From thesuntoday Early this morning, an amazingly massive and spectacular event took place on the Sun: a huge prominence erupted, marked by a solar flare and release of energetic particles. Read about it at: Universe...
Archive - 2011-06-07
Canon Offers Live Series for Rebel Photography
This morning, Canon Canada annouced a new seminar series, The Canon Live Series, that will educate Canadians on photography, video and Canon products. The seminars will take place on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the...
Apple iCloud: This Cloud Is About To Rain
Apple’s announcement of its iCloud offering is game-changing. Public cloud computing has been available for a while now but has never taken off in a big way; it was primarily relegated to corporate uses and never...
Eye-Fi Mobile X2 First Look @ ConsumerReports.org
The Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Card [QuickPrice Check] allows you to transfer JPEG images directly from camera to your iPad (iPhone and Android) without the need of a router in between. So, if you shoot RAW+JPEG, the JPEG will be...
Armchair Astronaut Uses Google Mars To Find Alien Base on Planet
From TheCalifornian Or so David Martines claims. He says the 750 x 150 foot cylinder-like structure he found looks like it’s made for people to inhabit. He named the shape “Bio Station Alpha.” Alfred...
Quantum Scientists Create Light
“And there was light.” Just where did light come from? Quantum theory postulates that empty space isn’t quite a vacuum but is actually a writhing foam of particles (virtual photons) flitting in and out...
Think Twice Before Your Editor Sends You There
If you are a journalist, think twice before accepting the next assignment your editor sends you to. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released its 2011 Impunity Index which spotlights countries where...
Does Nature Need Our [Photoshop] Help?
In his article “Nature Gets in the Way,” Thom Hogan asks the question that may or may not bother us: should we retouch a picture of an animal taken “in the wild?” His beautiful picture of the owl...
Preparing for Fine Art Landscape Photography @ Luminous Landscape
Alain Briot shares with us over at Luminous Landscape how he prepares for a landscape photography shoot: 9 things to do in the studio even before you set out in the field and 11 things once on spot. I especially like #8...
C215 Street Artist
C215 / Street Artist from Jerome de Gerlache on Vimeo. Drawing on the streets is always a risky proposition. You never know if your artwork will be appreciated — or viewed as unwanted graffiti and to be...
Meet the Russian Leica
The Red October is dubbed the “Russian Leica” for its somewhat resemblance to a Leica rangefinder 35mm film camera. If you fancy it, hurry over at etsy since there’s only 1 available. source etsy Share...
Olympus TG-310 Review @ Trusted Reviews
“While image quality certainly isn’t bad, we do have some reservations over inconsistent AF performance and the camera’s overly small and stiff controls. Ultimately though, the TG-310 remains worthy of...