As part of the development of connect.dpreview.com we’ve created a more advanced, more detailed test scene, which will be launched on dpreview.com soon. The new scene is roughly eight times larger (in area) than the existing test, allowing us to test to even higher resolutions than before, amongst other improvements. Click through for more details.
When this photo popped up on Gizmodo last week, several of the site's readers could not quite process how the image could have been made. I tweeted at the time that I hoped the guy who shot it was one of our old DINFOS lighting students.
As it turns out, Strobist reader and USAF SSgt. Jonathan Snyder attended the "one extra" Flash Bus day McNally and I did for the Defense Information School in 2011 at Fort Meade in Maryland.
Milphogs are taught to improvise in the field as a matter of course. And turns out, this image was made with neither a tripod nor a speedlight… Read more »
Today sees the launch of connect.dpreview.com, a mobile, social and connected photography site from dpreview.com. Mobile photography and the ability to share images across social networks have helped foster a vibrant and creative new genre of photographic arts – one that is having a profound effect on the way we all shoot, share, discover and enjoy photography. Connect will explore, explain and embrace the social, mobile, app-tastic, connected side of contemporary photography. Click through for more details and a link to the new site.
Configure Windows 8 Explorer to show file extensions when browsing through files on the Desktop.
For security, it is important to be able to view file extensions when browsing through folders in Windows 8. For example, a miscreant may send you a file named fireworks.jpg that you think is a harmless .JPG photo, yet actually is fully named fireworks.jpg.exe, containing a virulent payload that could harm your machine, data, and/or privacy.
Unlike earlier versions of Windows, Windows 8 does not make you go through so many hoops to enable extension viewing – once you get to the standard Desktop interface, of course….
Read more at MalekTips.
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This post is written by James Maher – author of The Essentials of Street Photography – an eBook currently onsale at SnapnDeals (25% off).
You know how some people are just photogenic. No matter what the lighting is or if they are all sweaty from the gym, they are still going to look damn good.
Well the same goes for certain objects and structures. I am such a sucker for things like water towers, lampposts, and fire escapes, and so I thought I would create a list of my 16 favorite things to include in photographs. These objects won’t always make a photo, but when included they will almost always make the scene more photogenic.
What are yours?
Bad for your health, great for your photos.
Especially when contrasted with dirty backgrounds.
An easy way to add an element of pattern and design into your photograph.
It’s a good thing those glowing cellphone and iPad screens look good in photos, because unfortunately they are becoming hard to avoid these days.
The old frame within a frame.
Particularly the translucent and colorful kind when lit from behind.
Turn them on their side and to an angle to create an illusion.
Even better when you tint them and add some colorful frames.
My favorite.
Quickly becoming antiquated. Catch them before they all disappear.
Especially when they are in the middle of nowhere.
Learn more about Street Photography in James Maher’s eBook The Essentials of Street Photography (currently 25% off at SnapnDeals).
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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The 16 Most Photogenic Everyday Objects
DxO Labs has announced Optics Pro v7.5.5, with support for the Canon EOS-1D X and the Nikon D600. The latest version of the company’s raw processing and optical correction software also adds support for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 and DMC-LX7. Support for the two full-frame DSLRs comes only in the ‘Elite’ edition of the software, while the Panasonic support is also included in the standard edition, that costs around half as much. As usual, the upgrade is free to existing Optics Pro 7 users and recent purchasers of Pro 6.
Just Posted: Full-size, real world samples from the Sony A99. We’ve been shooting with Sony’s latest full-frame flagship camera down in San Francisco and Monterey, California as part of a Sony press trip – our first opportunity to get hold of a production-standard camera. We’ve put together a samples gallery taken in a variety of lighting conditions and at a range of apertures and featuring multiple subjects. Click through to see how the 24MP camera performs.
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Your photographs are good at being held *in* things: albums, boxes, frames …
But are they good at holding things?
Put ‘em to work! Transform your photos into a useful DIY photo-roll pencil holder.
It’ll brighten up your desk, and make daydreaming of summer days that much easier.
In just a few steps, you can roll your photographs into picture-perfect container.
Thanks to our pal Tali Schiffer who showed us how to make this one of a kind photo-roll box!
How to Make a Photo-Roll Pencil Holder
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This sweet lil photo-rolled box can be used for just about anything you can think of.
Sure it makes an awesome pencil holder, but would also store film, computer cords, and camera batteries quite nicely.
Show your desk some love with this quick way to spruce it up.
Start by cutting the flaps off one side of the box.
This will make it easy to stuff all the goodies inside.
Be sure the opposite end is taped or sealed.
You don’t want anything spilling out of the bottom!
Use colorful tape to line the top edge, where you just cut the flaps.
Place tape on both the inner and outer edge of the box to give a nice, finished look.
You can do this by taping both sides, or by folding the tape over.
TIP: Slit the corners of the tape to make folding over corners a little smoother.
Measure the height of your box, and cut your images to fit.
TIP: If you print your own photos, make sure to measure your container beforehand to make sure you have enough coverage.
Take one edge of your image, and wrap it around a pencil or small paintbrush.
Keep rolling the whole page. Leave 1″ at the end of the image.
TIP: Make sure you roll your image with the side you want on the outside.
Use a thin layer of glue on that last inch of photo.
Roll it completely, and wait a minute or two until it has started to dry.
Slide it off your paintbrush, and set aside for now.
Keep it going!
You need a lot of these suckers to cover that box.
TIP: We used about 18-20 rolls for each side of the box, but this will be different for each box.
Cover one side of the box with glue.
Lay your rolled photos on the box, starting at one end and working your way across.
Let that side dry.
Repeat your process with the three remaining sides.
Marvel at your masterpiece! (Well done!)
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Sony has published details of its latest 12MP 1/1.7″-type (7.5 x 5.6mm) back-lit CMOS sensor. The IMX144CQJ offers full-resolution 12-bit output at up to 35 frames per second or a roughly ‘widescreen’ 17:9 crop at up to 60 fps – allowing 4k video. Sony stresses how well the sensor can receive light from oblique angles, thanks to its large pixel size, making it able to work with ‘brighter lenses and high power zoom lenses.’ This is interesting, given the recent launch of a group of wide-maximum aperture compacts based around 12MP, 1/1.7″-type BSI CMOS sensors, such as the Olympus XZ-2, Nikon Coolpix P7700 and Samsung EX2F.
