This weekend I had the pleasure of testing a pre-production bellows meant for DSLR camera made by Horseman. Not only was I thrilled to be able to test one of, if not the only, pre-production model available, I was nervous, as I’ve never shot bellows, or large format photography. Before I delve into the review, [...]
When Canon announced the 5d mkII digital SLR camera, many photographers instantly became HD videographers as well. In addition to being a 21mp still camera the second generation 5d captures 1080p HD video. While this was never meant to replace a real digital video camera due to hardware limitations and memory card sizes, it does [...]
There is a certain time that happens most days that perfect for taking photos, this is post dusk and called the Blue Hour. Wikipedia’s explanation says the term Blue Hour,
comes from a French expression (l’heure bleue), which refers to twilight, the period each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. [...]
Nearly two years ago I started a series on How to make money selling digital photos which has gone over very well and introduced me to many great photographers. Today’s article is geared more towards the buyers of stock photography though, as micro-stock industry leader iStockphoto has announced a new contest to feed your visual [...]
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/design/Melbourne_s_most_exclusive_nightclub_rips_off_10_stock_phot’;When a business chooses to cut costs they have many ways to do it like turn off lights when not in use, limit the hours employees work, etc. etc. One thing that should never be done to cut corners is theft. That is apparently what Melbourne Australia’s Most Exclusive Nightclub, Fusion, [...]
I’m as affected by the state of the economy as anyone, and it’s caused me to really curb my usual spending for the holidays. I have family and friends all over the country, so I have the added financial burden of having the majority of my gifts shipped - which this year means I [...]
In my email inbox yesterday was a link from Scott linking to possibly one of the best photo blogs I’ve seen, ever. It was so good that I forwarded to some of my photography friends and then figured I should probably share it with everyone. For being a massive news outlet, it’s extremely well put [...]
I don’t exactly recall first meeting Ray, it has to be at least 15 years ago because it was before I had my drivers license (insert old joke here). Back then he was in a hardcore band called Grow and played at most local shows I was at. We had similar groups of friends but [...]
The 6th part in this ongoing tutorial about making money selling digital photos focuses on promoting similar groups of images all linked to each other. My experience is only with iStockphoto, as mentioned before, your ability to do the following promotional method with other stock agencies may vary.
In the photographer’s description section of an [...]
Here. Just look at the picture below. It’s been in all the major print news outlets since Monday morning. In Metro, it was juxtaposed next to a headline with Bush’s comment that the deaths of 4,000 American soldiers in Iraq has not been in vain.
And shame on you, Easter Bunny. I [...]