Vegard Brenna over at Luminous Landscape has an interesting article on creating an HDR workflow to increase the dynamic range of pictures, in his case, the interiors of Churches. But he wants to avoid the high toned...
Archive - January 2012
Sony NEX-7 Review @ PhotographyBLOG
“The Sony NEX-7 is a fantastic compact system camera that […] simply can’t be beaten.” We’ve added another Sony NEX-7 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix. PhotographyBLOG has...
Kodak – The End of an Era
There is no name more famous in film than Kodak. Nor in cameras… a decade or more ago. In fact, in some developing countries, the very name Kodak became synonymous with cameras, as in, “Don’t forget to...
Antarctica Deep Sea Vents Teeming With New Creatures
Scientists doing deep-sea vents research in the Antartic were surprised to find new species of sea creatures (anemones, sea stars, and hairy-chested yeti crabs) in abundance — and unlike those found at deep-sea...
iEducation from Apple?
Is Apple about to enter the education field with an iTunes store dedicated to educational textbooks? Apparently, Jobs wanted textbooks rewritten for the iPad — a long-suffering endeavor since it is such pain to...
Panasonic GX1 Review @ PhotographyBLOG
“If you want virtually all of Panasonic’s compact system camera technologies in a small, customisable and intuitive package, the new Lumix DMC-GX1 fits the bill almost perfectly.” We’ve added...
Olympus E-PM1 Review @ CameraLabs
“The [Olympus] PEN Mini E-PM1 is a fantastic and very welcome addition to the PEN range and one which will undoubtedly be popular both for the novice upgrader and those who want a portable alternative to a DSLR...
Samsung Announces Wi-Fi Dual-View DV300F
SAMSUNG’s Latest DualView Offering – the DV300F – Brings Further Innovation to Highly Popular Category Enhanced Dual LCD and Wi-Fi connectivity for users to capture and share life’s moments in an instant, from...
HDR Timelapse turns Dresden into a Toy City
Striezelmarkt Dresden 2011 in HDR from T-Recs (Timelapse Recordings) on Vimeo. This beautiful timelapse video is filmed in HDR and shows the famous Striezelmarkt in Dresden, the oldest Christmas market in Germany. The...
All of 2011 Through A Pinhole Camera
Talk about a long exposure. Photographer Michael Chrisman set up his pinhole camera on Jan. 1, 2011 and started to expose the photosensitive paper (not “film”) inside for 365 days, right up to Dec. 31, 2011...
Beautiful Night Timelapse of Comet Lovejoy Rising Over the Andes
Comet Lovejoy above the Andes from Stéphane Guisard on Vimeo. Night Time Lapse of Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) rising above the Andes near Santiago de Chile, 23rd December 2011, just before sunrise. Set of 4 sequences...
Delicious Angry Birds Timelapse
Here’s how to make your own Angry Birds and pigs game using delectable gingerbread and marzipan, all explained in timelapse. Who said, Do not play with your food! You get to play and eat, too! From mraakko via...
Insane Photographer and Kids Climb Bridge
From dennisbrok1 Of all the viral videos of last year, this one is probably the one which makes me dizzy. Picture this: a photographer clips a camcorder on his helmet and, together with three teens, climb the Moscow...
Nikon 1 J1 Review @ LetsGoDigital
“For the amateur photographer who enjoys taking high quality photos easily, the Nikon 1 J1 is a fun system camera.” We’ve added a new Nikon 1 J1 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix...
Happy New Year 2012!
We wish our readers a Happy and Safe New Year 2012! It’s been a momentous year, both in photography and non-photography news. In photography news, we saw the compact mirrorless DSLR take its rightful — dare...