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Photojournalist Julian Cardona on Documenting the Evolution of Juarez

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Jul 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona has lived in Ciudad Juarez since 1960 and began documenting the city in the early 1990s as a photojournalist for the local newspaper, El Diario. He says he’s seen Juarez shift from an idyllic postcard-worthy border town to the city known as the homicide capital of the world. The 1990s were [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/43/45/494345.gif[/IMG]

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Why We Hate Seeing Photos of Ourselves

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Jul 11th 2012 - 0 comments

If you’re human then you’ve probably looked at a portrait of yourself at some point and been dissatisfied for one specific reason or another. Most of the time, though, it just comes down to an unexplainable “I don’t like it” or “I never look good in pictures” or, in extreme cases, a sound effect similar [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/43/35/494335.gif[/IMG]

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Fantasy Photos Based by the Drawings of Sick Children

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Jul 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Photographer Shawn Van Daele has launched a beautiful (and meaningful) photo project called “The Drawing Hope Project” in which he shoots magical photographs based on the drawings of children living with health conditions. The photo shoots take 1-2 hours, but combining the images in post-production takes up to 8. You can follow the project and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/43/17/494317.jpeg[/IMG]

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Steampunk meets Entomology in this Beautiful Art Collection

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Jul 11th 2012 - 0 comments

Steampunk is one of those strangely awesome subcultures that just sprung from obscurity about a decade ago and has been gaining steam (no pun intended) since then. It has an obsessive group of involved parties, of varying degrees of steampunkness. There are those people who just like going to conventions wearing top hats with cogs [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/43/06/494306.jpeg[/IMG]

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Awesome Special Effects Fire Tornado Created Using Box Fans and A Metal Tub

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Jul 11th 2012 - 0 comments

We’ll preface this by saying that this is very dangerous and if you choose to attempt it you do so at your own risk — we don’t recommend anyone try this at home. That being said, this is also one of the coolest “backyard” special effects we’ve ever seen, and one that would make for [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/42/83/494283.gif[/IMG]

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Bioluminescence Under the Stars

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Jul 11th 2012 - 0 comments

A guest post by Phil Hart – author of the Shooting Stars eBook (currently 40% off at SnapnDeals). Once you have the skills and equipment, great photographs are often the result of being in the right place at the right time and sometimes that involves a little bit of luck. In the Australian summer 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. Bioluminescence Under the Stars[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/42/67/494267.jpeg[/IMG]

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This is the First Photo Ever Uploaded to the Internet

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

What you see here is the first image ever uploaded to the Internet. It’s a graphic featuring a promo shot for comedy band Les Horribles Cernettes, and was uploaded almost exactly 20 years ago by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Motherboard has the interesting story behind the photo: So when Berners-Lee and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/40/87/494087.jpeg[/IMG]

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Tiny Tintypes Created with a 110 Camera

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Niniane Kelley of PhotoboothSF — the SF photo shop that still shoots tintype portraits — shot a series of tiny tintype photographs using a 110 camera. The images are likely the world’s first 110 tintypes, and the world’s smallest tintypes as well (each one is about half the size of a standard 35mm frame). (via [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/40/50/494050.jpeg[/IMG]

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Photographer Promotes Himself Through Bizarre Studio Portraits

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Getting potential clients’ attention in the world of photography can be a difficult task, but photographer Gordon Stettinius has been doing quite a good job at it. So good, in fact, that one studio owner asked him to “never send anything to them again. Ever.” His secret? Sending bizarre studio portraits as a follow-up. For [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/40/32/494032.jpeg[/IMG]

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17-20-23: A Lip-Sync Video That Spans Six Years

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Alex Dainis of Boston first recorded herself lip-syncing the song “Aaron’s Party” by Aaron Carter back when she was 17. Three years later she made another recording, and finally this year — at the age of 23 — she made a third. This resulting video, titled 17-20-23, shows her singing her heart out at all [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/40/20/494020.gif[/IMG]

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The Aviator Travel Jib Giveaway

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

You might recall we posted about a Kickstarter that was happening just a few weeks back? [read about it here] well, they’ve made it to ‘funded’ stage and are running a little giveaway that is free to enter and open to anyone, anywhere* You can enter for a chance to win via this link But [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. The Aviator Travel Jib Giveaway[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/40/12/494012.jpeg[/IMG]

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UC Berkeley to Pay Photog $162,500 for Wrongful Arrest

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

The University of California has agreed to dish out a $162,500 settlement to David Morse, a 43-year-old photographer who was arrested back in 2009 while covering a student protest. After being arrested on charges of rioting, arson, and vandalism, the police obtained a search warrant to seize his camera and access his photographs. Several of [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/40/00/494000.jpeg[/IMG]

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Canon Sends Invites for July 23rd Event, Mirrorless Camera Looming

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Canon is sending out the above invitation for a press event on July 23rd. This is when the company’s first mirrorless camera(s) is expected to be unveiled. Here are the rumored specs of the new system: two cameras with G1 X-sized sensors offering 14 and 24 megapixels, EF compatibility using an adapter, EVF on at [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/39/87/493987.jpeg[/IMG]

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Smashing Booth: A Photo Booth that Shatters and Snaps Objects

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The “Smashing Booth” is a contraption that shatters objects and snaps photographs at the moment of impact. It was created by designer Henrietta Jadin, who created it as part of a school project titled “Breaking Point.” The wooden device catapults an object at the back wall of its box, and a photo is captured by [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/39/33/493933.jpeg[/IMG]

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Top 10 Films that Feature Nikon Cameras

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Here’s a top ten list, in no particular order, of Nikon movie roles! Often appearing as uncredited extras, these Nikon SLRs have been present at some of the greatest moments in movie history. 1. Apocalypse Now (1979) After The Godfather Part II, this looked like it would be director Francis Ford Coppola?s $30 million folly. [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/38/95/493895.jpeg[/IMG]

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40% off ?Shooting Stars? eBook: Deal of the Week

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Have you ever stared at the night sky and wished you could capture it’s beauty and wonder? With this weeks SnapnDeal you can! Regular dPS contributor – astrophotographer Phil Hart – is offering readers of dPS 40% off his ‘Shooting Stars’ eBook for the next two weeks. Normally $24.95 USD – with this deal 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. 40% off ‘Shooting Stars’ eBook: Deal of the Week[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/38/85/493885.jpeg[/IMG]

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How Four Journalism Students Snagged the First Photos of the Unabomber

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Vince Devlin over at the University of Montana has the fascinating story of how four UM photojournalism students snagged the first photos of Ted Kaczynski (AKA the “Unabomber”) back in 1996, beating other media organizations and making the cover of Newsweek: He pulled up to the little media circus and found his three colleagues. No [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/38/72/493872.jpeg[/IMG]

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Emerging Talent: The Transformation of Photographer Mark Tucker from Digital to Wet-Plate

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

Welcome back to a series of posts I?m calling Emerging Talent ? where I?m spotlighting the work of photographers and filmmakers on the rise. Some are shooters that me and my spies will uncover from 500px or Flickr ? others might already be shooting campaigns, but in both cases I don?t care about what the [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/38/68/493868.jpeg[/IMG]

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Miniature Tilt-Shift Landscapes Made with Food and Wool

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Vancouver-based photographer Eszter Burghardt creates miniature landscapes using food (e.g. seeds, powders, milk) and wool, and then photographs them using a shallow depth of field. Her images show everything from volcanos to icebergs. The projects are titled “Edible Vistas” and “Wooly Sagas“. Edible Vistas and Wooly Sagas (via Fstoppers) Image credits: Photographs by Eszter Burghardt [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/38/42/493842.jpeg[/IMG]

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Travel Photography, Backpacking and Packing Light

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Jul 10th 2012 - 0 comments

A Guest Post by Taylor Roades In April of this year I completed a four-month backpacking trip across China and South East Asia followed by about a month bussing on the greyhound across Canada. I am a professional photographer with a lot of gear and yet I completed the trip with a school sized backpack [...]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, Backpacking and Packing Light[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/38/27/493827.jpeg[/IMG]