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Take that lens off the camera and do some freelensing, aka lens whacking. Unmounting the lens can create tilt-shift effects and introduce great light leaks.
via Phototuts+
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I've started creating my own personal Flipboard magazine "Smirkonian". It's similar in a way to the old Tweetsheet posts I published on this blog last year. Primarily the Flipboard mag is a collection of articles, rss posts and tweets that I've read and had an interest in.
It requires the Flipboard app for iOS or Android. Download the app and search for Smirkonian.
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Tasmania's disappearing giant kelp forests from Rebecca Ramaley on Vimeo.
This video is a tribute to the beauty of these forests in the hope that the attention they are finally getting from the government is not too late to prevent their extinction.
The decline of this kelp forest and numerous others along the east coast of Tasmania include: warming waters, increasing occurrence of invasive species and a disruption of the natural food chain due to overfishing.
As of January 2013, the kelp forest at Fortescue Bay (seen in this video) no longer exists.
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I've just read Ogden Chestnutt's column in the Jan 19 issue of Amateur Photographer. In it, he discusses the sudden popularity of 'entry level' full-frame sensor cameras and warns of "more bad bokeh, flimsy light trails and garish light painting" in the hands of budding photographers.
On the upside, the quality of UFO videos are set to improve!
As more manufacturers introduce full frame cameras to the market, prices will plummet. So now I wait for a price that's appealing as the pictures it promises to produce.
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| New PDF eBook A Sense of Place is more than just a travel photography workbook; it's geared towards helping you learn to experience a place more fully, see it with wider eyes, and photograph it more intentionally. Photography, for many of us, is all about learning to see. Younes Bounhar's A Sense of Place, Finding Your Eye at Home and Abroad, is a 42-spread eBook that can help you make stronger photographs, whether at home or elsewhere, by honing your ability to see and express, not just point the camera. Based on his trips back home to Morocco, Younes guides you through his process of making photographs in a place that is both foreign and familiar. Through this experience, beautiful photographs, and a series of excellent creative exercises, Younes teaches you how to see in new ways and do the work needed to make beautiful photographs of places near and far, strange or familiar. Starting off with a quick section about shooting At Home, he then jumps head-long into a much longer section on making photographs Abroad, but the two can not be so easily separated: the skills, and exercises, needed to make compelling photographs in either place are the same. For those looking for a discussion about traveling with gear, he touches on that too, but it's so much more. Younes is a patient and capable guide, though he'll make you work for it. If you're looking for a primer on photography of places, this is an excellent place to start. ![]() Younes Bounhar is a scientist turned travel, architecture, and landscape, photographer. He is based in Ottawa, Canada. His clients include St-Joseph Media, Apex Publications, K2 Impressions, National Institute of Scenic Arts and Music (Spain). His photographs have been featured in several magazines in Canada and abroad (including Canadian Geographic, PhotoLife, PhotoSolutions, Photography Monthly, and Craft & Vision's PHOTOGRAPH). Special Offer For the first five days only, use the promotional code PLACE4 when you checkout and pay only $4 OR use the code PLACE20 to get 20% off when you buy 5+ PDF eBooks. These codes expire at 11:59pm (PST) December 22, 2012. |
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As if they weren't cheap enough, $5 ebooks are now half price thru Friday.
Visit Craft And Vision before Friday, November 23 at 11:59pm (PST) and you’ll find every eBook marked down by 50%. No discount codes required - we've already done it for you. Happy reading!
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Today I made a small contribution to beautiful documentary about Stanley Park. I had the opportunity to visit this amazingly scenic park in May this year and walked the surrounding seawall.
Stanley Park: An Urban Wilderness is a full length documentary telling the remarkable story of Vancouver's iconic park.
As of this posting they had only raise $235 of their $100,000 target with 42 days to go. I'm surprised the local Vacouverites haven't shown much support for a film about their deeply loved 404.9 hectare park in the heart of the city.
Film-makers Adrian Green and Grant Finlayson started the project last year and need finance to finish the documentary off. Please visit their website Beautiful Earth for more information about the film, or drop by the campaign page to make a contribution.
Take a moment to view the work they've completed so far...
Stanley Park: An Urban Wilderness Teaser Trailer from Beautiful Earth Films on Vimeo.
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Back in May & June this year I traveled to British Columbia, Canada. A feature of this trip was a day cruise on the Inside Passage aboard BC Ferries Northern Expedition from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. There are snow capped mountains, waterfalls, whales and other wildlife, all stunning vistas to keep a photographer happily occupied for hours along this sheltered waterway. I'm currently reviewing several hundred video clips shot on my little Nikon AW100 and also capturing a few still frames of scenes I'd missed taking with my DLSR.
On a few occasions while travelling, I come across items that are made in my home state of Tasmania. Below is a video frame capture taken on the cruise and shows a liferaft capsule made by Liferaft Systems Australia who operate out of Derwent Park in Hobart, Tasmania.
I only discovered this today. How did i miss it?
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One of my favourite photographers has a new book coming out in December. Although I specialise in landscape and not portraiture, I really like the lighting style of Joey L .
Amazon book description:
Aspiring photographers are always looking for that edge, that fresh point of view to add drama to their images. Photographer Joey L. found his vision early, drawing critical acclaim as a brilliant commercial photographer with a distinctive technical expertise for lighting.
In Photographing Shadow and Light, Joey lifts the curtain on his dramatic, creatively fearless approach to portraiture, sharing his personal philosophy and a behind-the-scenes look at 15 striking photo sessions—from personal projects shot in Africa, India, and Brooklyn to commercial shoots for 50 Cent, the Jonas Brothers, and Project Runway All Stars. Joey provides readers with a step-by-step description of how he visualized each shoot, formed meaningful connections with his subjects, and “built” his signature dramatic lighting effects—one light at a time.
Featuring more than 85 stunning portraits, detailed lighting diagrams, and a foreword from industry icon David Hobby (aka Strobist), Photographing Shadow and Light shares the creative process behind one of today’s most exciting photography talents, providing serious amateurs and professionals a fresh perspective on creating compelling, professional quality portraits.
“Joey Lawrence is . . . the future of photography. Get used to it.” —David Hobby, from the foreword
Get inside the images of commercial and fine art portrait photographer Joey L. with this behind-the-lens guide to his fearless approach, creative vision, and signature lighting techniques.
Also available as an ebook
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The Lion City from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
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This is the second video I'm seen of a seagull taking off with a GoPro.
And there's the other one, posted about a year ago...
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It's like Parkour only on a bike.
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So here are a few Tweets that have grabbed my attention today.
I know what I'm watching tonight...
Billy Connolly + British Columbia - what's not to like? Tonight 7.30pm on 72: last ep of his Journey to the Edge of the World series.
— BeCuriousinBC (@AussiesLoveBC) August 27, 2012
I've been looking for a solution to synchronise Lightroom catalogues on my MacBook Air and iMac. This comes close but not quite...
Synchronize your Lightroom catalog with the cloud using Mosaic View: j.mp/MWfAZg
— PetaPixel (@petapixel) August 27, 2012
This is a beautiful waterfall shot...
Norway by Apo Japo bit.ly/Tkrydk on 500px.com
— 500px: Choice (@500px_choice) August 27, 2012
… and this stunner of the Milky Way pouring into a waterfall. Well thought out composition.
Milky Way + Waterfall: ow.ly/dfiKm
— Amazing Photography (@AmazingPics) August 27, 2012
Although I'm not the conference type, I hear the best part is the free buffet...
When I go to a conference at the
— Definitely Raining (@VancouverWTF) August 27, 2012@westinbayshore tmblr.co/Zt2_5vSFyuWy
British match racing sailor, Ian Williams started following me on Twitter today. No chance of reciprocating as I'm following the Kiwi FMJ team. (Yes I know I should be backing the Aussie teams.)
Just moved into the Badrutt's Palace hotel ready for St Moritz Match Race. Pretty nice view from the balcony! twitter.com/Williams_Racin…
— Ian Williams (@Williams_Racing) August 27, 2012
Last I checked, bids were at $7,000 for the tin lid...
If a Cylon + Boba Fett had a baby...ebay.com/itm/Reimagined…
— Video Game Museum (@vgmuseum) August 26, 2012#eBay
Tassie pro cyclist Wes Sulzberger retweeted this unfortunate gem...
Doh! Not the way to win a race... youtube.com/watch?v=PGBQ4G… via
— dan craven (@DanFromNam) August 27, 2012@cycle_nation
Last year I stayed up all night to watch this event via internet streaming. It's one way to use up my monthly 30G quota, but worth it. Santorini is a natural environment for Parkour.
Early promo for this one. It's gonna be huge! :D instagr.am/p/O1fZ_BDUPj/
— Airborn Academy™ (@AirbornAcademy) August 27, 2012
And the tributes continue...
Throw-away photographs shot during Neil Armstrong's visit to the moon: j.mp/SKwHxN
— PetaPixel (@petapixel) August 27, 2012
RT
— Amazing Photography (@AmazingPics) August 27, 2012@in_focus: Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012 - a farewell to a true pioneer in 38 photos - theatln.tc/NRQZWJ
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A three image panorama of Rearguard Falls in British Columbia, Canada.
Rearguard Falls is one of two waterfalls on the Fraser River, situated near the BC/Alberta provincial border.
Acquisition: Nikon D5000
Panorama: Calico
Processing: Lightroom 4
Pushed the processing to give it a slight faux hdr/tonemapped look.
There's a larger view on my Flickr page.
Here's the before image...
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Lions Gate Bridge at Prospect Point (Stanley Park). The bridge spans Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver.
Taken on an evening harbour cruise just after sunset.
Nikon AW100
Lightroom 4
Processed jpeg file from AW100 . The faux HDR look created by ramping up the Clarity slider in Lightroom's Develop module.
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Last week I enjoyed a pleasant morning walk through Launceston's Cataract Gorge. It's close to where I live and I often visit when I'm at a loose end. I always enjoy the serenity and the many working trails offer a variety of routes to take.
On this day, I started at the Duck Reach carpark and trekked along the gorge to the First Basin, stopping briefly for a refuel of coffee then climbed the path less trodden by tourists to the Eagle Eyrie Lookout. This is the highest viewpoint in the reserve. There were other trails to take on my return, but I chose to double-back the same way I came.
Below are a selection of photos from the walk, along with the GPS tracker route recorded by the Nikon AW100. The other map has been generated by Adobe's Lightroom 4 map module showing the locations of where all the photos were taken (including the discard ones not shown here).
On the Duck Reach trail.
The suspension bridge at Duck Reach
A section of gorge near Duck Reach.
Taken near the suspension bridge near the first basin. In this shot I particularly liked the way the green foliage offsets agains the dark rocks. I wasn't evident in the original photo until I'd applied a set of enhancements in Lightroom.
This is near the start of the climb to Eagle Eyrie.
About halfway up to Eagle Eyrie lookout, the track starts to become a little rugged. This was actually taken on my return descent, hence the viewpoint towards the First Basin seen in the upper left.
The view from Eagle Eyrie isn't that great from a photographic perspective. There are too may trees blocking the view. This shot taken from a lower lookout on the same track shows water flowing through the last section of gorge before connecting to the Tamar River in Launceston.
A glimpse of Launceston from the lower lookout on the Eagle Eyrie trail.
Suspension Bridge at First Basin.
I normally take panoramas by taking a series of three or four photos (depending on the view) and stitching them together in Photoshop. The Nikon AW100 has the ability to take panorama photos and process them in the camera. This is a rather wide 180 degree view, one of two preset settings on the camera.
For more information on the Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania… please visit the official site here.
Nikon AW100 camera info here
Adobe Lightroom 4 details here
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Back in January you probably saw the video by two school students that launched the first Legoman into space, well here comes the first Lego space shuttle sent to the stratosphere.
What's got me worried is that there seems to be too many amateurs sending helium balloons up into near space. In a few months time, when I'm winging my way to Canada, I don't was my aircraft colliding with some turd-breath's experiment. Look at this near-mis in the following video (at about 3:45 in).
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El Gran Viaje by Luis Beltrán bit.ly/zN1WpO on 500px.com
— 500px: Choice (@500px_choice) February 26, 2012
I really love this photo.
On the other hand, there are so many things wrong with this podium shot, I don't know where to begin... lockerz.com/s/187369337
— Anthony Tan (@anthony_tan) February 26, 2012
Oh. Viewing it with my eyes closed.
71-31... fear not, this is just the half time score ;-)
— Sean Smith (@seansmith_au) February 27, 2012
Feeling a Kevenge sequel by games end.
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Is it true? Is it done? Is it over?
Are you dancing? Are you dancing it at all?
- Nada Surf "Looking Through"
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Here's a sequence of photos I'd taken in London , June 2010. Taken with a Nikon D5000 and processed with Lightroom 4 beta. There are 30 images, so this may take a while to load.
I guess the real appreciation of the processing would be seeing the originals as most of these images had been discarded, now given a second life with Lightroom 4 beta.
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Mark Wahlberg liked the Red Chair so much he may well be buying one for his house this weekend.
— Graham Norton Show (@TheGNShow) February 24, 2012
Should see this in Australia next week.
Whats going on people?? Long time no tweet...x
— Luke Pasqualino (@LucaPasqualino) February 24, 2012
Long time no BSG Blood and Chrome.
Video of the Day! "4 seasons of GoPro shots put in the blender, serve chilled & well shaken!" ow.ly/9h3Aq #speedflying #snow #GoPro
— GoPro® (@GoPro_News) February 24, 2012
Horrid white frame sunnies. Look closely, justice done on the last shot.
Portraits of people posing with all of their possessions: bitly.com/xbhUSa
— PetaPixel (@petapixel) February 24, 2012
When I left home 22 years ago, I had more stuff than these people. Am I a hoarder?
TSAITA is out today in Australia via Stop Start Music. Itunes release includes "The Dulcitone Files.' bit.ly/ytxaJN
— matthew caws (@nadasurf) February 24, 2012
Oh fucking finally!!! Too late with me - in the time it took to release it here in Australia I bought and imported the cd from Amazon (US) and I've been playing it non-stop for at least three weeks.
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Vancouver Lookout
LIVE THE LANGUAGE fb.me/XbSnIcdH
This is a great little vdo. I'm learning to talk like a Canuck in preparation for my Vancouver adventure later this year.
EF - Live The Language - Vancouver from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.
The video is part of a series commissioned for EF International Language Centres. The first few shots reminded me of these photos I took of Vancouver in 1986...
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Diamonds
Dear Rouge: Heads Up! Watch Out! EP
Rock/Pop duo from Vancouver, Canada (****)
Waiting For Something
Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
New York indie rock band Nada Surf release their seventh album entitled The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, it expands on the Matthew Caws-led group’s sparking indie-pop songwriting. Catchy, affable tracks that pair sunny melodies with propulsive guitar riffs that culminate in an infectious buoyancy. Good news: this style infuses the entire album. (*****)
Andrew McCarthy: The Longest Way Home
Award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy takes us on a deeply personal journey played out amid some of the world’s most evocative locales. (****)
William Shatner: Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
I'm told this is quite a funny read.
Mark Cavendish: Boy Racer
Inspiring read on the early pro-cycling career of the guy known as the Manx Missile. (****)
Neil Pasricha: The Book of Awesome
This gem of a book reminds us that the best things in life are free. (*****)