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Did You Know: Kodak Used Collectible Stuffed Animals to Sell Cameras

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

We’ve heard of camera manufacturers dipping into unrelated fields before, and we’ve also seen some pretty interesting marketing stunts, but in the early 90′s Kodak had already done both… in a colorful, cuddly sort of way. Back then, as an either desperate or creative ploy to get kids into photography, Kodak came out with the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/87/68/478768.jpeg[/IMG]

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Create a Giant Wall Clock Using Picture Frames

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

Want to enjoy a glimpse of photographic awesomeness every time you glimpse at the time at home? Create a giant wall clock with picture frames to mark each hour! You’ll need a clock kit (or a disassembled clock) and 12 picture frames. You can be more serious by shooting photos of the numbers 1 through [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/87/52/478752.jpeg[/IMG]

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Participatory Project Asks for Half-Minute Videos of Seriousness

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

The world is a serious place, and it seems that even comedians like Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen think that this is a side worth seeing. So, by way of a fun video project, he’s asking viewers to do one simple thing: Be Serious for 30 Seconds… and record it. What’s interesting about the project [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/87/42/478742.gif[/IMG]

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Nikon Posts Firmware For D800 and D4 To Fix Lockup Issue

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

Many new owners of D4s and D800s were plagues with intermittent lockups.  Nikon has now posted firmware updates to fix this issue.  Get the D800 fix HERE and the D4 fix HERE. Official Fix When a still image was captured while viewing existing images in playback mode, the monitor turned off, the memory card access [...] 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/17/00/47/87/33/478733.jpeg[/IMG]

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50 Quick Photography Tips in Less Than 15 Minutes

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

Kai over at DigitalRev put together this video that offers photography advice in burst mode: 50 (or 49) short and sweet tips in less than 15 minutes. If you take yourself too seriously, be warned: the tips are presented in Kai’s trademark “infotainment” style. If you’d rather not watch the 13 minute video, here are [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/87/24/478724.gif[/IMG]

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New Software Suite to Detect Stealthy Image Manipulation

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

Former Photoshop product manager Kevin Connor and Dartmouth professor (and digital forensic expert) Hany Farid are working together to help put a stop to image manipulation where it doesn’t belong. Putting their two brains together they formed a company called Fourandsix, which is primed to release a full suite of software tools that will help [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/87/13/478713.jpeg[/IMG]

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Only Three Days Left In Canon?s Current Rebate Round

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

Canon’s current double rebate program only has three days left on the clock.  Depending on the camera / lens combination you can save up to $550.  This is always the best time to grab something for your summer. Head on over to B&H where they have a really nicely designed special set of pages to [...] 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/17/00/47/87/00/478700.jpeg[/IMG]

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Magical Scenes Created by Light Painting with Stencils

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

Flickr user TigTab creates beautiful scenes by light painting with hand-cut stencils. For each shot, the camera is left open while she moves about the location, firing her flash through the stencils in various locations to add the individual items to the scene. Some photographs take up to four hours to create from start to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/86/86/478686.jpeg[/IMG]

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Fujifilm F770EXR Review

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

A whole niche seems to have appeared in digi compacts: Sony has one, as has Canon, Panasonic and others. I speak of compacts with a 20x zoom. These are indeed remarkably powerful beasts and word of mouth has it that they fill a long felt need out there in the marketplace. In the case of [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Fujifilm F770EXR Review[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/86/53/478653.jpeg[/IMG]

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Redrock Micro DSLR Baseplate Review

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May 31st 2012 - 0 comments

If you are even remotely serious about shooting video with a DSLR then you’ll quickly find that you need to add a few accessories.  For me a follow focus is the first thing I would pick up, as you’ll see in the following photos I use the excellent O’Connor F-Focus DM.  To attach a follow [...] 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/17/00/47/86/27/478627.jpeg[/IMG]

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Chinese Commuters Floating on Invisible Bicycles

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Floating is a series of manipulated photographs by Chinese photographer Zhao Huasen showing people in China riding around on invisible bicycles. You can find more of Huasen’s work over at Feizi Gallery. (via EGoA) Image credits: Photographs by Zhao Huasen and used with permission[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/85/44/478544.jpeg[/IMG]

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Nat Geo on Photo Filters: ?Please Stop?

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

For those of you who’ve ever wondered what it takes to get your work into National Geographic, here’s a hint: not “creative” software filters. According to a set of guidelines laid out in a message from the magazine’s Director of Photography, certain minor post-processing is ok with the exception of filters. Minimal dodging and burning, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/84/77/478477.jpeg[/IMG]

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Fujifilm Considered Acquiring Leica and Olympus

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

In a recent interview with Fujifilm CEO Shigetaka Komori, German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine dived into some pretty intense financial conversation. Much of what was said didn’t pertain directly to photography — discussions about Fuji’s involvement in the medical field and cosmetics for instance — but certain parts of the interview were very interesting indeed. When [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/84/67/478467.jpeg[/IMG]

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The Making of an Epic Solar Eclipse Photo

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Of the photographs that emerged after the recent solar eclipse on May 20th, there aren’t many that are more epic than the “Ring of Fire” photo captured by Michael Chow of The Arizona Republic. In an interview with Dallas News, Chow reveals that the photograph was birthed rather spontaneously. Shooting the eclipse in Phoenix’s Papago [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/84/57/478457.jpeg[/IMG]

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200 Yards: A Photo Project Documenting SF Through a Hyperlocal Lens

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

200 Yards is a neat photo project based in San Francisco that centers around the idea of having photographers point cameras at a small section of a particular city. For each cycle, organizers pick a particular “alternative gallery space” and invite photographers to create photographs within a 200-yard radius of that location (this translates to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/84/48/478448.gif[/IMG]

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Nikon Releases a Firmware Update to Fix the D4 and D800 Lock Up Issue

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

In early March, Nikon offered a temporary fix to a lock up issue that had been plaguing the D4 and D800. At the time you had to turn off the ?Highlights? and ?RGB Histogram? display options to avoid the issue, but Nikon promised a more permanent fix was in the works. Good news, the fix [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/84/38/478438.jpeg[/IMG]

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Advanced Portrait Retouch on a Male Subject in Lightroom 4 ? Part 2 of 3

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May 30th 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 Part [...]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 2 of 3[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/84/22/478422.jpeg[/IMG]

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Canon 5D MKIII Now Supported in Lightroom 4

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Adobe has released an update today, Lightroom 4.1 which adds RAW support for the Canon 5D MKIII to Lightroom 4.  Looks like it’s time to upgrade finally ! The update also adds support for the new Leica X2 and the Leica Monochrom if your pockets are that deep, as well as adding many new lens [...] 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/17/00/47/83/30/478330.jpeg[/IMG]

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New Nikon Patent Points to Possibility of Future f/0.7 Aperture Mirrorless Lens

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Apertures can get pretty big, but a new patent from Nikon seems to imply that a future Nikon 1 mirrorless lens could weigh in at f/0.7. The patent, which gives an example of a 32mm f/1.2 (pictured above), clearly states that the new technology could successfully yield smaller numbers due to optimization of the aperture [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/83/12/478312.jpeg[/IMG]

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Spectacular Lighting Just Twice a Year: Don?t Miss Manhattanhenge

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May 30th 2012 - 0 comments

Seeking out uniquely spectacular lighting is a good bet for capturing stunning imagery. May 29th, yesterday, was one of the two days of the year when our friendly neighborhood star, the sun, sets perfectly in-line with the Manhattan grid. Bi-annually, photographers in the big apple take advantage of this unique moment in our solar system. [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/83/08/478308.png[/IMG]