Sitting in the relentless heat of the summer, I can't help but think back on the coolest campsite we've ever had. We plo...[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/36/86/493686.jpeg[/IMG]
While there are ample resources available on portfolios, websites, leave behinds and promotional materials, there?s one important subject that I?ve found little helpful information on: the photographer?s bio. Almost always found on a professional photographer?s site, the bio can make or break you. In a world where creatives often only have a couple of minutes [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/36/61/493661.jpeg[/IMG]
Here’s a cool video that shrinks down the process of building a massive egg-shaped studio (also known as a “full egg cyclorama“) down to about 3 minutes and 30 seconds. A cyclorama this size is used to photograph anything from multiple cars to full-sized busses or, in this case, an antique fire truck. And in [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/36/45/493645.gif[/IMG]
Want to add some custom tints to your photos without resorting to digital trickery? dainy over at Lomography has a tutorial on how you can create a simple color filter using some cardboard and colored transparency sheets. Combining thin strips of various colors can lead to pretty artsy effects. Make Your Own Color Filter! [Lomography][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/36/35/493635.jpeg[/IMG]
There are plenty of stories out there of photographers allegedly being mistreated at the hands of the police; unfortunately, this mistreatment often includes the destruction of any evidence of the altercation. But the New Jersey ACLU is hoping that their new Police Tape app helps people more discretely record these interactions for future use in [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/36/23/493623.jpeg[/IMG]
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve revealed the most popular DSLRs and most popular DSLR lenses that our readers have bought over the last 3 months*. While DSLRs continue to make up the majority of what are readers are using we’re noticing a significant rise in the use of other compact camera systems. Manufacturers [...]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 9 Most Popular Compact System Cameras among Our Readers[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/81/493581.jpeg[/IMG]
Last post on June 14? That’s nearly a month. It’s all Instagram’s fault.
Postrgram is a new service that turns your Instagram and/or Flickr photo collections into photomosaics, or giant photos composed of tiny photos. The process involves a few simple steps: tell the service your username (make sure you have at least 50 photos in your stream), specify the image you’d like as the main image, and [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/69/493569.jpeg[/IMG]
Summer’s in full swing at Hood which means Windells is the happiest place on earth. Those lucky few campers last week during Traveling Circus week enjoyed weird park sessions, skateboarding, and ski giveaways. So jelly huh? Session 3, 2012: Skiing from Windells on Vimeo. [IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/68/493568.png[/IMG]
For the past two years, 37-year-old photographer Tou Chih-kang has been capturing the last moments of dogs at Taoyuan Animal Shelter in Taiwan. His roughly 400 portraits show the dogs — most of them abandoned by their owners — moments before they’re put to sleep. His mission is to raise awareness and encourage responsibility among [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/53/493553.jpeg[/IMG]
Ken Block, the dude from DC Shoes, that has the Mountain Lab that every snowboarder or Park rat dreams of going to just put out the 5th episode of Gymkhana. If you are a San Francisco resident and heard a 650 horsepower Ford Fiesta going nuts racing around town, that was Mr. Ken Block. I wasn't super into car racing or rally cars until I started watching these Gymkhana videos. Give this 10 minute video a look, Ken Block proves once again that he is.... The Man.
After scorching over 18,000 acres and burning down 346 homes, the Waldo Canyon fire near and around Colorado Springs, CO has left scars that are both literal and metaphorical in nature. And while it would be impossible to capture an image of the metaphorical scarring left by the most destructive fire in Colorado history, NASA’s [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/41/493541.jpeg[/IMG]
Why do artists loathe business? Why does business fear art? Each side holding the other back for no good reason. Conventional thinking declares that real art is ?pure? and free of commercial motivations – that business corrupts art. Conversely, business minds often seem to fear art because it?s perceived lack of a road map for [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/37/493537.png[/IMG]
Unlike most photographers, I hate my camera. I have read hundreds of stories on the Internet in which photographers argue about which cameras are the best and why. There are stories trying to prove that Canon is better than Nikon, or that 4×5 film is better than medium format digital. Camera review websites show scientific-style [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/24/493524.jpeg[/IMG]
Inspired by his father’s obsession with adding new shelves to walls, photographer and furniture design student Darragh Casey decided to shoot some family portraits that featured family members themselves shelved alongside some of their prized possessions. His project spans three generations of his family and is titled “Shelving the Body”. Here’s a time-lapse video that [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/35/11/493511.jpeg[/IMG]
There’s good news coming out of the Nokia camp if you live in the US and you’ve been wanting to get your hands on the 41-megapixel camera in the company’s 808 PureView smartphone. Not only is the 808 itself now available to purchase on Amazon unsubsidized for $699, but the camera technology inside it may [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/34/94/493494.jpeg[/IMG]
Orrin Hastings spent three months creating this stop-motion music video for the song “This Man’s Brighter Days” by abe&tell. He roamed the streets of Sydney asking 500+ girls to hold up an iPad containing one still frame extracted from a video. Played back, the stop motion contains a video-within-a-video. The concept is very similar to [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/34/83/493483.gif[/IMG]
U.S. Army soldier Alex Jensen is currently stationed in Afghanistan, and besides taking some great shots and posting them up on the Pentax forums, he also put together this video illustrating one of the reasons Pentax owners love their cameras: the dust and weather sealing. He starts by heaping piles of sand on both his [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/34/63/493463.gif[/IMG]
Ed Verosky is a professional photographer and author based in New York. Here, Verosky encourages you to get creative with your portrait photography every chance you get. Experimenting with the technical aspects of photography; lighting, camera settings, and post-processing, are all good ways to grow as a photographer. But it’s also important for photographers to [...]Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips. Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips. Creative Photography: The Opportunity is Right in Front of You[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/49/34/50/493450.jpeg[/IMG]
