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DSLR Sales Surging Despite Onslaught from Camera Phones

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Apr 26th 2012 - 0 comments

Over the last year or so, as camera phones and “phoneography” have taken off, many have feared and/or expected the death of the digital camera. In many ways this fear has come to fruition — point-and-shoot cameras are becoming a thing of the past — but for another segment of the market, the advent of [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/28/75/462875.jpeg[/IMG]

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Vintage Photos Turned Into Superhero Ancestor Portraits

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Apr 26th 2012 - 0 comments

Foto Marvellini, an art workshop based in Milan, came up with the interesting idea of collecting vintage portraits and transforming them into photos showing the ancestors of Marvel superheroes. Eventually the project, began including characters from DC Comics and Japanese anime as well. You can find more of these photos here. Foto Marvellini (via Nerdcore) [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/28/48/462848.jpeg[/IMG]

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40+ Essential Items Every Photography Assistant Needs Now

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Apr 26th 2012 - 0 comments

Los Angeles-based photographer and photo assistant Shawn Corrigan has spent the past 10 years traveling the world assisting and shooting. Over time, he has developed an ?everything but the kitchen sink, plus the kitchen sink? kit that he brings to each set. In addition to the absolutely essential leatherman and light meter that every assistant [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/28/29/462829.jpeg[/IMG]

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Are You Practicing these 5 Natural Lighting Tips?

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Apr 26th 2012 - 0 comments

A Post by Mitchell Kanashkevich – author of our brand new eBook, Natural Light: Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool. Natural light is the most important and powerful tool available to photographers, and it is free to everybody in the world. Understanding how natural light works and how to work with it effectively is one [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Are You Practicing these 5 Natural Lighting Tips?[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/28/02/462802.jpeg[/IMG]

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Google Maps ?Photo Tour? Feature Lets You Visit Landmarks Virtually

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Google Maps is great for a many reasons that extend far beyond helping you get from point “A” to point “B” — and their newest feature is especially interesting. Dubbed “photo tours,” the new Google Maps feature allows users to take 3D tours of 15,000 different, well-known landmarks; all of which are highlighted when you [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/26/54/462654.gif[/IMG]

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Sony Jumps Into the Photo Sharing Game with PlayMemories Online

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Now that online sharing of images and video has become so commonplace, Sony has decided that they too want a piece of the pie. And their new storage service, dubbed PlayMemories Online, is how they intend to claim that piece. Launched only a couple of days ago, the service is now available in the US, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/26/28/462628.jpeg[/IMG]

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Ethereal Portraits Taken Underwater

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s a gorgeous series of underwater portraits shot by photographer Jacob Sutton, the same guy who did the LED snowboarding shoot that we featured a while back. It’s titled “Underwater Girl”. (via Juxtapoz) Image credits: Photographs by Jacob Sutton/Trunk Archive and used with permission[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/26/02/462602.jpeg[/IMG]

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London Olympics Won?t Allow Sharing of Photos and Video via Social Networks

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Photographers have already lodged complaints against the security firm that tried to prevent them from taking photos of the Olympic sites from public land, but it seems that even stricter rules will be imposed on ticket holders once the games begin. According to a freelance photographer named Peter Ruck, the Olympic organizing committee Locog intends [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/25/67/462567.jpeg[/IMG]

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Concept Push Pins That Light Up Photos in the Dark

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Light Up Your Memories is a concept product by designers Hwang Youn Ha, Kim Min Jeong, Cha Yoon Suk & Kim Yong Ha that features push pins that light up at night, giving light to photographs that you have pinned up on your walls. Along with the light-up pins, the system incorporates a pin-up board [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/25/57/462557.jpeg[/IMG]

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Nikon Rumored to be Working on an Entry-Level Full-Frame D600

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Rumors are beginning to fly about of a cheaper, entry-level, full-frame DSLR coming from Nikon later this year. The new camera, which people are speculating will be called the D600, would be the true replacement for the D700. The D800, then, would fulfill promises from Nikon officials that it would be “a whole new category [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/24/58/462458.jpeg[/IMG]

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Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography?

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Now there’s a headline that’s sure to cause some heated debate (click here for another one). It’s the question asked by the latest episode of PBS’ show Idea Channel: With its ability to make boring cellphone photos look “vintage” and “artsy”, Instagram has exploded worldwide. Derided by its detractors as a tool for making bad [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/24/32/462432.gif[/IMG]

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Once Magazine: A New Kind of Photo Magazine for Your iPad

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

As the cliche goes: “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and Once Magazine is replacing many of the words that make up a typical magazine with pictures that speak for themselves. The relatively new publication has attracted a lot of attention since its first issue in September of last year — not because magazines [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/24/21/462421.jpeg[/IMG]

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Ghostly Self-Portrait Captured in Macro Photograph of Eye

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

After taking a macro photograph of his own eye using a Samsung WB500 compact camera, Jarroseph was startled to find that the photograph showed his own face reflected in his eyeball. His face had reflected off the front of the lens, off his eyeball, and then into the camera! (via Reddit via Photojojo) Image credit: [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/24/02/462402.jpeg[/IMG]

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Archive Containing 870,000 Rare Photos of NYC Now Open to the Public

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Over the past 4 years the New York City Department of Records has been compiling an online database made up of rare photographs of “the greatest city on earth,” and now that database is available to the public. The compilation consists of over 870,000 photos ranging in subject matter from landmarks to crime scenes put [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/23/89/462389.jpeg[/IMG]

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Portraits of Famous People Shot Using Various Photographic Techniques

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Washington DC-based photographer Sam Hurd has a series titled “Epic Portraits” that consists of portraits of famous individuals captured using techniques such as the Brenizer method, freelensing, and compositing. What’s neat is that each photograph has its own behind-the-scenes page detailing how it was created (the gear, goal, vision, story, and lesson learned). Epic Portraits [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/23/62/462362.jpeg[/IMG]

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Creating an Image of Impact.

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

I love Digital Photography School, because I love learning. I love understanding. I love pushing through the doubt and insecurity inherent to lack of understanding, to a place of KNOWLEDGE, confidence and the competence that comes from the marriage of the two. It’s a thrilling process for me. That said, some of my very favorite [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Creating an Image of Impact.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/23/49/462349.jpeg[/IMG]

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Is Adobe?s New Cloud Subscription Really Cheaper Than Buying Photoshop?

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

On Monday Adobe officially announced its upcoming Creative Cloud subscription service, which will allow users to “rent” CS6 for $50 a month or Photoshop by itself for $20 a month. Whitson Gordon over at Lifehacker did some calculations on whether subscribing is actually worth it. Here’s his conclusion: If you’re upgrading from a previous version [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/23/37/462337.jpeg[/IMG]

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Skywalking: A Dangerous New Photo Fad Popular Among Russian Teens

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

If you’re afraid of heights you may want to look away, and you should certainly never make friends with these daredevil photographers from Russia. We here in the U.S. have memes, young Russian photographers, it seems, have Skywalking: the newest extremely dangerous photography fad to hit the internet. Skywalking basically involves a photographer making his [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/23/10/462310.jpeg[/IMG]

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Almost (I?ll Make Ya) Famous

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

One year ago today I took a photograph that would change my life. A single frame turned my whole world upside down, and brought on a storm of media attention, praise, criticism, confusion, wonder, and doubt. After one hell of a ride this past year, I think today is a good day to finally tell [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/22/90/462290.jpeg[/IMG]

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Artist as Entrepreneur: Making Art + A Living with Zoe Keating on #cjLIVE ? Wed May 2nd

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Apr 25th 2012 - 0 comments

Now more than ever before, we artists are entrepreneurs. Born from opportunity or necessity or both, we have become the CEO?s of ourselves. We create our art and our brand, and then–regardless of whether we?re commercial- or fine-artists, or both–we share, market, strategize, license, sell, distribute, invest, manage, and collect on that art ourselves. For [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/22/79/462279.png[/IMG]