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Tripad: The Laptop Stand for your Tripod

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Apr 24th 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s a unique invention that could make many a photog’s life easier — especially if they’re shooting tethered. The Tripad, which is available on the company’s website for $100, is a laptop stand for your tripod. The unique design allows you to hang the Tripad over your tripod, and use the platform to hold your [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/17/11/461711.jpeg[/IMG]

Ruined Polaroid Pictures as Abstract Art

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Apr 24th 2012 - 0 comments

While many photographers aim for technical perfection, photographer William Miller goes the opposite route. After “rescuing” an old and barely functional Polaroid SX-70 instant camera from a yard sale, he began taking advantage of its glitches by viewing the resulting photographs as abstract art. He states, The camera sometimes spills out 2 pictures at a [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/16/73/461673.jpeg[/IMG]

Nikon WU-1a Wireless Adapter Demo with a D3200 and Android Phone

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s a brief glimpse showing Nikon’s new $59 WU-1a wireless adapter in action, being used to control a D3200 DSLR (the only camera supported at the moment) using an Android (the only mobile OS supported) smartphone. The video is in Chinese since it was created by Taiwanese website Mobile01, but it clearly shows the two [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/14/40/461440.gif[/IMG]

Birds, Clouds, the Moon, and Venus

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Photographer Isaac Gutiérrez Pascual of Spain shot this beautiful photograph of the sky that contains four different subjects: birds, clouds, the Moon, and Venus. It was shot using a Canon 5D and a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens. NASA writes, [...] a crescent Moon and the planet Venus, on the far right, were captured during sunset [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/14/04/461404.jpeg[/IMG]

10 Tips to Take Great Family Portaits

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

We are told family comes first, so grab your camera and let?s get snapping… some great family portraits… 10 Tips for Family Portraits If you want that ?traditional? family photograph you are going to need to work the role of director to ensure all eyes and faces are on you. Working with a large group [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. 10 Tips to Take Great Family Portaits[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/13/83/461383.jpeg[/IMG]

Make Your Own Rolling Camera Bag for $30 Using Padded Inserts

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Camera bags can get pricy, and when it comes to camera bags that travel well (i.e. on wheels) prices can really skyrocket. In fact, if you type “Rolling Camera Bag” into Amazon your first three options will run you $262.54, $171.07, and $249.00. So if your idea of prepping for a vacation with your camera [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/13/30/461330.jpeg[/IMG]

Images That Only Appear Through Long Exposure Photos

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s amazing concept: use a seemingly random display of dots (like the static you see on a signal-less television set) to share photographs that only a camera can see. The International Federation of Photographic Art created this clever interactive video that asks you to grab your camera and follow the instructions. Set your aperture to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/13/13/461313.gif[/IMG]

Olympics? Security Guards Trained to Hinder Photographers

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

The Olympics are a big deal, and an even bigger opportunity for the country’s photographers. From the moment the next Olympic city is announced, preparations begin and an endless number of photo ops present themselves. That is, if the security guards don’t start harassing you. Incidentally, that’s exactly what happened the other day in London when security guards [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/12/87/461287.jpeg[/IMG]

Use Music as a Timer When Working in the Darkroom

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Sick of staring at giant darkroom timer while waiting for chemicals to do their work? Try replacing the timer with carefully selected music. Photographer Lauren E. Simonutti writes over at Lens Culture, For some reason I only listen to music in the darkroom. I find watching clocks tiresome so I time film processing by music [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/12/64/461264.jpeg[/IMG]

Couple Pays £750 for ?The Worst Wedding Photos Ever?

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

When Thomas and Anneka Geary paid professional — and we use the term lightly — photographers Ian McCloskey and Nikki Carter of Westgate Photography £750 to capture the happiest day of their lives, they were probably expecting something a little bit better than what turned out: blurry and poorly framed shots captured from terrible positions that [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/12/19/461219.jpeg[/IMG]

Celebrate the Earth: 10 Stunning Photos Of Nature + Humans

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Earth Day was yesterday. And it wasn’t just about wearing tie-dyed shirts made of hemp and talking about recycling. It was and always will ALSO be about ruminating on how much cool, beautiful, amazing shiznit there is on this planet. The kind of stuff that makes you want to stop and take a picture because [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/12/11/461211.jpeg[/IMG]

Light Painting Combined with Bullet Time

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Light painting and bullet time are both amazing photographic techniques on their own, but what happens when you combine them? The amazing video above by Richard Kendall and his team shows just that: three dimensional light painting captured with a 360-degree Matrix-style bullet time camera rig. The results are stunning.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/11/96/461196.gif[/IMG]

Instagr/am/bient Music Project Draws Inspiration from Instagram Photos

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Inspiration can come in all forms, and even though some people people might not find Instagram photography inspiring, online ambient music publication Disquiet had the great idea of asking musicians to compose music based on shots taken using the popular camera app. collecting 25 Instagram photos shot by ambient musicians and issuing the following challenge: If [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/11/82/461182.jpeg[/IMG]

Adobe Announces CS6, $50/Month Cloud-Based Subscription Service

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Adobe is currently holding the launch event for the highly anticipated Creative Suite 6 in San Francisco today, making it a big day for Photoshop enthusiasts everywhere. Official release will be coming “within 30 days” according to Adobe, but the event has revealed enough to whet our appetites and give us some pricing options we [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/11/22/461122.jpeg[/IMG]

Make a DIY Grid Spot Using a Gutter Adapter and Drinking Straws

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Photography enthusiast Jeff Vier made himself a cheap DIY grid spot using a $5 gutter downspout adapter he purchased from Home Depot and a $0.50 bag of drinking straws. Simply cut all the straws to the same length (the longer the straws, the more focused the light), carefully arrange them inside the adapter, and then [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/11/00/461100.jpeg[/IMG]

Time-Lapse of a Girl from Birth to Age 12

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

After his daughter Lotte was born, Dutch photographer Frans Hofmeester began creating weekly videos of her to document her growth. Lotte recently turned 12, and Hofmeester decided to edit all the footage so far into this amazing time-lapse video showing twelve years of growing up in just under three minutes.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/10/85/461085.gif[/IMG]

LEGO Rooms Photographed to Look like Full-Sized Spaces

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Remember those beautiful macro photos that showed the inside of musical instruments as giant rooms? Sao Paolo, Brazil-based photographer Valentino Fialdini did something similar, except instead of musical instruments he used small chambers created out of LEGO blocks. With some clever lighting and camera trickery, Fialdini captured the tiny rooms and corridors as to look [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/10/64/461064.jpeg[/IMG]

That?s a Photoshop!

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

A Post by George Maciver from the Highlands of Scotland Photography ?That?s a Photoshop!? she cried, and left the group. The photograph in question had been popped, but that was all. Well, I didn?t really know what to say. I mean, every photographer on the planet uses photo editing software, even the Martin Baileys and [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. That’s a Photoshop![IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/10/49/461049.jpeg[/IMG]

Stolen Moments: Matt Stuart on His Fascination with Street Photography

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Apr 23rd 2012 - 0 comments

Here’s an interesting video in which street photographer Matt Stuart shares some of his work and talks about his love for street photography. In an interview with More Intelligent Life, Stuart states, I?d like to be a mirror. And show people who live where I live what they?re like or what we?re doing or how [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/46/09/80/460980.gif[/IMG]