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Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority: Exposure Lesson #1

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May 12th 2012 - 0 comments

This is the first in a series of four articles about exposure by Andrew S Gibson – author of Understanding Exposure: Perfect Exposure on your EOS camera. A feature of modern digital SLRs is that most models have several fully automatic exposure modes (the exceptions are some semi-professional and professional models). If you’re completely new [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority: Exposure Lesson #1[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/10/83/471083.jpeg[/IMG]

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What if Learning to Use Photoshop Was More Like Learning to Play Portal?

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Learning to play a game and learning to use Photoshop follow two, very different patterns. In the first you “discover” how the game is played, you fiddle with the buttons, try combinations, have eureka moments and eventually become proficient at it. Learning Photoshop, on the other hand, requires extensive tutorials and help; books are available [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/09/41/470941.jpeg[/IMG]

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A Moving Mole: Why Abraham Lincoln?s Portrait Was Flipped for the $5 Bill

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

If you pay close attention to presidents, or money (or preferably both in this case) you may have noticed that one particular famous photo of President Abraham Lincoln taken in 1864 was the inspiration for the photo we now see on the five dollar bill. But you may have also noticed that the President’s mole [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/09/19/470919.jpeg[/IMG]

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Scientists Discover a Way to Store and Retrieve Images from a Cloud of Gas

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

We’ve by no means reached the limits of flash and hard drive storage capabilities, and newer WiFi capabilities open up a seemingly unlimited amount of cloud storage, but a group of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland have taken the term “cloud” a bit literally. They’ve managed to store and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/96/470896.jpeg[/IMG]

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Upgrade the Look of Black Picture Frames with Spray Paint and Painters Tape

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

After seeing some elegant black picture frames with brass edges in a designer magazine, Courtney of A Thoughtful Place realized that she could create the same look on the cheap by using some plain painter’s tape and a can of brass spray paint. The project takes a couple hours to complete and a few dollars [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/84/470884.jpeg[/IMG]

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USPS To Stop Shipping Electronics with Li-Ion Batteries Internationally

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

If you live in the US and are used to selling cameras to overseas customers — or if you live overseas and like to buy your cameras from US retailers — your shipping choices just got a bit slimmer. In a statement released earlier, the US Postal Service (USPS) said that they will no longer [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/66/470866.jpeg[/IMG]

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Light Up Particles in the Air for a Snazzy Silhouette Portrait at Night

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

You can light up particles in the air for a snazzy effect. The photos in this post were done by shining a powerful focused light into the air in various weather conditions during a long exposure. You need a light source that outputs some major power to pull off the effect. I used a Coast [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/53/470853.jpeg[/IMG]

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The Making of the Limited Edition Leica M9-P ?Edition Hermès?

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Having released three (count em’) new cameras yesterday, you’d think Leica would be spent; but it looks like they had one other camera up their sleeves, a special edition of their M9-P called the “Edition Hermès.” If the name sounds familiar that’s because it is: every few years Leica announces an “Edition Hermès” of one [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/42/470842.jpeg[/IMG]

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Mothers: Weekly Photography Challenge

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Many parts of the world (but not all) this weekend will be celebrating Mothers day. So we thought it might be a nice theme for this weeks photography challenge. Feel free to interpret it any way that you wish. It might be a portrait of your Mother (or a motherly figure in your life), you [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Mothers: Weekly Photography Challenge[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/34/470834.jpeg[/IMG]

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Learning from Startups Helps You Run YOUR Creative Business [SXSW Advise This Panel with Chase Jarvis, Tim Ferriss, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Conrad and J.R. Johnson]

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

As we artists continue to be forced to become entrepreneurs in our own right (see this episode of #cjLIVE with Zoe Keating), all things entrepreneurial are of interest to me… How can we channel our creative stuff into thinking into light, fast and hardcore focus like most startups are forced to think. The correlation is [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/24/470824.jpeg[/IMG]

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DIY Lamp Made Using Vintage Cameras and Slide Film

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Camera hoarder Stacie Grissom of Stars for Streetlights received a massive collection of old cameras from her uncle a couple years ago. She soon discovered that she wouldn’t possibly have time to use all of them, so she took a few of the neglected and worn down ones and made a one-of-a-kind lamp for her [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/14/470814.jpeg[/IMG]

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Canon Possibly Announcing their First Mirrorless Camera Before Summer

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

There have been a lot of rumors over the last month or two regarding Canon’s imminent entry into the mirrorless world; and it now seems that we won’t have to wait much longer before finding out. According to Canon Rumors, the new camera with its rumored APS-C sensor and 18-45mm kit lens could be announced [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/08/00/470800.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photobombing Tourist Photos with High Fives at the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

If you’ve ever been to the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, you’ve probably seen the countless tourists standing around with their hands in the air, pretending to push the tower of (or hold it up) in forced perspective photos. Prankster Darius Groza decided to take advantage of this unique tourist tradition by photobombing the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/07/91/470791.gif[/IMG]

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Create Your Own DIY Tilt-Shift Adapter Using a 3D Printer

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

We really enjoy DIY projects for photographers, and as such we’ve featured everything from the ultra simple to complex light-painting robots. But what excites us about Instructables‘ DIY tilt-shift adapter isn’t just the durable plunger adapter you end up with, but rather the idea that one could manufacture their own camera accessories with a little [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/07/37/470737.jpeg[/IMG]

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100 Portraits of Women and Men Between the Ages of 1 and 100

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

1 to 100 Years Project is an awesome portrait project by Belgian photographer Edouard Janssens in which he photographed 100 women and 100 men at each age between 1 and 100. His goal was to show the aging process in a positive manner and to provide an interesting visualization of the link between generations. He [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/07/26/470726.jpeg[/IMG]

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Introducing Leica?s M Monochrom Camera

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May 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Today Leica have announced a range of cameras as well as a lens at an event in Berlin Germany – one of which is causing quite the stir. It is the new Leica M-Monochrom camera – worth a cool $7990 USD (body only). The discussion already rages around the web – largely centred upon two [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Introducing Leica’s M Monochrom Camera[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/07/02/470702.jpeg[/IMG]

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Adobe Jumps Into the Mac App Store, Offers Lightroom 4 for $150

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May 10th 2012 - 0 comments

After dipping its toes in Apple’s Mac App Store last July by offering Photoshop Elements, Adobe has now jumped in headfirst by listing its professional-caliber program, Lightroom 4. The download costs $150 and tips the scales at 388MB. Adobe might be a giant company, but it gets charged the same commission as any other developer: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/06/36/470636.jpeg[/IMG]

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Instacanvas Turns Your Instagram Photos into Sellable Wall Art

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May 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Instacanvas is a new service that helps Instagram users make money by selling their photographs as canvas wall art. Users can display their images through the “online gallery space” on the site, and sell their images to buyers as canvas prints without having to do any extra work. Instacanvas acts as the middle man, doing [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/06/22/470622.jpeg[/IMG]

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Growing Up in Photos: Thirteen First Days of School

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May 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Wonderful idea alert: to document the growth of her son, Reddit user dittidot faithfully snapped a photograph of him on his first day of school for thirteen years, from kindergarten through the end of high school. After he left for college, she lined up all the photographs for this awesome visualization showing him “growing up” [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/05/24/470524.jpeg[/IMG]

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Leica Updates Its Compact Camera Lineup with the X2 and V-Lux 40

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May 10th 2012 - 0 comments

The M Monochrom B&W rangefinder wasn’t the only camera Leica unveiled today — the company also announced two new models in its compact camera lineup. The first is the X2, successor to the X1 of 2009. It’s an APS-C sensor camera that features 16.2-megapixels, a fixed 24mm Elmarit f/2.8 ASPH lens, a 2.7-inch LCD screen, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/47/04/93/470493.jpeg[/IMG]