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superdoofus-stratodrive: whatson:onlaine: (via *zzj) jared’s...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:28:30 +0800

whatson:onlaine: (via *zzj)

jared’s camera school, lesson #62:

that’s not some kind of large-format handheld camera you’ve never seen before. it’s just a regular camera enclosed in what is nicknamed a “blimp”.

blimps are camera housings used in places that are misty or rainy, dusty or dirty, or on film sets (to muffle the shutter noise; keeps the audio track clean while sound is rolling and the still photographer is shooting production photos).

there are aftermarket units you can purchase (which allow focusing), but many photographers make their own out of pelican cases and pvc pipe (auto-focus lenses only).

snpsht: frischmilch: the technically perfect reason why to...

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:31:24 +0800

snpsht:

frischmilch:

the technically perfect reason why to always shoot in raw format. in this photo maybe I or the camera did something horribly wrong with measuring the exposure time, ending up in an highly overexposed photo. but with raw, I could rescue all the lost pixels. in jpeg, all of them would have be gone. Forever.

Read more about this here on snpsht.

awaywiththefairies: Water Drops - Behind the Shot I’m going to...

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:29:14 +0800

awaywiththefairies:

Water Drops - Behind the Shot

I’m going to try my hand at water drop macros one of these days. Click here for a gallery.

Via Digital Photography School

hereharehere: tokyo-camera-style: Kashiwa Leica with Map...

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:01:36 +0800

hereharehere:

tokyo-camera-style:

Kashiwa

Leica with Map Camera original lens hood. LINK

Saturday night follow: a camera Sartorialist.

mogadonia: http://photographernotaterrorist.org/

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:02:08 +0800

mogadonia:

http://photographernotaterrorist.org/

the stealers of realities (via the|G|™)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:20:28 +0800

the stealers of realities (via the|G|™)

runamuk:theslyestfox: (OP:definatalie/RB:youcankeepthechange)

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:56:30 +0800

runamuk:theslyestfox: (OP:definatalie/RB:youcankeepthechange)

How To Photograph Lightning

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:26:42 +0800

How To Photograph Lightning

Charles Harbutt - I Don’t Take Pictures; Pictures Take Me (1972)

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:48:35 +0800

Charles Harbutt - I Don’t Take Pictures; Pictures Take Me (1972):

claytoncubitt:

“Photography is not art; it is something totally new in human experience, something people have not been able to do before the last century or so. Photography is not art because the basic impulse of the photographer is diametrically opposed to the basic impulse of the artist at least in one large respect. The artist tries to bring into existence something new that never had concrete existence before. The photographer tries to bring into existence something new that preserves something that already has concrete existence but will cease to exist in just that way in the next moment or day or year. And for Goethe, at least, the imagination for the real was imagination’s highest form. Perhaps photography is simply a higher stage in humanity’s artistic evolution from that first hand-drawn, cave-hidden deer. And critics are known to be dinosaurs.”

After Polaroid, Keeping Instant Photography Alive

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:03:30 +0800

After Polaroid, Keeping Instant Photography Alive:

roamin:

TIME Business

“When the Polaroid film factory in the Dutch town of Enschede shut down in June 2008, it seemed to signal the end for one of the most ingenious and iconic innovations of the 20th century. Almost 60 years after American inventor Edwin H. Land sold the first Model 95 of his new instant-picture camera in Boston in November 1948, the troubled Polaroid Corporation halted its cassette film production for good. Demand was still relatively high — the plant churned out 30 million cassettes in 2007, and 24 million in the first half of 2008 — but the plant had run out of its allocated amount of the chemical components needed to make its famous instant film, and Polaroid’s decision to move to digital meant there was no point in ordering more. The film stocks would last for a little while longer. When they ran out, though, the Polaroid camera, once the world’s most popular with about one billion sold, would be history. But two men attending the factory’s closing ceremony had other ideas. Florian Kaps, an Austrian entrepreneur and Polaroid enthusiast, and André Bosman, until then the engineering manager of the Enschede plant, met by chance on that fateful day. Together, they decided…”

Continue reading this article on TIME

Photography is not a crime

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:55:39 +0800

Photography is not a crime:

claytoncubitt:

(“The operating philosophy here is that the biggest jail is in our own heads, and that a society gets the freedom it earns. Let’s turn it around.” (via)

conorh: mfs: good old days!

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:22:00 +0800

conorh:

mfs:

good old days!

thecaringnihilist: http://www.diyphotography.net/diy-l-plate-l-b...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:49:34 +0800

thecaringnihilist:

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy-l-plate-l-bracket

DIY L-Bracket out of Angle Iron.

Photography is Easy, Photography is Difficult by Paul Graham

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:19:44 +0800

Photography is Easy, Photography is Difficult by Paul Graham:

noahkalina:

(via)

(via thecaringnihilist)

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:36:42 +0800

(via thecaringnihilist)

Australian Copyright Council

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:09:57 +0800

Australian Copyright Council:

bluechameleon: 78 Photography Rules for Complete Idiots I...

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:37:57 +0800

bluechameleon:

78 Photography Rules for Complete Idiots

I thought I might die laughing as this is absolutely hilarious! Oddly enough, I think that the “wrong way” is more fun!

Hehe, I’m with you.. the wrong way can be much more fun. That was a good laugh, though.

53 Crazy-good Digital Photography Tutorials - Psdtuts+

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:38:06 +0800

53 Crazy-good Digital Photography Tutorials - Psdtuts+:

jaie:

I really need to make use of these. Perhaps I’ll do that today.

What to do when asked to sell a picture on Flickr

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:25:41 +0800

What to do when asked to sell a picture on Flickr

How to Get ‘That Zoom Effect’ It’s quick, it’s dirty and it’s...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:54:15 +0800

How to Get ‘That Zoom Effect’

It’s quick, it’s dirty and it’s REALLY REALLY EASY.

Frame your shot how you want it to appear
Set exposure to something greater than 0.5s
Mash shutter butan
Twist the zoom ring to zoom in or out slightly
Observe
Repeat if unhappy
Be pleased with yourself
Drink a pint