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Filming a video involves a lot of planning, practice, rehearsal, takes and retakes. [That is why you should never ever believe any of the reality shows you watch. It's all scripted, it's all planned down to the last scene.]

In this video we get a behind the scenes glimpse of all the hard work that goes into making a video production, in this case of the beautiful song, Arms, written and sung by Christina Perri.

source alittlebitofsunshine

And here’s the finished video:

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OK, I was just trying for a palindrome in the title…

His name is actually Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan and he’s a billionaire sheik who decided to get his name carved in sand so that it can be seen from space.

Read the article at: Space.

source msnbc

Man, it has been hot lately and I have tried not to venture outside unless I really must. Just how do you fight the heat? Here are a couple of galleries showing how people are doing it.

The Frame

MSNBC

source Rob Galbraith

Portfolios for Photographers by Andy Biggs from Andy Biggs on Vimeo.

Andy Biggs discusses the different portfolios products out on the market, from off-the-shelf items to custom made portfolio boxes, that photographers can use to show their best work.

However, as he acknowledges, more and more photographers are opting to bypass printed portfolios altogether and present electronically on the iPad. I believe printed portfolios (like prints) are steadically on the way out. You can display any texture electronically now (though you cannot feel it, but then so what?). What do you think? Should photographers bother to create a printed portfolio of their work today?

Read the article at: Luminous Landscape.

Read about how photographers are turning to iPad apps for their portfolios at: BJP.

Different photographers do it differently and the reaction they get from the subjects being photographed vary also. Street photography can be downright scary the first time you venture out to do it, but there are tried and proven strategies that work.

Three pros of street photography — David Solomons, Matt Stuart, and Nick Turpin — share their secrets and tips with us over at PhotoRadar.

Read the article at: PhotoRadar.

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Image courtesy NASA/Johnson Space Center

Shuttle Atlantis re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and someone on the International Space Station (ISS) has the presence of mind to aim the camera and capture this amazing shot.

source popsci

Samsung NX11

“The Samsung NX11 is a great camera to use, quick at focusing and produces Digital SLR quality photos with good colour and detail.”

We’ve added a new Samsung NX11 Review to our Reviews Matrix.

ePHOTOzine has published their review of the Samsung NX11, a Digital Interchangeable Lens (DIL) camera with 14.6MP on an APS-C CMOS image sensor, optical image stabilization (i.e., depends on lens attached), 3.0-in. AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) display screen (614k-dot), VGA EVF (921k-dot), Smart AUTO, PASM, i-function, Scene modes, Smart [Dynamic] Range, One Press-and-Sweep Panorama Mode, Supersonic Dust Reduction, and HD 720p movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps with mono sound.

Read the Samsung NX11 review @ ePHOTOzine.

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This is probably Instagram’s most famous picture, though you would be forgiven if you thought otherwise. It was just about an hour ago that Instagram noticed a server spike and investigated. The reason: Justin Bieber started to use it, had posted his first picture and had tweeted his 11 million followers: La traffic sucks http://instagr.am/p/IMhuj/.

It used to be the slashdot effect that got your server blown up, but I guess the times, they are a changing…

source techcrunch

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