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[MODIFIED] Digital Urban and Cityscape Photography – Look Outside the Main Business / Financial District

01 Aug

Step outside of a city’s main district for some of the best skyline digital photos opportunities.

Instead of taking the usual cityscape photos while inside the main Financial or Business Districts, you may want to scout out areas outside of the main ‘hustle and bustle’ to take wide-angle skyline photos that showcase more of a city’s architecture.

In Chicago, instead of just taking Loop pictures from the Chicago River and other well-photographed vantage points, consider heading out to Navy Pier to take a cityscape photo on the lakefront. Or, another great photo opportunity is north at Lincoln Park; shoot south, towards the skyscrapers, and part of Lake Michigan will be in view….

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Pro shooter to cover London 2012 using Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5

01 Aug

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Panasonic has announced that Getty Images sports photographer Dean Mouhtaropoulos will be covering the London 2012 Olympic Games exclusively using its recently-announced Lumix DMC-G5. His images will be displayed both at the Getty Gallery next to London’s Olympic Park, and on Panasonic UK’s homepage. With sports photography traditionally the preserve of large SLR cameras, the company is hoping to showcase the capabilities of its mirrorless model in this notoriously-demanding field. We suspect the press release has more to do with making the most of its Olympic sponsorship than swaying other pros, but it should be interesting to see the results.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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[MODIFIED] Clipboard Managers – Enhancers – Monitor the Clipboard and Create Permanent Clipboard Entries with ArsClip

01 Aug

ArsClip can monitor your Windows clipboard and lets you paste recently-copied items, plus you can define permanent items accessible via hotkeys.

ArsClip is a freeware clipboard enhancer for Windows XP and up. Arsclip remembers previous text and non-text items placed in the clipboard, accessible from most everywhere by pressing a Ctrl + Shift + Z hotkey.

When run, the software places an icon on the System Tray – right-click to select options or press the customizable hotkey. History items can be edited or removed. You can also create permanent history items accessible via other customizable hotkeys, allowing you to create hotkeys for, as examples, your name, web or blog address, Facebook page, and Twitter account….

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Nikon D3200 in-depth review updated to include WU-1a Wi-Fi adapter

01 Aug

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We’ve just updated our in-depth review of the Nikon D3200 entry-level DSLR to include a page of information about Nikon’s WU-1a Wi-Fi adapter. The WU-1a arrived in office as we were preparing the review for publication so we’ve spent the past 48 hours using it, before adding it to the review. The WU-1a allows both wireless image transfer to a an Android smartphone or tablet, or to use the device as a remote shutter trigger (release of an iOS version is planned for fall 2012). Click here to read our updated 21-page review.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Microsoft Word 2010 – Remove Text Formatting, Highlighting, and Styles

01 Aug

A 3-part tip to removing all formatting, highlighting, and style from a selected block of text.

While editing a complex Microsoft Word 2010 document, you might have a section of text (or the entire document) that contains what you now feel are extraneous formatting (bold, fonts, underlines, etc), styles (such as headings), and highlights.

Removing all of these is a simple process:…

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15 Five-Star Photography Website Templates

01 Aug

Photography website templates come in all shapes and sizes.  Each have their own features, styles, colors and functions.  The best way to see which works for you is to sit down and use the demos provided by the developers.

In this article, I am going to share 15 incredible photography website templates worth giving a try.

Click on the title link or the graphics to visit the theme websites for a demo.

Photocrati

photography website template

  • All-in-one photography website template
  • Galleries management system
  • Sell images with ecommerce galleries!
  • Dozens of styles, customize everything.
  • Great SEO and social media so you’ll be found!

PhotoEclipse

PhotoEclipse

  • AJAX powered Fullscreen-Background theme
  • Portfolio custom post type
  • Shortcodes
  • Page templates
  • Sidebars

Zipfolio

Zipfolio

  • Portfolio custom post type
  • Pagination
  • Video support
  • Contact form
  • Testimonials

Catalyst

Catalyst

  • Drag n Drop slider
  • Shortcodes
  • Dynamic resizing
  • Slider

Helm

Helm

  • Responsive
  • Google Fonts
  • Portfolio custom post type

Precious

Precious

  • WordPress gallery
  • Contact form
  • Clean design
  • Multiple layouts

Invictus

Invictus

  • Full screen
  • Slider
  • Flickr integration
  • Shortcodes

King Size

kingsize

  • Full screen
  • Multiple gallery styles
  • Shortcodes

Gleam

gleam

  • Gallery custom post type
  • Full screen
  • Ajax loading
  • Shortcodes

 Buro

Buro

  • Responsive
  • Slider
  • Custom post types
  • WooCommerce integration

 Simplicity

simplicity

  • Slider
  • Custom post types
  • WooCommerce integration

Olya

olya

  • Responsive
  • Slider
  • Custom post types
  • WooCommerce integration

Landscape

landscape
  • Slider
  • Genesis Framework
  • Portfolio based

Pixel Happy

pixelhappy
  • Wedding photographer friendly
  • Single column blog style
  • Genesis Framework

Manhattan

manhattan

  • Genesis Framework
  • Slider

Find More

Interested in seeing more photography website templates?  Check out some of these links:

  • Photography Website Templates
  • 20 Jaw-Dropping WordPress Photography Themes
  • WordPress themes for photographers
  • 9 Stunning WordPress Themes for Photographers

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[MODIFIED] Digital Camera Memory – Should You Buy a USB 3.0 Card Reader?

01 Aug

Advantages and disadvantages of a USB 3.0 memory card reader.

While most computers at the time this tip was written support USB 2.0, not all support USB 3.0, a higher-speed version of the USB standard. If you perform a lot of digital photo manipulation, copying gigabytes of photos between memory cards and various computers, upgrading to USB 3.0 may make sense in that it could save you time.

Unfortunately, if you are using older memory cards or memory cards geared towards average consumers instead of high-end hobbyists or professionals, you may find the purchase cost not worth the money. Medium or lower-range memory is rated at a lower transfer speed that may not take advantage of the benefits USB 3.0 offers. Also, transfer speeds between USB 3.0 readers vary, so the cheapest reader may not result in the best performance….

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Facebook pushes photo prominence in timeline

01 Aug

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Facebook has updated the way photos are presented in the timeline section of users’ profiles – devoting more page space to the images and making it easier to give some images prominence. The result is an awful lot like the Google+ gallery view, and the Flickr interface for viewing contacts’ images but appears to crop all images to square format. The Facebook update gives the ability to ‘highlight’ specific images (making them four times larger) but doesn’t just present your own images – images with you tagged in them will be intermingled with your own shots, so it’s not an optimal way to showcase your photography, unless you ruthlessly de-tag yourself from other peoples’ photos.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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When Photography And Karate Merge

01 Aug

Not long ago I was asked to photograph a special event at a local karate dojo. The event was a very rare occasion as three high ranking karateka were performing the same kata in sequence. In addition, Zoku, who is not often found performing a kata in public, did just that – many times.

When Photographing Something Special

© Scott Wyden Kivowitz – When Photographing Something Special

To share the experience with the world, I decided to do something special of my own.

Because a big part of karate is the community, sharing and education – I wanted to share the experience on my blog, and the same time, educate my readers. But that isn’t all I did. Zoku has been kind enough to share short descriptions of each photograph. So in the articles, you will experience:

  • The karate photographs
  • The description of what is happening in the photograph
  • How the event & karate description relates to photography
Capture Intensity & Focus Without Disruption

© Scott Wyden Kivowitz – Capture Intensity & Focus Without Disruption

These are some of the photographs in the series, but there are many more to follow.  Please visit the When Photography & Karate Merge series and enjoy.

Knowing When To Strike

© Scott Wyden Kivowitz – Knowing When To Strike

Thanks for reading and happy shooting,

Scott

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[MODIFIED] Windows XP and DOS – Unix Du (Disk Usage Command)

01 Aug

This Windows XP – Windows 7 DOS replacement for the Unix du command determines the disk space used in various directories, and can output to CSV for import into Excel.

Most Unix operating systems come with a du command for users and system administrators to help determine which directories use the most space on a hard drive or other media. This is useful if file space is getting low and one needs to determine where to start looking for files to remove and/or archive.

The Sysinternals website, part of Microsoft TechNet, offers a free alternative to the disk usage command, and runs under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (not tested in Windows 8). Simply download the zip file du.zip, unzip the executable inside to your main Windows directory, and you can check disk usage via the command line:…

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