Here’s a camera shop promo that features the Nikon D4 filmed with a Phantom Gold high speed camera. It shows what the camera’s 11fps shutter and iris mechanisms look like when captured at 1000 frames per second.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/19/42/451942.gif[/IMG]
If Google’s vision of the future pans out, we may soon be wearing portable computers in the form of augmented reality glasses. The company is working on a product that’s currently going by the code name “Project Glass“. As the concept video above shows, the aim is to have a device that can project useful [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/19/14/451914.jpeg[/IMG]
There has always been something haunting to me about farmland in the off-seasons, when everything is yellow and wilted, or when snow sits quietly in the trenches that are usually full of blooming crops. Cows move minimally through faded landscapes, and the entire thing has an air of melancholy and stillness to it. Capturing this [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/18/55/451855.jpeg[/IMG]
A fascinating story from the art world: back in 2010, British businessman Andy Fields purchased a collection of 5 paintings from a Las Vegas garage sale for $5. When he decided to have one of the paintings reframed, he discovered an early Andy Warhol sketch hidden behind it. The signed drawing is believed to be [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/18/07/451807.jpeg[/IMG]
UK-based photographer Sharon Johnstone has a stunning collection of macro photographs showing tiny drops of new on dandelions. Check out more of her macro photographs here. (via Colossal) Image credits: Photographs by Sharon Johnstone and used with permission[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/17/87/451787.jpeg[/IMG]
One of the more ingenious products I’ve come across lately is the Tripad. It’s purpose is simple, support a computer on a tripod to make shooting tethered as easy as possible. Shooting tethered is an incredibly useful means of using your computer to control your dSLR camera. It enables you to preview images before they’re [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Review: Tripad[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/17/38/451738.jpeg[/IMG]
Deep down, no matter what anyone says, we don’t like to be told that our pictures are no good. We love the pictures we take – the ‘art’ we make – no matter how lame it may actually be. I’ve got nothing against that. There are some people who upload their work for others to [...][IMG][/IMG]
This Holga camera is named the “Holga-Cam of the Apocalypse” and is worth $24,000. Photographer Mike Martens created it using a Holga 120N camera body worth $25 and a Phase One P25 digital back worth $24,000. The two components are fused together using a horseman lens board (hence the camera’s name) and a foot of [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/13/66/451366.jpeg[/IMG]
Celebrity Camera Club is a collection of photos taken of famous people taking photos. (via tokyo camera style)[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/13/40/451340.jpeg[/IMG]
I don?t admire many people and I attempt to emulate even fewer. I try to be my own self. But I do admire Colby Brown and Nancy Farese. They both have found a way to combine two things I am passionate about; photography and philanthropy. They both took different tacks to combine these two activities [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Photography As A Means For Societal Betterment[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/13/31/451331.jpeg[/IMG]
Filmmaker Jeff Desom took Alfred Hitchcock’s famous 1954 film “Rear Window” and turned it into a single panoramic time-lapse video showing the courtyard through photographer Jeff Jeffries’ rear window: I dissected all of Hitchcock’s Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/12/92/451292.gif[/IMG]
It’s been a long time coming, but today the popular photo snapping and sharing app Instagram finally launched for Android phones. While it offers the same filters as its iOS counterpart, the new app has a look and feel that’s geared towards Android’s interface. Some features are absent from the initial release (e.g. tilt shift, [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/12/45/451245.jpeg[/IMG]
Here’s your completely random photography fact of the day: Nutella lids can double as lens caps. Belgian photography enthusiast Frans Leys lost the 72mm cap to his 18-200mm Nikon lens, but found that the cap from his 220g jar of Nutella was a perfect fit. 220g isn’t the standard size sold in the US, but [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/12/32/451232.jpeg[/IMG]
How would you go about photographing a $380,000 Lamborghini Aventador? Here’s an interesting behind the scenes video in which photographer Blair Bunting presents a step-by-step walkthrough of how he went about accomplishing the task. He uses $60,000 in lighting gear, but also demonstrates how you can achieve similar lighting by light painting with a single [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/12/03/451203.gif[/IMG]
Japan-based art collective NAM shot this series of advertisements showing gravity-defying chocolate confections. What’s interesting about the concept is that they decided to do everything without digital trickery, opting instead to hang the various foods from thin strings. Here’s a behind-the-scenes video showing how the photos were created: You can find more images and behind [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/11/81/451181.jpeg[/IMG]
Los Angeles-based photographer Ian Ruhter creates amazing photographs using a van that he turned into a gigantic camera. He uses the collodion process (AKA wet plate photography) to turn large sheets of metal into photographs, and spends upwards of $500 making each giant one-of-a-kind print. Here’s Ruhter is with a 36×24-inch wet plate photograph he [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/10/91/451091.jpeg[/IMG]
Canon has announced the new 60Da, a DSLR geared towards astrophotographers and the successor to the 20Da. So what’s different about this camera? A “modified infrared filter and a low-noise sensor with heightened hydrogen-alpha sensitivity” which allows it to capture photos of “‘red hydrogen emission’ nebulae and other cosmic phenomena”: The improved infrared-blocking filter is [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/10/63/451063.jpeg[/IMG]
Three countries down and about 200 to go. It?s time to check out South Africa for today?s post in the Travel Photography Inspiration Project?s. While this view of South Africa through the lenses of DPS readers does contain the expected wildlife found at the end of the continent, it will also highlight a mix 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. Travel Photography Inspiration Project: South Africa[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/10/35/451035.png[/IMG]
Even if you have a good command of using f-stop numbers and properly exposing photographs, you might not understand the math behind why f-stop numbers are what they are. Here’s a simple (albeit math-filled) explanation by Dylan Bennett of what f-stop is, including a simple trick you can use to memorize the f-stop scale.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/06/62/450662.gif[/IMG]
Leica charges thousands of dollars extra for its special white cameras, but a Boston-based photo enthusiast named Andrew successfully customized his camera for only a few dollars by going the DIY route. After spending two hours strategically placing tape onto his Canon Rebel T2i DSLR using green painters tape and a razor, he hung the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/45/06/25/450625.jpeg[/IMG]
