If you are interested in taking up photography as a hobby or just love snapping pictures of family and friends, you are probably well aware of how expensive most high-end digital cameras can be. The really great cameras all seem to be well outside your budget. In fact, if you happen to run across a great camera for around $ 3000, Continue Reading
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A new amusement offering on the 70th floor of the highest skyscraper on the West Coast is stepping up the game, going beyond glass viewing platforms, swimming pools and bridges to boast a fully-transparent outdoor slide for bold adventurers, all at a lofty 1,000-foot elevation.
Owners of the U.S Bank Tower are adding this extreme sightseeing measure to thrill (or terrify) visitors who wish to simulate the experience of jumping out of a skyscraper. The 36-foot Skyslide will take guests from the 70th down to the 69th floor.
The so-called Skyslide is part of a new observation deck expansion that will charge $ 25 per ticket, or another $ 8 to ride the side of the scraper via a trap door.
Attached by minimal metal supports, the clear glass will give stunning views of the surrounding city, at least for those brave enough to keep their eyes open on the way down. Meanwhile, on the East Coast, visitors can experience a similar thrill in slightly less overtly-dangerous environs, touring 50 years of history in 1 WTC elevator ride.
For one day only, residents of Bristol were offered just 360 ‘tickets to slide’ (out of nearly 100,000 applicants) down a main city street at over …
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After winding their way up a hundred-foot-tall pathway in the Czech Republic set atop a mountain peak (itself located over 3,000 feet above sea level), …
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Thinking of upgrading to a newer camera but don’t want to spend a fortune? Here are two videos that will give you some options for both DSLR and Mirrorless in the under $ 1000 USD price range.
The one they recommend in the video about is the Fuji X-T10 which comes in at $ 999 with the 18-55mm kit lens.
The guys at Digital Rev TV do a humorous comparison between the Canon 700D (T5i) at $ 649 with the 18-55mm lens, and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 at $ 669 USD with the 12-32mm kit lens.
Or you could take the approach in the video below (he’s talking about doing video but the same applies to sill photography). You could save your money, and work on your photography education instead. This is a great place to start right here on dPS – do a search for topics you’re interested in, invest in some ebooks or a video course.
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Recently we launched our Essential Guide to Black and White Photography. As part of the launch we put everyone who purchased a copy into the draw to win $ 1000 in camera gear.
The winner of this competition is…. Yves Wepadjuie!
Congratulations Yves – we’ve just emailed you with details of how we’ll get you your prize and can’t wait to see what you buy!
Thanks everyone else for picking up a copy of the Essential Guide to Black and White Photography – the eBook has received some amazing feedback and we appreciate you supporting dPS with your purchase – the sale of our eBooks is how we are able to keep producing 14 free tutorials each week here on the blog!
For those looking forward to our next eBook – you don’t have to wait too long! We’ve got another exciting one for you very soon from our best selling author – Gina Milicia!
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Ein Beitrag von: Anh Tu Nguyen
Fremde fotgrafieren ist etwas, das mich schon eine Weile fasziniert. Viele Fotografen haben es schon gemacht, aber ich beschloss dennoch, dass ich damit meinen ganz eigenen Weg gehen will. Es wurde weniger zu einem Fotoprojekt, sondern viel eher eine Art fotojournalistisches Projekt. Es hat mich sehr motiviert, nicht nur meine Portraitkenntnisse zu erweitern, sondern auch journalistisch besser zu werden.
Wir reden darüber, mit jemandem zu sprechen, den wir noch nie getroffen haben, mit demjenigen ein Gespräch anzufangen und ihn um Erlaubnis zu bitten, ein Fotoshooting an Ort und Stelle machen zu können. Diese Art von Projekt erinnerte mich an eins der besten Zitate der Serie „House M.D“:
Ich werde jeden Moment bewerten, je nachdem mit wem ich zusammen bin. Das ist, was das Leben ausmacht. Es ist eine Reihe von Räumen und mit wem wir in diesen Räumen stecken… Da kommt einiges zusammen.
Jeder Tag ist anders. Jeder Fremde ist anders und ich möchte soviel wie möglich von meinen Erfahrungen mit ihnen teilen. Ich wollte nicht nur Fotos von ihnen machen, sondern auch versuchen, einen persönlichen Zugang und Kontakt zu ihnen zu finden.
Warum 1000? Ein Freund sagte mir, dass es lange Zeit in Anspruch nehmen wird, dieses Projekt zu vollenden. Aber diese Zahl ist mir eigentlich egal. Außerdem habe ich mir keine Frist gesetzt, was auch bedeutet, dass ich es so lange genießen kann, wie ich will.
Dieses Projekt ist eine erstaunliche Erfahrung für mich. Ich kann mich immer noch an all diese Begegnungen erinnern, die ich mit all diesen Fremden hatte: Wie ich sie ansah, wie sie auf mich reagierten, wie unser Gespräch war. Vielleicht werde ich eines Tages zurückblicken und sehen, wie dieses Projekt mein Weltbild verändert hat. Wer weiß?
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We’ve come to the end of another week here at dpreview, and as our thoughts drift to weekend shooting opportunities, it’s time to take things a little less seriously. Aaron Johnson’s comic strip ‘What the Duck’ is just the thing, taking a gently satirical look through the lens of a photographically inclined waterfowl. You can find it published here (and in our newsletter) every week; we hope you enjoy it, and your weekend.
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Filming fire has come a long way since the 1991 movie Backdraft. Emerging Director Brendan Bellomo and DP Greg Wilson shot a slow motion short using the Phantom Flex4K camera, which shoots 1,000 FPS at full 4K resolution. The results are riveting. See video
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A few years ago, the idea of a DSLR under $ 1000 was just a distant dream, but these days the financial bar to entry is much lower than it was in the past. And DSLRs aren’t the only game in town anymore either – mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras are maturing quickly, and there are plenty of affordable options on the market. Here’s our list of the top five interchangeable lens cameras that we’d currently recommend for under $ 1000 – including a kit zoom lens.
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Emergency shelters are designed to be short-term solutions, and many cannot withstand rain, wind and sun for more than six months. Yet the average stay in refugee camp is over twenty times that duration.
The IKEA Foundation, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has developed a longer-term solution to this problem, turning their experience with flat-pack furniture and language-free instruction manuals toward disaster relief efforts in and around war-torn places like Syria (they are already testing in Lebanon and Iraq). Sticklers for detail should scroll carefully below for a step-by-step deconstruction of what goes into this remarkable dwelling.
The problem, in part, is building the most universal unit possible in a world where emergencies happen globally, spanning regions both hot and cold and with vastly different cultural norms. Their solution is much like an ordinary IKEA product: flexible, adaptable, modular and packed into cardboard boxes of components. Naturally, they require no tools that are not included.
While the structures themselves are still only expected to last a few years, they are made to be modified, enhanced and expanded in various ways. For instance, earthen walls and corrugated metal roofs can be pushed up against, fastened to and ultimately help reinforce the core buildings, or even eventually replace the need for underlying framework entirely, rendering it redundant.
The shelters are constructed primarily from polymer panels that clip into a wire frame. On top sits an aluminum-mesh roofing sheet that is designed to reflect sunlight by day and retain heat by night. Solar energy charges a USB outlet for electrical needs. The target price range for mass production is under $ 1000, making it affordable in bulk to international organizations. Images and diagram via The Telegraph, IKEA Foundation and Graphic News.
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Just over a month ago we launched our brand new eBook – Portraits: Lighting the Shot – an eBook about Lighting Portraits (as the name suggests).
The 25% off Early Bird special and bonus competition end in just over 72 hours time.
When we launched this eBook we knew it was on a topic we get a lot of questions about but we didn’t realise just how much positive feedback we’d get about it.
“If you want to limit yourself to only ever shooting natural light portraits, be my guest. If you want to level-up your portrait photography skills by learning how to light your subjects well, you can’t go past this book!” – Rowan Sims
“It is amazing! If you are a portrait photographer this book is a must. I read this for the first time on Friday, and was able to put what I learned into practice at a wedding I shot the following Sunday. You don’t want to miss this one.” – photographytipshq.com
“My overall opinion of this book is that it is very worth it. If you already have some experience in portrait photography, and want to take it to the next level by introducing lighting. You will learn a lot from this very experienced professional.” – Pedro Mendes
That’s just scratching the surface of the lovely things we’ve heard about Portraits: Lighting the Shot.
Order a copy of Portraits: Lighting The Shot before the 4th of October EST and you could win a Beautiful Retrospective 7 Bag and $ 1000 to spend on lighting and lenses!
The winner will receive a Retrospective® 7 (Pinestone) (worth $ 162) from ThinkTankPhoto. Plus you can choose lighting or a combination of lenses or to suit your needs up to the value of $ 1000 USD (after reading the eBook you’ll have a good idea of what you need).
We’ll draw and notify the winner on the 5th of October and then publish their name here on the dPS blog. If the winner doesn’t respond within 7 days we’ll draw another winner and publish their name on the blog.
Grab Your Copy of Portraits: Lighting the Shot here.
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