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squidflakes posted:And just to be a dick, Lionel Lum is terrible about that. He's got some P&S that he takes to anime and comic book conventions. Shoots the same 5 poses of scantily clad girls. Then moves the contrast slider to the far right. Ta da! Suddenly he's a professional photgrapher. You've pinpointed the entire reason for his success.
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Street fashion photography in Helsinki. Posed full body shots. http://www.hel-looks.com/index.php
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squidflakes posted:Welcome to Finland, where the cell phones are top of the line but fashion is stuck in the 80s. And this is Helsinki, the capital. The rest of the country has yet to realize the 50s have ended. v  v
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Someone go donate them a few Lensbabies, please.
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Feb 1, 2010 11:32
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And another. Bucharest gay pride in 2008. All those photographers were probably hoping for another wild riot, but this time the march was peaceful.
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Interrupting Moss posted:Documentary about Nachtwey, War Photographer, is good and talks a lot about photojournalism... although I certainly do not think most crisis photography is done by people like Nachtwey. But some do good things. Great documentary, by the way. Here's a scene where he justifies what he's doing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3VoyjUP8hg
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evil_bunnY posted:Turns out F bodies are pretty good at stopping bullets Here's an interview with Don McCullin, the owner of that camera. quote:From 1961: war photographer, mainly for the Observer and the Sunday Times 
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JaundiceDave posted:I see brown. notlodar posted:crazy flashes then stable brown poop You're accidentally playing Quake instead.
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Time-lapse shot with a Nikon D3, creating a miniature New York: http://www.vimeo.com/9679622 For more information, see this link: http://aerofilm.blogspot.com/2010/02/sandpit-short-film-by-aero-director-sam.html What's really impressive is that he's shot some of the scenes hand held. No tilt shift lenses involved either. DanTheFryingPan fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Mar 5, 2010 |
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Hop Pocket posted:That's funny - almost completely different from Canon (except for aperture priority enabling the front wheel). In AE on my Canon, at leaset, the back wheel allows you to adjust the exposure +/- 2 stops. How does the Nikon let you do this? On the more advanced models, there are also plenty of custom settings to fine tune the controls to your liking. On aperture priority, my front wheel changes aperture, the back wheel does EV -/+ 3 stops. I've only used the xxxD line of Canons, but I reckon the more complex models also have huge menus and huge manuals.
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Ansel Adams: The Mural Project 1941-1942 http://www.doi.gov/news/photos/Ansel-Adams-Mural-Project-Opens-at-Interior-Department.cfm U.S. Department of the Interior posted:Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today unveiled an exhibit within the corridors of the Department of the Interior of 26 never-before installed murals taken by famed photographer and conservationist Ansel Adams. The images, part of Ansel Adams: The Mural Project 1941-1942, have been installed on the first and second floors of the Department as originally envisioned by the artist and then-Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes.
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unixbeard posted:i usually dream about boobs and stuff but whatevs! See how we dream about stuff we don't have. DanTheFryingPan fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Apr 11, 2010 |
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fronkpies posted:Please forgive me, I have brought shame upon myself and my family. Don't let their prestrictive grammar get to you.
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Here's something rather interesting. Nokia Markets unit director Anssi Vanjoki says camera phones will make DSLRs obsolete (link through Google translate). Here's a sloppily translated excerpt.Anssi Vanjoki doesn't know poo poo about cameras posted:Vanjoki based his argument on the rapid progression of technology. "We can squeeze a 50Mpix sensor and a high-quality glass lens into a space smaller than your pinky, and season this with an image editing software that will revolutionize the DSLR market in the near future." But there's a good point there too. Anssi Vanjoki doesn't know poo poo about cameras posted:"Everybody has a camera phone, and everybody's taking photos." And he says that in about a year camera phones will be taking HD quality video. But that new Nokia phones will kill the DSLR market? The guy's a loving idiot. It's not the DSLR market Nokia should be aiming for either, it's the compact market. DSLRs are nothing compared to the compacts, and it's the compact cameras that will suffer the most as camera phones improve. Will phones and compact cameras converge? I see that as much more likely than camera phones killing off DSLRs. Original article in Finnish.
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e: /\/\/\/\/\ Carl Zeiss, baby! Now, to be fair, I'm sure he gets paid to make sweeping statements exactly like that. That's called "visionary innovation", I believe. spf3million posted:They already have in China. Everyone here has phones with real actual, respectable lenses, optical zooms and all. They're about the size of a Canon SD1300. A little thick, but still easily pocketable and not much bigger than a blackberry. I'm guessing these are mid-range to high-end phones? The cheap, tiny phones with tiny cameras will still probably be popular, but cheap compacts are in huge trouble.
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Don't worry, there's always the t/stop. Thom Hogan posted:What's a t/stop? Well, an f/stop is a theoretical aperture (length divided by opening). A t/stop is the actual transmission property of the lens, and it's almost always lower than the marked f/stop because each air/glass transition in the lens is robbing just a bit of light.
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Awesome, thanks for clearing that up.
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DaNzA posted:"equipment is not the most important thing" Are you kidding me? I'd hire that guy based on the name alone. 
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Remember how Anssi Vanjoki promised to make DSLRs obsolete with Nokia's smartphones? Well, the time's almost here.  
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I had a father and son come in this week, and they wanted to buy the son's first DSLR camera. I helped them select the best camera for him, they handled the various models a bit, and the father said that he was going to "think on this for a while", and they left. It was so blatantly obvious that he just wanted for his son to get a feel for the various entry-level models, then start shopping online. Of course, I work for a big chain, and this is just the way retail works these days. (Joke's on him though, we tend to have among the best prices in the country, save for obscure internet stores elsewhere in the EU.) I'm sure even Henry's gets most of the volume from compact camera sales, followed by entry-level DSLRs and micro bodies, with pro stuff like the D700 far behind.
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As the United Nations General Assembly starts today, here's a repost of some world leader portraits from 2009 by Platon. Most of you probably remember this, but if you haven't seen the set, it's excellent. Portraits of Power: http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon
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Samsung to 'out-sell' Canon and Nikon by 2015AP posted:Samsung chiefs have told AP that the company is determined to secure the number one spot in the mirror-less micro system camera market by 2012, and to be the best selling camera brand overall by 2015. Doesn't sound exactly easy, but maybe plausible. Seems Samsung's strategy so far has been to flood the compact market with colorful models with just small differences, and the NX system seems to be aimed at teenagers whose parents pay for the camera.
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Magnum photographer David Harvey claims that photography does require blood, sweat and tears: http://www.vimeo.com/17855680 Video shot by his son, Bryan Harvey, which is cool all by itself.
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Twenties Superstar posted:There are a lot of reasons to use a tripod in bright day light This is the guy who said that VR made tripods completely and absolutely obsolete for everything.
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HPL posted:Nothing super-groundbreaking here, just thought this article was kind of amusing: The Hyatt picture is especially interesting, because the hotel is very close to the Capitol building, so one could claim that using a telephoto to bring the two closer is warranted. The other picture is more misleading than the ad material.
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HPL posted:As a Canon user, I am envious of Nikon's low light AF and high ISO quality. Other than that, everything else is largely the same. Using different batteries.
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Some quick reading, Chris Leaman recently shot fresh Congresspersons for Washingtonian Magazine. EOSHD says Nikon's still imaging will suffer if they don't improve video, or something. Michael Reichman reviews Panasonic GH2, and as always, any negative points are actually positive if he likes a product. Still interesting to try one out.
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spog posted:I'd be curious to see if there were any crossover from the camera manufacturers. Of the big manufacturers, Sony and Samsung also make phones, so maybe they'll see the writing on the wall. In any case, compact cameras need the sharing abilities from phones if they're to survive as a mass market consumer item.
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15 Thoughts on Composition by Alan Briot over at Luminous Landscape: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/composition_top_15.shtml And 159 pics to shift through at The Photoletariat: http://thephotoletariat.com/159-stunning-breathtaking-and-brilliant-photographs/ DanTheFryingPan fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Mar 20, 2011 |
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Which of Us Dies First?Teru Kuwayama posted:You'd almost think it was the first time journalists had been killed in the line of duty, but it wasn't – it was just the first time, in a long time, that western journalists with names like "Tim" and "Chris" were killed. Another point of view on journalism, and war journalism especially.
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tuyop posted:I rotate the camera clockwise when I shoot portrait. Counter-clockwise puts your hand on top and leaves only one hand to stabilize the camera. It also feels very awkward, but maybe I am the strange one! Doesn't clockwise mean your nose is kind of in the way? Unless you use your left eye for the viewfinder...
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I'll be in South Asia for the summer, and I'm really thinking about selling some of my kit, and my DSLR body, and getting an X100 instead. After the summer, I can't decide on what to do, and if I want to keep the Fuji or not.
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Leica cut open.
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Here's a golden Nikon.
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dunkman posted:At home in Lightroom 3, whenever I click on a picture, the Crop lines show up on the outside. There should be a little lock next to the crop tool to unlock or lock aspect ratio.
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Some Nikon concept cameras.  From NikonRumors, and additional pictures by montie j.
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Awesome slideshow of Steve McCurry images: http://www.vimeo.com/28448318 From TOP.
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Photographer Arif Iqball shares his thoughts on a workshop with Steve McCurry, and they're not that pretty: http://arifiqball.com/blog/2011/03/01/reflections-on-steve-mccurry-myanmar-workshop/
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I can definitely relate to the article*. I was shooting women's gymnastics earlier this year, and I realized afterwards that I couldn't remember anything of the show itself. I only had the pictures. If I'm going to a concert, I might snap a quick shot or two, but I'm there primarily to enjoy the show. And people are taking more and more pictures. Facebook has tons, how many of them are utterly uninteresting to anyone but the photographer? From Petapixel posted:Digital cameras are now ubiquitous – it is estimated that 2.5 billion people in the world today have a digital camera. If the average person snaps 150 photos this year that would be a staggering 375 billion photos. That might sound implausible but this year people will upload over 70 billion photos to Facebook, suggesting around 20% of all photos this year will end up there. Already Facebook’s photo collection has a staggering 140 billion photos, that’s over 10,000 times larger than the Library of Congress. http://www.petapixel.com/2011/09/16/the-relative-sizes-of-the-worlds-largest-photo-libraries/ * Ikea meatballs being poor value, what the hell? Is food that insanely cheap in Britain?
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The Online Photographer is great for thoughts and insights. Not much news coverage, but it's updated almost daily with musings about photography. For actual news, I like PetaPixel and dpreview.com.
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InternetJunky posted:The discussion has moved on already, but someone was talking earlier about using Picassa for an online gallery and up until a few weeks ago that's what I was using, but I noticed all the pictures I posted were softer than the original and slightly off in colour. I switched to Smugmug and couldn't believe the difference. Smugmug sharpens and processes the photos a bit once they're up. You can actually adjust the amount in the settings. I like the interface, I like the service, would definitely recommend it. Smugmug++
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