We’ve challenged pro photographers to doing a photo shoot with a cheap camera before, and they’ve done pretty well…now here you have Pro Camera, Noob Photographer, featuring a lovely model who doesn’t know anything about photography but like cute little puppies. See how our model, Garcia, copes in this video. Pricing Reference Nikon D3S Body: www.digitalrev.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Photoshop editing tutorial showing a technique for adding contrast to an image using Luminosity Masks.
While Knuckles has a mysterious vision about a girl named Tikal, Sonic and Tails have their two Chaos Emeralds stolen by Eggman and fed to Chaos making it more powerful, but after Sonic defeats Chaos, Amy is kidnapped right before his eyes.
A short presentation in 3D anaglyph showing the failure of most Americans to lose weight. It also explores the hypocrisy of our advertisers in showing fattening food choices right along commercials of work out programs.
TOP 10 Best Digital SLR Cameras in 2011 1. Nikon D3X 24.5MP FX CMOS Digital SLR with 3.0-Inch LCD (Body Only) www.amazon.com 2. Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) www.amazon.com 3. Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) www.amazon.com 4. Sony Alpha A900 24.6MP Digital SLR Camera (Black) www.amazon.com 5. Nikon D700 12.1MP FX-Format CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD (Body Only) www.amazon.com 6. Nikon D7000 16.2MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR with 3.0-Inch LCD (Body Only) www.amazon.com 7. Canon EOS 7D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-inch LCD (Body Only) www.amazon.com 8. Canon EOS 60D 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3.0-Inch LCD (Body Only) www.amazon.com 9. Nikon D90 12.3MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens www.amazon.com 10. Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) www.amazon.com
Many notable 20th century photographers began their snapping with a very basic box or folding camera. The attractions were simplicity, a large original image plus, unexpectedly and ‘unwantedly’, a wild and woolly capture.
So, today, we find many exploratory photographers on the search for the feral rendering capability of their youth, as do many younger lens-people, in the search for the unusual.
The gift these days is that digital imaging and flatbed scanners can readily transform these oddball images, captured on all sizes of film, from 120 to lengthy 35mm strips.
Kevin Meredith’s book describes 40 ‘toy cameras’ that emulate the untamed imagery of the early box cameras. These you can buy now, from manufacturers such as Holga and LOMO.
The author adds “Toy cameras are ideal for photographers who don’t want to capture a polished version of the world.” They produce images with overlapping frames, light flare, lens distortions, soft focus and off-colour, qualities that are almost impossibly to replicate in software.
One of my favourites is the 35mm LOMO Fisheye, with a 180 degree view that can be lined up with considerable inaccuracy, thanks to the clip-on viewfinder. But What You See is Definitely Not What You Get.
The Spinner 360 is a wind-up panoramic camera that pulls the 35mm film through as the camera spins upon the handle. You end up with a picture length of six exposures, with the image spilling over on to the edge perforations. It’s sturdy and made from thick plastic!
The classic Diana is included of course, both in 120 and 35mm versions plus a multi-pinhole snapper.
There are also some digital cameras and a re-useable underwater camera that should fire up even the most laggardly creative.
Then you move onto accessories designed to be used on ‘normal’ cameras, such as the Bokeh Master Kit and the Lensbaby Composer.
Finally, rounding out a comprehensive coverage of image mangling methods, there’s even a six page coverage of smart phone apps so you can digitally replicate the output of the plastic brigade.
Put down your Nikon or Canon DSLR: this is the wild way forward in image creativity. But be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.
Author: Kevin Meredith.
Publisher: RotoVision.
Length: 176 pages.
ISBN 978 2 88893 118 8.
Price: Get a price on Toy Cameras Creative Photos at Amazon UK
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Toy Cameras Creative Photos [Book Review]
Pentax has announced four additional lenses for its new Q mount. As well as the kit 47mm equivalent F1.9 ’01 Standard Prime’ lens that will come with the camera, the company has also announced the ’02 Standard Zoom’ that will offer 28-83mm equivalent focal lengths. Alongside these will be three more affordable, fun lenses. The 03 Fisheye, 04 Toy Lens Wide and 05 Toy Lens Telephoto are designed to make accessible the creativity that interchangeable lenses can bring. The latter three lenses are all manual focus and fixed aperture to keep costs down.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Want to save money on Photography classes? Watch this series of lessons and learn everything you need to know, for FREE! In this lesson, we will learn “What is a Camera?”
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Pentax has announced the ‘Q’ mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The camera is the first to use the company’s Q mount and features a compact-camera-sized 1/2.3" image stabilized CMOS sensor. This is wrapped in a magnesium alloy body with a distinctly rangefinder-esque design but distinctly compact sizing. Its feature set ranges from the 1080p30 movie shooting (with H.264 compression), to a series of fun filters that can be applied to the Quick Dial on its front plate. We’ve had a chance to play with a pre-production Pentax Q and have prepared a quick preview.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Als mir Erin Mulvehill auf meine erste E-Mail antwortete, in der ich fragte, ob ich ihre Fotoserie „underwater“ vorstellen dürfe, schrieb sie „yes“ und im PS „beauty will save the world“. Das irritierte mich, doch fand ich den Spruch überaus passend zu ihren Bildern. Denn schön waren sie. Ein wenig irreal, traumhaft, aber schön.
„Schönheit wird die Welt retten“, schrieb schon Dostojewsky in seinem Buch “Der Idiot”. Was genau er mit dem Spruch meint, wird immer noch wild diskutiert und zu einem endgültigen Ergebnis kann man bei diesem simplen, aber schönen Zitat nicht kommen.
Für Erin ist nicht nur die körperliche Schönheit von Menschen gemeint, sondern auch die Schönheit der Natur. Beides wird in ihren Fotos in Übereinklang gebracht. Sie zeigen junge Frauen, die wie im Wasser erstarrt sind. Sie wirken traurig, aber auch beruhigend.
Wie genau diese Bilder entstanden sind? Erin schreibt: „Durch Magie! Es war ein Mix aus Magie und Göttlichkeit – jeder Effekt dieser Serie wurde mit und in der Kamera erzeugt.“ Aber die Technik ist im Grunde auch nebensächlich, bei so großartigen Aufnahmen.
Wer ihre Bilder in groß sehen will, dem kann ich ihre erste Ausstellung in Deutschland in der Candela Project Gallery in München empfehlen, die noch bis zum 30. September läuft.
KWERFELDEIN | Fotografie Magazin
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