This is a tip for tightwad photographers everywhere. You now own a cool camera, so how are you going to carry it without damaging it, or yourself?
One solution is what is called the R-Strap. Very clever design — fifty bucks please.
An alternative is to make a replica of the R-Strap yourself. DIYPhotography.net has an illustrated construction article about a cheap project that I will be trying out this weekend.
I have added a new feature to the blog. In the sidebar, under Pages, you will find the new Slideshow choice.
Slideshow, as its name suggests, will show you a slideshow of some of the photographs I have taken.
A link is provided at the bottom of each blog page to my complete collection on Flickr.
Let me know if you enjoy the pictures. Otherwise, I will quit promoting them.
This story sounds like it is describing my sense of timing.
The day that Jenelle Norris sent her book “Polaroid 600 and Spectra Film: Manipulations and Creative Techniques” to the printer for layout was February 8, 2008.
The day Polaroid announced they wouldn’t be making film anymore?
February 8, 2008. (Read more)
SOURCE: Photojojo
Kite aerial photography looks like an interesting application of ham radio and Amateur Television (ATV).
I’ve been interested in photography for as long as I can remember, and kite aerial photography (KAP) seemed like a natural progression. At least it did after my friend, Thomas Dewez, convinced me that it isn’t completely ridiculous to suspend an $800 camera from a kite. After seeing the potential in online galleries, I knew that I had to do this! I spent a few months researching equipment, technique, etc. before diving in. I had not flown a kite since I was a kid, so I’m learning as I go… (Read more)
SOURCE: Scott Haefner’s Kite Photography
I have posted some more of my pictures on Flickr. You can check them out by clicking on the image on the right, or from the links and thumbnails at the bottom of this page.
There are lots more pictures to be uploaded. I will get to them as soon as I can.
Hope you enjoy them. Let me know what you think of them.
This is a rainy photo that I took of the San Francisco Aquatic Park in January 2008. Click on it for a larger image.
Leave a comment if you are also interested in digital photography and would like me to post more related articles. Just click on the "Comments" link below.
Want to learn how to spot fake photos like they do on TV? Scientific American has some tips that should make it easier.
The art of doctoring pictures to reflect your needs has even spawned a new verb, Photoshopped. That is in honor of the image editing software that makes most of these visual tricks possible.
As an example of a doctored photo, the image above has had the actual background replaced with a somewhat Loony Toons-like image that has never existed in real life.
Layers Magazine has produced a ton of very good free online tutorials on using Photoshop, most of which are videos. This one is not. However, it carefully and clearly explains a concept that is not easy to get your head around. This concept is classified as "Got to Know" if you use a digital camera and a printer, whether you use Photoshop for editing, or not.
Possibly one of the most confusing aspects of dealing with digital imagery is resolution-specifically, what it really is and how changing it affects an image. You’d be shocked at the number of brilliant designers who don’t know how to change an image from 72 dpi to 300 dpi-without turning it into a pile of pixel mush. That is, until now. (Read more)
SOURCE: Layers Magazine
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