mark III In Stock At Amazon

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

Amazon has these in stock, at least at time of writing.  No knowing how many they have though….. 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 [...] 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/17/00/48/11/40/481140.jpeg[/IMG]

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Sigma Lens Rebates Running All The Way Until July 31st

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

As I’ve said before, this is probably the best time to pick up some new gear.  Every major manufacturer has rebates running and SIGMA is no different. Check out the SIGMA rebates for all lens mount types below: Canon mount SIGMA lenses Nikon mount SIGMA lenses Sony Alpha mount SIGMA lenses Pentax mount SIGMA lenses [...] 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/17/00/48/11/17/481117.jpeg[/IMG]

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How To Always Keep A Gray Card At Hand

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

This tip is so easy I am sure some of you out there will kick yourself when you finish reading. Like you, I still learn things and this tip was passed to me a year ago?after 20 years of shooting without it. Photography is a journey, not a destination. Don?t? sweat when you learn something, [...]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 Always Keep A Gray Card At Hand[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/11/10/481110.gif[/IMG]

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Paved Magazine gallery ? Tour of Utah Time Trials ? Miller Motorsports Park

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Jun 6th 2012 - 0 comments

The last two years I’ve had the rare opportunity to literally stand on the rumble strips of the full configuration of Miller Motorsports Park.  However, it’s at a bit lower speed from the normal 100+mph race car and superbike action usually seen here.  The Tour of Utah has come to Miller Motorsports Park the last [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/48/10/85/481085.jpeg[/IMG]