Great simple Photoshop plug-in for photographers

by: Gary Lowell [Flickr], Studio Lighting Contributor Oh yeah, and did I mention it’s free….. I just recently discovered the OptikVerve Labs plug-in called virtualPhotographer. What virtualPhotographer does is allow you to quickly sample and then apply common effect templates to your photos. For example if you have a flat boring photo that you want …

Hasselblad builds 16MP commemorative 503CWD

In honor of the 100th birthday of the company’s founder, Victor Hasselblad, a commemorative 503CWD camera has been built after a classic Hasselblad camera known as the Hasselblad 503. The camera features a 2.2 inch display, Firewire 800, a 16MP sensor and a Carl Zeiss CFE 2.8/80mm lens. Only 500 of these beauties are being …

Joby Gorillapod – attach your camera to anything

The Gorillapod by Joby sure looks like a cool way to secure a camera to unconventional objects. The device sports bendable grippable legs that can be twisted on to just about anything according to its manufacturer. Might this have application in the studio? For $24 you can give it a shot. Keep in mind, this …