Studio Lighting Tips, Techniques, Tutorials and Equipment Information
These underwater housings don’t come cheap – they cost as much as your DSLR gear – but the undersea photos you can take with these are worth the money. An underwater housing is quite an intricate piece of gear capable of diving to a depth of up to 60m (200ft). The Fantasea FD-80 for the …
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom v.1.0 is now shipping to customers who ordered the first commercial version. Offered for pre-order since January 29, Lightroom is available for $199 until April after which it will sell for $299. Photoshop Lightroom is a workflow management software for professional photographers that allows them to manage, adjust and present digital photographs. …
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Flash File Recovery 2.1 is a digital image recovery software tool for flash memory cards, efficiently recovering corrupted or lost data from formatted, damaged, unreadable or defective storage media devices. Software maker PanteraSoft says FFR2.1 can recover deleted files from virtually all media such as SmartMedia, Compact Flash, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, xD Picture Card, Flash …
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If you know how to enjoy quirky photography, the Lomolito single use camera from Lomo is a fun camera. It’s essentially a disposable camera pre-loaded with a 24-shot roll of film; the fun part is its nutty colored flash. You have a choice of colored gels over them: green, red, yellow or blue. Why would …
If a picture paints a thousand words, then why say it still? “A Picture’s Worth†was launched three years ago as a project to highlight the emotions and memories triggered by a photograph of personal significance. By inspiring people to bring out the meaning or story behind a personal photograph, the website provides a haven …
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The Kid-Tough digital camera by Fisher Price shoots only VGA (640 x 480) pictures but it’s perfect for children who want to have their own camera (or, would you rather let them borrow yours?). This camera for kids sports a 1.3-inch LCD screen which lets them instantly see the pictures they have taken. Its two-eye …
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Sony has developed a high-speed 1/1.8†CMOS sensor with a resolution of 6Mp (2921 x 2184) and the ability to output this resolution at 60 frames per second. At lower resolutions, it can deliver 300fps. What this means is that the Sony IMX017CQE CMOS sensor can actually capture a lot of still photos in the …
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We are familiar with Dorothea Lange’s photo of the “Migrant Mother.†It was taken in 1936 and became the iconic photograph of the Great Depression. Lange actually took six shots at the time and one of those was the flawed composition of the mother breastfeeding her baby. Michael Stones, a professor and active photographer in …
This one’s for terrorists and the chaps who catch them, especially the cops who catch them. Did you know that disposable cameras can easily be turned into deadly weapons capable of seriously maiming people? In just 15 minutes a potential terrorist can make a lethal stun-gun out of it to deliver a massive 330 volts. …
Sure, you may have Photoshop on your desktop PC or laptop. But what happens if you don’t have them with you and you need to edit a few photos for uploading online? There are image editing tools that you can use, web-based and free. Access the Internet from anywhere and they are yours to use. …
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