There are plenty of ways to spend well over $ 250 on photography gear, but we’ve picked out some standout accessories that are sure to wow the photographer on your shopping list.
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DPReview TV: Nikon Z6 review
Tune in this week to see Chris and Jordan’s review of the Nikon Z6 full frame mirrorless camera, and also find out what Chris thinks of the popular 35mm focal length. (Rant alert!)
For more information you can read our in-depth First Impressions Review of the Nikon Z6.
Nikon Z6 First Impressions Review
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- Introduction
- Handling and Stability
- AF Points and Selection
- Image Quality
- Memory Card
- Buffer and Burst
- Conclusion
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5 Photography Hacks to Improve Your Creative Photography
The post 5 Photography Hacks to Improve Your Creative Photography appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.
In this video by Brandon Woelfel, he outlines 5 Photography hacks to Improve Your Creative Photography.
5 Photography Hacks
1. Phones
Hold the phone up to your camera lens to reflect the image and light for a cool effect.
2. Thinking like an editor
Think of locations. Look at a scene in a way that your final edit will be applied. Mentally isolate a location in your head so when it comes to physically shoot your subject, you can apply what you had in your head.
3. No model hack
If you feel inspired but have no model, use your hands and a cool object such as glass ball, lights, and play with shallow depth of field.
4. Altering light
Manipulate natural light by using textured materials. Bounce light off a sequinned pillow. Shoot light through colanders, CDs, doilies etc.
5. Use an object near your lens
Hold a leaf or other object and hold it close to the edge of the lens
Follow Brandon on Instagram.
You may also find the following articles on our site useful:
10 More Photography Tips to Help Take Your Images to the Next Level
How to Make Creative Photos with Prism Photography
How to use Colored Gels to Create Unique and Creative Portraits
Copper, Prisms, and Orbs, Oh My! – 3 Creative Techniques for People Photography
4 Great Pieces of Camera Equipment to Help You Get Creative
The post 5 Photography Hacks to Improve Your Creative Photography appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.
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Major Facebook bug exposed private photos of 6.8 million users to third-party apps
On its developers blog today, Facebook disclosed a major photo API bug that left the private images of millions of users exposed to third-party apps. The bug, which has been fixed, was live from September 13, 2018 to September 25, 2018. During that time, some third-party apps may have had permission to access images uploaded to the service but not posted, as well as photos shared outside of the user’s timeline.
Facebook users can grant third-party apps permission to access images they’ve shared on the platform, but that permission is “usually” limited to photos the user published on their timeline, according to the company. The photo API bug may have given some third-party apps permission beyond timeline images, however, also including ones uploaded to the platform but not published, Facebook Stories content, and images shared on Marketplace.
As of its initial disclosure on December 14, Facebook said, ‘Currently, we believe this may have affected up to 6.8 million users and up to 1,500 apps built by 876 developers.’
Facebook plans to alert users who were potentially affected by the bug. A new Help Center page on Facebook’s support website provides a tool that shows users whether they have used any apps that potentially had access to their private images. As well, the company will provide app developers with a tool “early next week” that shows whether their apps were affected by the photo API bug.
“We are also recommending people log into any apps with which they have shared their Facebook photos to check which photos they have access to,” the company said in its disclosure.
The bug is the latest in a growing number of privacy debacles at Facebook. Earlier this year, the company suspended hundreds of third-party apps during its Cambridge Analytica scandal, which had revealed that data on 87 million Facebook users had been harvested and improperly used.
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Loupedeck adds Photoshop CC 2019 support to its latest editing console
Loupedeck has announced its Loupedeck+ editing console now supports Photoshop CC 2019. The new support is the result of feedback from Loupedeck customers, according to the company, and joins the Adobe Premiere Pro CC compatibility released in September. With this new support, Photoshop CC 2019 users can edit their images using the software and Loupedeck+ console.
The updated Loupedeck+ editing console was launched in June, adding support for Capture One and Aurora HDR in addition to hardware improvements. With this latest compatibility update, Loupedeck+ can be used with multiple Adobe Creative Suite products, including Lightroom Classic CC, Premiere Pro CC, and Photoshop CC 2019.
The new Photoshop support provides editors with direct access to the photo software’s tools and functions, as well as layer control, configurable buttons for custom actions, smart filter access, and more. Loupedeck+’s hardware controls include buttons, dials, and wheels.
Loupedeck+ is available now for $ 249 USD.
Loupedeck+ Announces First Integration with Adobe Photoshop
The photo & video editing console continues to evolve based on community feedback, now even more adaptable to photographers’ needs
HELSINKI, Finland – December 14, 2018 – Loupedeck, the custom photo & video editing console built with an intuitive design that makes editing faster and more creative, has announced its first integration with Adobe Photoshop CC 2019. This compatibility further expands the product’s utility for editing in several Adobe Creative Suite applications, including: Adobe Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
After this year’s launch of the Loupedeck+, the decision to integrate with Photoshop is exclusively based on feedback from Loupedeck’s invested community, many of whom utilize the imaging and graphic design software in their editing workflow. The Loupedeck+ will permit more intuitive and faster editing, providing more accuracy on controlling Photoshop’s functions.
New Adobe Photoshop editing functionalities of the Loupedeck+ include:
- Total flexibility with Photoshop CC, allowing image editors to configure Loupedeck+ to match their personal workflow
- Intuitive features that make editing faster: swap between current and previous tools, reset blending or to fit image on screen by just a press of a button
- Ability to focus on the image instead of navigating: minimize mouse pointing, list scrolling and target practicing with tiny icons
- More direct access to tools, functions, layers and other Photoshop options to save time
- Excellent layer control by moving, grouping, merging, adjusting opacity, fill, visibility or masking
- Ability to run smart filter with Loupedeck+’s configurable buttons
- Custom mode that gives even more possibilities for mapping different Photoshop functions on Loupedeck+
- Ability to create your own actions and run them with Loupedeck+’s configurable buttons
“In our ongoing mission to make the editing processes of both professional and amateur photographers more intuitive and efficient, we continually work to integrate Loupedeck+ with the editing suites they utilize and cherish most in their workflows,” said Mikko Kesti, Founder and CEO of Loupedeck.
“Members of our dedicated user community emphasized their eagerness to use the console to edit with Photoshop and we listened. Following Loupedeck’s original integration with Adobe Lightroom and recent foray into video editing by way of Adobe Premiere Pro, this next stage of our partnership will continue to support photographers worldwide.”
In addition to its Adobe integrations, Loupedeck+ is compatible with Skylum Aurora HDR while future integrations with Skylum’s other products, including Skylum Luminar, are expected as well.
The device is available for purchase in the Loupedeck Online Store, B&H Photo and Amazon.com for $ 249. For more information visit www.loupedeck.com.
About Loupedeck
Loupedeck, the company behind the Loupedeck+, is the only editing console custom-built to improve the Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, and Skylum Aurora HDR experience, with an intuitive design that makes editing faster and more creative. It allows both professional and amateur photographers to improve the ergonomics of editing, comfortably increasing output. Loupedeck’s hands-on and highly intuitive console minimizes the use the mouse and keyboard, and it works seamlessly with Apple and PC operating systems.
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Loupedeck was founded in 2016 with a highly successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that exceeded its original target by 488 percent. For more information, visit www.loupedeck.com.
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Weekly Photography Challenge – Low Perspectives
The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Low Perspectives appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.
This week, the weekly photography challenge – low perspectives!
Matthew Henry
That’s right! Get down low and take photos from a low, interesting perspective. They can be of absolutely anything – they just have to be taken from an angle that is close to the ground.
It could be architecture, interiors, still life, landscapes, street photography, or people. It can be color, black and white, moody, bright or whatever you like!
I can’t wait to see your shots!
© Caz Nowaczyk
Some inspiration from some Instagrammers:
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How to Make Your Photos More Creative Using Camera Angles
Why Using Ant’s View Perspective Can Take Your Photography to the Next Level
Finding Fresh Angles to Shoot From – Digital Photography Composition Tip
How to Photograph Kids Playing, Running Around and Generally Being Kids
Weekly photography challenge – low perspectives
Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll be embedded for us all to see. Or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge!
Share in the dPS Facebook Group
You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.
If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSlowperspectives to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.
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Photography gift ideas from $50 to 250
If you’re looking for a photography gift that’s a bit more substantial than a stocking stuffer, we’ve got some suggestions that should fit the bill.
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Photography gift ideas for under $50
Shopping for a photographer? We’ve got some gift ideas for all budget sizes, but here you’ll find our budget-friendliest suggestions – just right for stockings.
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Kipon adds Nikon Z and Canon R mounts to medium format lens adapter range
Chinese optics manufacturer Kipon has added the Nikon Z and Canon R mounts to its range of medium format to full frame camera adapters. The company claims the adapters ‘virtually eliminate any crop factor’ by way of optics within the adapter that compensate for the difference in imaging areas of the full frame and medium format systems, and says the diagonal angle of view is maintained.
The eight Baveyes focal reducers use a five-element design and work with a number of popular medium format brands, namely Pentax, Mamiya and Hasselblad.
These adapters already exist for Sony full frame, Leica M and Leica SL cameras.
The new adapters will cost $ 695 and can be ordered from this week.
For more information see the Kipon website.Press information
KIPON start to deliver 8 models new Baveyes/focal reducer for new Nikon Z mount & Canon R mount cameras
KIPON start to deliver 8 models new 0.7x Baveyes/focal reducer for new Nikon Z mount & Canon R mount cameras, increased Baveyes lineup for using medium format lenses on full frame cameras from 24 to 32 models.
- Baveyes Pentax645-Nikon Z 0.7x
- Baveyes Pentax67-Nikon Z 0.7x
- Baveyes MAMIYA645-Nikon Z 0.7x
- Baveyes Hasselblad V-Nikon Z 0.7x
- Baveyes Hasselblad V-EOS R 0.7
- Baveyes MAMIYA645-EOS R 0.7x
- Baveyes Pentax67-EOS R 0.7x
- Baveyes Pentax645-EOS R 0.7x
KIPON Baveyes introduces a line-up of the world’s first lens adapters that bring the famous medium format optics to Sony E, Leica SL and Leica M, Nikon Z, Canon R 35mm full frame cameras, virtually eliminating any crop factor image loss and maintaining diagonal angle of view.
The transformation results in a 0.7x factor to the original lens focal length with a gain of one stop in lens speed. Foremost in the advanced adapters, is the custom designed five element multicoated formula by German optics research institution, with the ability to use full frame SLR lenses on crop sensor camera bodies and mirrorless cameras.
Many medium format lenses are legendary for contrast, flare resistance, color saturation, bokeh and are in a class of their own compared to even the best 35mm format glass. And the Sony, Leica, Nikon, Canon image sensors, in the heart of their robust camera bodies, give new life to these medium format legendary lenses.
The retailer price for these optic focal reducer is 695USD,can order from Amazon Japan and Tmall China and Ebay factory shop from this week.
