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Boda Bag for the Working photographer

12 Aug

When you just need to get to your gear fast! Visit photoinduced.com for more photo-ness! and free stuff weekly!
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Manny Palacios Photographer of the Stars

12 Aug

Manny Palacios photographing Movie Director Alex Monty Canawati (Return to Babylon)
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How to remove hairs on eyebrows photoshop Lesson 9

12 Aug

www.1stoptutorials.com – In this tutorial what we want to o is clean up the hairs on the eyebrows. We will use the clone tool for this job as it is the easiest. When using the clone tool we need to make sure we follow up with the healing brush tool just to bring back some of that skin texture and make it look natural. Remember keep close to the eye brow so you get the same color skin.

 

Lensbaby on a D90: Imaging Resource at Photokina 2008

12 Aug

An industry first – Sam Pardue puts a Lensbaby Composer on a D90 and shoots some video!
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Robert Bösch (cameraman) and a Ueli Steck (speed-climber) make their way on top of the Eiger-Northface in Switzerland. All stills and video were created using the Nikon D90. See more @ My Nikon Life: mynikonlife.com.au

 
 

3D anaglyph render of fluid simulation by blender

12 Aug

3D anaglyph render of fluid simulation by blender
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Nucleus Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Demo

12 Aug

See more information on pregnancy and parenting at www.nucleusinc.com Nucleus Medical Media’s 3D medical animation obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) demo reel shows surgery, anatomy, mechanism of action (MOA), and physiology produced for medical devices, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, marketing agencies, lawyers, and more.
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Fisheye Lens Perspective for Paddling?

12 Aug

Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye

I just got a fisheye lens for my Canon 5D/II: Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye. It is designed for a full frame DSLR camera and offers a 180 degree field of view. It was difficult choice between this lens and Canon 15 mm fisheye, but the Sigma lens had better reviews.

My primary reason for this lens was to shoot caricature portraits (including self portraits) inspired by the work of Sharon Dominick. Of course, I am also going to have some fun with that lens outdoors with landscape and paddling. So, here is my first series of pictures with the Sigma fisheye shot during recent paddling with Sea Wind canoe on the Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins – just trying different angles and distortions. The last picture was shot after sunset with a tripod.

I am sure more fisheye pictures will appear here in the future. I am going to mount a camera with this lens on kayak front deck and, also, shoot more from a kayak cockpit to add something to my old post A View from a Kayak Cockpit – 3 Paddlers, 3 Cameras, 3 Boats.

What do you think about the fisheye perspective for paddling photography?

You can find a lot of good fisheye pictures including shots from sea kayaking in Flickr photostream of Mark Payton. He is shooting with the Canon lens.


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Related posts:

Canon PowerShot G11 First Paddling Pictures
Canon EOS 40D Camera on the Bow of a Racing Kayak
Paddling with Canon PowerShot G11 Camera on a Monopod Mast


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HD 2D-3D Video Conversion (Dimension 3 & MTBS 3D)

12 Aug

We took our video interview from the Dimension 3 Expo in Pantin, France, just outside of Paris, with Neil Schneider, founder of Meant To Be Seen (MTBS) 3D, an Internet forum on Stereoscopic 3D, and converted the video clip to Stereoscopic 3D. This is how we did it and the two versions we created: We used a combination of 2D and 3D in the finished video. The original interview was shot in 2D High-Definition on a Sony PMW EX3. The original edit was done using Grass Valley Edius Broadcast Pro 5.01. Music background was created using Sonicfire Pro SmartSound 5.1. We utilized Spatial View Stereo plugin for After Affects CS4. The opening and closing graphics were added to the line along with the 2D video. We then added an adjustment layer and loaded the plugin to the adjustment layer. Spatial View 3D-to-Stereo conversion allowed us to layer the 3D in multiple parallax views. In addition, Spatial View allows us to view the conversion in Anaglyph or any number of side-by-side or top-and-bottom Stereo views. We utilized Anaglyph to make the initial adjustments and fine tune the 3D variables. We then rendered out each of the video segment – the open, the interview, and the close – separately in both Anaglyph and half-side-by-side formats. We then stiched these three together using Edius Broadcast Pro. Finally, using Adobe CS4 Media Encoder, we used the Apple TV720p setting for outputting our final MP4’s which were then uploaded to YouTube and our FTP server. The half-side-by-side

First 3D animated short from Indiana University, Media Arts and Science program. Created by Frank Tai, Jared Price, Jim Ward, Ricardo Laranja, Andrew Warren and James Baker Project Creator, Frank Tai Project Advisor, Albert William Stereoscopic Advisor, Albert Williams Visionary Advisor, Durwin Talon Technical Advisor, Clint Koch Sound/ Music Advisor, Ricardo Laranja Computer Technician, Advisor, Todd Kirk Multimedia Technician, Advisor, Geoff Coryell Animator/ Visionary, Jared Price Animator/ Visionary, Jim Ward Animator/ Visionary, Frank Tai Sound designer, Andrew Warren Sound designer, James Baker Software/ Hardware, Autodesk Maya, Adobe studio suite, Zbrush, Sonar, HP, Stereoscopy

 
 

Metz introduces Mecablitz 58 AF-2 and 50 AF-1 flashguns

12 Aug

Metz has introduced the Mecablitz 58 AF-2 and 50 AF-1 flashguns for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Four Thirds cameras. Successors to the 58 AF-1 and 48 AF-1, the latest models feature metal mounts with enhanced locking systems for faster mounting and wider angle diffusers for focal lengths from 12 mm equivalent. In the 58 AF-2, its slave/servo sensor has been integrated to the front of the unit to increase transmission of wireless flashes, meanwhile the 50 AF-1 sees a power increase to guide number to 50.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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nikon D3x

12 Aug

Nikon D3X Camera Test – SelMcKenzie Selzer-McKenzie
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