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New Workshop with David Saffir, Studio Lighting 101: Portraits
Venue: Santa Clarita Center for Photography, Two evening sessions: July 14 and 21, 2010, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM Cost is $109 if registered by 7/7/10, $119 after. Pre-registration is recommended. (Phone registration call 661-904-2092; link to registration form at the end of this post.) This two-evening, focused workshop teaches...
Great Class Last Night – Nik Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro
Had a very cool class on Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro last night at SCV Center for Photography. As always, Mel Carll, the owner of the studio, was a great host! We explored these applications along with some advanced layer techniques in Photoshop - the possibilities/flexibility are really impressive...
NEW – Upcoming Leica S2 Field Test and Review
We'll be getting a chance to field test and review the Leica S2 medium format camera in about ten days. Stay tuned for results and details. (the Medium Format saga continues!) http://davidsaffir.wordpress.com...
Review, Nik Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 3.0
Since my review of Silver Efex Pro by Nik Software, I’ve been working with some of the other software packages offered by Nik, specifically Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 3.0. Like Silver Efex Pro, these applications offer great flexibility and control during image editing. They are compatible with Photoshop,...
Are Medium-Format Cameras Overtaking 35mm DSLRs for Pro Photography?
Are Medium-Format Cameras Overtaking 35mm DSLRs for Pro Photography? Some of us are old enough to remember when medium-format was king in professional photography. If you weren’t shooting medium-format (MF), you frequently ran in second place. Image quality was (and is) the reason to use medium-format. With film/sensor formats about...
May 2009 was our first full month of operation. Stats for May 2010 show an 800% increase over the same time last year, and readership is growing at 20 – 30%/month – and accelerating! My thanks to all the contributing authors and readers. David Saffir Filed under: blogging, Photography Tagged:...
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Now Posted: Our In Depth Review of the Samsung NX10
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Alien Skin Software’s Exposure 3 Photoshop Plugin Now Available
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Panasonic Releases New Firmware for Lumix ZS7 (TZ10)
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Toshiba to Develop Wireless SD Cards
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Now Posted: Our In Depth Review of the Fujifilm FinePix Z700EXR
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Digital Photography School
Pro Photographer Chase Jarvis Shares His Complete Workflow, Storage and BackUp System
Backing up your photography work and thinking about the workflow to do is it essential whether you’re a hobby photographer with pictures of your kids on your computer or a pro working with client images. Pro photographer Chase Jarvis has created a fantastic video showing how he and his team...
One of the most confusing things for new Lightroom users is understanding how documents get round tripped from Lightroom to Photoshop and back. Step 1 To start, open Lightroom with the image displayed in the Develop, Library, Slideshow or Web modules. Right click the image and choose Edit In >...
Travel Photography Subjects: Old People
Travel photography is about bringing back images that represent the area you visited. It’s about your feel of what was in front of you. Most of us take photos while traveling with the intent of sharing them once home. Showing others what the streets of Kathmandu were really like or...
How to Get the Best Results from Ultra-Wide Lenses
These days, most kit lenses on consumer DSLRs are wide-angle. 18mm on an APS-C sensor camera (or 27mm in old 35mm speak) is wide enough for most occasions. Ultra-wide angle lenses are those that are shorter than 16mm in focal length. It is here that we’ll strike new creative possibilities...
Structuring a Workflow Using Configurator
In a previous post, I explained how to create panels for Photoshop using Configurator. This time I want to show you a way to structure panels as something more than just a place to put the tools you use most often. To follow along, you’ll need to download Adobe Configurator 1.0...
Photography for the Web – Get 33% off this Brand New eBook Today
Today I’m really pleased to announce the release of a new eBook that dPS has been collaborating – it’s called Photography for the Web. Published by our friends at SitePoint – Photography for the Web has been expert reviewed by our very own Community Manager – Sime – and has therefore...
LIGHTING ESSENTIALS For Photographers
My Turn: DPP’s Article on FREE Images Examined
I am a voracious reader. I love it. I read all sorts of stuff, and love to learn something new. I also suffer fools badly, so if someone thinks they are gonna say stuff and I will just take it, well… sometimes they get an earful. It is something that...
Our First Big Contest: Shooting to a Layout
Well, here we launch into our first big contest. Shooting to layout is a very important part of shooting commercially. And there are some tricky issues if you are not familiar with doing it. It isn’t terribly difficult either, but you can make big problems for yourself and your client...
Be Visible to Everyone When They Need You. Mobile Sites
A guest post by Daron Shade, Photographer and Web Designer. I never really thought that a mobile site was important for photographers until recently. My studio has a great address, 302 S. Park Ave. Unfortunately, the streets of Tucson were not so much designed as just haphazardly built then named… There...
Ten Things That Can Help You Get a Photographers Assisting Gig
Getting an assistant gig is top of mind for a lot of commercial shooters starting out. It can mean exciting photo shoots, learning the ropes they didn’t learn in photo school (and them’s a lot of ropes), and an opportunity to work in their chosen industry while earning a bit...
27 From 27: Recent Photographs from the LE FLickr Pool
Well, we have another set of images from the pool. I wanted to make it hard to pick so I went back 27 pages and took the image from each page that seemed to command the top spot. Damn, it was hard. Lots and lots of talented people shooting out...
A Chat with Steve of “Standbagger” Fame. Cool Gear for Photographers.
I made some gear changes recently. One is a well-known, very popular company and the other is a small startup company with one employee. Standbagger is the the small company I refer to, and of course you cn see from the cover shot that I have gone with Profoto Compact...
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Create Content-Aware Patterns to Fill Out Photos - Russell Brown (CreativePro)
Photoshop CS5's Content-Aware Fill feature intelligently fills in an area with texture that matches the surrounding pixels. While Content-Aware Fill is an amazing retouching tool that just about any Photoshop user can benefit from, its defaults are more successful on some photos than others. — Russell Brown Source and Read...
Lexar Media Introduces Multi-Card 24-in-1 USB Reader For Easy and Reliable File Transfer
All-in-One Solution Enables Concurrent Downloads and Card-to-Card Transfer of Multimedia Files Multi-Card 24-in-1 USB Reader Key Messages: Allows for quick and easy download of photo, video, music, and other files Includes five slots and supports 24 memory card formats Enables concurrent downloads to a host computer and card-to-card file transfer...
Jan von Holleben, London - Alison Zavos (feature shoot)
Born in 1977 in Cologne and brought up in the southern German countryside, Jan von Holleben lived most of his youth in an alternative commune and identifies a strong connection between the development of his photographic work and the influence of his parents, a cinematographer and child therapist. — Alison...
[REVIEW:] Olympus Mju 9010 digital camera review - Ilse Jurriën (LetsGoDigital)
Olympus Mju 9010’s compact design does not betray its optical zoom performance. That is precisely this mega zoom camera’s spearhead. It is small and light enough to put in your pocket and it is equipped with a large focal range with which you can achieve large distances. Competitor Panasonic has...
Digital Camera Tracker Unveils New Review Temperature Tool to Benefit Consumers
Digital camera review site combines cutting-edge software w?t? human review. Eugene, OR (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 — Digital Camera Tracker, a popular online site that consolidates digital camera reviews for consumers, has unveiled a new “Review Temperature” tool that allows consumers to quickly review all available comparisons and ratings of...
[REVIEW:] LEGO Camera Review - Diana (Our.City.Lights)
Most women would spend money saved on a cute pair of TOMS wedges. After seeing this camera, I gave up the wedges and opted for a toy. Yes, a toy. Lego has expanded the iconic plastic bricks to make everything from Lego Kitchen Container Set, to LEGO Alarm Radios, to...
Foto-Biz.com | Site / AllRecentChanges
Lightroom / Lightroom — LR3 Speed of Catalog
Why is a Lightroom 3 catalog, so much slower than a Lightroom 2 catalog?...
Biz / Times of Unprecedented Changes
Photography has a history of unprecedented changes, here's my abridged history of photography with the important cross-roads...
Canon / Canon: Evaluative Metering vs Center-Weighted Average Metering
The Canon 7D has 4 different metering systems, Evaluative, Partial, Spot and Center-weighted average...
Lightroom / Lightroom: Switchwing from Windows 32 bit to Windows 64 bit
Switching from 32 bits to 64 bits as 2 main speed advantages, CPU and RAM...
Lightroom / Lightroom — File Locations
Where are your Lightroom files located...
Lightroom / LR3 — Important Changes — Part 1
One of the biggest benefit of upgrading to Lightroom 3 is the IPTC extensions. This will change significantly the keywording...
The Digital Story
Date Set for TDS Autumn Workshop in Sonoma County
Have you ever wanted to photograph California Wine Country in the Fall? If so, save these dates on your calendar: October 16-18, 2010. The second Digital Story Photography Workshop will feature two half-day classroom training sessions at the Digital Story Headquarters in Santa Rosa, CA, plus two location shoots. Class...
iOS 4 on iPhone 3GS from a Photography POV
Apple's iOS 4 adds a handful of interesting photography-related features to my iPhone 3GS. One of the most basic, but an improvement that I like a lot, is being able to change the background of the Home Screen with one of my photos. I'm using a blue sky shot with...
"Sizzle Your Shots" - Digital Photography Podcast 230
You can actually "bake" your images onto a sheet of polished aluminum to create artwork that has amazing depth, durability, and detail. That's the process that SizzlPix uses, and we sit down with Don Sherman, the guy who started it all, to learn the ins and outs of this unique...
Watch iPad Netflix Movies on Your HDTV
Even though it isn't listed on the Netflix instantly to your TV page, you can watch lots of movies and TV shows streamed from your iPad to an HDTV. The set up is easy, and the quality is remarkably good. The basic tools you need are: Netflix account Netflix iPad...
Using "Highlight Hot and Cold Areas" in Aperture 3
Turning on "highlight hot and cold areas" can help you fine tune exposure adjustments when putting the finishing touches on your pictures. In this 2 minute video, I show you how to use this technique effectively. More Aperture Tips and Techniques To learn more about Aperture 3, check out my...
"Butterfly in Hand" - Grab Shot 198
"This butterfly kept fluttering around us as we walked in Sugar Loaf Ridge State Park, Northern California," writes Christine Barry. "It landed, and I snapped a quick shot which I love." Christine used her Nikon D5000 set to ISO 200. Exposure was 1.125 at f/5.6 Photo by Christine Barry. Click...
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
Every Time I See an Angel I Think of You
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Is Google Going to Kill Buzz Next?
Photo by somegeekintn “But despite these wins, and numerous loyal fans, Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology...
Become Adobe Photoshop’s Next Evangelist
#1 Photoshop Fan from Adobe Next Photoshop Evangelist on Vimeo. Adobe is running an interesting contest right now. They are inviting people to upload a two minute length tutorial video to Vimeo sharing why they think that they should be the next Photoshop evangelist. From Adobe: “submit a...
More Thoughts on my Samsung Galaxy S Android Phone vs. the iPhone
Last week I bought a new Samsung Galaxy S Android phone and changed my phone service from my iPhone 3Gs on AT&T to T Mobile. I had some initial frustrations around getting the Galaxy to work the way I wanted it to and wanted to do an update...
I See Faces In the Back of My Mind
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Endless Years
Gadgets:: how to charge and travel
Today’s electronic gadgets get better and smaller, creating a perfect combination for travelers. The multiple chargers required for those devices on the road add up, taking up valuable (and expensive) suitcase real estate. When it comes to traveling accessories for charging most devices, Mophie has the answer for your needs. Many of today’s...
Gadgets:: Pandigital printer; Zagg’s Invisible Shields; Kodak Camera
Pandigital, the company known for making the best digital photo frames, has added a Portable Photo Printer with Zink technology that may be the most portable printer ever. In addition, the printer uses no ink, which means you can avoid those endless trips to an office supply store for ink cartridges. The...
Gadgets:: wireless music and more
The Sonos S5 music system is advertised as an all-in-one device for home use and after using it, I can say it is just that. With the ability to stream digital audio from online music sources like satellite radio, iTunes and Pandora all from an iPod Touch or iPhone loaded with...
Gadgets:: small but fun video, clear mic and large SDHC
The uCorder video camera from iRes Technology is not the greatest you can buy, but it might be the one you can have the most fun with. Measuring just 3.5-inches long and about 1-inch wide, users can wear the camera around your neck and film hands free, use it as a...
New Night Vision Device from MINOX Effective from Twilight through the Night
MINOX has added to their wide range of optical equipment with introduction of a reliable new night vision device, the ultra-compact NV mini II. It’s one of the smallest in the world, barely larger than a lipstick. Overall length is just 4-3/16”, the lens diameter is Iess than one inch...
June 10, 2010 - HONOLULU, HI: INTOVA INTROS NEW WATERPROOF DIGITAL CAMERA: The IC 12 is Intova’s newest and fastest waterproof digital camera. Featuring a 1/2000th second shutter speed and new, enhanced Digital Signal Processor, this model is ideal for capturing fast moving subjects underwater. Other camera features include 3X...
cruelphotography.com
I cant belive I havent posted this here yet ! But I have new blog and it can be found at my own domain at http://www.cruelphotography.com/blogg ! Ive been blogging there the last few months! Hope everyone who follows my old blog takes the time to go and visit it, and add...
Charite, Annikken and Kristine
Last post with images from this shoot (promise!) =) (I spent so much time cloning away underwear on the one over here. With all the transitions, it can be – very – tedious work =)) ...
Top Fives ! Clicks (links people hit to get the hell out of my blog) box.net/shared/p2f755pag1 (my actionset) – 207 clicks lowli.blogg.no (my girlfriends blog) – 140 clicks cruelphotography.net (my portfolio) – 129 clicks cruelphotography.com (alt. link to my port) – 114 clicks christinahegdahl.blogg.no (a model I photographed) – 113 clicks Referals (sites that sent people in my...
A image from my shoot with Maria M =) Same image used in my article about the quadras. Sadly havent had time to retouch images from this spectacularly cold shoot yet. It. Was. Freezing. ...
A few location shots of Charite. Shot these right outside the studio after we where done with our studio session last time.. Weather was rather awesome. Just after sunset. To bad it was cold as hell! Testing some new textures etc here. Some soft grunge brushes.. Doesnt really show that much,...
Ett par bilder til av Kristine =) Dette er noen av bildene jeg tok av henne alene da hun var hos meg å fotograferte seg sammen med vennegjengen sin =) (som du kan se flere bilder av bakover i bloggen !) ...
More TED Talks I added a few new TED talks to my list that I keep here on the site. If you all have some suggestions, be sure to drop them in… I do my best to scour the web to find the most inspirational stuff, and I always appreciate...
New Site, New Video, New eBook!
Leave a comment to Win My New eBook in celebration of the New Website Design! I have a new eBook that will pop sometime soon. It’s called “Top 10 Mistakes in HDR Processing, and How to Fix Them“. It’s 37 pages long and filled with all kinds of great info....
Newsletter Growing Like Crazy! Our newsletter (which is FREE) subscribers are off-the-chart lately. It’s very cool. Please put your info below. Thanks! First Name: Email: The company that we use for the newsletter software is called AWeber, and they have asked to feature our newsletter as one of their best. We...
Two Worlds in HDR – National HDR Day! Rick Sammon launched something big and fun over at his website. It’s called “Two Worlds in HDR“. Pop on over to that link to take a look! There is a fun contest too where you can win a free print of the...
Father’s Day Tweets I know the vast majority of you all are not on Twitter, but I thought I would show this little interchange I had yesterday. @TreyRatcliff At Isabella’s dance recital. They said you can’t take photos. They can pry my 70-200mm from my cold dead fingers. Among various...
Prismatic Steam in Yellowstone
The Geothermal Genie on Boing Boing Xeni Jardin and Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing have always been supportive of the site here and are big proponents of Creative Commons. I’m speaking about this subject and more at Wordca.mp in Dallas in a few months, in fact. Xeni recently ran a...
Steve's Digicams Forums
How come when I try to focus on something my Nikon P90 blinks red and beeps at me??
For some reason for example I will zoom in to get a picture and then the darn thing will beep at me and be red and is out of focus. What focus......
This is Tinos. A very cool Bichon Frisé. My wife and I will take care of him for a week to help our friends. These dogs have a really cool character,......
I went and did it :) camera was starting to look a bit dusty in the groves and around the dials etc so on went the wr 18-55mm and after a dunk under......
Portraits of my wife! Give critique if you want.
I´ll keep on training on portrait photography. Took some shots of my wife. Please give constructive critique if you want. Best regards/Daniel 1.......
The Hummingbird Moth is a frequent visitor to our Butterfly Bush. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. S100fs: Image:......
This is part of the local Brookside Gardens. All shot with the ZD 9-18. Ted...
Digital Camera Reviews and Ratings
Nikon Coolpix L21 Review @ DPInterface
CNET.uk has posted their review of the Nikon Coolpix L21 where they write – ‘If only conclusions were based on image quality alone, then the Coolpix L21 would easily deserve a recommendation from me. Unfortunately, there are many other ‘super-cheap’ cameras out there (from the likes of Canon, Casio, Panasonic,...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Review @ About.com
About.com has posted their review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 where they write – ‘Of course, it’s the touch-screen LCD that will make your friends crowd around this camera, which is available in black, red, and blue camera body colors. Shooting photos by touching the LCD is pretty cool, although...
Alien Skin Announces Exposure 3
Alien Skin Software has announced Exposure 3, the new updated version of its popular photo effects plug-in for Photoshop. New features include 64-bit support for Photoshop CS5 for Macintosh and Windows, tight Lightroom integration that does not require Photoshop, and much more. Exposure 3 retails for $249; owners of any...
Olympus Stylus 9010 Review @ LetsGoDigital
LetsGoDigital has posted their review of the Olympus Stylus 9010 where they write – ‘After testing the camera thoroughly, in practice and in the technical DIWA test lab, we have concluded that the camera is successful in the practical sense, and that it only has a few glitches in the...
Fujifilm FinePix HS10 Review @ CNET.uk
CNET.uk has posted their review and video of the Fujifilm FinePix HS10 where they write – ‘The Fujifilm FinePix HS10′s strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. It’s one of the most expensive superzooms on the market, and certainly the bulkiest, but it’s also one of the best. Its digital-SLR styling gives...
Samsung CL65/ST1000 Review @ DPS
DPS has posted their review of the Samsung CL65//ST1000 where they write – ‘Why you would buy it: compact size; enjoyable touch screen; GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity; decent stills capture along with watchable video. Why you wouldn’t: you don’t like a complex digicam and you wouldn’t get any benefit...
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My photo of the Broken Barn was featured on Gizmodo today! You can see the full article here....
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Digital Camera News from DigitalCamera-HQ
We've added a new article: Wedding Photography Tips
Etiquette and technique tips for shooting a wedding....
We've added a new article: How to White Balance Your Camera
Eliminate the yellow tint from your indoor pictures with a custom white balance setting....
We've added a new product, the Sony Alpha a390!
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We've added a new article: Olympus SP-600 UZ Hands-On Review
Cheapest superzoom on the market lives up to its price....
We've added a new article: The Best Consumer Camera of 2010
And the winner is......
We've added a new article: Samsung HZ35W Hands-on Review
Fancy feature set within....
Smash and Peas
A Day in the Life of a Live Music Photographer
This is a first person narrative on gig photography. I encourage you to go into reading this as if it were a journey through time, unraveling a story about a young man with a passion. That being said, I hope to help you better understand and make use of your time...
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Well having made my way back to the UK a few weeks back, it finally came the time to sort through all my holiday photos. Its not a job I look forward to; I’d rather be out taking them all the time, but if you take ‘em you gotta...
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The DAM Show
Adjusting B&W Neg Scans in Lightroom – part 1
This movie from the dpBestflow website shows how to batch-adjust black and white negatives from camera scans. You can read the whole page here. Camera Scans for B&W Negatives from ASMP dpBestflow on Vimeo....
Choosing Camera Scanning Hardware
The movie linked below is from the dpBestflow.org website describing the camera scanning process. In this movie, the several types of hardware that you can use for the process are outlined, along with considerations about how to set up and work with them. These include a bench system, rail system,...
New Camera Scan Tutorials on dpBestflow
We’ve added quite a bit of material n the dpBestflow website describing the process of Camera Scanning (using a digital camera as a scanner for film originals). There are two pages that have been created. the first is a Best Practice page that outlines what the choices are for hardware,...
One of the less-trumpeted features of the Lightroom 3 final release is the addition of the IPTC Extension to the metadata panel. These new metadata categories were approved nearly 2 years ago, but few applications have adopted them. (Of course, idImager was probably the first – Hert is always ahead...
Jerry Kennelly at CEPIC – Remaking the design/print industry
One of the most interesting things at CEPIC was Jerry Kennelly and Tweak. Jerry is a brilliant businessman who revolutionized the stock business and got out at the right time. His new venture is a stock design web service arriving later this summer. Here’s a video of Jerry’s presentation. The...
Cool new IPTC Extended Panels on the way for CS3 and CS4
At the IPTC metadata meeting at CEPIC in Dublin, Michael Steidl announced the coming availability of new IPTC panels for Photoshop CS3 and CS4. Developed by Electric Lane, these scripts will help to integrate the functionality that is included in Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5. As a matter of fact,...