Studio Lighting Tips, Techniques, Tutorials and Equipment Information
Photographs of the Mexican-born artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) will be on exhibit from February 2 to March 30, 2008 in the Brock J. Vinton Galleries, Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. The photos were all taken from 1937 to 1941 by Hungarian-born commercial photographer Nickolas Muray who, even then, already experimented with color photography. Frida …
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PhotoAcute Studio 2.7 is a software application that virtually extends the depth of field on an image beyond the lens’ capabilities. It now provides focus stacking functionality, allowing images of the same scene – taken at different focal lengths – to be merged into one high-quality image with all scene details in sharp focus. PhotoAcute …
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The Rick Sammon On-Location Lighting Kit and Tote consist of: One (1) 30†diffuser One (1) 30†Sunlight/Silver Illuminator reflector One (1) Micro Apollo A carry tote. Pro photographer Rick Sammon designed the portable lighting kit in cooperation with Toledo, Ohio-based F.J. Westcott Company, a leading manufacturer of lighting and light control equipment, when he …
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Panasonic has announced the new Lumix DMC-LS80 entry-level camera. It makes picture-taking so easy, Panasonic says, even your grandmother will love it. The 8-megapixel DMC-LS80 is equipped with the Mega O.I.S. (optical image stabilizer) system to minimize blur due to hand movement on top of what Panasonic calls Intelligent ISO Control to adapt to lighting …
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Whether to satisfy your celebrity fantasy or you just want to have fun, paparazzi can now be rented if you’re willing to pay (heck, everything can be rented if you can pay the price). Celeb 4 A Day is a company in Austin, Texas which can provide paparazzi services to make you feel important or …
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The beauty industry is catching up – and cashing in – on the high definition hoopla of the technology industry. With the onslaught of new high definition cameras and videocams whose images are shown on high definition TV screens, at least a dozen makeup brands are launching products with names like Cargo’s Blu-ray Collection to …
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The Seitz 6×17 is one huge digital camera: in size, price and resolution it surpasses everything the world of photography has ever known. Maybe Hasselblad comes close (in price, that is), but this is a different camera – it exists alone in its class. The Seitz 6×17 is a scanning camera; its method is closer …
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Can you really color correct with just one click? PictoColor says so with their CorrectPhoto 3.0 which promises to remove unwanted color cast, improve exposure and increase the vibrancy of all of your digital pictures. How do they do that? With PictoColor’s OneClick Color point-and click technology, they say. It’s supposed to automatically correct the …
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The fine folks at Adorama, who bring us not only dependable and trustworthy service but also help us improve our photography (“100 Tips in 100 Daysâ€), now bring us this very thoughtful article on how to achieve the Ultimate Image Quality. Written by photography book author Derek Doefflinger, the article distills the principles in his …
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The KIS/Photo-Me Group has partnered with Lucidiom to offer retailers a better bundle of products and services in the photobook market. Retailers now can purchase the Photobook Pro V2 binding system through Lucidiom to complement their existing EQ imaging systems and APM kiosks. Lucidiom’s EQ combines photo kiosks, creative templates for thousands of photo products, …
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