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How Playing Video Games Can Help You Become a Better Street Photographer

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

People ask me, ?Jun Shen, how do you shoot so fast on the streets?!?? I?m like a ninja, whipping out my camera, shooting it, and putting it away so quickly that my subjects don?t know what hit them. They walk away whispering to themselves, ?What was that? Did he take our photo? It?s thanks to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/64/31/466431.jpeg[/IMG]

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How to Take Great Pictures in Space

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

It might not be very applicable to the vast majority of photographers, but NASA astronaut Captain Alan Pointdexter has written up a fascinating article over on Luminous Landscape in which he shares advice about doing photography in space. Taking photos on the ground is one thing, but imagine using not just the sun, but the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/64/04/466404.jpeg[/IMG]

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Adorable Mugshot Portraits of Children

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

To show off its collection of eyewear for kids, Very French Gangsters shot cute mugshot-style portraits of gangster children. Very French Gangsters (via My Modern Met)[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/63/81/466381.jpeg[/IMG]

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Capture HD Video with Depth Using a DSLR and Microsoft Kinect

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

RGBDToolkit is a project that layers HD video recording with a DSLR over Microsoft Kinect’s depth maps, creating trippy 3D footage that may be an indication of what we’ll be documenting life with in the future. Instructions for mounting your DSLR to a Kinect device can be found here Once you get the two cameras [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/63/69/466369.jpeg[/IMG]

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Man vs. Wild: Pieter Hugo?s Incredible Photos of Hyena?s with Men

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Sometimes, however, what starts with a cool cellphone picture sent from a friend becomes an amazing, thought-provoking piece of photojournalism that probes the relationships between humans at the wild, humans and animals, and humans and each other. And I’m rarely stopped dead in my tracks when a photo crosses my field of view – but [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/63/65/466365.jpeg[/IMG]

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Focus On Orlando Uy ~ Walking With His Camera

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

I met Orlando through social media about year ago and I quickly subscribed to his blog ?A Walk With My Camera?. I?ve never been to the Philippines but I have discovered the people of Tacloban through Orlando?s lens. His love and respect for mankind shine through his images. Although his photo walks take him mostly [...]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 Orlando Uy ~ Walking With His Camera[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/63/50/466350.jpeg[/IMG]

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Sale of Kodak?s Sensor Business is Now Affecting Leica and Pentax

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Back in November of last year Kodak sold off its sensor business — Kodak Image Sensor Solutions — to a California based firm in an attempt to avoid bankruptcy. We know now that the sale was in vain, and now other camera companies are paying a price for Kodak’s decision. Both Pentax and Leica are [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/63/30/466330.jpeg[/IMG]

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Creative 365-Day Self-Portrait Project by a 17-Year-Old Photographer

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Last October, Portland-based 17-year-old photographer Brendon Burton began an ambitious project in which he committed to creating one self-portrait every day for a year. Now, half a year later, Burton is still going strong and his Flickr photostream is full of beautiful and creative images that document his development as a photographer. 365 by Brendon [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/63/00/466300.jpeg[/IMG]

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Flickr Partners with Pinterest for Deeper Integration, Proper Attribution

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Users of both Flickr and Pinterest will be happy to know that the two companies have decided to collaborate. Because of the high volume of Flickr photos that end up pinned (often without any credit), the companies have decided that it would be in the best interest of photographers and users alike to add a [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/62/89/466289.jpeg[/IMG]

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Canon?s Brilliant Solution to the 5D Mark III Light Leak Issue: Black Tape

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Canon has received some pretty bad publicity over the past month due to the 5D Mark III’s “light leak” issue — a relatively minor flaw in which light from (or through) the LCD panel can affect the camera’s exposure readings in extremely dark environments. Last week Canon finished investigating the issue, and reported that it [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/62/56/466256.jpeg[/IMG]

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Make a Cheap Shutter Release for a CHDK Canon Camera with a 5V Battery

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

If you have a Canon compact camera running the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) firmware, you can create a simple shutter release cable using some cheap components. The firmware causes the camera to snap a photograph anytime 5V is sent down a USB cable connected to the camera. You can do this using a USB [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/62/46/466246.jpeg[/IMG]

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Genie Offers Cheaper Motion-Controlled Time-Lapse Solution

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Time-lapse in motion can be a bit of a nightmare. Not only do you need to have your intervalometer set properly to control when and how your camera takes pictures, you also have to have the camera on a dedicated track, hopefully moving at a consistent speed, and preferably without you being the one moving [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/61/83/466183.jpeg[/IMG]

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Epic Photographs of Futuristic Locations

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

German photographer Christian Stoll‘s “Epic” series features epic wide angle photographs of futuristic locations. The spaces are immense and the scale dizzying. Epic by Christian Stoll (via The Fox is Black) Image credits: Photographs by Christian Stoll and used with permission[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/61/63/466163.jpeg[/IMG]

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Sony SLT-A57 Reivew

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May 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

As I recall, this camera’s big brother ? SLT-A65 ? led me to make these comments: “It would be a tragedy if this baby ended up shooting family pics and snapshots. It’s too good! ? my prediction is that this one will fly off the shelves ?” At first glance this model rang many 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. Sony SLT-A57 Reivew[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/61/32/466132.jpeg[/IMG]

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Student Wins Copyright Skirmish Over Falling Bear Photo

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May 1st 2012 - 0 comments

In case you missed our earlier post, let’s get you up to speed: in the internet age, the argument is that you don’t own anything anymore. This is relevant because yet another copyright infringement lawsuit has made its way across our computer screens, this time between a student photographer and the Colorado University newspaper The [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/58/91/465891.jpeg[/IMG]

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Nikon May Turn to Aptina for Its Entry-Level Full-Frame Sensor

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May 1st 2012 - 0 comments

The latest rumor circulating around the “entry-level full-frame” topic is that Nikon may shying away from Sony when it comes to getting a full-frame sensor for the rumored D600. The rumor came as a result of an article on the Italian website MarsicaLive, which stated that Aptina Imaging is designing a new full-frame CMOS sensor [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/58/81/465881.jpeg[/IMG]

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Olympus Goes Nuts, Possibly to Promote Its New Uber-Durable Camera

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May 1st 2012 - 0 comments

The world of photography is full of “nuts,” but these are the first we’ve seen that you could actually crack open with a nutcracker. For its latest photography marketing stunt, Olympus has been sending out a box complete with two walnuts and a note that simply says “coming soon.” TechRadar received one, and PhotographyBlog received [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/58/70/465870.jpeg[/IMG]

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JPEGmini Now Available for Mac: Put Your iPhoto Library on a Diet

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May 1st 2012 - 0 comments

Back in August we featured a service called JPEGmini, which gives anybody the ability to shrink their photos up to 5-times in size without any visible quality difference — a substantial claim, but one that the service seemed to live up to quite well (we use it regularly). In the original post we even put [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/58/55/465855.jpeg[/IMG]

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Time-Lapse Shows Eight Years of 1 WTC Construction in Just Two Minutes

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May 1st 2012 - 0 comments

Yesterday One World Trade Center officially became the tallest building in New York City. Since 2004, the EarthCam network has had cameras pointed at the construction site, documenting its progress. Taking images captured over the past eight years, the website created the mesmerizing time-lapse video above that shows eight years of construction in just two [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/58/38/465838.gif[/IMG]

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Overcoming Disabilities: Photographer Kevin Connolly

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May 1st 2012 - 0 comments

Words certainly won’t do Kevin Michael Connolly justice. Born without legs, this part-photographer, part-professional skier, part-writer is, ironically enough, an inspiration to us all (we say ironically because in the Today Show interview above they talk about how much he hates to be called an inspiration). His memoir Double Take chronicles his journey through Europe [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/58/10/465810.jpeg[/IMG]