The secret of many beautiful pictures from pros is that they are heavily photoshopped. The skills lie in the post processing ability to take a mundane photograph and add pizazz to it. We look, wonder at the beautiful...
Archive - November 2011
First Look at Adobe Photoshop Touch for the iPad
From Photoshop Russell Brown uses Adobe Photoshop Touch for the first time and creates a composite image with layers, gradients, and text while using several different special effects. Looks like an easy and powerful...
Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary Part 1
@jamieswb Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary – Part 1 from jambe davdar on Vimeo. Building The Empire,” “Returning to Jedi” and “Star War Begins” he now turns his sight to...
Pop-out Painting Behind The Scenes
From AlJazeeraEnglish We’ve featured the paintings here before but here’s a behind the scenes look at how Alexa Meade accomplishes her art. She even paints inside his ears! Notice she uses the Gary Fong...
Panasonic Adds New Applications To VIERA Connect For Canadian Market
PANASONIC ADDS NEW APPLICATIONS TO VIERA CONNECT FOR CANADIAN MARKET Mississauga, ON (November 21, 2011) – Today, Panasonic Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of new applications now available on all...
Canon ELPH 510 HS / IXUS 1100 HS Review @ CameraLabs
“The [Canon] ELPH 510 HS / IXUS 1100 HS is all about the size, the zoom and the touch screen [and] you won’t find them combined in a more stylish way.” We’ve added another Canon PowerShot ELPH...
A History of the Sky in Time-Lapse Photography
From obeyken Ken Murphy installed a camera on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco and captured an image of the sky every 10 seconds for a year, resulting in a time-lapse study of the sky that reveals...
The DIY $1 Lightsphere
From allenmowery Some of the best products are the simplest. Take Gary Fong’s Lightsphere, basically a plastic cup placed over your flash to diffuse the light. Why the manufacturer does not provide a diffusion...
Air Clicker — Two Finger Camera Concept
Imagine a camera designed by Apple. That’s the premise of the Air Clicker, the ultimate bare bones needed for a camera were Apple to design it, consisting of two finger-wearable parts: the camera itself worn as a...
Nikon 1 V1 Review @ Neocamera
“Nikon really pushed things here, giving the V1 the smoothest and most seamless integration between stills and video on any digital camera to date.” We’ve added a new Nikon 1 V1 [QuickPrice Check]...
Nasa Releases Moon Elevation Map Where 1 Pixel = 100m
Two instruments on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft have produced the sharpest ever elevation map of the Moon. Using the data from the camera instrument (specifically the Wide Angle Camera) and the...
When Sharp Images Don’t Matter
What do you do when the light seemingly does not cooperate and, try as you may, you are unable to get an exposure that will assure a sharp image? Throw the rules out of the window, as Jeff Wignall over at BlackStar did...
This Week’s (Nov 12-18, 2011) Digital Camera Review Roundup
Here is this week’s (Nov 12-18, 2011) digital camera review roundup: CameraLabs highly recommends the Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS [QuickPrice Check] for “if you’re looking for a classy point-and-shoot...
Samsung MV800 Review @ TrustedReviews
“Designed to be easy-to-use, flexible and fun. Measured solely by these three key credentials it scores well.” We’ve added a new Samsung MV800 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix...
Olympus SP-810UZ Review @ DigitalCameraInfo
“The SP-810UZ’s […] noisy, blurred images–even at low ISOs–is absolutely inexcusable.” We’ve added another Olympus SP-810 UZ [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix. DigitalCameraInfo has...
Nikon 1 J1 Review @ Imaging Resource
“For consumers looking to better compact camera image quality and performance, while gaining the versatility of interchangeable lenses, the Nikon J1 is right on target.” We’ve added a new Nikon 1 J1...
Louis Daguerre Celebrated in Google Doodle
Louis Daguerre invented the daguerreotype, a photographic process which produced a single positive image, in 1839. He used iodine on a silver-coated copper plate to obtain a coating of silver iodide on the plate. When...
Sony SLT-A77 Review @ TechRadar
“The AF system is blisteringly quick and accurate [but] a bit of a sluggish start-up time, slight delay when switching between using the EVF and LCD for shooting and high ISO noise performance that, while still...
Panasonic GX1 First Impressions @ Luminous Landscape
“The [Panasonic GX1] looks like a winner for Panasonic [and] there are bound to be a lot of GX1 cameras and X lenses in some folks Christmas stockings this season.” We’ve added another Panasonic Lumix...